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Jason Ash wrote:
> 
> Yam wrote:
> >
> > Ed Boris wrote:
> > >
> > > Leslie Rooney wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Eric Adams wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Why buy an expasion disk when there are tons of missions to download on the
> > > > > net?
> 
> As can be shown by a great many of Doomers', Duke Nukem 3ders', and Dark
> Forces players, many of the maps/missions that are available to be
> downloaded, are junk.  I downloaded a total of about 4 new levels for
> Doom II, of which none have been saved, and 2-3 for Dark Forces, also
> none of which I saved.  Why?  They where junk.  Simplistic layouts, and
> the main difficulty was the fact that there were only the harder enemies
> (cyberdemons/Dark Troopers/Boba Fett [yes, one DF lvl actually had 6!
> Boba Fetts!])
> Levels created by the creators tend to be more play based.
> 
> > > > I would buy an expensive disc coz:
> > > >
> > > > 1)      it takes too long to download off the net, 100 files probably no
> > > > less that a couple of hours.
> > > > 2)      It's made by Westwood, and if we support them, they support us.
> > >
> > > Sorry but i've supported Westwood long enough.  They are producing games
> > > of lesser and lesser quality.  But you keep sending them money, 'cause
> > > thats what they are most interested in.  A lame $49 game, then a lame
> > > $40 add on.  What crooks!
> > >
> > > Have yourself a great time in Westwoods world of unbalanced play.
> > > Ed
> >
> > Hey
> > Westwood are not crooks.  They make good games.  Red Alert is one of
> > them.  I don't know why you would think that RA is not a good game.  IT
> > IS A GOOD GAME.  Anyway, I would buy the expansion disk because:
> >
> > 1) new maps, which are probably better than the ones that people make
> > 2) more missions
> >
> > I would not be willing to pay $40 for it, but I would still buy it if it
> > costed $20 or less.
> 
> Is RA unbalanced? In solo play, somewhat.  I can't speak for
> multi-player, as I have yet to try.  All we can do is continue to make
> our veiws known about what appear to be the largest play inconsistencies
> in the game, and if Westwood listens, they will fix them.  RA does not
> require a patch, as the tank rush is not a bug, and the game is playable
> in its' current form.  Westwood appears to listen to what is said about
> their software, and I feel that they will rectify the problem.  As for
> purchasing the Counterstrike add-on, I doubt you will see it for more
> than $20-30.  While $30 is high for an add-on, wait a few months, and
> you'll probably see it on the $19.99 and under rack.
> If we don't support Westwood, Westwood won't support us, and then no one
> is happy.
> --
>                         Jason A.
> ->They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.
> ->                      General Creighton W. Adams
> ->Neo-Taoist-Techno-Pagan  I worship the holy Motherboard

How can you say that tank rushing is not really a problem when you've
never tried multiplayer RA?  For most of us, that's all that we do, so
RA really *does* require a patch to fix the massive tank rush problem. 
You can't play a ladder game without having just a tank-fest (And don't
reply and say that you can defend it because you can't if it is done
properly).  Westwood is going to lose major money on Counterstrike
because it doesn't have any extra multiplayer units or options.  I would
buy it for sure if you could use the new units in multiplayer, but now
you can't so what's the point in buying it?  Once you have tried
multiplayer you hardly ever go back to doing single player missions
because they're so boring compared to multiplayer.

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