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  1. The wait is quite long now. Is there something wrong? Hopefully they end this with a bang too, after all, this one is the last episode.
  2. Wow, nearly many of you mentioned my comments, particularly the CGI is my main favorite. Damn, those videos are kickass like hell! That's what makes C&C, well, C&C. C&C3's CGI were there too but I'm very sad & disappointed that EA kept those behind our backs. Ok, here's my comments. -------- C&C is not about commanding army & conquering enemies, it's all about the gameplay which are different from other RTS games. We got : 1. Sidebar 2. MCV (Many other RTS uses the Dozer system, that's what makes C&C different from the others) 3. FMV (Which other RTS doesn't do that too), and of course, preferably more towards serious acting rather than Hollywood cameos. Yes, the old Westwood days which the actors we got are not on Hollywood level. 4. CGI (Already mentioned it above), oh, for you EA, do make yourself a CGI room like Westwood did, enough with the outsourcing as you already know how expensive they are. In-house production is way better. Look at Infinity Ward did with Modern Warfare 1 & 2, those CGIs are so beautiful! 5. Seriousness in terms of art direction (C&C3 is the last game that has pure seriousness, RA3 & beyond are just average and C&C4 became the worst in history), 6. Slower gameplay (It's kind of fun too as I remembered in my 1st C&C, that is TS) 7. Base building (That is RTS, no base building is RTT, and I hate RTT) 8. Harvesting (Another RTS element as well, without it, it's just another RTT) 9. No pop-cap (That's another element what makes C&C different from other RTS games) 10. Soldier's Head boxart! (It has been used this way since the beginning of the franchise, DON'T use back your old X design, we hate it! AND no copying & pasting, don't be lazy, we're very smart to identify how a boxart is made. Westwood's boxes are all drawn from scratch.) 11. Theater of War map system (Just like in TS, C&C3's is all wrong. Coding maybe really hard as we know, but it's best to use it despite the difficulty. You wanna bring the franchise to rise from the ashes? Then use this one as per hardcore WW fan requests) Overall, the best C&C games is when Westwood made them, when EA made them, they're just plain no good and I don't want to explain the reason behind each of them, you already know how they look. So far, Apoc, I hope JVC is really bringing us the real meaning of C&C & happiness, please, no more those experiments or whatever stupid things the dev team has done for us, Adam Isgreen saw how C&C4 went and it really hurts him to see his beloved project goes up in flames and end with a whimper. So far, please do show us the real light, we the fans will lead the franchise to its ultimate glory, in this way, it'll make both Brett & Adam really proud. EDIT 1 : Must have nearly a forgotten another important part, and please, it maybe a box is a box, but this is bringing back the old Westwood times we're talking about. And it's no point for me to write Special Edition items like pewter figurines, we know how the economy is in right now. EDIT 2 : And another which I also forgot again.
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    APOC Looks Back at C&C Generals

    I'm with you on this one, especially some Red Alert fanatics are criticizing that RA3 is not a true Red Alert, that's my guess, because the obvious parts I know is they change some of the things like : 1. Harvesting system (For gameplay balance, at least reasonable) 2. Gems (All gone, which is sad) 3. Apoc tank (Like #1, gameplay balance) 4. Soviets (Including myself, we love our old brute force Soviets & attack dogs, not some circus clowns) 5. Yuri (Where the hell is he? He can't just change into Yuriko)
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    APOC Looks Back at C&C Generals

    I got to admit that I did have fun with Generals & ZH, except I do not appreciate that you say it's all about "Command your armies & conquer your enemies", what C&C is all about is all began from the start, it's all about the style like the sidebar, MCV & ConYard, no pop-caps, strong story, CGI, etc.. Yeah, all but Gben said and I'm with him on this one. But Generals doesn't have the right stuff, I don't have my big feelings for its storylines, but I'm more towards its gameplay and style. EA created Generals like a regular RTS, but it's not cool that it stole the "C&C" name as though like EA doesn't know what they were doing. Overall, I play because I'm super bored and also ever since there wasn't a new RTS came out, so I play it out of boredom. So far, I appreciate the green light is a go for a possible Generals 2, but please, do not use the "C&C" name next time, the franchise is already in a huge disgrace ever since C&C4. Sure, you can use it, ONLY if you bring back our MCV, sidebar, resource gathering, no pop-caps, etc.. But if you want Generals 2 to be like its predecessor & ZH, then do not use the C&C name. TBH, last time C&C was just a simple title, today it's a very sensitive one and it should not be messed with.
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    C&C 4 Unit Profile - Nod Cyborg Reaper

