Hi everyone,
This is just a quick update of what is coming up in the following couple on months. Firstly after thinking about it for some time... There will be a review of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (Around the 20th of December hopefully). Then around the 30th of December there will be the Battlefield 3 review and towards the end of January there shall be a review of Star Trek Online, since it's going free to play, and i can afford that.
During this period i will also be reviving my Minecraft blog and try to do something with the world that i started for it. I may also do a review of PC components, as i'm going to be upgrading my computer around that time.
As for the rest of this month and start of the next? It may be a little dead. There might be another couple of reviews and updates about Mechwarrior Online and stuff, but until late December nothing exciting will be going on.
Pointman.
Monday, 14 November 2011
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Sins of a Solar Empire Review.
Hello everybody!
This is a review of a not very well known, yet very awesome game! It's a strategy game based in the far future, when humankind has expanded into space and discovered alien races and all that general Sci-Fi jazz. The idea is that you pick a race to play as (Either TEC, Advent or Vasari) and you must try to become the most dominant "nation" in the game. You don't only do this be completely wiping out the other nations (however this is obviously important), but you can also do it through colonisation and diplomacy. You can in theory win the game without any players being destroyed, but this is unlikely.
The central gameplay style is based around; Military, Economy and Expansion. Key to victory is to be dominant in all these things. For example if you have half of all the planets on the map and the strongest military, it does not mean you'll win, because a strong economy is needed to make civilisations on the planet stable and productive (however having a superweapon helps in cases like these). When playing i often opt for the economic route. So i wont have that many planets until much later in the game, when my economy is strong enough to facilitate for expansion. This does of course mean starting wars with other people to take their planets.
There are many other things to take into account in the map, such as gas planets, magnetic fields, wormholes and so on. This also includes the maps themselves, they can range from small maps of one star and 20 planets to five stars with 150 planets (Those games last a long time). All of these features make the game really easy to immerse yourself in. It's so hard to stop playing the game! It's also a surprisingly relaxing game.
Another great thing is the add-ons for it. I mean the game was great as it was originally, but the add-ons really did take it up another level. Introducing new units like battlestations and new forms of diplomacy made this game even better and gives the player more aspects to think about when deciding who to declare war on.
It works very well as a multiplayer aswell. Diplomacy works in completely different ways when your playing against real players, or with real players versus AI. You can save multiplayer games and go back to them aswell, which is needed most times unless it's the smallest possible map.
Every person who says they are a gamer should own one strategy game, and that strategy game should be this one (now that's a recommendation). So i give this game 9/10. Here's hoping another will come out!
Thanks for reading,
Pointman.
This is a review of a not very well known, yet very awesome game! It's a strategy game based in the far future, when humankind has expanded into space and discovered alien races and all that general Sci-Fi jazz. The idea is that you pick a race to play as (Either TEC, Advent or Vasari) and you must try to become the most dominant "nation" in the game. You don't only do this be completely wiping out the other nations (however this is obviously important), but you can also do it through colonisation and diplomacy. You can in theory win the game without any players being destroyed, but this is unlikely.
The central gameplay style is based around; Military, Economy and Expansion. Key to victory is to be dominant in all these things. For example if you have half of all the planets on the map and the strongest military, it does not mean you'll win, because a strong economy is needed to make civilisations on the planet stable and productive (however having a superweapon helps in cases like these). When playing i often opt for the economic route. So i wont have that many planets until much later in the game, when my economy is strong enough to facilitate for expansion. This does of course mean starting wars with other people to take their planets.
There are many other things to take into account in the map, such as gas planets, magnetic fields, wormholes and so on. This also includes the maps themselves, they can range from small maps of one star and 20 planets to five stars with 150 planets (Those games last a long time). All of these features make the game really easy to immerse yourself in. It's so hard to stop playing the game! It's also a surprisingly relaxing game.
Another great thing is the add-ons for it. I mean the game was great as it was originally, but the add-ons really did take it up another level. Introducing new units like battlestations and new forms of diplomacy made this game even better and gives the player more aspects to think about when deciding who to declare war on.
It works very well as a multiplayer aswell. Diplomacy works in completely different ways when your playing against real players, or with real players versus AI. You can save multiplayer games and go back to them aswell, which is needed most times unless it's the smallest possible map.
Every person who says they are a gamer should own one strategy game, and that strategy game should be this one (now that's a recommendation). So i give this game 9/10. Here's hoping another will come out!
Thanks for reading,
Pointman.
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
MechWarrior Online!
Hi everyone,
I just been reading up on the developments about the MechWarrior reboot. I'm not gonna lie, i'm pretty excited about it!! After 2 years of hearing nothing it's good to finally get some information. I have to say i'm a little disappointed about the shift in the story idea. I was looking forward to the original story line because it was something that had not been done in the series before. Also, i would prefer it to be a full game, with a single player campaign rather than just Online.
With the story time changed to 3049 and the character changed to a mercenary, i'm a little worried that this game maybe too similar to MechWarrior 2: mercenaries. Even though they haven't confirmed the clans, it's safe to assume that you'll have to take part in fighting off the clan invasion in some way, just as you did in Mech 2: Mercs.
All that said though, i'm looking forward to finally play a new Mechwarrior game. As a life long fan of the Battletech universe, i've been waiting too long for this. I will post about MechWarrior Online as i hear more news and have new thoughts and ideas about all things MechWarrior.
Thanks for reading MechWarriors,
Pointman
I just been reading up on the developments about the MechWarrior reboot. I'm not gonna lie, i'm pretty excited about it!! After 2 years of hearing nothing it's good to finally get some information. I have to say i'm a little disappointed about the shift in the story idea. I was looking forward to the original story line because it was something that had not been done in the series before. Also, i would prefer it to be a full game, with a single player campaign rather than just Online.
With the story time changed to 3049 and the character changed to a mercenary, i'm a little worried that this game maybe too similar to MechWarrior 2: mercenaries. Even though they haven't confirmed the clans, it's safe to assume that you'll have to take part in fighting off the clan invasion in some way, just as you did in Mech 2: Mercs.
All that said though, i'm looking forward to finally play a new Mechwarrior game. As a life long fan of the Battletech universe, i've been waiting too long for this. I will post about MechWarrior Online as i hear more news and have new thoughts and ideas about all things MechWarrior.
Thanks for reading MechWarriors,
Pointman
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