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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: hero_bash on May 24, 2008, 10:04:02 pm
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THis is an entry to the intel game demo contest 2008
stolen faqs..
What is Army of Earth?
Army of Earth is a new 3D real-time online-only action/strategy team game, allowing hundreds of players and up to 6 teams to play together.
What's different about this game?
The feature set is quite unique:
* Very easy mouse-based controls.
* Allows hundreds of players to play together in an open environment, with up to 6 teams.
* Fully 3D, but has very modest graphics requirements.
* Convenient drop-in/drop-out gameplay; no waiting for players.
* Built-in lobbies for easy matchmaking.
* 2,147,483,647 different maps!
* Leaderboard and ingame ranking (skill-based).
* Very small download (around 7MB) and quick install.
* Online only; there is no single-player component.
* Low bandwidth requirements and is latency-tolerant.
* Supports live streamed music (SHOUTcast, Icecast and http streaming).
* Player hosting of game servers (will become available during Beta Testing).
* Free throughout an extensive Open Beta period.
Army of Earth is not an action shooter featuring state-of-the-art visuals. If you are only interested in that, look elsewhere!
Will it run on my PC or laptop?
Very likely - as long as you have XP with SP2, or Vista. You can check the system requirements and download it here.
Very briefly, how do I play?
* Work with your teammates to destroy all of the buildings (the "base") owned by the other teams; construct buildings to develop your own base; protect your base from enemy players. You win when your team is the only one with remaining buildings.
* Use the mouse to control movement and firing: left mouse button sets a movement destination, right mouse button fires a projectile. Press <Enter> to communicate with everybody, and <Shift> to communicate with just your team.
* When playing in ranked games, you will earn Rating Points. All players are ranked according to their all-time totalled Rating Points. The ultimate goal is to earn high Rank.
* For ingame help, press the Help button near the top left of the screen. For more detailed information, please see the Help page.
Is it free?
It is free throughout an extended Beta testing period, and will remain free until it is fun and popular. We're flexible about the financial model, which will be decided later. However, we promise to always keep it affordable.
What's this Beta thing all about?
On April 3 2008, Army of Earth became available for anybody to play. It will remain in a "Beta" testing phase for quite a long time; until it is stable and fun. The Beta is "open", which means that anyone can participate. It is our desire to foster and collaborate with a large, enthused and dedicated Beta community, with discussion centered on our forums.
Where do I sign up for the Beta?
No need to do that! Just download the game, play it, and get involved with the Beta community via the forums.
What happens after Beta?
Post-beta, the game will remain in active development, because it is our desire to keep making the game better and better, with the help of the playing community. That is the fun part of game development!
It sounds fun for a community to play..
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will remain free until it is fun and popular.
So they're saying it's free because it sucks and everyone hates it? Why would I want to play a game like that?
Do you have any screen shots or videos, at least?
Or even a link? This topic sucks.
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Okay.. Imagine it's like soldat, but in 3d.. and you can't jump or do matrix stuff. And you can build structures, so it's just like you're in a war, the terrain is mostly hilly and it needs team strategy to shoot down enemy structures. And the 3d is gay and crap. But the strategy is pretty cool. So it's like military simulator, only one gun though which regenerates slowly. So everyone is equal in terms of character. But the player and the teamwork is the key to victory..
i guess i'll make a vid
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you still didnt link, dude
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you still didnt link, dude
thats the herobash style, makes long posts, then when you finish reading and expect a link, there isn't any
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http://www.armyofearth.com/index.php There Herobash, was that so hard?
Also screenshots:
http://www.armyofearth.com/screenshots.php
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Man after reading through all this I was really looking forward to playing it....then I saw the screenshots
OHMYGOD I can see why you'd leave them out this looks fucking horrible
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yea.. the graphics so sucks. Too bad, the gameplay is somehow fun..
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and you made this topic because...?