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Epsilon
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Posted: Thu, 2nd Jun 2005 23:37 Post subject: EARTH 2160 Released

Earth 2160

Official web page: LINK
Publisher: Zuxxez
Developer: Reality Pump
Media type and size: DVD
Genre: RealTimeStrategy
Release date: 02/06/05

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EARTH 2160 is the official sequel of the award winning, very popular and top selling EARTH series and continues the brand of Earth 2140 and Earth 2150.

Only a few thousand humans managed to escape from the Earth before its collapse in 2150 A.D. They spent the next few years on the terra forming of the red planet, developing new technologies and building up new civilisations. Somehow each of the three fractions "Eurasian Dynasty", "United Civilised States" and "Lunar Corporation" did this independently and separately from each other - but in the year 2160 something strange happens in this new world. If ED, UCS and LC join forces or continue their old war against each other - is possibly now, up to the player.

Beside the usual venues in the solar system, there are some strange looking locations: planets with moving and reflecting liquid surfaces. And beside the standard RTS - resource acquisition, base building and destruction of enemy bases, the year 2160 will have some adventure inspired tasks for the players.

Multiplayer: YES

System requirements:

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Minimum:

* PC with Pentium IV processor or equal AMD (1500+ processor)
* Windows 2000 or XP Home / Professional
* 512 MB RAM
* DirectX TM 8.1 compatible Video card with 128 MB RAM (GeForce 3, GeForce 4 TI, ATI RadeOn 9000+ etc.)
* DVD-ROM drive
* DirectX compatible sound card
* Windows R compatible mouse and keyboard
* 1.5 GB free disk space

Recommended:

* PC with Pentium IV processor or equal AMD (1500+ processor)
* Windows XP Home / Professional
* 512 MB RAM
* DirectX 9.0c compatible Video card with 256 MB RAM (GeForce FX better 6800 Ultra, ATI RadeOn 9800+ etc.)
* DVD-ROM drive
* DirectX TM compatible sound card
* Windows R compatible mouse and keyboard
* 2.0 GB free disk space

Protection: Online Protection Activation
Multilanguage: *YES German/English/Polish
Preview: IGN
*Gamespot or IGN* community rating: NOT RATED
SDK, mod utils: PROVIDED ON THE DVD
Screenshots: IGN
Trailer: ALSO IGN

Well this is a surprise, i just saw this was released today, and my eyes popped out of my head Laughing

Give it to me now Smile

Seriously, this is the RTS Build your own units in 3d galore eye candy, with included mod utils provided on release game i've been waiting for. And it's out now Cool

. Now all we need to do is wait for someone to actually pick it up.
I know i'm gonna drive out and look for it first thing tomorrow Razz

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manslaugh

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Posted: Thu, 2nd Jun 2005 23:51 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

starforce? youre sure? i heard safedisc with online activation

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Posted: Thu, 2nd Jun 2005 23:56 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

well another game not to buy then

Epsilon
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Posted: Thu, 2nd Jun 2005 23:57 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

It's also to be noted that the engine "scales" to your hardware, meaning the more advanced hardware you have the better graphic you will get and vice versa. . The devs go around saying it's the most advanced engine in a rts to date, time will tell if their right ,but i really think they are.

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Posted: Thu, 2nd Jun 2005 23:58 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

on the official site, kickass music also, Universe to the left, then fractions, there u can try to design som units quite interesting parts! CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 RAM: 4gb Kingmax DDR2 800mhz Video: Asus GeForce 250GTS 1gb Sound: Asus Xonar.

Epsilon
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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:02 Post subject:

Baleur wrote:

on the official site, kickass music Very Happy

also, Universe to the left, then fractions, there u can try to design som units Very Happy

quite interesting parts!

Yeah thats what i love about this series, you can if you can afford and have put enough money and time into research develop a unit so frightening and expensive it will make the enemy cry for mercy Razz

kinda like with Total Annihilation, it still maintains counters for everything, like if you build a big mofo with plasma cannons and shields, the enemy could take it out with rockets as they penetrate the shields Razz

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:07 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

"The economy is based on 3 main material types- water, metal and silicon. For each material there are 3 different sources. Metal types vary on the different maps. Color, HP, speed and armour of the units depend on the metal used. Number of all material sources is 18 (3 for water, 3 for silicon and 12 for metal" "Holographic, transparent interface without the classic panel" ^^ Me like "E2160 World editor as an external program" Me like more CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 RAM: 4gb Kingmax DDR2 800mhz Video: Asus GeForce 250GTS 1gb Sound: Asus Xonar.

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:08 Post subject:

Baleur wrote:

"E2160 World editor as an external program"
Me like more Very Happy

Yeah, and all the tools are on the disc Very Happy

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:09 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I got it today. I really don't think the gfx beat those of Dawn of War though. The unit animations for example are REALLY crappy. Multilanguage? I didn't get a language option during installation. And it's not Starforce either, there is no copy protection at all on the dvd, but you have to activate your copy online or by telephone call. If you don't activate your game, you are limited to the first campaign and no multiplayer.

