tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post5486966782208672520..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: World in Conflict review [Lurks]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-79732727777035920332007-10-01T18:45:00.000+01:002007-10-01T18:45:00.000+01:00Just my 2pence worth.... I'd been waiting for ...Just my 2pence worth.... I'd been waiting for WiC since the beta, which gave a taste of something new and wholey cool for the RTS genre. I haven't even touched the single player (which as far as I can tell seems to be the main area of problems for folk).For me, its the multiplayer part that shines through, and is worthy of the said praise, one thing that has always been an issue in RTS isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-43658778330161711772007-09-26T12:39:00.000+01:002007-09-26T12:39:00.000+01:00What's quite interesting is how if you search for ...<br>What's quite interesting is how if you search for game reviews, you see a string of high scores. Eurogamer gave this a 9/10 and said some remarkable stuff which is wholesale simply not true. Can it really be the case that we've got it right when the popular weight of critical review says the opposite? Yes, yes it can.<br><br>It's clear when reading a good many of these reviews that basically Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-9465596226911305622007-09-26T11:40:00.000+01:002007-09-26T11:40:00.000+01:00Well to be honest in the levels I played, I found ...<br><br><br><br><br><br>Well to be honest in the levels I played, I found bugger all differentiation in the units. I mean I had troops in a carrier but did I unload them? Well I did for a bit but it seemed to make fuck all difference so that was it and I bundled them all back up.<br><br>Is there a good game lurking here somewhere - I think maybe there is but it ain't surfacing yet. They need to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-29102953942690030952007-09-26T11:30:00.000+01:002007-09-26T11:30:00.000+01:00Alright, I think I'd take the point on the US-cent...<br><br><br>Alright, I think I'd take the point on the US-centric story but commanding NATO troops just seemed to be a stretch too far for me. I normally put up with this kind of thing, I guess I was just surprised at the level of it and for some European developer to just sit back sucking yank dick like that.<br><br>Incidentally, doesn't it strike you that all the units are incredibly generic Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-67610467313920999892007-09-26T11:15:00.000+01:002007-09-26T11:15:00.000+01:00It's a full and comprehensive review (note not 'fu...<br><br><br><br><br>It's a full and comprehensive review (note not 'fulsome' or 'fullsome' which means sarcastically / ironically praising not full-of-praise no matter how many times I see it misused on the interweb or even in broadsheets ffs).<br><br>I didn't really take issue with the story line. It was a story, which is yes US centric but sort of so what - any story of this kind is going to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com