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Topic: WARHAMMER 40K DAWN OF WAR PREORDER!
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| 15 SEP 2004 at 4:32am | |
Warship NWSColonel  Posts : 4247 Joined: 7 JUN 2001 Status : Offline | |
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 9:15am | |
Centurion40General  Posts : 10892 Joined: 31 OCT 2003 Location: CA, Halifax Status : Offline | Anybody out there play the demo or beta this game? I'd be interested to hear opinions, as it'd be on my list to pick-up... so long as it doesn't suck. "I love Anne Hathaway and her penchant for nudity." -The Dawg of Metal
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 9:19am | |
destraexGlobal Moderator  Posts : 6230 Joined: 8 MAY 2001 Location: AT, 3D Status : Offline | Its a well balanced fun game
cross between praetorians and warcraft3
There is a single player demo.
Medieval Real Time, Mount and Blade style Historical Combat.
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 10:12am | |
GDS StarfuryGeneral Posts : 16455 Joined: 26 MAY 2001 Location: 0, Starbase 10 Status : Offline | Ive tried the single player demo....kinda. I just jumped in and started doing stuff without bothering with the tutorial. needless to say I didnt accomplish much.
I was suprised that the camera controls werent like Homeworlds (imho the best ever) there also seems to be a lot of GUI in the way of the screen but Im sure these can be turned off. I also didnt like the C&C type base building going on.
the main thing I didnt like was the very slow framerate I was getting. I was using a 1600X1200 32bit resolution and it was dog slow. this might seem a bit extreme but thats the res that Homeworld runs best at with no lag at all. but still, on my new rig this game should be running much smoother. can anyone tell me if this is a openGL game?
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 10:40am | |
TheChaosProjectCommander  Posts : 1982 Joined: 18 FEB 2004 Status : Offline | I might just buy because it is Warhammer, but that logic has failed me in the past. Oh how cares, it is Warhammer. Though nothing beats the actual game, this just allows me to insert pretty pictures of my Imperial Gaurd slaughtering those stupid Elders. Ah, that makes me feel like such a nerd, oh well...
The Chaos Project Petty Officer Second Class, United States Navy
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 10:56am | |
MIGMasterCommanderPosts : 2123 Joined: 4 MAY 2003 Status : Offline | GDS,
I believe the API is D3D. It ran slow on my machine during the beta- which is not unusal for a beta. I suspect things could be coded tighter, but these days getting it out the door seems to be first priority.
Centurion, I'd say wait for the first reviews and the first patch. "We like our women like our gaming - Hardcore !" LongBlade, circa 2008
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 11:47am | |
GDS StarfuryGeneralPosts : 16455 Joined: 26 MAY 2001 Location: 0, Starbase 10 Status : Offline | [image]http://www.starshipmodeler.org/gallery8/mb_eldar1.jpg[/image]
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 1:37pm | |
*Lava*Colonel Posts : 3567 Joined: 27 OCT 2003 Status : Offline | ORIGINAL: MIGMaster Centurion, I'd say wait for the first reviews and the first patch.Hi! From lurking over at their forums I agree waiting is probably best here. Seems there were a lot of issues concerning video performance. For example, last I saw they were saying that the game should do well with 512k of ram, but it appears a min of aroud 1G is what is needed. Ray (alias Lava)
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 1:53pm | |
Centurion40GeneralPosts : 10892 Joined: 31 OCT 2003 Location: CA, Halifax Status : Offline | Damn! Time to upgrade hardware again!!!
Thanks for the comments fellers....[] "I love Anne Hathaway and her penchant for nudity." -The Dawg of Metal
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 6:36pm | |
MIGMasterCommanderPosts : 2123 Joined: 4 MAY 2003 Status : Offline | I'll send you my upgrade specs if you'd like - I'm looking at a PC from Mysterybyte. I'm still in negotiations with those at home base [] "We like our women like our gaming - Hardcore !" LongBlade, circa 2008
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 6:43pm | |
GDS StarfuryGeneralPosts : 16455 Joined: 26 MAY 2001 Location: 0, Starbase 10 Status : Offline | well this is my concern.
Im just putting the finishing touches on my new pc. the specs are these:
motherboard: Asus k8V se Deluxe
cpu: AMD 3400
ram: 1 gig Corsair pc3200 twix
vid: radeon 9800 pro
hd: western digital 120 gig
psu: antec 480watt trueblue
I have all the most current patches bios and service packs. Im running a few things slightly overclocked. and this game is a slide show! that is a serious problem [:@]
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 8:24pm | |
Panzer44Centurion  Posts : 208 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Location: US Status : Online | |
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| 17 SEP 2004 at 9:49pm | |
destraexGlobal ModeratorPosts : 6230 Joined: 8 MAY 2001 Location: AT, 3D Status : Offline | runs fine on my system, I was surprised I could max out units and have them all in battle so smooth
p4 2.53gig northwood
1 gig ram
radeon 9700pro
Medieval Real Time, Mount and Blade style Historical Combat.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 10:48am | |
GDS StarfuryGeneralPosts : 16455 Joined: 26 MAY 2001 Location: 0, Starbase 10 Status : Offline | with those off i can run it at high settings with no problems.Ill try this as I have everything I could find maxed out.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 3:45pm | |
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 5:58pm | |
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 10:51am | |
MIGMasterCommanderPosts : 2123 Joined: 4 MAY 2003 Status : Offline | Centurion:
Review # 1
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war/548862p1.html
or maybe you'd wanta try Kohan II
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/kohan-ii-kings-of-war/549000p1.html "We like our women like our gaming - Hardcore !" LongBlade, circa 2008
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| 21 SEP 2004 at 8:28pm | |
MIGMasterCommanderPosts : 2123 Joined: 4 MAY 2003 Status : Offline | Review # 2
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/wh40kdawnofwar/review.html "We like our women like our gaming - Hardcore !" LongBlade, circa 2008
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