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Posted by 777 (Member # 9506) on :

Forces of Corruption

For those who bought the best Star Wars RTS to date--Empire at War--there's an expansion coming out in the near future. It looks really, really good.

Here's the trailer

And yes, that was an Eclipse-Class Star Destroyer in that clip. [Eek!]

Check over at Gamespot for some cool images.

Supreme Commander

For those interested, the main page for Supreme Commander is updated every Friday with new material. This month is Cybran Month, meaning you'll be learning a lot more about those cyborg walker units for the next few weeks.

And for those who were complaining about the lack of reality in this particular RTS, it is a game. [Wink]

Even though it's a simulation.

But to make up for that, they've made it a full-fledged simulation. Huge maps, real Newtonian physics--you actually can miss!--and actual gameplay, not a flashy version of rock-paper-scissors.

Here's the E3 presentation. Explains much more than the trailer--or the official website, for that matter. (Warning: poor video due to a non-fixed camera position. Someone apparently shot this video with a handheld.)

And for those complaints regarding range of fire, check out that clip. There is long-range artillery in this game.

Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :

Wow.

Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :

I'm still of the opinion that Company of Heroes is going to blow both of those games away [Smile]

Posted by 777 (Member # 9506) on :

After just viewing a couple of videos of CoH on Google--as well as reading up on it on Gamespot--I must agree with you, Puppy.

The graphics... the realism... just astounding. [Eek!]

Thanks for the tip! Company of Heroes is definitely on my list now.

Updating the list... let's see here...

Spore
Supreme Commander
Forces of Corruption
Company of Heroes

Any others worth mentioning?

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

Battle for Middle-Earth II.

But that Supreme Commander game video totally made me spooge.

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

I was REALLY disappointed with SW: Empire at War. It was buggy on both my computers, gave me all kinds of trouble just getting it installed and running, and then the actual game play was pretty weak. Very limited strategy, simplistic units, boring maps.

Overall, just not that good. I would give it 2.5 out of 5 stars. Certainly not worth $50+, and there's no way I'll buy an expansion.