R.I.P. Sierra

[Arnelos]

My lord, you HAVE all been living in a cave!

StarCraft and WarCraft III both have VERY enjoyable in single player campaigns. Playing mock-MP skirmishes against the AI is admittedly dull, but the SP *campaigns* are just incredibly fun and even compelling with their plotlines. I have to wonder what game you were playing.

As for Diablo II, I think it's rather dull myself, but I know a lot of people who would disagree with me on that one.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Arnelos
Playing mock-MP skirmishes against the AI is admittedly dull, but the SP *campaigns* are just incredibly fun and even compelling with their plotlines. I have to wonder what game you were playing.

The SP "campaigns" of both of these games are horrible. All the scenarioes are "puzzle solving", meaning that you find the right way to approach the goal. There's very little strategy or tactics involved at all. The "civil war" type scenarioes are especially boring - they are just a big meat grinder.

By the way, I couldn't find any AI at all. It's just all scripts and triggers.

[DarkCloud]

The SP "campaigns" of both of these games are horrible. All the scenarioes are "puzzle solving", meaning that you find the right way to approach the goal. There's very little strategy or tactics involved at all. The "civil war" type scenarioes are especially boring - they are just a big meat grinder

Buy the strategy guide
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That's honestly the only way I can bet any RTS game and it makes them all the more enjoyable when you know what to do and what to look forward to.
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As for comp. game co.'s not making any money- it's getting absurd here- I see games released last year being sold for the equivalent of $20 or 15 euros. and this is at major retail outlets...

hardly any games seeem to be going for more than $40! (I still remember the days back in 1996 where games were going up to $60!)

and frankly, I just had someone give me a gift of Battle Realms (2001) for $3 and I purchased Airlines Two (2002) for $5 and could have purchased MOO III for $5 and several new games.


Heck, I purchased Empire Earth for $5 last year
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How can you not realize that computer games are in a bad way- they just don't sell!

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Arnelos
My lord, you HAVE all been living in a cave!

StarCraft and WarCraft III both have VERY enjoyable in single player campaigns. Playing mock-MP skirmishes against the AI is admittedly dull, but the SP *campaigns* are just incredibly fun and even compelling with their plotlines. I have to wonder what game you were playing.

As for Diablo II, I think it's rather dull myself, but I know a lot of people who would disagree with me on that one.

Quite!