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NightBlade

#21 February 28, 2009, 12:16:14 am

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I've been meaning to try an RTS out for a long time now, would this be a good game to start on?

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Liquid Ocelot

#22 February 28, 2009, 12:24:43 am

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Quote from: NightBlade on February 28, 2009, 12:16:14 am

I've been meaning to try an RTS out for a long time now, would this be a good game to start on?

Somewhat. First off you need to know what kind of an RTS it is and it involves no base building(you have a base in multiplayer, but only one which you can spam units out of). If you do get it, don't go online right away, play the single player to get your bearings. People can be pretty brutal online.

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Boulvae

#23 February 28, 2009, 12:48:41 am

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And never talk during online, seriously.

A tool is a tool regardless. I mean if you suck, you suck, and not even the most perfect tool could save you. And if your damn good then even with the worst tool ever conceived you could chug out some high quality shit.

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NightBlade

#24 February 28, 2009, 12:50:29 am

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Quote from: Boulvae on February 28, 2009, 12:48:41 am

And never talk during online, seriously.

Why's that?

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Boulvae

#25 February 28, 2009, 12:55:20 am

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Well, it's this thing called micro-management, to put it simply you control many many people at once more individually then just en-mass. To properly micro-manage you have to constantly pay attention and communicating, via messages, and such will just waste time by preventing you from watching your troops.

Also alot of them are just dicks.

A tool is a tool regardless. I mean if you suck, you suck, and not even the most perfect tool could save you. And if your damn good then even with the worst tool ever conceived you could chug out some high quality shit.

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Liquid Ocelot

#26 February 28, 2009, 02:14:00 am

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Quote from: Boulvae on February 28, 2009, 12:55:20 am

Well, it's this thing called micro-management, to put it simply you control many many people at once more individually then just en-mass. To properly micro-manage you have to constantly pay attention and communicating, via messages, and such will just waste time by preventing you from watching your troops.

Also alot of them are just dicks.

This is true, if you must talk to friends to coordinate strategies, just use Steam or something.

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Rajew

#27 February 28, 2009, 09:14:32 pm

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This game doesn't really have much micro though, because most units come in groups and are not individually controllable.
Unless I'm missing something?

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Supra Mairo

#28 February 28, 2009, 09:57:50 pm

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yea there isn't all that much micro but you still need to keep your anti-tank guys in a safe spot and use cover on the groups whenever it's possible, etc.. The jetpack dudes are something you also want to use in conjunction with the other groups when they are pinned down or something like that.

The gameplay isn't super fast so even if you are not a native korean you can play this game and win.

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Boulvae

#29 February 28, 2009, 10:26:22 pm

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Not as micro heavy as the previous WAR. But I still find most of them are not worth talking to.

A tool is a tool regardless. I mean if you suck, you suck, and not even the most perfect tool could save you. And if your damn good then even with the worst tool ever conceived you could chug out some high quality shit.

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NightBlade

#30 March 01, 2009, 03:49:30 am

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Edit: Nevermind, I just realized my question made no sense. Well, I'm going to dive right in and give this genre a try. The only experience I have with an RTS is spore's crappy iteration of it.

If I end up hating it, well then... Oh well. I mean, it can't be a bigger waste of money than that time I bought Unreal Tournament 3.

Last Edit: March 01, 2009, 03:57:56 am by NightBlade

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NightBlade

#31 March 04, 2009, 12:47:48 am

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Is it me, or does this game refuse to allow players to change keybindings? Ive been playing this for a bit, and I find it a bit hard to keep track of everything going on sometimes, though I can see myself gradually improve as I progress through the game. Nothing terribly difficult so far, despite numerous mistakes (and getting used to the ass backwards pathing RTS's seem to have a tendency toward.) I've yet to fail a mission. I'd say that this game makes a good starter RTS.

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