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Epsilon
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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:11 Post subject:

bnf wrote:

I got it today.
I really don't think the gfx beat those of Dawn of War though.
The unit animations for example are REALLY crappy.
Multilanguage? I didn't get a language option during installation.
And it's not Starforce either, there is no copy protection at all on the dvd, but you have to activate your copy online or by telephone call. If you don't activate your game, you are limited to the first campaign and no multiplayer.

I just got my info from their forums Razz

, i will fixit. With regards to unit animations, i didn't think they where crappy when looking at the vid's.
What kind of hardware do you have? since the game scales according to your hardware.

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:14 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Athlon 64 3000+ 1 Gig Ram 6600 GT

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Epsilon
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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:17 Post subject:

bnf wrote:

Athlon 64 3000+
1 Gig Ram
6600 GT

Should be suffecient Razz

did you get the new patch?
http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=25821

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bnf

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:19 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Got the Gold patch and the Platinum map addon.

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Epsilon
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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:23 Post subject:

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Got the Gold patch and the Platinum map addon.

Well, perhaps it's just a matter of taste then Razz

as i find their movement to very mechanized in the movies, which huge robots should be, also with regards to the "terminators" or the human size robots, running humanoids are very hard to animate, but i think they did an ok job of it regardless. I will definitely get this one tomorrow and come here and tell what i think of the animations when seeing first hand Smile

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:25 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

In my opinion, the walking and especially death animations of the human units suck. Guess I'm just spoiled by those incredible moves and perfect anims in Dawn of War.

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:32 Post subject:

bnf wrote:

In my opinion, the walking and especially death animations of the human units suck.
Guess I'm just spoiled by those incredible moves and perfect anims in Dawn of War.

Yeah perhaps warhammer is alot about melee fighting despite with all the guns etc so all the "bodily" animations 'have' to be perfect, Earth is more huge robots large cannons and as such those have to be centered on more when developing Razz

. I never quite got into the DOW universe i like C&C games and the other earth games more Razz

the empire earth games included Smile

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:44 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I'll wait for a proper review before I decide whether to get this. There are too many games coming out that I might buy for me to make any rash decisions. "Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D "Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 00:54 Post subject:

AnimalMother wrote:

There are too many games coming out that I might buy for me to make any rash decisions.

Wise. I already spent way too much money on games during the last four weeks and I still have GTA:SA left to buy... Sad

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 01:10 Post subject:

bnf wrote:

AnimalMother wrote:

There are too many games coming out that I might buy for me to make any rash decisions.

Wise. I already spent way too much money on games during the last four weeks and I still have GTA:SA left to buy... Sad

Heh i don't have the money for it either, but by the gods, i'm gonna own this title Twisted Evil

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 01:54 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

I'm surprised no german group has released this yet, as it's supposed to be huge in germany , MAX or SiLENTGATE perhaps, not that i know that much about german groups Educate yourself Give an internet to NFOHump!

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 01:57 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

Guess finding out how to fake/disable the online activation is difficult.

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Epsilon
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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 02:02 Post subject:

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Guess finding out how to fake/disable the online activation is difficult.

Nah i've done that on numerous apps and games Razz

and all of them released Wink

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But of course they could be using some vile scheme yet unheard of Smile

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 02:17 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

i just wish the base building and research is good CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 RAM: 4gb Kingmax DDR2 800mhz Video: Asus GeForce 250GTS 1gb Sound: Asus Xonar.

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 02:27 Post subject:

Baleur wrote:

i just wish the base building and research is good

Oh i think you can easily trust it is.

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All character parties have the possibility of developing new technologies. Work on technology is done in research centres on the planet surfaces. Each species can develop as many technologies at one time as they have technology centres.

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 02:44 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

those a some seriuos gfx very detailed for rts hope gameplay will be nice not just build->fight->win

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 03:38 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

If you can activate by phone there shouldn't be TOO much problem in getting around the copy protection. Intel i5 6500 3.2Ghz, Geforce 970GTX 2GB, 16 GB Ram, Windows 7

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 03:56 Post subject:

Epsilon wrote:

Baleur wrote:

i just wish the base building and research is good

Oh i think you can easily trust it is.

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a lil bit small perhaps? Very Happy

Omg thats some serious coolness

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Yay!, the aliens are coming!. Nice to see a new race to the series somewhat more bionic also, for variation when the others gets boring with all their metal Though i wonder what kind of technology these aliens have as they can't possibly use the same kind as the other races I'm so anxious for this game it's like waiting for Westwood to release "Red Alert" all over again, which i remember buying from a taxi driver who just transported a pressguy to a conference and he got a copy for free, which i bought off him 2 days before store release Educate yourself Give an internet to NFOHump!

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 04:44 Post subject:	Quick Quote Quote

picture of the unit design menu, remember that it only shows things that you already have researched. And a picture of the LC Research menu. Educate yourself Give an internet to NFOHump!

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Posted: Fri, 3rd Jun 2005 07:16 Post subject:

looks really good, I liked playing Earth2150 so this one I will watch out for

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