OT: They shouldn't be allowed to ruin some franchises

VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:21 pm

Casaubon wrote:thank you for allowing links to non slitherine titles in your forums, thats really generous! the one to xenonauts made my day, I had no idea about this project! it´s no wonder so many tried and keep trying to revive the 2 early xcom games - my all times favorites.

I've pre order it. Still didn't tested it yet.

impar · Post by **impar** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:23 am

MechWarrior Online aiming for 12v12
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If MechWarrior Online isn't up for 12v12, technical director Matt Craig explained in the Q&A, Piranha will knock it down to 8v8--two 'lances' of four mechs per team. Fingers crossed for large-scale mechanised mayhem, everyone.
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Piranha is also looking into the possibility of imbalance in faction membership. Lead designer Paul Inouye explains, "Certain incentives can be provided to join a specific House and there can be kickbacks in terms of lower operating costs if you are in a less populated House. We are still addressing this issue and will let you know in a future update as to our conclusion."
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Kerloc · Post by **Kerloc** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:07 am

MUCH BETTER MECHWARRIOR GAME:

http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/

Its a mod of Crysis Wars.

binford · Post by **binford** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:42 pm

This could be interesting for the fans of Diablo II, maybe it´s worth a look??
http://www.pathofexile.com/

VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:31 pm

My only problem with "free online" is that they easily turn into "pay to win".

binford · Post by **binford** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:40 pm

Sure, most of the time free to play turns into something called micropayment.....but I´ll keep an eye on it...between my PC campaigns

macattack · Post by **macattack** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:14 pm

binford wrote:This could be interesting for the fans of Diablo II, maybe it´s worth a look??
http://www.pathofexile.com/

No payment at all related to game play? That typically means that either the product is complete crap, or they will be billing down the road.

It looks like they put some pretty good effort into the product, so I doubt it is crap.

That just leaves bill, bill, bill.

impar · Post by **impar** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:09 pm

New Mech announced, Catapult, with a funny "news" report:
http://mwomercs.com/news/2011/12/70-bat ... 5-catapult

Lamont · Post by **Lamont** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:14 pm

Posting a link to a great site about the Tiger tank and its history development , day to day wardiarys of sort, known pz aces etc. It also have info about modern Tanks too. The site also contains a few games (links) wich can maybe be of interest to some here.
My personal favorite game in there is Steel Panthers win ww 2 or just winspat2 as I call it

http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/main.html

impar · Post by **impar** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 12:57 pm

Better X-COM?

Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown announced
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"Unlike 2K Marin's previously announced XCOM shooter, which sparked tempers among longtime fans for turning its back on the series' cerebral roots, this title is a full-on strategy game that puts players in command of a global anti-alien defense force," Game Informer said.
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VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:23 pm

Yes, I've read yesterday their intent a new real X-Com.
But I'm not so positive after reading this:

US magazine Game Informer revealed Enemy Unknown, saying it "introduces a wider console audience to what made the storied franchise great in the first place". It launches on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this autumn.

Let us wait and see.

Kerloc · Post by **Kerloc** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:54 pm

impar wrote:New Mech announced, Catapult, with a funny "news" report:
http://mwomercs.com/news/2011/12/70-bat ... 5-catapult

that mech doesnt look like a catapult. It looks more like a STK-3F Stalker...

impar · Post by **impar** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:43 pm

Kerloc wrote:
impar wrote:New Mech announced, Catapult, with a funny "news" report:
http://mwomercs.com/news/2011/12/70-bat ... 5-catapult
that mech doesnt look like a catapult. It looks more like a STK-3F Stalker...

You sure?
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Catapult
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Stalker

Kerloc · Post by **Kerloc** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:58 pm

c'mon impar ... look at the torso of the catapult ... it really looks like the torso of the stalker
The four MBL are missing too
Okay a stalker torso with lrm arms of the catapult glued on it

EDIT: But the hunchback and the jenner are looking really nice ^^

Tarrak · Post by **Tarrak** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:48 pm

I actually think their Catapult look quite fine. The Atlas on the other hand ... i don't know.

huertgenwald · Post by **huertgenwald** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:04 am

Maybe of interest : a new XCOM game was announced by Firaxis (Civilization series)

http://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/index.html

VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:20 pm

For those who enjoyed, like I did, to play Elite, there was released in Steam today, Evochron Mercenary.
I've been playing it, occasionally, for more than a year it really makes me remember Elite.
It will be interesting to note that this series are entirely developed by one person... and in Dark Basic.

Also I saw today in Steam the trailer of the remake of Dear Esther, a cult mod of HL2.
It looks amazingly good.

huertgenwald · Post by **huertgenwald** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:23 pm

On the 9th of February a new "Jagged Alliance (Back in Action)" will be released.

Well, let's keep up our hopes...

VPaulus · Post by **VPaulus** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:41 pm

huertgenwald wrote:On the 9th of February a new "Jagged Alliance (Back in Action)" will be released.

Well, let's keep up our hopes...

I think it's... real time.

huertgenwald · Post by **huertgenwald** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:06 pm

Yes, but AFAIK you can stop anytime and preplan several moves ahead, including the coordination of several mercs to act as a team

So there's some hope