I need to check my blogroll more often since I missed this post from Bruce Shelley about many things. Most importantly, it says a few things about how their RTS Halo Wars will be controlled on the console. I may have mentioned many blogs ago that we reprogrammed Age of Mythology to be playable with […]
Entries Tagged as 'RTS'
Producers Say the Darnedest Things
June 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Industry, RTS
EA’s Jim Vessella on the console version of Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath. “We think that this is certainly going to be the best control scheme for RTS games coming out next week” Vessella makes no claims as to how it stacks up to games coming out the week after.
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Great War Nations: Sparta Review
June 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Ancients, Gameshark, Review, RTS
We have an early competitor for the worst strategy game of the year. World Forge is going to keep making games. They released the Mongol themed Golden Horde in Europe earlier this year and it will certainly land with a thump on our shores at some point in time. And they are working on a […]
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Sudden Strike 3 Review
May 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Gameshark, Review, RTS, WW2
I liked it more than I thought I would. When you pull off an assault against an entrenched enemy with minor losses and combined arms, it really feels nice. It looks pretty good, too and the reinforcement based on objectives is a great way to encourage action and progress. Ultimately, it comes apart because the […]
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Nobody Likes You When You’re Strange
May 2nd, 2008 · 8 Comments · Big Huge Games, Crispy Gamer, Design, RTS
RTS evangelist Tom Chick devoted his most recent column to a celebration of Rise of Legend‘s second anniversary. He talked to Big Huge Games head honcho Brian Reynolds about the game – why it worked and why it wasn’t the huge success it deserved to be. This exchange capsulizes the prevailing thinking on why the […]
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The Brilliance of Stupidity
April 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · RTS
I have few illusions that this will be a great game, but if Stalin vs. Martians doesn’t make you just a little curious, you have are clearly a soulless creature. Maybe even a commie space man. Vopros: Can we play as Stalin himself? Otvet: Yes, but not from the start. Stalin is our commander and […]
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