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prudislav
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 09:26    Post subject: Sid Meier's Ace Patrol

Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/244070/
About game:
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Battle to Rule the Skies!

The skies over Europe are a dangerous place, where ace pilots lead their squadrons to glorious victory or crushing defeat! Take control of dozens of the most famous fighter planes of WWI and head into the dogfight. Roll, slip, and loop to get the drop on enemy aces. Upgrade your fighters over the course of your campaign and promote your best pilots so they learn new skills to give them an edge in battle. Can you change the tide of the war? Or will you go down in flames to an enemy ace?

Key Features:

    Advance from Aviator to Ace in over 180 missions using 30 authentic aircraft
    Earn promotions, equipment upgrades and advanced maneuvers like rolls, loops and slips
    Unlock new Aces with special skill sets to expand your gameplay options
    Single Player campaign & Hot Seat Multiplayer missions with leaderboards


Game Info:

Genre: Casual, Strategy
Developer: Firaxis Games
Publisher: 2K Games
Release Date: 27Aug 2013



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inz




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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 09:33    Post subject:


Instead of new SMAC and Pirates!, they do this...
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 09:48    Post subject:
Aww Yeah
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 09:57    Post subject: Re: Sid Meier's Ace Patrol
prudislav wrote:
Indie

A game developed by Firaxis and published by 2K is indie? Or is that just code for "looks like cheap shit"?
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 10:03    Post subject: Re: Sid Meier's Ace Patrol
DCB wrote:
prudislav wrote:
Indie

A game developed by Firaxis and published by 2K is indie? Or is that just code for "looks like cheap shit"?

My bad Very Happy it should be Casual Very Happy (translating typo)
as for game it looks like its port from iOS (it got around 9/10)
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 10:09    Post subject:
inz wrote:
Instead of new SMAC and Pirates!, they do this...

This.

harballaz wrote:
Hey dont be so hard the little console eunuchs, they need time to aim their lil vibratin thumbstick.
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 10:25    Post subject:
OVER 180 MISSIONS!!!!!!

Also just looking at the youtube preview screen it looks like a ugly MOBA where one already left in one team because its gay

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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 10:33    Post subject:
inz wrote:


Instead of new SMAC and Pirates!, they do this...


They can't do any of those two. Pirates is / was an ATARI IP ( Sid spread IP's like there was no tomorrow ) and Alpha Centauri belongs to EA. Unless 2K bought Pirates and somehow convince EA to sell them the rights for Alpha Centauri, none of those games will ever happen again under Sid's leadership.
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 10:48    Post subject:
EA Sad

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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 10:51    Post subject:
blackdochia wrote:
inz wrote:


Instead of new SMAC and Pirates!, they do this...


They can't do any of those two. Pirates is / was an ATARI IP ( Sid spread IP's like there was no tomorrow ) and Alpha Centauri belongs to EA. Unless 2K bought Pirates and somehow convince EA to sell them the rights for Alpha Centauri, none of those games will ever happen again under Sid's leadership.


What about Railroads!?
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 10:54    Post subject:
bah, sid meier's games are all console shit since a decade. Pirates was, railroads was and whatever else i forgot , was.

Not want. RIP.
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 11:24    Post subject:
Moshi wrote:
blackdochia wrote:
inz wrote:


Instead of new SMAC and Pirates!, they do this...


They can't do any of those two. Pirates is / was an ATARI IP ( Sid spread IP's like there was no tomorrow ) and Alpha Centauri belongs to EA. Unless 2K bought Pirates and somehow convince EA to sell them the rights for Alpha Centauri, none of those games will ever happen again under Sid's leadership.


What about Railroads!?


Railroads is safe, as it belongs to Firaxis. Problems arise from the fact that licensing the trains names is very expensive in our days. Way more expensive then when Railroad Tycoons were made or even at the time when Railroads came out.
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 16:38    Post subject:
blackdochia wrote:

They can't do any of those two. Pirates is / was an ATARI IP ( Sid spread IP's like there was no tomorrow ) and Alpha Centauri belongs to EA. Unless 2K bought Pirates and somehow convince EA to sell them the rights for Alpha Centauri, none of those games will ever happen again under Sid's leadership.


