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Yeah Viktor, WC3 as Elmo pointed out, is still a pretty big deal.

Mostly due to DotA, but you have to be initiated into the cult of DotA by somebody other than me. I turned my back on that religion long ago.

WiC

Spidery_Yoda wrote:

Total Annihilation.

Supreme Commander is pretty much a copy+paste of it, and TA can run on anything.

I left out Supreme Commander because of long, repetitive missions with minimal storyline, performance issues and serious online lag.

{M5}Sniper3 wrote:

RDMC wrote:

GR34 wrote:

I am leaning towards C&C 3 C&C the first decade

Isnt C&C First Decade just a collective name for all C&C games ever made?

Yes. But I'd rather buy all the games separately though, may cost a bit more but then you can mod them.

*sigh* I'd like to point out that First Decade doesn't blend all the C&C games into a single folder. They're still installed separately just like the originals. The only thing really changed is that it uses the DVD for launching, and allows you to use a launch menu.

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Ratzinger wrote:

coke wrote:

All these games suck compared to CLOSE COMBAT...
As it actually requires STRATEGY to play rather than just spamming and the like.

I played these for YEARS. It helps to be a WW2 nut...

Definatly but still the games themselves stand up!
Favourite Close Combat?? mine are Bridge too far, then Russian front, in fact I'm gonna reinstall them this week fancy playing Bridge too far as the the Nazi's

MrCookie wrote:

Hey strangelove! whats your favorite tactic?? (C&C3)
mine is playing traveler and destroyin the enemy with loads of assault carriers!!! works every time

I always go Marked of Kane

Ussually setting up an expansion early game. Make a massive economy and getting a tech center and having it research SC Partical guns, and TC Missles. Then have three or so Stealth Tanks harass them for a bit (killing harvestors and all other vulnerable units) while building an army of Venoms and Enlightened.

And against a guy playing traveler who just makes a bunch of PACs I always win as the SCPC Venom and TCM STank are more cost-effective than the PAC. Heck Laser Venoms and unpgraded STanks can win against the equivelent value of PACs.

Aries_37 wrote:

DOW: balance was lolbad, pathfinding was worse

Vehicles getting fucked up in the middle of braindead troops is horrible, and so is watching crappy aircraft pathing. The things hover over any sort of tilted terrain, and they rock with it. What the fuck? What a cheap port of vehicle physics. They act exactly like the same thing, and the necrons prove it by moving their chitterbugs to the skies. The Tau railgun suits are ear piss. What kind of fucking shields do they have that holds up every bit of traffic that isn't some kind of bullet or beam?

That aside, I can't really complain about the balance. Starcraft had three armies and years and years of patching, so of course it's going to maintain legendary status. Dawn of War adds an army or two with every expansion and, with the exception of the amazing (still unpatched, as far as I know) sisters of battle exploit, seems pretty fair on all fronts. Even the Tau and Dark Eldar can rebuff rushes if you work 'em right.

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DoctaStrangelove wrote:

MrCookie wrote:

Hey strangelove! whats your favorite tactic?? (C&C3)
mine is playing traveler and destroyin the enemy with loads of assault carriers!!! works every time

I always go Marked of Kane

Ussually setting up an expansion early game. Make a massive economy and getting a tech center and having it research SC Partical guns, and TC Missles. Then have three or so Stealth Tanks harass them for a bit (killing harvestors and all other vulnerable units) while building an army of Venoms and Enlightened.

And against a guy playing traveler who just makes a bunch of PACs I always win as the SCPC Venom and TCM STank are more cost-effective than the PAC. Heck Laser Venoms and unpgraded STanks can win against the equivelent value of PACs.

yea venoms are mighty... but i dont like MoK that much... all in all i prefer playin Nod as vanilla cuz of BHand has no airplanes and MoK has (sorry) shitty infantry! just my opinion.

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

MrCookie wrote:

DoctaStrangelove wrote:

I always go Marked of Kane

Ussually setting up an expansion early game. Make a massive economy and getting a tech center and having it research SC Partical guns, and TC Missles. Then have three or so Stealth Tanks harass them for a bit (killing harvestors and all other vulnerable units) while building an army of Venoms and Enlightened.

And against a guy playing traveler who just makes a bunch of PACs I always win as the SCPC Venom and TCM STank are more cost-effective than the PAC. Heck Laser Venoms and unpgraded STanks can win against the equivelent value of PACs.

yea venoms are mighty... but i dont like MoK that much... all in all i prefer playin Nod as vanilla cuz of BHand has no airplanes and MoK has (sorry) shitty infantry! just my opinion.

The Awakened are the best Teir 1 inf and Enligtened are a Teir3 unit that you can get at Teir2. The Tib Trooper might not be as good against buildings as BH but TT's can be upgraded with Cybernetic legs which allows them to get in range faster.

The only problem with the MoK is their lack of FlameTanks, or any anti-garrison vehicle but when you consider that their inf have EMPs and Super-Charged-Particle-Cannons is the second best upgrade (after Purfifing flame) it is hard to argue that they suck.

i just dont like them...