    I'm afraid they'll never get it done, if APOC creates those unit profile videos, who wrote the stories? What I know is that they do not have the determination to get the job done. They can say busy all they want, but not doing a good job or having no good determination may lead to public embarrassments, just like that, hence the RA3 unit profiles are not finished, for months or probably a year or so.
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    C&C 4 Unit Profile - Nod Cyborg Reaper

    I'm not sure, I'm more towards the Red Alert side actually. I'm pretty sure the Tiberian fans will check onto it.
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    C&C 4 Unit Profile - Nod Cyborg Reaper

    I got to be honest on that part regarding only the walking animation video, I prefer no videos shown at all rather than an incomplete one. I bet the official forums are still mad about regarding this kind of rushed work. Anyway, if you want to show more unit profiles, sure, as long as the storyline doesn't create plotholes (Hopefully you read the Roundtable about this, APOC, I'm sure you are sad as well, not just me), and as long as it's worth reading, then it'll be cool. Video wise, if you don't have the time or not enough of it, then don't create. Better keep the disgrace away from the still-angry & non-forgiving fans.
  8. Like you know what they say, EA just end it with, the answer is obvious, with a whimper. They never entertain us anymore, they're treating it like a business, which game companies should not behave like this, and their sales will, err..., don't wanna talk more, you know the rest.
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    Lion Says Goodbye

    Possibly, same case for me too. C&C4 started many problems among us and broke too many hardcore fans' hearts (No matter if they're EA or Westwood fans). I'm not really sure if he will come back as a former staff like Saracen. If Jon Van do give us a good game, will he come back? I can't tell until time arrives.
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    Final BattleCast Primetime Tomorrow?

    Thanks, but cannot watch until Youtube version is up.
  11. Aww, hell yes! An awesome chart. Right now I wish there's a super high-res version, like at least twice or thrice the original size. I would love to keep this table.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    I saw that yesterday, it was surprising. No further comment. US sales wise, I'm not sure, but Amazon might probably already tells the story, I think. Ok, just for the Amazon update, apparently it just gets worse. From the front page which Nmenth gave, the results are changed : 2 STAR is from 2 to 5. 1 STAR is from 109 to 123.
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    Fan-made offline fix for C&C4?

    Oh, now that is ugly. But still, if only they should learn from the MMO game makers, learning from pure scratch will result to the problems like we know today. After all, look at WoW, even with the lowest broadband package, a friend of mine played it smoothly and his profiles still kept intact, even after hours of playing.
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    Fan-made offline fix for C&C4?

    I knew there's always a reason behind it, but as a bonus instead of anti-piracy, that's the wrong way to go. To keep the online status, try to follow good examples of those servers which won't fluctuate on disconnecting such as the MMO games, their server never resets their profiles, because their game makers know they must keep their connection strong. A permanent disconnection from an MMO game is you're teleported out permanently. But still, I prefer another method which is yet simpler, STEAM. Why can't EA utilizes that in the first place? It's already effective enough to use it.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    I don't know about you, the marketing team may say that, but I fear their bosses may also probably said that too. They canceled out Tiberium FPS, which will sell a lot better than C&C4 if it's still alive. But for this case, if money is all what they want, then like you said, they're truly lost. Do they realize that their own company has a reputation as well? The more they **** up their own games, the more people will hate and will turn to other companies that respect customers & their requests. Not to mention Ubisoft, they join forces on this whole DRM thing, and it also begins to bug me, will their fans are angry and possibly ditching their loyalty? The marketing team may have the upper hand of profiting money out from deceived & conned customers, but I predict that they'll pull the stunt again, hence the Amazon reviewers are right. If you fuel their stupidity, they'll continue to pull this off again and again and again.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    Are you sure, Sith? EA doesn't say anything about the franchise is finally over, they say we got Jon Van Caneghem is coming to supervise the franchise. We have no idea what's next afterwards? In this case, the coffin nails are not nailed yet.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    You know it's true, but anyway, no further attacks on EA in this thread again. But like I mentioned earlier, I bet the EA fanboys are gonna come out and kill me. *roll eyes* True true, spilled milks are done for, so whatever, we get the painful moment. And Sith has a point too, there's one question, will newcomers & existing fans are convinced that the new C&C game will bring them back? Can we trust Jon Van? EDIT : Ok Mal, you got my attention. Yes, I think it's best that we put this whole fight to an end. I wish I could give my fandom up, but it's very difficult. I got to be really honest, even if Jon Van will arrive, will his game please us? Like I mentioned last year before, if EA completely nails the franchise into the coffin, it'll lay it to rest in peace and in true honor rather than continue to suffer more humiliation. In my personal heart and if I were the franchise, I would scream, "Please, just kill me already! My fans don't like me anymore! Don't give me anymore shame!" I don't say I hate the franchise or EA in this paragraph, I would say it's best to give it a peaceful death, enough is enough, how many more fans will EA need to see them fighting each other like hell everyday, day & night.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    To be honest, EA's sales were successful is not because of their marketing success, what they did actually was conning people, thus you see how the Amazon victims bought the crappy game, they regretted and want refunds (Even if I would to buy it just because of the storyline, I'll be totally mistaken), which means they got conned. Don't get me wrong, but if you were one of them from there, you know it's true. It's like robbery out there. But lucky for me, I've been keeping up with C&C4's progress and I'm too smart to fall for this "too good to be true" scheme.
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    C&C4 redux mod for C&C3

