everyone wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 15:03:

Orogogus wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 12:16:
There have been a fair number of recent turn-based crawlers (albeit mostly on consoles and handhelds) while the last real-time one was...

Arx Fatalis?

Ozmodan wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 14:58:

Orogogus wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 14:52:

Ozmodan wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 14:47:
A tank is a tank is a tank. GamesWorkshop is run by a bunch of idiots to start with.

Secondly the designs are not even close to similar. Someone has gotten a bit too high.

I feel the second tank is the one that should really be in Blue's original post, as it's horrifically damning.

Link from rockpapershotgun

Sorry but I have to disagree with you, it looks like any tank and they are NOT similar, they have significant differences.

Ozmodan wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 14:47:
A tank is a tank is a tank. GamesWorkshop is run by a bunch of idiots to start with.

Secondly the designs are not even close to similar. Someone has gotten a bit too high.

We are encountering people who counterfeit our miniatures and products more and more frequently. Counterfeiting is a crime in most countries worldwide. In addition to the other penalties, you can go to prison for counterfeiting. The same is true of peer-to-peer file sharing - if you have not paid for the material and you download it using peer-to-peer software, you are engaging in illegal activity. The same is true even if you already own a copy of the relevant Codex or Army Book. Please remember that Games Workshop does not produce its rule books or codices in electronic format - if you ever see any such material in electronic format, it is likely to be the product of criminal or infringing activity.

BE AWARE that we will happily spend money bringing counterfeiters and other infringers to justice, regardless of the cost. Such activities kill the hobby for everyone.

Dev wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 12:49:
Ok if you say so. They've shut down online stores selling their product before since they took photos of the models to show what you were buying.

Feel free to do some research, GW is crazy nutty about anything relating to this. Think of the worst company you can imagine in terms of going after fans for doing anything, and GW is worse. They are notorious enough that Blue mentions it in the blurb.

Dev wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 12:22:
GW is crazy nutty about anything like this. Some gems: they forbid you to get any GW related tattoos and they forbid you to post pics of paint jobs without saying you did it without their permission.

TychoCelchuuu wrote on Apr 12, 2012, 11:52:
If you think that's bad, check out this other tank they copied identically.

Frijoles wrote on Apr 3, 2012, 13:04:
No shit. Not only that, but it's 45% driving games and 45% dancing/"skill"/ticket games. That leaves 5% for the fighting games and 5% for everything else.

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 30, 2012, 11:50:
Textures? You mean sprites and pre-rendered maps! Sure, they are textures, but i would bet actual money that this "enhancement" does not include recreating all the art assets.

Though that is exactly what would be needed to actually have the game not become super-pint sized at 1920x1200 ..

Prez wrote on Mar 19, 2012, 18:33:

hb3d wrote on Mar 19, 2012, 09:30:

Prez wrote on Mar 18, 2012, 23:21:
Well, it's conjecture, sure. But baseless?

It's baseless until someone can show an example of where EA has done this to another mod or fan game project especially recently. I'm all for EA bashing but do it for the right reasons.

I disagree. I take "baseless" to mean that there is no evidence to suggest its possible, not that there's no precedence, which is what you are talking about. Apples and oranges. There is certainly enough evidence to point to that illustrates that EA can and often does behave in a manner that is counter to their customers desires and distinctly lacking in class. Given EA's general lack of class and goodwill towards its customers, it's easy to see them FOXing a mod if it gets enough attention.

Ratty wrote on Mar 10, 2012, 12:33:

Bhruic wrote on Mar 10, 2012, 04:33:
Doesn't mean I like it, frankly I thought the ending(s) sucked. I felt the same way I did with the Deus Ex endings - instead of having the various decisions I made along the way matter, they just give you a bunch of options (crappy ones in this case) and make you choose. Ending cop-out 101.

Name any modern game that advertises how your choices influence the game and doesn't cop out with the lame multiple cutscene endings. All the Deus Exs did it, FO3 and FO:NV, Elder Scrolls, etc. I'm with you: that has always annoyed me no end.

The only game I can think of that truly did branching into radically different games based on decisions you made was one called Strife. It was built on the original Doom engine, so you know how long ago that was.

Wasn't there an article here a couple of days ago mentioning how game designers were loathe to ever put things in a game that not everybody would see? Perfectly understandable but I don't have to like it.

nin wrote on Mar 8, 2012, 11:59:

Will this game have instant-resurrection chambers that remove all semblance of challenge from the game?

Based on this I would think they wouldn't be allowed in all modes. Of course, you didn't have to use them last time. I didn't...

killer_roach wrote on Mar 6, 2012, 00:44:
It was Republican opposition that killed SOPA/PIPA. Every single remaining sponsor of either bill is a Democrat.