Empire: Incomplete?

[Polemists]

Starcraft? Really? Someone is a fair bit behind the current sleu of RTS's, about a decade behind

That said, I think tw has plenty of color and flair, along with faction differences.

[Malkut]

Starcraft? Really? Someone is a fair bit behind the current sleu of RTS's, about a decade behind

Hmm yes, how dare I reference a game with diverse units to illustrate a point about unit diversity. Back to my cave to try and invent fire.

My point is that factions having units in common is a Total War staple. Rome had it's similar factions divided into cultures (Romans factions had legions, Greeks had phalanxes, barbarians had warbands). ME2 had it's western knights and eastern horse archers.

Now, we have line infantry, and it's suddenly a big deal. Why?

[Belid Hagen]

I think CA had some problems meeting the launch dealine (as all software developers do), having spent the better part of the last two days playing I've found bugs, most of which I can live with. But being anal attentive to detail, I keep seeing information messages that are outright wrong.



I mean, seriously, how difficult is it to type up the definition of celcius correctly, and there are loads of factual mistakes like that.

[Sir Beane]

I think CA had some problems meeting the launch dealine (as all software developers do), having spent the better part of the last two days playing I've found bugs, most of which I can live with. But being anal attentive to detail, I keep seeing information messages that are outright wrong.



I mean, seriously, how difficult is it to type up the definition of celcius correctly, and there are loads of factual mistakes like that.

Actually that was the original scale, before it got reversed.

In 1742 Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744) created a "reversed" version of the modern Celsius temperature scale whereby zero represented the boiling point of water and one hundred represented the freezing point of water.

Thats from Wikipedia by the way, but I've seen that fact pop up in more reliable places.

[pevergreen]

I had a feeling it was like that then got reversed.

CA did their homework

[Ishmael]

I mean, seriously, how difficult is it to type up the definition of celcius correctly, and there are loads of factual mistakes like that.

I remember thinking when I read this that a horde of people would probably go and complain to CA about bugs...
Ill second the other fellow by the way, I read it in Bill Bryson's 'A short history of nearly everything' (though admittedly thats probably less reliable than wiki)

[Subotan]

I read it in Horrible Science as well (Even though that's probably less likely than both of them)

[Polemists]

Oh yes, Starcraft with it's blue space marines and orange fire space marines, the differences were endless No game before it had ever done Space marines before (Sorry had to, GW fan club go)


In other news,

I still think the game has alot of potential.