What games are you waiting for in 2006?

OG_Gleep · #1 March 20th, 2006, 10:25 PM

Yeah, I can't wait for Supreme commander. And I sat thinking about one particular game for this list and I just couldn't recall it. That game is Mark of Chaos. I am probably more excited about MoC then any other game has been mentioned.

I am biased towards all things Warhammer, but that looks like a killer app regardless of what you know about the Warhammer universe.

As far as RTW goes, I missed the Religion aspect of MTW, and right from the start I was turned off by RTW when I saw "Flaming Pigs". I am not a realism nut but that is just silly. The Dogs also totally ruined any kind of balance, even though I loved the damn mutts. I def like the era more, and the emphisis on infantry rather then missle units was a plus.

PrinzMegaherz · #2 March 21st, 2006, 06:18 AM

I liked the old Warhammer - Dark Omen rts game. While it's battles might be comparable to the Total War series, it has a much better interface. For example, every detachment not viewable on the main battle window has it's banner shown on the border of the screen, pointing into the direction of where the detachment is standing, while a click will move the camera immediately to that position - a great way not to get lost in big battles. I hope mark of chaos keeps this great feature.

shovah · #3 March 21st, 2006, 11:21 AM

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OG_Gleep said:
Yeah, I can't wait for Supreme commander. And I sat thinking about one particular game for this list and I just couldn't recall it. That game is Mark of Chaos. I am probably more excited about MoC then any other game has been mentioned.

I am biased towards all things Warhammer, but that looks like a killer app regardless of what you know about the Warhammer universe.

As far as RTW goes, I missed the Religion aspect of MTW, and right from the start I was turned off by RTW when I saw "Flaming Pigs". I am not a realism nut but that is just silly. The Dogs also totally ruined any kind of balance, even though I loved the damn mutts. I def like the era more, and the emphisis on infantry rather then missle units was a plus.

incendiary pigs were used in real life and were actually one of the more effective weapons vrs elephants/undisciplin ed cavalry (the horses, not the men)

Gandalf Parker · #4 March 21st, 2006, 12:58 PM

They were also quite useful in castle seiges. Some historians conjecture that it might be where the thing about catching a greased pig comes from. A live greased pig, set on fire and catapulted into the castle, caused alot of damage. It ran around trying to hide in tight places and setting fire to everything. It was almost impossible to catch. Highly effective.

Cainehill · #5 March 21st, 2006, 02:00 PM

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They were also quite useful in castle seiges. Some historians conjecture that it might be where the thing about catching a greased pig comes from. A live greased pig, set on fire and catapulted into the castle, caused alot of damage. It ran around trying to hide in tight places and setting fire to everything. It was almost impossible to catch. Highly effective.

Heh. Somehow I find myself a bit skeptical of this - dead pigs aren't very much fun, and I don't see pigs surviving being catapulted very well - note that unlike animals which can survive a fall (squirrels, cats, etc) you almost never see a pig being nonchalant about heights and leaping from them. ( Yes - we raised pigs for about 9 years when I was growing up. )