    I didn't write official because EA didn't support it, it's the mod team's leader is the one which labeled it, I copied it from there. Anyway, I have my doubts about that as well, currently they are low on man power. Here's what they need : Mod Team Status: IF YOU WANT TO APPLY, SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT IN THE FORUM RECRUITMENT THREAD. (Their own forum, not here) Number of Modelers: High (we could always use more) Number of Concept Artists: Moderate Number of Texture Artists and UV mappers: Very Low (if you can texture a rock, you're in) Number of Coders: Low (definitely could use more) But we also got a new obstacle which I doubt whether they'll finish it or probably may slow down significantly, and the answer is simple, Starcraft 2. So all of these may take months to get their first version to come out, further into the development, it might take years to get it done, not to mention the new features are : 1. Sub-factions (Follow C&C4's Offense, Defense & Support systems but using the original MCVs) 2. New units (C&C4's models but more kickass looking, take an example look at the Scorpion tank they drew. ) 3. New campaign missions (May follow EA's storyline for GDI but they'll bend it, Nod & Scrin will all be separate just like Westwood did with their games, we call that the "What If" rule, EA's C&C3 to RA3's campaigns does not apply that rule as their stories are all interacted) 4. Possibly more Forgotten units etc.. Don't want to write more of the features, you can go over there and explore for yourself. If you want this to be hosted as a news article, be my guess.
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    C&C4 redux mod for C&C3

    Since this is beginning to bug me, I would like to introduce you (& the haters) to this mod. Don't want to talk more about it, but the website will tell you a thousand words, hope you like it. http://www.moddb.com/mods/redux Sonic, despite this may look like C&C4 but it's actually a mod for C&C3, you may have the choice to move to the correct C&C3 section. And if you saw this thread before, don't tell me that I didn't use the search engine, because I swear, I NEVER surf very often to the C&C3 & C&C4 sections (Or most likely not at all for months), I mostly surf only in the News section. So you can lock this existing thread. Don't worry, the spoilers there are not very huge. But whatever, go there at your own risk.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    When I even read through all of the reviews, including those rated 2 STARS and above, I found out their major complaints are mostly on the top followings : #1 : The DRM #2 : Not like the original C&C we know (That means the Crawler, Tiberium from the skies, pop cap, etc..) #3 : Cartoonish Red Alert units
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    I understand, man. Many people from here had seen me how a big a**hole like myself acted this way, to be honest, I'm not like that the way I was supposed to be. I can be all jerk and Westwood this and Westwood that. As long as EA makes a bad game, I'll go crazy and ballistic like what you saw in both here & the Den (Don't forget the reviewers at Amazon who gave the 1-star ratings, they are ballistic as I am). But if it's a good game, I'm my original self again, you'll see me posting more praise as though if it's made by the original Westwood Studios. So for this kind of time, yes, I'm all stupid and all berserk, but from time to time, I'll cool down, because I'm now a full timer, so I don't need to worry about C&C4 & will probably don't have much time posting around & play games. So anyway, when Jon Van comes in, I hope he'll give us a good game rather than this piece of crap. Once a good game comes out, he finally gave me a chill pill to cool down my hot head.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    Oh, now that really hurts me. I bet EA fanboys are gonna kill me if I walk out of my door.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    It doesn't deserve as #1, Mal, if you read my post carefully, you get the idea. Because I know business, C&C4 is a bad product on the inside, but on the outside, it's all too good to be true. Remember the common email scams of "You win $1,000,000 in a lottery. Send us your details so we can bank the money to you!" Deceived victims will fall for it and in the end, they got conned. So EALA & C&C4 is using the same con method. So it sells the bad product to become #1, I bet many disappointed customers will be asking for a refund, if they can't, they'll just throw the game away and never see it again.
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    Command & Conquer 4 in the #1 Spot Again

    Holy herror! Now that's a sight for sore eyes, it'll make the haters happy to see a huge insult to EA after all. But I fear EA will not feel a thing from the whole 1 STAR rating given. C&C is kind of a powerful name, but when used badly, fans will retaliate. Remember how Generals stole the C&C name in the first place?
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