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June, 2002
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Monday, June 24,
2002 |
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Multiplayer
impressions - 22:35 EST
I wasn't going to say anything more
about the beta until I had a more complete preview ready, but it's
taking me forever to find the time to finish that, and after playing
multiplayer I just had to drop a few words...
I
had a couple of buddies over Saturday afternoon to give multiplayer MBC
a try. Normally when we're all together we'll always play a little
Soul Calibur and Super Monkey Ball, but we ended up playing just MBC for
nearly 12 hours straight. Ya, we likes.
It's
an incredibly well-tuned strategy game with a great balance between
attack and defense and resources and unit costs. And the fact the
you do all the shooting yourself makes it that much sweeter. As
much as I liked the game based on the single player alone, I like it much
more now that I've tried the multiplayer. That's where the game
truly shines.
Once
the game is release we hope to see you all in GameSpy
Arcade for lots of 2v2!
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Friday,
June 21, 2002 |
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Initial
impressions - 13:10 EST
There's already plenty of information out
there about how the game works, so I'm not going to repeat all of that here
(though I might in a full preview later). These are just a few thoughts
I had after playing a beta for a little bit...
First of all, the game really is great. The gameplay is something
new and unique, and most importantly it's fun. It's simple
compared to most strategy games, but there's also some serious strategic
depth to it. And since the game mechanics are so unique, so are
the strategies, which makes it an incredibly refreshing game to play.
The game looks beautiful. The sprites and terrain have been
rendered perfectly, and all of the effects (animations, explosions, etc)
look very good.
The sound effects are well done and go really well with the game, as
does the dynamic music. The music reminds me of Military Madness
(that's a good thing). It knows its place and fits it well.
The fact that the maps wrap around is sweet :)
Watch
for a more complete preview here in coming days.
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Monday, June
17, 2002 |
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Guide
+ internet game launcher -
15:29 EST
Zauron, a beta tester for MoonBase
Commander, sent word of his wonderful MoonBase Commander FAQ (at his
home page) which is loaded with great information. It
includes his own review of the game, a description of the game play
structure and controls, a detailed guide to all 18 units, and some tips
for the challenge mode. It makes great preview material for those
of us who are interested and it'll be a valuable resource once we all
have our hands on the game.
At
Zauron's home
page you'll also find a handy MoonBase Commander Direct TCP/IP game
launcher that he made, which will be great for playing multiplayer games
with friends (as it'll save us from messing around with GameSpy unnecessarily).
Thanks
for the great stuff Zauron!
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Saturday,
June 15, 2002 |
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Slightly
delayed - 19:32 EST
A few online retailers have changed the
game's shipping date to July 30th (the original shipping date was June
26th).
Some
new info - 19:27 EST
Chewie, who mentions in this
thread that he's an artist working on the game, replied to a
post with some new info about the game...
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The
game plays at 640x480.
The units are prerendered sprites, but interact in a true 3D
environment, so collision detection works and terrain height is a
factor.
The game is designed so that one guy with a crappy machine with a slow
connection can play a guy with a fast machine and connection without
either person suffering. The game has enough eye candy to satisfy, but
the focus is on gameplay, not seeing how far we can push the latest
graphics cards.
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Friday,
June 14, 2002 |
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Welcome! - 12:10 EST
Hello all and welcome to
MoonBase Command Center! This site is dedicated to the
upcoming game MoonBase
Commander being developed by Humongous
Entertainment and published by Infogrames.
If you don't know anything about the game then check out
GameSpy's preview
and their wonderfully in depth interview
with Rhett Mathis (lead game designer). Tycho over at Penny
Arcade also had some
nice things to say about the game. For links to more
info and screenshots check the Previews
section.
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