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"that rise of nations game"

Is it any good, I'm after a nice new RTS, and fancy something different to the command and conquer series.

Also, quite important, will it run on me 700MHz P3 Geforce 4 MX440 set uP?

cheers

Microchips wrote:
> I got the beta version from MS from Work Experience back in October,
> and it was absolultey fantastic. I'd get it.
>
> Not sure about min. specs, though. Sorry.

DID YOU DO WORK EXPERIENCE AT MICROSOFT? :O

And the game looks pants.

cheers for the input guyz, a few points :

total annihilation - what is it and is it older than red alert 2?

generals - can't you just switch superweapons off? when I used to play friends at red alert 2 we never had superweapons, cos it makes for a far more tactical and intelligent game. anyone can press a button, it takes real skill to coordinate an attack and overun some well placed base defences. I have warzone 2100, which is old, but uses the adjustable camera which I believe is used in generals. the problem with that thing is I found you end up spending half your time getting the camera angle just right. it's a good idea, but in practise it just slows down gameplay.

warcraft 3 sounds good, but I'm not sure if I like the idea of using medieval weapons all the time. Are there projectile units?

I think that seeing as Practical Magic says it'll run reasonably well on the spec he gave, I'll definitely be getting rise of nations next.

Red Alert 2 > Deploy soldiers.

Best tactical move you could make.

Yuri was a bit pants.

Red Alert 2 was classic though, but you can't discount warcraft 3.

red alert 2, and maybe yuris revenge, are in my view the finest rts games ever.

and you can take that to the bank

Generals is very good, but blatantly nowhere near as good as Redalert and Total Annhilation. THEY were good strategy games. Generals is all about rushing and making super weapons before anyone else. Still good though.

Jonathan Nash wrote:
> Hahaha.
>
> You go unforgiven.
>
> Now. A quiz.
> Is unforgiven a real word?
> Quiz over.

Unforgiven is a real word, it's also the title of a film starring Clint Eastwood I believe.

I think unforgiven is a real word, yes.

Hahaha.

You go unforgiven.

Now. A quiz.
Is unforgiven a real word?
Quiz over.

Look Nash. I don't function properly after 9 o'clock at night or before 10am in the morning. I make mistakkes, alright?
:D
Actually your right about the link, I just wasn't thinking straight.