Comments on: A Note On Ground Control Being On GoG

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:26:31 +0000

The first Ground Control is a great example of a very fine tactics game. Yes, I say tactics, because once you punched out, what you saw was what you got. No new units, no reinforcements. The sequel, however, was a bog-standard RTS, with the same expansion mechanic that had been previously employed in the Z series (and was later on used in WH40k: DOW and add-ons).

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:08:11 +0000

@DK – as far as I’m aware, most of Homeworld (and Homeworld Cataclysm)’s background fluff was written by one Arrin Dembo. She’s the one that did the Ground Control backstory as well.

Biggest thing she’s done is the backstory/fluff/novel (yes, novel) for Sword of The Stars, which is remarkably great.

I think she was a fluff writer on Arcanum as well.

By: DK

DK — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:44:24 +0000

Universe and Story by some of the people who wrote Homeworld’s Universe and Story – Ground Control’s background is far deeper than would have been necessary for a normal RTS.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:45:45 +0000

@Railick – the new servers are. The original servers shut down ages ago, but have long-since been replaced by fan-run replacements.

By: IvanHoeHo

IvanHoeHo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:38:45 +0000

Just tried the free version again. I assume that if the problem persists in 3 different systems – the latest one being essentially a brand new build (if not parts) – that it must be a game bug, instead of anything to do with drivers and whatnot. But who knows? Might be some kind of anal audio codec conflict…

On Topic: on the other hand, do so had made my fall in love with the damn thing all over again. 12-page essay due tomorrow be damned!

By: Railick

Railick — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:02:49 +0000

Are the Myth mutliplayer servers still up and keeping track of people’s ranks? I had no idea that game was still going O.o I had the CDs until my wife threw away my entire collection :P

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:55:43 +0000

On an interesting tangent – Myth 1/2 just got their final patch a couple of weeks back.

http://projectmagma.net/

Among such fantastic features as auto-downloading mods and maps for multiplayer when required, it now supports high-res terrain textures (a pack of which are included) which makes it look a lot sharper on modern machines.

Also, you can now play Myth 1 (cutscenes and everything) in the Myth 2 engine, along with that new patch.

By: Railick

Railick — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:47:49 +0000

@Teo Myth I and II both AWESOME games. my best friend in middleschool -> highschool and I used to play online for hours and hours every day. He created a way to turn dwarves and those lightning throwing guys ( can’t remember what they’re called any more lol) into long range artillery ! :P He’d have the dwarves throw their “grenades” and then have the wizards shoot their lightning just at the right time, launching the molatov cocktails VAST distances. So far that on the biggest maps he could hit me with them a few seconds after the game started if he got lucky. I’m sure he wasn’t the only one to do that but still it was awesome/annoying as hell when my troops get slaughtered a few seconds into the match. He pretty much beat me every single time but I still enjoyed playing it.

By: Railick

Railick — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:45:29 +0000

If you don’t like ww2 you could try Dawn of War 2 , IMO it is much better than COH and the single player campaign is fandamntastic.

By: teo

teo — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:32:46 +0000

Jim, have you played Myth II?

By: Heliocentric

Heliocentric — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:04:43 +0000

I’ll take your word for it, despite owning the title i can’t get it to run smoothly on my low end system and my high end system is terribly far away, coh runs fine mind you.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:58:57 +0000

Men Of War > CoH.