Biowares Next Game: PC Exclusive AAA Title

Meh, EA is still in charge. Doesn't matter who's making it, EA will find a way to make sure the game sucks.Moriarity_

Bioware if they are in charge with there name on the title..Should have a say in this..Its there company there name..Why let ea screw that up no matter how much ea owns them..Im sure the doctors will take a look at it and make sure its in good hands..Even bioware said dao2 sucked big time and apologized to the fans..Time will tell ill follow and keep a eye out on it before i decide if its a go or not with the game..

Swtor is a decent game i had fun in beta..Played end enjoyed beta for awhile..One mans hate is another mans love..Not ever one will love the game..Some will..He has a opinion just like the rest of us do..If he didnt enjoy it he didnt enjoy it..Where as there are players like myself who did..Ill enjoy it for years to come..Until cornipricous comes around curt schillings mmorpg..After i enjoy reckoning )..

Nope, US is not in the game apparently.

IGN: What's the story setup for Generals 2, and does it tie into the first one at all?

Jon Van Caneghem: Generals 2 takes place ten years after the events in Generals. At the beginning the world is actually at peace. There's a huge conference where a landmark peace treaty is about to be signed. But moments before that happens, a terrorist attack takes away all of the leaders in attendance. The only leaders who are left are the generals and that's where you come in. We have three factions in the game, the GLA, the EU and one more we aren't revealing – yet!

Nope, US is not in the game apparently.

IGN: What's the story setup for Generals 2, and does it tie into the first one at all?

Jon Van Caneghem: Generals 2 takes place ten years after the events in Generals. At the beginning the world is actually at peace. There's a huge conference where a landmark peace treaty is about to be signed. But moments before that happens, a terrorist attack takes away all of the leaders in attendance. The only leaders who are left are the generals and that's where you come in. We have three factions in the game, the GLA, the EU and one more we aren't revealing – yet!

wildychua

The US will be part of the game. It's not even a question. :lol:

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Nope, US is not in the game apparently.

IGN: What's the story setup for Generals 2, and does it tie into the first one at all?

Jon Van Caneghem: Generals 2 takes place ten years after the events in Generals. At the beginning the world is actually at peace. There's a huge conference where a landmark peace treaty is about to be signed. But moments before that happens, a terrorist attack takes away all of the leaders in attendance. The only leaders who are left are the generals and that's where you come in. We have three factions in the game, the GLA, the EU and one more we aren't revealing – yet!

airshocker

The US will be part of the game. It's not even a question. :lol:

Why exactly can't they save it for an expansion? the fact that some consider that US must be part of the game is exactly the reason why it might be a good and profitable decision to make it part of an expansion.

DanielDust

Simply because Americans who buy this game expect to be playing as the American military, like they did in the first two games. Secondly, the idea of playing as the American military will sell this game much better than any other faction they choose to incorporate. Nothing is as iconic as the American military, after all. Thirdly, if they want to make a good story I don't see how they could do that without including Americans. They mentioned the war on terror, it only makes sense that the US military is part of it.

The fact that some consider that US must be part of the game is exactly the reason why it might be a good and profitable decision to make it part of an expansion.

DanielDust

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]The fact that some consider that US must be part of the game is exactly the reason why it might be a good and profitable decision to make it part of an expansion.

realguitarhero5

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[QUOTE="DanielDust"]The fact that some consider that US must be part of the game is exactly the reason why it might be a good and profitable decision to make it part of an expansion.

DanielDust

I'm just realistic and sorry airshocker, but that doesn't make sense considering how "tired" the US army is in gaming.DanielDust

Then why do games keep focussing on the American military? By the way, the Army isn't the entire military.

Army, navy, etc, you name it, that's 99% of what most shooters in the last decade focused on. Warhead was a breath of fresh air, I didn't like Psycho much, but it was refreshing to hear something else than an American, RO 2 recently which has everything but Americans. How can you say it's not tired? devs focus on them because it's generic and easy to develop around it because it's so generic.

I'd rather play "southern" stereotypes than USA generic soldiers.

Now I want to play every old C&C game once again, starting Tiberian Dawn

[QUOTE="Moriarity_"]Meh, EA is still in charge. Doesn't matter who's making it, EA will find a way to make sure the game sucks.SF_KiLLaMaN

Army, navy, etc, you name it, that's 99% of what most shooters in the last decade focused on. Warhead was a breath of fresh air, I didn't like Psycho much, but it was refreshing to hear something else than an American, RO 2 recently which has everything but Americans. How can you say it's not tired? devs focus on them because it's generic and easy to develop around it because it's so generic.

I'd rather play "southern" stereotypes than USA generic soldiers.

DanielDust

Because it sells, game after game. That's why it's not tired. People will become tired of shooters long before they become tired of playing Americans.

The reason Generals was so great was because it was simple. There was one resource which you could get infinite amounts of once you upgraded enough (excluding power which you just build). You didn't have to worry about unit limits. There was no diplomacy or anything like that. It was basically just "Build your army and destroy the enemy" and I loved that.

Plus it had awesome Music which is what really made the game special, so hopefully they have good music again or i'm going to be listening through Youtube while I play.

So... man on tank relationships confirmed?

TheFLCLPope88

...Sheila?

I have not played Generals, but if the style is like C&C or Red Alert, it's going to be dead within a couple of months. There really is no room for RTSes like that anymore. Hit me with COH 2, please.

The reason Generals was so great was because it was simple. There was one resource which you could get infinite amounts of once you upgraded enough (excluding power which you just build). You didn't have to worry about unit limits. There was no diplomacy or anything like that. It was basically just "Build your army and destroy the enemy" and I loved that.

Plus it had awesome Music which is what really made the game special, so hopefully they have good music again or i'm going to be listening through Youtube while I play.

hoola

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There is already an existing thread on this. Mods, please lock this.

wis3boi

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So... man on tank relationships confirmed?

Sharpie125

...Sheila?

I have not played Generals, but if the style is like C&C or Red Alert, it's going to be dead within a couple of months. There really is no room for RTSes like that anymore. Hit me with COH 2, please.

Did anyone read the article? It hasn't been confirmed it will remain a PC exclusive, chances are it'll be released on consoles at a later date.PernicioEnigma

[QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"]Did anyone read the article? It hasn't been confirmed it will remain a PC exclusive, chances are it'll be released on consoles at a later date.wis3boi

[QUOTE="wis3boi"][QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"]Did anyone read the article? It hasn't been confirmed it will remain a PC exclusive, chances are it'll be released on consoles at a later date.PernicioEnigma

The reason Generals was so great was because it was simple. There was one resource which you could get infinite amounts of once you upgraded enough (excluding power which you just build). You didn't have to worry about unit limits. There was no diplomacy or anything like that. It was basically just "Build your army and destroy the enemy" and I loved that.

Plus it had awesome Music which is what really made the game special, so hopefully they have good music again or i'm going to be listening through Youtube while I play.

hoola

[QUOTE="wis3boi"][QUOTE="PernicioEnigma"]Did anyone read the article? It hasn't been confirmed it will remain a PC exclusive, chances are it'll be released on consoles at a later date.PernicioEnigma

Ths game will be PC exclusive, but who knows... the release is still far away. Perhaps it can be ported to the Wii U or the new PS/Xbox

Now I want to play every old C&C game once again, starting Tiberian Dawn

RoccoHout

I already started a month ago... TiberianDawn has a high resolution patch. Completed all of C&C and C&C RA, now I am working on C&C Cover ops, and RA expansions, also playing through generals.

http://planetcnc.gamespy.com/View.php?id=85&view=TiberianDawn.Detail#NewComment (this is a place to download the high res patch from)

There are also TFD (the first decade) patches as well as patches to allow you to play over LAN Netwoks A LOT easier now.

RA also has patches. Patches also fix the music in those old games which is labled wrong if you have the TFD version.

Generals also has some INI settings tweaks that you can look up to increase resolution and pull the camera back, (although the camera doesn't pull back near as well in Generals, as it does in Zero hour)

I hope these posts help anyone that wants to pull a nostalgic play through.

There are a good number of useful patches for those old games, I haven't tried it because I just found it, but here is a RA high res patch.

http://www.cncforums.com/new/showthread.php?t=2939 I will apply it later though! EDIT (I actually cannot find the download for the patch myself)

What was wrong with the Sage engine? Anyway, Frostbite 2 will look amazing in an RTS game nonetheless. Am I the only one though that finds Frostbite 2 from the first few screenshots to have a very similar look to what an upgraded Sage engine would have? Those screenshots...the look very...general-sy to me, graphically, which is a good thing.

What was wrong with the Sage engine? Anyway, Frostbite 2 will look amazing in an RTS game nonetheless. Am I the only one though that finds Frostbite 2 from the first few screenshots to have a very similar look to what an upgraded Sage engine would have? Those screenshots...the look very...general-sy to me, graphically, which is a good thing.

QQabitmoar

[QUOTE="Steameffekt"]Bioware + Frostbite 2 Wahh?! :Dferret-gamer

Awesome for Bioware. I hope they can make a great RTS. I doubt it will compete with SC2 for Esports, but hopefully it has some great gameplay and campaigns.