Details. Just call them Sid Meier's Buccaneers?! and Sid Meier's Proxima Centauri. Troll Face
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 16:39    Post subject:
inz wrote:
blackdochia wrote:

They can't do any of those two. Pirates is / was an ATARI IP ( Sid spread IP's like there was no tomorrow ) and Alpha Centauri belongs to EA. Unless 2K bought Pirates and somehow convince EA to sell them the rights for Alpha Centauri, none of those games will ever happen again under Sid's leadership.


Details. Just call them Sid Meier's Buccaneers?! and Sid Meier's Proxima Centauri. Troll Face


Sid Meier's Freebooters? Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 16:57    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:

Sid Meier's Freebooters? Very Happy


As long as it's not some no-good Sid Meier's Landlubbers!, 's all good. Whirling cane
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 16:59    Post subject:
Hehe! See? There are definite ways around "omg we own the IP, you can't make games like that any more!" - just look at Satellite Reign. EA owns the name "Syndicate"? Oh well, we'll just make "Satellite Reign" then, same game, same style, different name.
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 17:08    Post subject:
Yup, the circumvention can be done easily enough, but it's still a pity if you lose the original brand - big publishers sitting on IPs they have no intention of actually using is one of the most detestable things in this industry.
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 17:10    Post subject:
I couldn't agree more mate and that goes for publishers of any content, whether it's games or movies. Fox sitting on Firefly with no intention of using it still gets my hackles up even today, a DECADE later.
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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 19:10    Post subject:
DCB wrote:
prudislav wrote:
Indie

A game developed by Firaxis and published by 2K is indie? Or is that just code for "looks like cheap shit"?


Pffft, you're such a picky bastard. Perhaps the gameplay will be fun? That's all that matters!


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PostPosted: Wed, 28th Aug 2013 19:13    Post subject:
iirc its developed by Sid itself and on iOS it got pretty high marks but no yarr release to try it myself yet

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this guy is starting to get "senile" Razz
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PostPosted: Thu, 29th Aug 2013 01:12    Post subject:
ugh was hoping for something alpha centauri related from him, this looks..wierd

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PostPosted: Thu, 29th Aug 2013 04:57    Post subject:
Looks like a stand-alone facebook game with Sid's name slapped on it just because fuck you old gamers Sad

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PostPosted: Thu, 29th Aug 2013 05:14    Post subject:
Shit, I think it might be fun hahaha. Autoduel with airplanes. The only thing I didn't like is it looked like turns weren't simultaneous. A game like this, in my opinion, absolutely needs to be done like the game Flotilla - you choose your actions and then the turns play out simultaneously. Similar to how Frozen Synapse works.

Also, slips and skids as advanced combat maneuvers? What the fuck?

Maybe it just appeals to me as an aviation dork. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Sep 2013 18:14    Post subject:
Sid Meiers Ace Patrol-ALiAS
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Sep 2013 18:46    Post subject:
Pretty simplistic in the beginning. I imagine it getting more difficult after a few missions, especially on the harder difficulty settings. I still wish the turns were simultaneous though.

I'm having issues with the Alias version freezing up forcing me to kill the process.

But what I've played so far is kind of fun. It's a really small game so no harm in giving it a download. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Sep 2013 19:39    Post subject:
Good for passing time. And, yeah, it's kind of fun. So i guess it wormed on my drive and will stay there for a while.
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Sep 2013 22:15    Post subject:
Bought it on sale, it is quite fun. Don't expect a full fledged Turn based strategy, after all it's a small game. But I enjoy it a lot, so if you can get it somewhere cheap and you are into these games, pick it up! Smile
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PostPosted: Wed, 18th Sep 2013 23:37    Post subject:
The freezing is annoying for me. I might make three missions or I might make it halfway through a mission. Then it just stops. I'll just wait for a fix, assuming it is a bad crack (I think it just uses reloaded's steam crack. Smile If I could play it longer than 5-10 minutes I might think of buying it.
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