Why don't they make a DotA mode for Diablo3? It would take about 2 seconds of coding, and about 3 months of balancing, but it could easily be done, and I'm sure it would be fun. Blizzard kind of invented DotA, I'm surprised they haven't done it yet.
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wrote on 09/15/2012 at 01:05pm
The kickstarter for Planetary Annihilation ended yesterday, and it was a huge success: They raised over $2,200,000 with a goal of only $900,000 dollars. The best part is that they announced everything that they will do with the extra money. There are new planet types, a full orchestral score, a making of documentary...
My personal favorite is that they're adding a Galaxy Meta-Game where each match you play has some effect on a giant war going on in a galaxy. Their vision is having clans battle it out over territory using individual matched games. It looks very fun.
This is my first kickstarter anything, but I hope to be sucked in like this again. It's fun feeling like you're in on the ground floor on something and you can watch it develop. I probably won't get my game until July of next year, but I'll be following its progress the whole time, waiting.
It's also nice getting a game made that the devs admit would never be published by a normal company. Kickstarter has enabled us gamers to get outside of the CoD-WoW-Halo-Skyrim Box (not that I didn't love those games, it's just that everything seems like a derivative of those these days).
Few RTS games are made, your right. Kinda wonder why, Starcraft 2 sold well... But that's a Bilzz game so...
I love the graphics in the stuff they have released so far. Plus it smacks of Unreal in that you can blow up planets and other awesome stuff that is less realistic and just plain fun to do.
This game looks amazing. I'm so glad they raised so much more money over their goal. Having the possibility of destroying your enemy with an asteroid makes me extremely over joyed. Not to mention I played total annihilation and its by far one of my favorite RTS games of all time, and this is a super upgraded version of it.
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This could be interesting. I won't believe anything until I see it. I think Steam on Linux and all of Gabe's Windows 8 comments could suggest a Steam Box, but people do all kinds of R&D that never amount to anything. This may fall into that category.
I think they are steadily headed the direction of some kind of console or something similar. The Linux client and porting games is a first step.
I don't think it will go the way of the Jaguar though. Well, hope it doesn't I guess. The box serves an actual need in the market. Its not just another console, its another console that can built and run in such as way as to make it very compelling for users. In fact, I think Apple and Valve are better suited to provide a next gen killer console that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo as they are to entrenched in a certain model that kind of sucks for users.
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Should have posted this a while back because it's probably been two months since I played it. I ran through this game this Summer and had a great time doing it.
In a lot of ways, this is the anti-GTA of the RockStar world: It's (very) closed world mayhem where you never drive a vehicle or get any down time. No sandbox here, this is straight story action story action rinse repeat.
If fatigue didn't set in, you could easily play the game straight through. There is never a loading screen, no signal to stop playing except for mid-chapter inserts that are usually so captivating that they keep you playing. More than once, I realized I was playing more for the story than for the action. I love a game where you actually care about the characters, and this one really pays off. Shoot there's this one time where ***SPOILER DELETED*** and you are like WTF! I literally shouted at the screen, and promptly blew some poor guys virtual head off.
If you like combat in other RockStar games, you'll love this. That said, to me it feels a bit loose, and the bullet time takes a while to really get down. Headshots in slow-mo are fun, though, and this game get's pretty brutal. Definitely not one to play with someone else in the room if you mind them seeing you commit horrible acts of bloody carnage.
Graphics are pretty awesome: the game sports some pretty awesome lighting, filters and animation (and I'd love to see some hi-res PC shots some time, the XBOX just can't do those things right), and the Euphoria engine (the thing that makes people move like... you know... people) leads to some interesting stuff. Bad guys grab at their wounds, try to hang on to railings, and generally move more like thinking human beings than rag-dolls. It actually seems like canned animations until some small bug throws off the vibe, but they're few and far between.
It's music keeps with the RockStar tradition of late: awesome and responsive to the action. The song that plays through the last level is awesome (maybe not "Far Away" in RedDead awesome, but pretty good none the less), and I've taken to playing the soundtrack while farming in Diablo.
It's a good game. Maybe not a must buy (never really played the MP, but if that's good I'd go for it) but certainly rent/GameFly/borrow/demo/SteamSale worthy. Try it out.
How long is it? I picked it up in the Steam sale but haven't touched it yet.
