April 23, 2010 – 10:45 am
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…
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, Launch, Little Joy, Logistics, Map, Missile Launchers, Mobile Artillery, Player Game, Robot Dinosaurs, Robots, Seasoned Veteran, Sequel, Skirmishes, supreme commander, Thom
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January 29, 2010 – 11:00 am
Hell is such an underused setting. It has the power to drive twisted imagery straight to the forefront of peoples mind, yet is malleable enough to be moulded into whatever a developer can conjure. Vic Davies of Cyptic Comet has tapped the potential by creating Solium Infernum – a Turn Based strategy game based on politicking, warring, devilish trickery, scheming, and ultimately being a dick to your so-called friends. Primarily a multiplayer game, Solium sees six players in a power battle for reign of hell. Lucifer has left the throne, leaving the remaining government – The Conclave – to decide…
By Craig Lager
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Posted in Review
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Also tagged Collectable, Comet, Complexity, Conclave, Developers, Dick, Diplomacy, Excuse, Forefront, Hell, Hex, Hostile Takeovers, Imagery, Imagination, Insult, Interface, Legions, Loading Screens, Lucifer, Multiplayer Game, Politicking, Prestige, Red Tape, Reference Material, Stat, Straight Forward Game, Trickery, Variables, Vic, Victorian Goverment, Wether
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