What games are you waiting for in 2006?

[shovah]

i would just like to point out (as far as my limited memory can remember) that the last picture saber posted was not a campain map but an actual game LEVEL. so you should be able to zoom in to any part of it just as much (maybe more so) that the first picture sabre posted. SC games (according to the devs) will often have many minor skirmishes going on simultaniously with the larger offensives (although they say it shouldnt be a problem as far as management goes)

overall it looks like a great game

ps: why in the name of **** do i use so many brackets?

[OG_Gleep]

Yeah, I can't wait for Supreme commander. And I sat thinking about one particular game for this list and I just couldn't recall it. That game is Mark of Chaos. I am probably more excited about MoC then any other game has been mentioned.

I am biased towards all things Warhammer, but that looks like a killer app regardless of what you know about the Warhammer universe.

As far as RTW goes, I missed the Religion aspect of MTW, and right from the start I was turned off by RTW when I saw "Flaming Pigs". I am not a realism nut but that is just silly. The Dogs also totally ruined any kind of balance, even though I loved the damn mutts. I def like the era more, and the emphisis on infantry rather then missle units was a plus.

[PrinzMegaherz]

I liked the old Warhammer - Dark Omen rts game. While it's battles might be comparable to the Total War series, it has a much better interface. For example, every detachment not viewable on the main battle window has it's banner shown on the border of the screen, pointing into the direction of where the detachment is standing, while a click will move the camera immediately to that position - a great way not to get lost in big battles. I hope mark of chaos keeps this great feature.

[shovah]

OG_Gleep said:
Yeah, I can't wait for Supreme commander. And I sat thinking about one particular game for this list and I just couldn't recall it. That game is Mark of Chaos. I am probably more excited about MoC then any other game has been mentioned.

I am biased towards all things Warhammer, but that looks like a killer app regardless of what you know about the Warhammer universe.

As far as RTW goes, I missed the Religion aspect of MTW, and right from the start I was turned off by RTW when I saw "Flaming Pigs". I am not a realism nut but that is just silly. The Dogs also totally ruined any kind of balance, even though I loved the damn mutts. I def like the era more, and the emphisis on infantry rather then missle units was a plus.

incendiary pigs were used in real life and were actually one of the more effective weapons vrs elephants/undisciplin ed cavalry (the horses, not the men)

[Gandalf Parker]

They were also quite useful in castle seiges. Some historians conjecture that it might be where the thing about catching a greased pig comes from. A live greased pig, set on fire and catapulted into the castle, caused alot of damage. It ran around trying to hide in tight places and setting fire to everything. It was almost impossible to catch. Highly effective.

[Cainehill]

Gandalf Parker said:
They were also quite useful in castle seiges. Some historians conjecture that it might be where the thing about catching a greased pig comes from. A live greased pig, set on fire and catapulted into the castle, caused alot of damage. It ran around trying to hide in tight places and setting fire to everything. It was almost impossible to catch. Highly effective.

Heh. Somehow I find myself a bit skeptical of this - dead pigs aren't very much fun, and I don't see pigs surviving being catapulted very well - note that unlike animals which can survive a fall (squirrels, cats, etc) you almost never see a pig being nonchalant about heights and leaping from them. ( Yes - we raised pigs for about 9 years when I was growing up. )

[Daynarr]

shovah said:
ps: why in the name of **** do i use so many brackets?

You probably red too much of my posts.

[DominionsFan]

OH yes I forgot about 2 games myself, what I am also gonna buy for sure.

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos -> Looks like an awesome RTS

http://www.namco.com/games/warhammer/

Jagged Alliance 3D -> The new JA game, gonna be a blast.

Features:
- Jagged Alliance
- turn-based combat system, checked by time
- meet your old friends (mercenaries from previous games)
- highly interactive environment (almost everything is destructible)
- a lot of realistic weapons
- Realistic physics of materials and ballistics. For example, you will be able to shoot through a wall.
- JA2 RPG system
- complete control over the combat
- JA2 interface
- Improved enemy AI.
- various battlefields.

[Endoperez]

DominionsFAN said:
Jagged Alliance 3D -> The new JA game, gonna be a blast.
Features:
- highly interactive environment (almost everything is destructible)
- a lot of realistic weapons
- Realistic physics of materials and ballistics. For example, you will be able to shoot through a wall.

That reminds me, I have to see if I can get my hands on Silent Storm. Same genre, did the same thing, and IIRC no one really had much to complain besides the plot.

[PrinzMegaherz]

Endoperez said:

That reminds me, I have to see if I can get my hands on Silent Storm. Same genre, did the same thing, and IIRC no one really had much to complain besides the plot.

I can't recommend Silent Storm. Being a huge fan of JA and the XCom series I bought it instantly after it's release... and stopped playing after the first few missions. Aside from the strange plot, the game itself plays rather slow, both due to game play and game performance. There are some true highlights, one being the physics engine. You can damage most objects in a very detailed way. I once had a machine gunner defending the entrance of a house against the enemy. His shots ripped small parts out of the walls surrounding the door, allowing him to see enemies he did not see before shooting. However, imho those highlights do not outweight the overall boredom of the game