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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War  Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:00 pm |
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UK residents may want to pick up the latest issue of PC Gamer. It comes with a review of Dawn of War, and a demo on CD of the long awaited for Rome: Total War.
DoW seems to be getting quite a lot of mainstream press. I am surprised. Still, I saw the beta of it, and it seems a little 'StarCraft' for my taste. (I love StarCraft, but there are a load of games similar.)
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:57 am |
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Sigh, Rome:Total War is developed across the hall from where my gf works. It's a great game, but it crashes my computer when I try to uninstall the demo, which is annoying.
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 12:19 pm |
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Hi,
I was a bit worried about DOW too, until I saw footage of a Squiggoth charging through the battlefield, and now I can't wait to get it.  I'm easily pleased.
R:TW is looking great too. I've pre ordered it so I'll post a short review when I get hold of it.
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:04 pm |
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And my new hardware is STILL a couple dozen light years away... AARGHH!
Well, I think I'll just get back to count the Starcraft to 40k voting no3 results, and then get the folk from all boards I frequent to hammer out the final ruling._________________ The Fifth Horseman. Quality over quantity.  Realm of the Horseman ? ? The mirror site.
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:05 pm |
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I guess i will get both when thy become economic line games then
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:07 pm |
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Definately getting Rome: Total War....
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 4:10 pm |
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The History Channel uses the Rome: Total War graphics, etc. for their new series. Very Cool, I try not to miss it ! 
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Freshmetal
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 8:33 pm |
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Just to point out that on the GWUK news page there's a link to download a DOW demo now, although you probably all knew that. 
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CyberShadow
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 10:51 pm |
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| Quote (Legion 4 @ 10 2004 Sep.,16:10) | | The History Channel uses the Rome: Total War graphics, etc. for their new series. ?Very Cool, I try not to miss it ! |
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primarch
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:23 pm |
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Hi!
Downloading the demo for Dawn of War, lets see how is it....
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 5:54 am |
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You just got to love this new computer stuff ! 
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:55 am |
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Hi,
There's also another television programme (I think on History Channel, or one of the history/documentary channels) that uses the R:TW to show stuff called "Decisive Battles." I've no idea what times it's on, but I watched a few and they were interesting.
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Legion 4
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:34 pm |
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Yep, Command Decisions and Decisive Battles. Last night I watched Marathon and Adrinanople, respectively. ?Decisive Battles uses the Rome:T/W graphics and the host is the actor who played CPT. Speirs in Band of Brothers. And they go to the site of the battle too. Command Decisions, along with the narrative, maps etc., they ask you questions about what course of action you would take. ?Sometimes I'm not as smart as I thought I was !  ?Highly recommended ! ?History as it should be ! ?
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netepic
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:14 pm |
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Played both Demos - in love with both games
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primarch
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Post subject: Dawn of War & Total War Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:17 pm |
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Hi!
The engines displayed on the history channel programs are quite impressive. Looking forward to seeing the actual game.
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