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Epsilon
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I played the second demo, others apparently share my opinion.
Exerpt
"It doesn't have particularly immersive battles or an action movie tone or a recognizable license. It's often tinny (the sound design is pathetic) and the engine is missing a lot of polish. It won't run well on mid-range computers that are well above the system requirements. The artwork is detailed and funky, but instead of epic, it sometimes looks like a sprawl of dime store toys.
There's also no naval combat (some maps involve air transport over walls or chasms, which requires some really annoying micromanagement), no cool victory conditions, and a lot of Rise of Nations' flexible game set-up options are missing. But pretty much everything else is in here, in ways that you probably couldn't have imagined. "
http://videogames.yahoo.com/gamereview?cid=1991815950&tab=reviews&page=0&eid=455941
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| Posted: Wed, 10th May 2006 22:29 Post subject: |
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Yeah, the story and the setting isn't as cool as in Blizzard's RTS games, and neither are the sound effects, but the actual game is damn good. Gameplay-wise I think it owns all other RTS games.
As for the system requirements, well, you can turn down some of the settings. Hardware Shadows add quite a strain, as do physics effects in large battles. And it runs about as well as Age of Empires 3, which looks roughly as good.
Naval combat... I never like that in RTS games. Maps with split islands tend to play like crap because it's really hard to move around.
Does the full game not have lots of multiplayer game settings like Rise of Nations? I thought they were kinda cool, but I never actually used them. RoL apparently has a very good online service, with persistent ranks and ladders, so I think most people will play vanilla gameplay modes anyway.
Anyway... where's the damn release?  As I already said, I am going to buy this 100%, but it's only coming out here in Europe on the friggn 26th, so I'd like a copy just for the singleplayer game in advance, pretty please!
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| Posted: Thu, 11th May 2006 01:16 Post subject: |
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Yeah, epsilon, you quote the text nicely, but you forgot the 4.5/5 rating also. Why is that? Because it's an excellent strategy game.
And the style... well, you can argue about taste for years, so to each his own I say.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Thu, 11th May 2006 01:51 Post subject: |
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| ForceFox wrote: | Yeah, epsilon, you quote the text nicely, but you forgot the 4.5/5 rating also. Why is that? Because it's an excellent strategy game.
And the style... well, you can argue about taste for years, so to each his own I say. |
Why oh why did I not include the rating but a link and an exerpt from the review?, could it be so to entice people to actually go there and read it themselves?, see if it was all bad as I seem to think? this technique is actually commonly used in newspapers believe it or not  |
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| Posted: Thu, 11th May 2006 02:03 Post subject: |
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Why are some online sites till claiming May 23rd as the arrival date for ROL. I know this is the case with Europe, but Amazon and Walmart are saying this as well. It is already out in the US isnt it?
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| Posted: Fri, 12th May 2006 00:16 Post subject: |
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Maybe because there is no review out? Would mean a past E3 release... dang, oh well, at least my import store will have it by then ^^
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| Posted: Fri, 12th May 2006 10:49 Post subject: |
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Come on guys, release this game already.
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-=Cartoon=-
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| Posted: Fri, 12th May 2006 15:21 Post subject: |
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| calraees wrote: | | Come on guys, release this game already. |
Right. C'mon! This thing is awesome!
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| Posted: Fri, 12th May 2006 22:10 Post subject: |
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Maybe it has a tough CP, anyone know what it is?
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| Posted: Fri, 12th May 2006 22:31 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 12th May 2006 22:33 Post subject: |
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| ForceFox wrote: | | Maybe it has a tough CP, anyone know what it is? |
It's not hard at all, I made a clone of CD1 in minutes because I hate swapping CDs. I won't release my copy though. Maybe the groups are having trouble cracking the key generation method so there's no point in releasing?
This is a game you should buy for online play. So far it's pretty good online although Battle for Middle Earth 2 is still my favorite.
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 04:05 Post subject: |
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Alright I didn't like the demo, but damn, the full game may just be the best base building rts i've played since Total Annihilation, damn good job here.. can't wait to play lan with my mates
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Epsilon
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IcedFreon
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 05:54 Post subject: |
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simple to make into a dvd. just copy all of CD1 to a folder and from the other cds dont copy autorun. edit the media section in orca to whatever you want the voulme label to be. and install and play. very simple. may also have to add the 1st cd to be able to mount, or wait for a crack.
ps. for some reason the 2nd tmp file on the first cd wouldnt copy. didnt seem to affect anything tho.
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 09:54 Post subject: |
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another great rls by Unleashed
I know my english is bad so correct me if i wrong.
thanks.
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 11:57 Post subject: |
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RISE.OF.NATIONS.RISE.OF.LEGENDS-DEViANCE
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twobells
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 12:52 Post subject: |
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re: Deviance rls
Beautiful looking game, it detected my AMD FX 57 no problem.
tb
Last edited by twobells on Sat, 13th May 2006 13:11; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 13:06 Post subject: |
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So, how can one get the updates that have been released so far?
Can you also simply mount the deviance release for that means or does it only work with the crack?
Would be great if someone could check. Thx.
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twobells
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 13:33 Post subject: |
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| ForceFox wrote: | So, how can one get the updates that have been released so far?
Can you also simply mount the deviance release for that means or does it only work with the crack?
Would be great if someone could check. Thx. |
You need a clone to use official updates, if your not using a clone you need the 'unofficial' releases. |
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 13:39 Post subject: |
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take it away, theres a reason theres rules against posting such things on this forum.
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 13:42 Post subject: |
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So is the Deviance release a clone also? Or do I have to get the unleashed version for this?
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thyttel
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| Posted: Sat, 13th May 2006 13:42 Post subject: |
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You looking for a ban from these forums??
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