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I don't think one really powerful boss contitutes challenging combat. The thing I didn't like most about PS:T was the bugginess of some spells. There was one spell that let you cast multiple missiles (Force bolt or something) one after another. However, if you didn't stay put on that person, you'd waste the extra missiles. I liked the combat of BG2 a lot more, which should make sense. BG2's focus was a lot more on combat IMO.

Nothing wrong with agreeing with Gromnir

I've heard that too. Becoming just a FPS now. It'll still sell like hotcakes because of the Blizzard name however.

They definitely tried to fit into their niche. Obviously there was some success, or EA wouldn't have bought the studio.

Oh wow!

I have a feeling I'm going to regret clicking on that.

For some reason I see Blizzard being one of those companies that literally can do whatever they want. They are one of the "Midas" companies it seems.

That's not necessarily a bad thing though. I don't think a C&C game NEEDS to have the sidebar with buildings materializing out of the ground. The setting is the most important thing.

I'd be more impressed if I knew the average Apparently I was well behaved too. My brother was a hellion when my Mom was not in the room with him (so she says anyways), but I didn't require her attention all the time. Perhaps that lead to her not holding me enough, which would explain my psychopathic tendencies. "

They also went with C&C Generals. Looks like they're doing what they can with the C&C name now.

My "people?"

Fallout will make you a fan of the Post-Apoc setting!!

I'm surprised there was no coop mode. The game just screamed "Hey, get a friend and play along and it'll be teh r0x0rs" but noooooo.

I'm thinking about it! (w00t)

Both the previews I have read have stressed the importance of keeping veteran units alive, as their bonuses can be pretty useful if they've gained a huge amount of levels. It also makes "turtling" a little less viable, as I don't know how much you can level up (if at all) with no combat experience. But you can make a great city defender by having +bonus city defense and +bonus defense, which stacks up for an impressive defender of cities. I imagine Town Walls will give it's usual bonus as well.

I switched to Difficult, and it's pretty much what I expected. I can still score fairly well, but the opponents are now impossible to knock off the puck, faster, and you can't even poke check them anymore. You thought Peter Forsberg was bad? I can't even knock over Daniel Sedin with Pronger. Yet they breathe heavily on me and I lose the puck. I'll give it more of a try, but it's hard to play defense when you're giving up 3-0 rushes (and that's while trying to play stay at home defense) because your guys now move slower, and their guys move faster. I get a ton of tripping penalties trying to poke check, and if I hit them they kind of wobble, but don't lose the puck. Unfortunately though, my teammate AI does something stupid usually and leaves the guy in front of the net wide open. I've lost all 3 games on difficult so far, 1 in regulation and 2 in OT. My best game at Medium was an 11-0 drubbing of Detroit. Peca was a 2 PPG man, I was a 2.5 PPG man, and I had the top 5 players in the overall points list. (Smyth, Me, Peca, Dvorak, Torres....Hemsky was in the top 10 though). Peca has like 12 SHG so far, and I'm like 30 games in. I think I've scored more SHG than I have let in PPG

WHat do you mean? Alpha Centauri had customizable units in that you could set the attack power, defense, and whatnot. I don't think Civ 4 is the same way. It's more like having less overall units, but still having the Phalanx, Rifleman, etc. etc. (Although no more defense and offense stat, just an overall power stat), but as they level up you can state things like +bonus to defense, +bonus city attack, +bonus city defense, etc.

What difficultly level are you playing on? I'm on pace to absolutely demolish point total records. 215 points? Meh, no biggie. 92 Goals? Big whoop

Yes I remember all that. I haven't heard whether or not they have or have not included those, but I'm betting on not. I heard that they were going for less units this time, but the ability to specialize them in a huge variety of ways as they gain experience instead. Maybe some of the bonus' will be civ specific.

I doubt he's played either of those

It is crap. Of course you'd know. Baiting is your speciality. Uh huh, suuuuure. Riiiiight. Fortunately your opinion is irrelevant.

That's not judgment. That's determining our expectations. Stating that something IS crap is a judgement, and can only be determined after experiencing it. Thinking that something WILL be crap is an expectation. But I'm sure you're capable of making sure that ALL good games are bought Is a poorly marketted game crap? Many people think Geneforge is a great game, but it doesn't have the money to market it. Because you aren't interested in a game doesn't make it crap. Especially when considering a discussion where people are mentioning games they enjoyed from around the world. I mean, name me one good game from Japan?

Nay, there's an entire thread discussing whether or not it is a financial failure.

Fortunately linearity (or non-linearity) has little relevance on whether or not a game is good

Well, they should like Sex too. More people in the workforce means more tax dollars to accumulate!