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« Reply #285 on: May 14, 2009, 04:08:10 PM » |
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On another note: I'm just about to buy all their games.
And sorry Chro.
Close. But not enough.
Post scriptum: Anyone noticed how WW/Petro had a special knack at RTS'?
C&C, UAW, The Dune games (Played II and 2000 myself), That SW game isn't that bad either.
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« Reply #286 on: May 14, 2009, 04:34:48 PM » |
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They pretty much invented RTS as a genre.
What came before Dune II? Like, The Ancient Art of War, Stonkers, and Herzog Zwe? None of which even let you move units with the mouse. Dune II and Command & Conquer laid the foundations for virtually every RTS that came afterwards.
I don't know about other people, but virtually inventing a genre by creating truly epic games is enough to reserve a table in the snooty restaurant of my heart.
P.S. And ya, they do have a knack at creating RTS games even now, twenty years later.
P.P.S. Here's something scary to think about. If we hadn't of had Westwood, would we have had Blizzard (from whom only good things come)?
P.P.P.S. Westwood (and C&C) is the only reason I need to dislike EA. C&C: Red Alert 3 just does not feel like Red Alert anymore. Can't really say for C&C 3, although casting Joseph Kucan is always a good thing.
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« Reply #287 on: May 14, 2009, 04:39:41 PM » |
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Okay you said Dune II so technically you were at least partially right.
But that posts translates either as C&C or saying stuff hoping to get a point.
PS:
Say did anyone manage to get DII working on XP/Vista?
The computer on which we had all our ancient games (mostly older than me) died several years ago.
The loss was immeasurable.
Oh and I started to dislike EA with RA2 and Renegade.
It just didn't feel like C&C with the former and the latter...well...It's a good game but...Some of the stuff should've stayed like in the beta pics.
And I heard there were supposed to be tons of unincluded features in TS too.
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« Reply #288 on: May 14, 2009, 05:23:22 PM » |
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But that posts translates either as C&C or saying stuff hoping to get a point.
Huh? I was just making conversation. Not all trivia belong as questions. I just love talking about things I love. Oh, and RA2 and Renegade were both made by Westwood, although I suppose they were made under the careful eye of EA. I personally enjoyed RA2. I thought it did RA1 justice, but maybe that is just me. And with regards to Dune II, have you tried DOSBox? I've gotten a lot of mileage out of it. |
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« Reply #289 on: May 14, 2009, 05:29:11 PM » |
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I'll try it on Monday after a week or so.
It's 23:28 here and I'm leaving until Sunday evening.
And I've got exams afterwards.
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« Reply #290 on: May 14, 2009, 05:41:47 PM » |
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Ouch, well, I'll hear from you then.
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« Reply #291 on: May 14, 2009, 05:51:59 PM » |
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Last post o' the week: Anyone noticed how the Harkonnen advisor or whatever looks like a Ferengi?
Now I'm off to the wilds of Slovene Carinthia. Have fun!
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« Reply #292 on: June 08, 2009, 08:15:13 PM » |
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And now, GameFAQs Best. Game. Ever. competition is coming to an end, down to the last four contestants. Strangely enough, its a battle of two Zelda games versus two Final Fantasy games. I do find it interesting, however unsurprising, that FFIV has once again risen to the list of top ten read FAQ sections. Make sure to cast your votes for your favorite! |
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« Reply #293 on: June 08, 2009, 10:40:54 PM » |
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My buddy built one last month, runs Crysis at max settings. Frickin sweeeet.
I think he swapped a high end graphics card for a processor though. Probably why.
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« Reply #294 on: June 08, 2009, 11:25:16 PM » |
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Huh?
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« Reply #295 on: June 08, 2009, 11:37:51 PM » |
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Graphics cards are actually stronger than equivalently priced processors, but you have to reprogram them if you want to use one as a processor obviously. Very fast though.
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« Reply #296 on: June 08, 2009, 11:40:36 PM » |
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Graphics cards are actually stronger than equivalently priced processors, but you have to reprogram them if you want to use one as a processor obviously. Very fast though.
Nope you dont have to you have to recode the application to use it instead of the CPU. There is a vast difference in how you code crap thought and its only really useful if you doing tasks that can be helped by dozens of threads. Such as unit pathfinding. |
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« Reply #297 on: June 08, 2009, 11:55:01 PM » |
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CPU's are meant for sequential processing. GPU's are meant to run hundreds of task simultaneously. Most programs are more-or-less sequential, normally using less than twelve threads.
Of course, its all semantics, really. If the GPU every becomes the Central Processing Unit for a computer, then it is a CPU by mere definition.
With programmable shaders and what-have-you, the difference now between CPU's and GPU's really isn't all that great anymore, although GPU's normally come with a bunch of nice goodies for graphics processing.
(Added:) Down to the last two contestants at GameFAQs: FF7 and LoZ:OoT
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« Reply #298 on: December 05, 2010, 04:57:21 PM » |
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Reminder/bump: This thread is, as it has always been, open for guesses and question submissions. I'ma still around, even though it's been pretty quiet.
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« Reply #299 on: December 06, 2010, 10:44:01 PM » |
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117. Blizzard is a name synonymous with success and—to their investors—money. What happens to critters in their real-time strategy games if you click on them too many times in a row?
They get annoyed and yell at you?
116. The Collectors, the unknown alien race and main antagonist of Mass Effect 2 originally descended from what other species?
The Protheans and I thought they were not decedent from them, but forcible genetically modified?
108. What is the Colossus' most obvious fatal flaw?
It's speed
107. What is the acronym used to refer to your avatar on the field of battle?
ACU?
21. What was the budget for Sins of a Solar Empire?
A million dollars?
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