Played the new C&C at E3 [message #481965] |
Thu, 13 June 2013 08:41 |
djlaptop
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Here's my E3 gallery: http://imgur.com/a/R1xkY#0
Here are just a few pics from the C&C event/booth itself: http://imgur.com/a/FXBRr
I played the game for about 20 minutes. It was pretty intense, because the waves of AI attack were just NON STOP. It gives you a countdown when the waves are coming, which sorta defeats the point.
Granted, I didn't know any of the units, but I did a decent job defending my base and attacking the enemy base for about 15 minutes until one of the waves finally overtook me. I definitely could feel that there was a lot of strategy to it that I just wasn't getting.
It's graphically beautiful and the audio is well done as well. But the big question: WAS IT FUN? Meh. It was okay. But I can't say that I had a huge amount of FUN the way I did with the oldschool C&C games. Maybe I just need to understand the units more or try some of the other gameplay types (like head-to-head multiplayer), but this one didn't really jump out at me. 20 minutes on this gameplay type was not enough to really draw me in.
The other point that some gamers care about: I confirmed with the lead of the project that there IS NO OFFLINE PLAY. All gameplay occurs on an EA server through Origin. He spun it as a feature (it prevents cheaters and saves your games, etc), but we all know that it's really a form of DRM. Hopefully they learned their lesson from Sim City and will have enough servers on launch day.
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Re: Played the new C&C at E3 [message #482064 is a reply to message #481973] |
Mon, 17 June 2013 15:37 |
Sean
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liquidv2 wrote on Thu, 13 June 2013 12:27 | for the record, Generals was a good game - they somehow didn't fuck that up at all[/color]
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The reason why Generals is/was a good game, is because it was pretty much complete by Westwood before they got took over by EA.
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Re: Played the new C&C at E3 [message #482135 is a reply to message #482077] |
Thu, 20 June 2013 17:22 |
Sean
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liquidv2 wrote on Tue, 18 June 2013 10:59 | is that true?
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Indeed it is, I read up on it a while ago when I was doing research on Westwood.
http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Westwood_Studios
Read this.
I know that its true as I don't forget something like that, I'll keep digging and see if I can find more information that backs this up.
Specifically this part:
Toggle SpoilerLittle is known that the last Command & Conquer produced by Westwood was Command & Conquer: Generals released in 2003, not Renegade. Westwood was closed later that year, possibly because they could not adapt to the development pace set by EA, and EA Pacific, later EA Los Angeles continued working on the Command & Conquer franchise. This led to the cancellation of several projects like Renegade 2, Tiberian Incursion and Continuum.
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Re: Played the new C&C at E3 [message #482136 is a reply to message #482135] |
Thu, 20 June 2013 17:36 |
Sean
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Can't edit my post? mm, this as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer#Generals_series
Specifically this:
Toggle SpoilerChronology[edit]
Westwood Studios (1995–2002)
1995 – Command & Conquer
1996 – Command & Conquer – The Covert Operations
1996 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert
1997 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert – Counterstrike
1997 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert – The Aftermath
1998 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert – Retaliation
1997 – Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor
1999 – Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
2000 – Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun – Firestorm
2002 – Command & Conquer: Renegade
Also, special thanks to djlaptop for posting these screenshots, I very much appreciate it, as I'm sure everyone else does.
EA Pacific (a.k.a. Westwood Pacific) (2000–2003)
2000 – Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
2001 – Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
2003 – Command & Conquer: Generals
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