Comments on: Rise & Fall Falls In Price (In Fact, To Free) http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:37:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Heliocentric http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-145330 Heliocentric Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:38:46 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-145330 CHRONOLOGICAL ISSUE!!! <cite> Gravatar StalinsGhost says: I thought the RTS gameplay itself was horrifically average. I remember the tech tree and units being infuriatingly nonsensical. I guess being an ancient history student didn't help my appreciation of it in this department The hero mode was nice, though underdeveloped. Last game I ever managed to take back to a shop actually. Might give it a try at some point now I can run it properly if I find the time.</cite> I posted this after him. CHRONOLOGICAL ISSUE!!!

Gravatar StalinsGhost says:

I thought the RTS gameplay itself was horrifically average. I remember the tech tree and units being infuriatingly nonsensical. I guess being an ancient history student didn’t help my appreciation of it in this department The hero mode was nice, though underdeveloped. Last game I ever managed to take back to a shop actually. Might give it a try at some point now I can run it properly if I find the time.

I posted this after him.

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]]> By: Heliocentric http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-145328 Heliocentric Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:37:43 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-145328 Eh, use archers and stick to archers. Everything else was bobbins, except siege weapons which I like to think of as big archers. The concept of the fields forts (control popcap) being deffended by neutral characters quietly combines the warcraft 3 concept of creeps with the flag capturing in dawn of war. So, a large army was the best way to sweep away a forts deffences, but you cant get a large army without forts. In multiplayer/skirmish the persians get a building which spawns infinite horse archers for free, so every game is a matter of which one you go for, infinite free troops of available more quickly purchased troops. Sins of a solar empire has this same issue, oddly symetrical. Eh, use archers and stick to archers. Everything else was bobbins, except siege weapons which I like to think of as big archers.

The concept of the fields forts (control popcap) being deffended by neutral characters quietly combines the warcraft 3 concept of creeps with the flag capturing in dawn of war.

So, a large army was the best way to sweep away a forts deffences, but you cant get a large army without forts.

In multiplayer/skirmish the persians get a building which spawns infinite horse archers for free, so every game is a matter of which one you go for, infinite free troops of available more quickly purchased troops.

Sins of a solar empire has this same issue, oddly symetrical.

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]]> By: SmallGods http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-145322 SmallGods Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:16:42 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-145322 @Bob Bobson I had a similar problem, guessing you might be on Vista? Right click on the installer and go to properties, and under Compatability switch it to XP Pro Service Pack 2, then be sure to run it as an administrator. Did the job for me, still installing now and looking hopeful! @Bob Bobson

I had a similar problem, guessing you might be on Vista? Right click on the installer and go to properties, and under Compatability switch it to XP Pro Service Pack 2, then be sure to run it as an administrator. Did the job for me, still installing now and looking hopeful!

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]]> By: Bema http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-105799 Bema Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:43:25 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-105799 Crashes randomly, despite latest drivers and a system capable of running far more graphically advanced games. Tad frustrating as I remember this being fun. Crashes randomly, despite latest drivers and a system capable of running far more graphically advanced games.

Tad frustrating as I remember this being fun.

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]]> By: your mom http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-101558 your mom Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:16:52 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-101558 go to bed and runme.cmd i cant get1!!!!11!!11!!!1! go to bed and runme.cmd i cant get1!!!!11!!11!!!1!

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]]> By: caesarbear http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-99131 caesarbear Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:59:54 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-99131 Wow, this game is truly terrible. Not worth the download time. Wow, this game is truly terrible. Not worth the download time.

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]]> By: Uglycat http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-98717 Uglycat Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:35:46 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-98717 Can't unpack on my comp as you need ++2gb to unpack I suspect (only got 1 on mine) just fyi (unless there is some sort of commandline version) Can’t unpack on my comp as you need ++2gb to unpack I suspect (only got 1 on mine) just fyi (unless there is some sort of commandline version)

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]]> By: Bob Bobson http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-98500 Bob Bobson Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:01:18 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-98500 The installer doesn't seem to have created the RunMe.cmd file that the shortcuts all point to for me (and I've given it a couple of attempts to install it). Does anyone else have this problem or a fix for it? The installer doesn’t seem to have created the RunMe.cmd file that the shortcuts all point to for me (and I’ve given it a couple of attempts to install it). Does anyone else have this problem or a fix for it?

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]]> By: aldo_14 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-98469 aldo_14 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:57:47 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-98469 <i>Well the retail version of Rise & Fall was infected with Starforce 3 remember. Oh by the way is this version patched to version 1.15 and does it still take a looooooooooooooooong time to load?</i> Does this version have Starforce 3 in it? Well the retail version of Rise & Fall was infected with Starforce 3 remember. Oh by the way is this version patched to version 1.15 and does it still take a looooooooooooooooong time to load?

Does this version have Starforce 3 in it?

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]]> By: NoNamePls http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-98464 NoNamePls Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:28:04 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-98464 Well the retail version of Rise & Fall was infected with Starforce 3 remember. Oh by the way is this version patched to version 1.15 and does it still take a looooooooooooooooong time to load? Well the retail version of Rise & Fall was infected with Starforce 3 remember. Oh by the way is this version patched to version 1.15 and does it still take a looooooooooooooooong time to load?

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]]> By: Albides http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-98459 Albides Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:36:00 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-98459 I tried Psi-ops when RPS announced it, but it was US only. But here's the thing; I managed to get around that by using a cracked .exe. Take that, American supremacy! I'll definitely try these. This is awfully generous of them. These games might not be great, but they aren't terrible. I tried Psi-ops when RPS announced it, but it was US only. But here’s the thing; I managed to get around that by using a cracked .exe.

Take that, American supremacy!

I’ll definitely try these. This is awfully generous of them. These games might not be great, but they aren’t terrible.

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]]> By: Dominic White http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/10/08/rise-fall-falls-in-price-in-fact-to-free/#comment-98332 Dominic White Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:34:19 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=3881#comment-98332 IvanHoeHo: Psi-ops works here in the UK, so the other Midway titles should. Ubisoft were the ones who had region-locking on theirs. IvanHoeHo: Psi-ops works here in the UK, so the other Midway titles should. Ubisoft were the ones who had region-locking on theirs.

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