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Co-Ops are typically easier because when you die, it's not game over. I don't know what it was like in Halo, but many of the coop games I have played make it so that the players respawn on death. Then this probably wouldn't be the case for Half-Life 2, since the single player only version of Half-Life 2 was a cheap version, sold for $19.99 IIRC. Maybe a bit higher. I got the boxed Collector's Edition, which gave me multiplayer via Counterstrike: Source. I also got Half-Life Deathmatch for free once it was available, though it didn't grab me as much as CSS did.

Did the OP assume that FMV meant "live actors?"

It may or may not have been. I think that it may or may not be a good way of doing things, as the players turn during a turn based game may or may not be a time when the CPU is more idle than otherwise.

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This is the game that has me wowed for landscapes at the moment:

Chess is fun if you're matched up with someone of similar skill.

A bunch of things, better balance, imo too Heavy bombers are gone, territory divided a bit differently, etc etc. Lots of tweeks. IIRC, artillery are added. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did they put anything to replace heavy bombers? Heavy bombers is why I won as the Axis that one time.

Hmmm. I don't know what version I played. What's the difference between the two?

I have heard a really interesting "bidding" system that helps balance the game out. Basically, all 5 players make a private bid about where to place additional axis units. The two players that bid the lowest get to play the Axis powers. The kicker is that all 5 bids still get placed. So if you bid 20 additional tanks in Eastern Germany, you'll probably not get to play an Axis power (since your bid is high. What is that, like 100 IC or something?). As a result, you don't bid too aggressively (or you'll screw yourself), but you don't typically bid too low (otherwise you'll screw yourself). The only real problem with it is that you don't get to really pick your sides. But I have had some interesting games after doing it.

Well, with respect to the Soviet Union it was either attack them before they are ready, or wait until the Soviet Union is ready and fully militarized after its purges, and decides to attack Germany on its own. As for the Western Front, it probably would have been better to actually attempt Sealion, rather than the Battle of Britain. All the BOB really did was strengthen the British Resolve, and decimate the Luftwaffe. Had those resources been spent actually attacking, or maybe even more to the Battle of the Atlantic instead, things might have gone a bit differently in that regard.

Not surprisingly, there's a hefty amount of bias in that article. What, the Myths against Turn Based combat are all bad and bash TB. There isn't a single myth about Turn Based combat that makes it seem better than it actually is. Now lets look at RT. Oh wait, all the "myths" about RT are about how better it is. No myths at all about how bad RT is? The same goes on for the other two. The myths are about how great it is, no myths about its faults. Only poor TB is picked on unfairly. I suppose it is possible that there aren't any myths, but it seems a bit convenient. I know it's the RPG codex and they are typically TB fanboys, but they're painting TB as too big of a victim.

Depends on what you consider "turn based." To me it just seemed like KOTOR and NWN and Baldur's gate split the turns into 6 second segments to give the illusion of real time. Given how spells and attacks and whatnot still mention "turn" (how many attacks per turn. How many turns a spell effect lasts, and many turns in a round, etc.), the combat mechanics are still handled through turns.

If you're playing against a team of decent allied players, they shouldn't lose outside of germany/japan being very lucky.

A common house rule is that Russia can't attack. I remember screwing with a Russian player because I didn't fully commit my forces on turn 1, and went more for the Caucaus than the Moscow. He didn't know what to do because he played the game so much and had never really seen that happen. I also bitch slapped Africa in the first couple of fights as well. It didn't hurt that my Japanese ally developed heavy bombers on like turn 3. He also helped out in the Russian front a bit more, weakening dem dere commies.

I don't know. If you see people being turned into Splicers, it could be a bit creepy.

Masturbation is still free.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's an opportunity cost.

Have the AI continue to work in the background, planning its moves. Since your moves aren't done though, it obviously can't be in a final state. So examine what potential moves the player can do, and determine what the best course of action would be. It's kind of like Chess, except that the AI plans its moves while you're still doing your turn, so that there is less waiting around when it's actually the AI's turn.

So you knew Ferret? I'd be very surprised if your Core Duo didn't work. Clock speeds are no longer all that good for determining the processing power of a CPU any more, unless you're looking at identical architectures.

Why don't you just reconfirm with your inside connection?

Aim for the groin and you hit the groin. Not particularly hard. And for the "eyes" and "brain". If you shoot someone in the head, both his eyes and his brains are going to come flying out, no matter what. To be able to shoot someone in the eyes to blind him is so incredibly stupid it hurts. I don't know how many times I've tried to explain to you: CRPG does not automatically mean isometric view. A CRPG is still a CRPG in first person view. It's still a CRPG even if the combat lends elements from the FPS genre. It's just more interactive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Haha, the eye shots were goofy.

I'd recommend not going out and upgrading your computer for a game until that game is released, to prevent stuff like this from happening.

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Whatever you do, just make sure it is consistent!

As long as it doesn't break immersion by allowing your hollow point bullets completely bypass that power armor and rip the guy to shreds underneath.

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