This last week has seen an update or two to Supreme Commander 2′s AI, and bluntly, it’s fucking terrifying. I am scared of it. It’s skynet gone mental. Alpha and Omega. And if you think I’m being overly dramatic, let me put it into context. I’m a seasoned veteran of Sup Com 1, playing it more than I’ve ever played any strategy game. Dozens upon dozens of skirmishes honing build orders, economy management, logistics, strategy. A few of us fairly-regularly played grand matches against the hardest AI it could muster. It was hard. It would hit you with several of…
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Supreme AI
April 23, 2010 – 10:45 am
By Craig Lager
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Posted in PC Gaming Nonsense
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Also tagged Alpha And Omega, Anticipation, Cannons, Dozens Upon Dozens, Economy, Fatigue, games, Little Joy, Logistics, Map, Missile Launchers, Mobile Artillery, Player Game, Robot Dinosaurs, Robots, Seasoned Veteran, Sequel, Skirmishes, Strategy Game, supreme commander, Thom
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Ubisoft. DRM. The Endgame.
February 17, 2010 – 9:26 pm
Today’s article, I’m afraid, is a little different. I had hoped to be bringing you a new Mass Effect post, but something got in the way. Just minutes ago I looked at my twitter feed and came across this PC Gamer piece, breaking the news about Ubisoft’s new DRM. That effort will have to be postponed, this isn’t the kind of piece I usually write, and I’m going to have to put my pretty screenshots away for a second, but this is the most important thing happening in PC Gaming right now, and we’d be remiss if we didn’t cover…
By Tom Hatfield
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Posted in PC Gaming Nonsense
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Also tagged Assassin, Breaking News, Caution, Creed, Doomsayers, Drm, Endgame, Error Message, Furore, game, Internet Connection, Mass Effect, Menu Screen, New Games, Pc Gamer, pc gaming, Servers, steam, Ubisoft
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