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| Re: C&C3 Community Summit - Press Embargo lifted! [message #238813 is a reply to message #238810] |
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To be honest, they didn't say specifically if it would open new/specific missions or not. But after meeting the Full-Motion Video Director and the awesome Dragon Dronet who did costuming, sets, and props, I can't wait to play the game to see how it all comes together. I don't have my notes with me at the moment, but between GDI, Nod, and the Aliens, there are something like 35 different missions, lasting anywhere from 10-45 minutes, or longer depending on your skill level and strategy.
One of the things I found really cool was that when you play the Skirmish games against the computer, there are distinct personalities to play with.
Offensive: Starts attacking you pretty much right away.
Defensive: The "turtler" who hangs back and doesn't attack you unless it thinks/knows it has the advantage.
Overlord: Builds up huge forces of infantry, tanks, and aircraft. Then it throws them all at you in huge waves.
Guerilla: Does the sneakier stuff like hitting you from two different sides and elaborate combinations of units
Optimal: This AI personality is supposed to combine the best qualities of all the personalities and be the most difficult one to defeat.
Out of these personalities, you can go against Easy, Medium, Hard, and Brutal. Brutal is the same as Hard, but with cheats, basically, so he can build faster than you and have more money than you.
The neat part about the AI for modders is that the AI is all defined in XML files and new personalities can be created. They had quite a few modders present. The development tools probably won't be out at the same time as the game, but they are supposed to come out very soon after.
I'm the bawss.
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| Re: C&C3 Community Summit - Press Embargo lifted! [message #239032 is a reply to message #239002] |
Sat, 13 January 2007 19:50 |
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| m1a1_abrams wrote on Sat, 13 January 2007 14:58 |
Ooh, different AI personalities sounds like a really good idea. I hope it lives up to the promise though. Game developers always say their AI is much improved... and it's always just as shit.  Sounds cynical, but we all know it's true.
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The neat thing is that it's completely moddable so in theory, modders will be able to create even better AI than EA will end up with on release day. We got to take a tour of the whole development floor and watch several developers working on various aspects of the game. Interestingly enough, Tse-Cheng Lo was there but I didn't get a chance to say hi and introduce myself.
For those of you who don't know, Tse-Cheng Lo used to work for Westwood and made many of the official maps for Renegade. I guess I made up for not talking to him and telling him how much his work was still being enjoyed today by meeting Louis Castle (co-founder of Westwood Studios in case you didn't know). Still, damn you HeXetic for taking my picture, but I guess it's pretty cool. There was definitely a big "We're not worthy!" excitement in the air when he joined us.
http://planetcnc.gamespy.com/screenshots/?ss=1214
Incidentally, this photo was taken in the room where we watched a demonstration of the Xbox 360 version of C&C3. They introduced a cursor magnetism and completely different controls so while you're doing the same missions, it has a very controller-friendly interface instead of keyboard-friendly. One of things I thought was neat is when you play on the Xbox online, when you win, if you have a camera attached, you get 10 seconds of face time to rub it in the other guy's face.
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| Re: C&C3 Community Summit - Press Embargo lifted! [message #239122 is a reply to message #239032] |
Sun, 14 January 2007 10:09 |
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One of things I thought was neat is when you play on the Xbox online, when you win, if you have a camera attached, you get 10 seconds of face time to rub it in the other guy's face.
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News story 2 weeks after C&C 3's release:
"C&C 3 MAKES IT EASY FOR KIDS TO ACCESS PORN!? CAMERA SHOWS CHILD A PENIS"
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| Re: C&C3 Community Summit - Press Embargo lifted! [message #239179 is a reply to message #239032] |
Sun, 14 January 2007 22:05 |
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| Crimson wrote on Sat, 13 January 2007 20:50 |
when you play on the Xbox online, when you win, if you have a camera attached, you get 10 seconds of face time to rub it in the other guy's face.
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Awesome? Yeah. Begging for a lawsuit? Absolutely.
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