birdie Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Hello, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Bahah.Play online and your perspective will change very quickly. Ordos and Hark? No advantage? GUNSHIPS.Emperor is far, far more strategical and tactical than dune2k. Once you understand how the game works - ie by playing a while online - you will realise the depth of it in time. It is truly amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I second Mr Apollyon's opinion, online play is another world.Being as you are, in America, which is around 5 hours behind (cough cough, ahem) GTM, I would suggest a good time to try for a game on XWIS would be around 5-7pm onwards your local time. Play online, see the difference between playing a computer and playing 5 other humans.Enjoy.Damn ! You would think I could spell dirrefernce as difference, wouldn't you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNWOUNDS Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 as far as strategy is concerned you are wrong birdie... try playing some of us who have played the game for 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdie Posted June 16, 2004 Author Share Posted June 16, 2004 :O Hello again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 The cut-scenes, indeed the entire single-player aspect of the game, became totally irrelevant to me the moment I set foot on WOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 The cut-scenes, indeed the entire single-player aspect of the game, became totally irrelevant to me the moment I set foot on WOL.that is unless your only on WOL for a nice game of co-op. gotta reinstall Emp and find a good partner to co-op with, I really enjoy those. I did enjoy the cut scenes. I cant believe they got the large guy from who's line is it anyway to be the Baron ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Read your post and i must admit that i disagree with you as well.1. I think the cut scenes are realy good. I'm a european so i don't know any of the actors used, except for Micheal "Worf" Dorn. Also i liked the Sardaukar/tleilaxu scene a lot. Overall, very good scenes, just the fact that half way the game there are no more cutscenes bothers me.2. When it comes to strategy this game is much better than dune2k methinks. More diversity in units, more advantages/disadvantages and i know that there are some realy good players online that can show you how strategically it can be. (don't ask me though, i'm one of your fellow newbies) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 The cut-scenes are something I viewed the first time, thought, "oh, thats nice", and never bothered with again. If I want to see actors prancing about I would switch on my TV. I have the game, and play the game not for the quality of its cut-scenes, but for the gameplay and as Guns said, some of us have been hooked for years. The novilty of the cut-scenes would wear off very very quickly.Online play is something you HAVE to do before you can give a complete opinion of this game. If you have not, I would urge you to try online play. Newbie or not, it is a whole lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryorama Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 that is unless your only on WOL for a nice game of co-op. gotta reinstall Emp and find a good partner to co-op with, I really enjoy those. I did enjoy the cut scenes. I cant believe they got the large guy from who's line is it anyway to be the Baron ;DBwahahaha..haha..HAHAHAHA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdie Posted June 18, 2004 Author Share Posted June 18, 2004 i'm very suprised to see that all of you like the scenes.hmmmmm. true they are not exactly a big part of the game..especially in having already seen them but as a newbie they are a reflexion of the game. these scenes are pretty much the reward of going through it. ..esp the fist time seeing them. so i'm alone in thinking they are overbudgeted good-looking crap. i doubt i'll try to play online until i get better. yep i'm a bit competitive. it's a shame i came so late to have so few other new players. ^v^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 you can't pop in and start off as a good player. Those things you learn online, not from fighting comps. So no matter how much you practice offline. You'll realy learn by playing online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Don't laugh guys, but I thought I was kinda good when I was playing offline against my brothers...So when I went online, I thought, sure, I'll get beat, but I will beat some others too. Damn ! You can have more than one ref, and it is a good thing ? Doh !Playing online is THE way to become a good player (still working on it myself). It took me many, many games to start beating anyone. You really should come online, lose a few games, and learn. Honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veK Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 for the cutscenes: the mentat of house ordos rules :D i love her lips *g* a question for online playing: does anybody know if I can use a cdkey from a german version to work with an english version of the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Don't laugh guys, but I thought I was kinda good when I was playing offline against my brothers...So when I went online, I thought, sure, I'll get beat, but I will beat some others too. Damn ! You can have more than one ref, and it is a good thing ? Doh !Playing online is THE way to become a good player (still working on it myself). It took me many, many games to start beating anyone. You really should come online, lose a few games, and learn. Honest.I don't laugh. That happens to me all the time i try a new game online. Oh yeah! i just finished the campaign and i'm ready for mplayer... smack smack... what the... who thought of that cheesy strategy!!. It's always like that :P . I'm still sucky at Emperor. But when i played it online the first time I was beaten by airdrones. I was so mad about that strategy, I thought it was just super lame. (Still kinda upset about that strategy realy.. :) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Its funny, but you mentioned that before, I am sure. A lasting mark on your poor mind. A scar even...Oh, and thanks for not laughing. Although someones going to come along and go Haha like that guy from Simpsons. Probably Apollyon, thats his style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 :-[Simpsons wouldn't be Simpsons without that guy, huh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted June 30, 2004 Share Posted June 30, 2004 Yknow I was reading your post and thinking to myself, "Great this is a perfect opportunity for me to say 'haha'" and then got to the end when you said I'd do it and was so shocked lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorox Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 :O Hello again, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted July 1, 2004 Share Posted July 1, 2004 Like what?And yes, each to their own, thus your statement that there are 'far better rts games out there' is erroneous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorox Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 I said to each his own apollyon :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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