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Article #22976Re: RA PATCH NEWS [Re: RA update (fwd)]
From: Ken
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 00:00
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Mark Asher wrote: > > > Nicolas <ni...@worldnet.fr> wrote in article > <01bc3fc2$f1087580$5611...@worldnet.fr.sct.fr>... > > > War2 is a very popular game but and because it is very simple. War2 is > very > > much in limited in a matter of tactics and number of units you can build > on > > a map. I have played many games of War2 and they were all looking very > much > > like the other games of War2 I played before, which never happens when I > > play Red Alert. > > > > Tell me why a game between 2 players is as much interesting than a game > > between 6 players in War2? > > Although I much prefer C&C to War 2, I have to say that Westwood dropped > the ball with Red Alert. There's a severe game imbalance that tilts the > advantage towards the player who builds tanks quickly. I had hopes at one > time that Westwood would address this serious multiplayer problem, but they > seem content to count their money, which is disappointing to me. And > where's a patch for RA after all these months? I guess it was more > important to get C&C Gold and Counterstrike done rather than patch the > game. > > > Oh, by the way, you say that Blizzard makes better games than Westwood... > > Did not Blizzard make the dullest and least interesting game in the > World, > > Diablo? I am going to sell it after a very few games. > > You'll find plenty of buyers. Diablo is one of the best games to be > released in the last few years. It's safe to say that your view is in the > minority. > > > You say that RA runs slow on you PC. You sure have a 486. Every games > > programmed under Direct X will run poorly on your 486, including Diablo > and > > every future games from Blizzard, including Starcraft, of course. > > Diablo runs very smooth on my P-120. Red Alert takes a long time to load > and save games, but beyond that runs ok. I don't think Westwood did a good > job of optimizing the code. > > > Now this last test: take a unit and send it from one corner to the > opposite > > one. What will happen? In C&C and RA, the unit will make its way (if not > > killed, of course) to its destination. In War2, you will find the unit > > stupidly staring at a tree in the middle of the map. So... Tell us again > > what game is superior? > > Hard for me to stand up and cheer the AI in either game. Diablo, on the > other hand, has very good creature AI. > > Mark Asher > Sorry but I have to agree with Nicolas. Diablo is a very boring game. hack, slash, get gold, kill monster, hack,slash, get gold, kill monster...I would only recommend this game for a newbie because of the ease of control, great interface, and simplicity. I played it through once and was so bored I sold it immediately therafter.
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From: Ken <kj...@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: RA PATCH NEWS [Re: RA update (fwd)] Date: 1997/04/04 Message-ID: <334543D1.64C5@hotmail.com> X-Deja-AN: 230711106 References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970312140351.3953E-100000@curly.cc.utexas.edu> <01bc2f42$471c1120$679edaa5@marka> <332d3a6d.5683380@news.powerup.com.au> <5gfv2d$2tq@tofu.alt.net> <3335b898.2385628@news.inet.it> <01bc37a5$3fed9e80$936ab4cc@EricAdams> <33377A4E.4C84@tpgi.com.au> <NEWTNews.859291806.29992.kkopp@neo.lrun.com> <01bc3fc2$f1087580$561103c3@worldnet.fr.sct.fr> <01bc3f45$2bc734a0$679edaa5@marka> Organization: Europa Communications Inc. [Portland, OR] Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,alt.games.redalert,alt.games.command-n-conq MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit