C&C3 Tiberium War - Arrived

[David]

Loaded up on me pc, looks awesome, everything on max and no slowdown at all and mny cimputer is like 3 years old! Plays brilliant story is fantasticly cheesy, i've waited for years for this game!! Anyone else get this or am i the only RTS gamer here...?

 

[Saner]

Its uses the same game engine as C&C Generals does, so wont be graphically spectatular. I've still got me a copy of it.

If you want true ground breaking RTS you need to play Supreme Commander.

 

[David]

no mate, it's a much more developed version of the sage engine. its far superior to generals and no mate supreme commander is pretty pants sorry, had that for ages.

 

[Saner]

I have both, Supreme commander has far more animations and actions than C&C3 does, but it also has a completely differnt way of playing.

If you can't break out of the old school way of stratgy then you will hate SC.

C&C is much better than Generals, but not amazing, or a graphically good as SC.

Generals also used teh Sage engine, yes its revamped but it still has some of teh same constrains.

Don't get me wrong, i'd pick any C&C RTS over the other RTS's avalible, i'm just willing to accept its not up to the hype. Roll on Red Alert 3

 

[McBunny]

waiting for it on 360

 

[David]

not sure about it on the 360 tbh....don't think i could deal with those controls..

 

[David]

red alert 3 thats what i'm talking about!

know what you mean i played the original total anhiliation series a lot liked it....supreme commander i didn't get into to be honest. maybe i'll give it another go after tiberium war. ion cannon is soo cool!

 

[b3nje]

David what spec is your PC ?

is this compatible with Widescreen???

 

[McBunny]

not sure about it on the 360 tbh....don't think i could deal with those controls..

keyboard and mouse then if its hard with pad

 

[David]

mcbunny, didn't think mice worked on the 360?!?!

bnje: mines a P4 3.0g 1.5g RAM XFX 256 6800GT grapihcs card. Running on a Sony 42"Wseries Bravia display.... didn't come in widescreen resoltuion on the demo so i've just had the image enlarged (stupidly i haven't checked the full game yet!)

 

[McBunny]

david you need an adapter but with that you get full usb mouse and keyboard

 

[David]

is it that XCM one mate? did you get it? i heard it was terrible

 

[Darren S]

I have both, Supreme commander has far more animations and actions than C&C3 does, but it also has a completely differnt way of playing.

If you can't break out of the old school way of stratgy then you will hate SC.

C&C is much better than Generals, but not amazing, or a graphically good as SC.

Generals also used teh Sage engine, yes its revamped but it still has some of teh same constrains.

Don't get me wrong, i'd pick any C&C RTS over the other RTS's avalible, i'm just willing to accept its not up to the hype. Roll on Red Alert 3

There's something totally absent from SC that I can't quite put my finger on. I want to really like it, but I can't. It just feels 'bland' - for want of a better word?

D.

 

[b3nje]

will my laptop run it ok...spec is

dual 2.4ghz proc - 1GB ram - shared 256mb gfx

 

[Gareth]

I've pre-ordered it from play.com and they have only just posted it today, not very impressed. Will be lucky to see it on Saturday, I've completed the demo, can't wait for it to arrive, as it will be the first new game since building my new machine (Core2Duo Oc'd 3.0GHz, 2GB 1066MHz RAM & 768MB 8800 GTX)

 

[David]

i preordered from game and i've got it today, thats pretty impressive i rekon.

benje i think it'll run ok actually, why not try downlaoding them demo first and see how you get on eith it.

Gareth yours will destroy it

 

[Saner]

If you can't break out of the old school way of stratgy then you will hate SC.

There's something totally absent from SC that I can't quite put my finger on. I want to really like it, but I can't. It just feels 'bland' - for want of a better word?

D.

This is what I think the problem is. The storyline / plot etc in SC just isnt as indepth and thought out as that of C&C for example.

SC may have pretty graphics, hugh maps and clever effects, but it doesnt have the infamous Kane, or tank rushing with mammoths. I think that C&C for those that know it is its own little world, something you just can't easily build into a game.

 

[Gareth]

agreed I love the C&C games (well, apart from Renegade I think it was)

 

[b3nje]

how about 2GB of RAM?

all i can do is hope my little intel onboard gfxx supports it

 

[McBunny]

put the demo on my laptop even tho it was only 800x600 and evrything on low or very low it was still fun but too bloody easy just tank rush everything pah

 

[David]

yeah too easy at the moment i rekon even on normal. you can tank rush before your ion cannon has even had 1 charge!

 

[McBunny]

i like teh big walking tank BOOM dont get in my way sucker

 

[Gareth]

just got mine, installing now.

 

[Ru1e]

Mine arrived today aswell

 

[fastwunz]

I tried so hard to play Supreme Commander but the controls seem totally weird, the graphics were awful in my opinion and there was no fun to be had - no story particularly etc - Warcraft 3 - now theres a story - thes why i want the new C&C its FUN. Getting it at lunch hehe

 

[sargey]

I got it last Saturday

 

[Darren S]

Getting it this afternoon.

Time for this saddo 32-year-old to kick some NOD ass!

D.

 

[DanCup]

I love C&C, got mine on pre-order for my 360. What with that and Forza 2, should be an interesting May.

Was going to get it for the PC, but would rather play on a HD 27" widescreen than a 19" Flatscreen!

 

[David]

the aliens are rock hard!!! argh

 

[Darren S]

^^^^ - yep, much harder than NOD imo. I think it's down to the fact that I don't know what's what with them yet.

Liking the missions so far and for once, I'm actually watching all of FMV pieces in-between the missions. Michael Ironside is probably the best person they could have picked for that role.

D.

 

[McBunny]

i like the lady from house in it too

 

[Gareth]

I'm up to the Alien missions now, but haven't actually played one yet.

 

[jimmy_mac]

Getting it this afternoon.

Time for this saddo 32-year-old to kick some NOD ass!

D.

How dare you!! There is nothing wrong with computer games!

My lecturer plays WOfW and had to buy another PC for his kids! I don't play games so much anymore, but still enjoy a good stint of killing and senseless violence, saves me turning on real people I guess..

 

[David]

seriously i'm on like the ground zero mission and it's rock solid. nod and aliens vs you. They both got superweapons AND youhave like 6 minutes to get your base up and defended as well as capture they're fusion generator or whatever it's called. so glad they upped the strength of the ion cannnon for this game, previous games it was pathetic!

 

[fastwunz]

seriously i'm on like the ground zero mission and it's rock solid. nod and aliens vs you. They both got superweapons AND youhave like 6 minutes to get your base up and defended as well as capture they're fusion generator or whatever it's called. so glad they upped the strength of the ion cannnon for this game, previous games it was pathetic!

with the previous ion cannon it was all about precision mate! you couldnt take out a whole base but you could destroy a great deal of its most important parts - you sure this new ion cannon aint a bit too powerful or am i just being a big sissy?

 

[McBunny]

in the demo it took out the whole base i was a bit shocked and thought hmm thats a bit ott and boring

 

[Gareth]

the ion cannon is a bit special in this one. I've been running it on maxxxed out settings and have been expecting it to maybe start lagging with lots of units fighting onscreen, but it just takes it all in its stride (pretty nice).

 

[Darren S]

Does look great - but it's a bit of a single-hitter and game over. I preferred the older C&CG versions where you had to be more specific and selective in your targets.

This one seems to be 'anywhere on that half of the map will do'.....

D.

 

[BioHzrd]

Really good game almost through the GDI Camp....

Got mine up full detail and AA on my 3 yr old gaming rig and no frame rate probs at all

 

[Darren S]

Really good game almost through the GDI Camp....

Got mine up full detail and AA on my 3 yr old gaming rig and no frame rate probs at all

Yup - it's quite impressive to look at and not reduce the action to a snails-pace (ala Supreme Commander).

Checked out the memory usage mid-game last night on my 4GB equipped PC. It was only using 32% memory - lol.

D.