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Supreme Commander 2 Review

March 22nd, 2010 · 12 Comments · Gameshark, Gas Powered Games, RTS

I like Supreme Commander 2, but I totally understand why a lot of people will not. I often think about what concepts are core to a series. What makes a Europa Universalis game a Europa Universalis game? What makes Civ Civ? How much or how gradually can you change a game before it is not […]

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What does it mean to be “hardcore”?

March 11th, 2010 · 18 Comments · Firaxis, Gamespy, Industry, Preview

When I read the strapline attached to Anthony Gallegos’s preview of Civilization 5, I was stopped a little short. It’s not just for the hardcore anymore. It’s not? When was it? Is Civilization a hardcore game for hardcore people? I tweeted my curiosity and was met with a nice chorus of replies from friends and […]

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Large Scale RTS and their intimacy problems: SupCom 2 report

March 10th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Design, Gas Powered Games, Me, RTS

At this week’s GDC, Gas Powered Games boss Chris Taylor told Greg Tito of The Escapist that Supreme Commander 2 was one of the best games he’d ever worked on. (I’m still working my way through the campaign, but I’ll let you know if I agree with him soon.) He also said that SupCom2 was […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 55: Starcraft 2 and Napoleon: Total War

March 9th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Blizzard, Creative Assembly, Podcast, RTS, Three Moves Ahead

Two games this week. First, Tom Chick and Troy Goodfellow report on their experiences in the Starcraft II beta. It’s an old school RTS that eschews fifteen years of evolution in favor of keeping things as they were in 1998. What do we like so far? What do we not like? Meanwhile, Rob Zacny asks […]

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Napoleon: Total War Review

February 26th, 2010 · 10 Comments · 1up, Creative Assembly, Review

Read it here at 1up. Not especially happy with how it turned out, writing wise. Part of the problem is that Napoleon Total War can be seen as an improvement over Empire in many ways. The attrition and replenishment mechanics are very well done and there are finally historic battles to fight. And the AI […]

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Civilization 5

February 18th, 2010 · 37 Comments · Firaxis

Firaxis and 2k Games have announced that Civilization 5 is on the way. Reports of the game were leaked earlier today at CivFanatics. This is not really a surprise. We all knew another Civilization would come sooner or later and it’s been five years. And no one complains more than I do about Firaxis mining […]

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