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Derek 
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 Topic: Your 2008 Wish List - Post them and comparePosted: 02-28-2008 at 10:35am |
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Thanks, GB. I spent some good time with the demo last night and came away moderately pleased. I love all the big scale vehicle stuff, all the support-type things players can do, the frontline-checkpoint system controlling the flow of battle, etc.
I didn't particularly care for the actual infanty shooting, though. It just felt old, and not in a good-retro way. I had some issues with lag and glitching, too.
We should see about arranging some time for the SGN guys to try the demo.
The single player stuff as you described it sounds like a waste of time, though. :(
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JasonSGN
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 11:16am |
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Is multi-player available in the demo? I'd give it a shot.
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TedSGN
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 11:21am |
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I'll d/l the demo
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JasonSGN
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 11:22am |
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Is this the WW III game where the US, Europe and Russia fight each other? If so, I remember reading about it a long time ago and thought the story was interesting.
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Derek
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 11:47am |
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Yep, that's kinda the story, and yep, one of the two demos is the multiplayer one. Let me know when you guys can play!
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Grambo Bastille
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 12:37pm |
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The premise of the game is an oil shortage in the near future (2024 I
believe) where oil is only available for military use. Russia and
China form a coalition while the US and EU form one of their own.
The SP has skirmishes around former Soviet Union territories and
eventually an invasion of Moscow (interesting that they reference both
Napoleon and Hitler being stifled in taking Moscow and now the US is
invading). The SP doesn't totally suck, but if one were to buy
this solely for SP, they would be wasting their money.
The only demo I saw on Xbox was the MP (I think there is a SP demo on PC). The MP demo gives you 2 maps, one a fairly large one with the highest sniper location I have seen in any game) while the other is a small urban setting without vehicles. I haven't erased my demo yet so I will keep it on my HD so I can join you and give you another body to shoot at. |
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Derek
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 12:44pm |
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There was a single player demo on Live, and it was pretty bad. So bad that I was disinclined to even bother with MP. Glad I did, though.
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Grambo Bastille
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 12:51pm |
It must have been so bad that they pulled it. After everyone raved about the MP, I went back to d/l the SP and it wasn't there (or else I am going loopy and just missed it). There was also a SP demo for a game called Turning Point which I thought had a good premise - it is a shooter based on the Allies losing WWII and Germany occupying the US, until the US decides to fight back. I haven't played the demo but I heard it was horrendous. The developer admitted it was horrible and promised major changes before the final version was released. Well apparently it is now shipping to the stores and from what I have read, they kept their promise. I have it on my Gamefly queue so hopefully I will be playing this one soon. |
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Derek
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 1:32pm |
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You didn't miss anything, and I would not be surprised if it was pulled.
Actually, I heard the 'developers change things based on demo feedback' story for Frontlines:
Cool if that happened for Turning Point as well. Yes, the demo was really bad for that one as well.
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Derek
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Posted: 02-28-2008 at 1:40pm |
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Yep, here is the news for Turning Point:
Wow, if developers are now actually tweaking their games based on demo feedback, that's a trend I can support! :)
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