The one complaint I have (which amounts to very little since I haven't actually played it) is that it doesn't seem like a Max Payne game. that could be all in how they were advertising it though.
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wrote on 08/25/2012 at 06:02pm
It's fairly long. I think I probably put 15+ hours in the single player, more than most narrative driven stories. After a while, I think it becomes a bit more Max Payne-ish, though they have stepped up the "crazy ass crap" factor.
Sounds awesome, ill snag it on a Steam sale. This one got lost in the Diablo 3 shuffle for me but many ribbed D3 players for being able to play it because it was a proper single player game with offline mode(the servers were not able to handle the d3 players at the time).
I really wish Blizzard had emulate Borderlands for the multiplayer. True offline single player, easy drop in multiplayer. If the servers are down, you get no multiplayer or auction house but you can still play.
That said keeping it online is a good form of drm, which was probably one of the major factors, and it keeps the core off the pc to prevent hacking and exploits, which is definitely a good thing.
But yeah, the servers close to launch were laughable.
They said it was a multiplayer game that wasn't about the DRM. In theory I can accept that. In practice though, like I don't know it has all the trapping of it and even if you wanted to go back to a Diablo 3 1.0 world, there is not chance you could as its all server side.
Sort of waffle on how I think about that. Wherein the game is fine, it does feel so much like DRM I am not sure there is a real difference.
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wrote on 08/26/2012 at 03:22am
Diablo 2 required a Server connection to update that character. Sure, you could play offline, but you couldn't play with that character in coop games.
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From the people that made Monday Night Combat comes an RTS, the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.
I actually picked up Total Annihilation the other day and have been playing the heck out of it, when all of a sudden I watch this video. This may be what finally gets me into kickstarter.
Oh, and if you think this video is cool BUY TOTAL ANNIHILATION (GoG.com, $5.99) AN LET"S BLOW EACHOTHER UP!!!
Sorry, I'm just sick of the AI... but not the explosions.
Looks like they just blew past the goal so good on them! Beyond that, which is awesome... The game looks epic. The art style reminds me a smidge of Team Fortress 2 in its solid colors and cartoony vibe. I dug the voice acting and music, if they can pull off 80% of what they want this game will be really fun.
I hadn't really considered before that the whole RTS genere is fairly underserved right now. Quite true. I still mostly just play Rise of Nations & Age of Mythology with my friends on LAN occasionally. Newest RTS I obtained was SC2.
Moar!
Tungsten Post Author
wrote on 08/17/2012 at 03:56pm
You'll appreciate this: they just confirmed roll-out ready Linux support
Good stuff. I have a few legendaries and like the post says, they just felt like bit better rare. Affixing certain abilities sounds awesome too, the Angel / Demon summon seems fun.
One thing they didn't mention is the drop rate. I could have sworn I saw that the drop rate was increasing for Legendaries, but I could be wrong. I *hope* it increases, otherwise these new awesome items are going to be selling for hundreds of millions on the auction house.
In the didyoueverplaythat category: Little Big Adventure 2
I asked for this for Christmas at some point before the age of 16, having played the original Little Big Adventure. Originally a french game I believe, it never got much exposure here in the states. My father had to go to three or four stores to find it, but I'm glad he did.
The game is a true action adventure, kind of like a semi-isometric zelda with more humor and story elements, along with a few Monkey-Island esque puzzles. It's on GoG.com if you have $6 to kill and don't mind a game from the very early 3D era.
What was the coolest part about it? Kind of wonder if Little Big Planet borrowed from its name?
Tungsten Post Author
wrote on 08/13/2012 at 08:01pm
Doubtful. It's just a fun adventure game with zany characters, interesting locations, and decent gameplay. It does suffer from some aiming issues (It's really hard to aim from a fixed isometric perspective using a lobbing weapon and no target reticle.)
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I have it as well. Tried my hand at it a few times. It's pretty hard. Let me know how you fairs and if you have any hints.
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wrote on 08/10/2012 at 01:16pm
This was a good one. It had StarCraft, Diablo II, and Total Annihilation (best RTS ever) . I would have gotten Total Annihilation instead, but it was missing the second disc. I'm pretty sure you could play it without it, but I didn't want to risk the $2. :)
Easter Egg for you Borderlands fans in the image.
That's a cool idea. They might do this when the PvP patch ships. Going outside what PvP is and doing more would be great, solidify the game and all.
Hahaha, I get the easter egg.