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Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 06, 2003, 04:45:40 am: Has anyone played the game (demo, as yet), Global Power? It is an insanely detailed present-day global strategy game, where you control a country's military, economic and social features in order to achieve domination.

It also makes a great hypothetical simulator. For instance, I was Briatin, I nuked France, and was immediately attacked by all of NATO! I was wiped out, surprisingly enough.
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 06, 2003, 05:28:37 am: Couldn't you nuke a few more other country's? thus you have more chance to survive a NATO attack:)
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: vyper on March 06, 2003, 06:26:55 am: How big is the demo to download?
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Styxx on March 06, 2003, 06:30:54 am: Hmm, link?
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 06, 2003, 06:36:32 am: I dont know where to download it, as it was on the PCGamer discs. I can't find a link at the moment, as I am at school, and all game related things are blocked.

It won't be too big to download, either, as it is not very graphical.
However, the demo is limited to four countries, UK, Brazil, Niger and Mexico. You can nuke any city or military base in the world. I tried nuking NewYork, but then the US sent nukes to me, Frnace nuked the US, russia nuked France, and soon the whole world was in nuclear war.

Ahh, it turns out that the demo is 126meg, and can be found here (http://www.gmxmedia.net/gp/downloads/index.shtml)
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Styxx on March 06, 2003, 06:55:43 am: Cool, it has Brazil in it. Lemme check it out. :D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 06, 2003, 08:54:49 am: It has all the country's:D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Styxx on March 06, 2003, 09:02:19 am: I meant the Demo.
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 06, 2003, 09:14:03 am: ooh:nervous:
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on March 06, 2003, 10:07:40 am: the game has been released once under the name 'Superpower' (iirc). It was so realistic that they forgot to include supply-lines, transport of troops and general logistics. You could basically invade a country on the other side of the world without too much brouhaha.
a bit silly no?

I wonder if they have adressed these important but blatantly ignored aspects of warfare.
Title: Re: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Razor on March 06, 2003, 11:44:37 am: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Has anyone played the game (demo, as yet), Global Power? It is an insanely detailed present-day global strategy game, where you control a country's military, economic and social features in order to achieve domination.

It also makes a great hypothetical simulator. For instance, I was Briatin, I nuked France, and was immediately attacked by all of NATO! I was wiped out, surprisingly enough.

Holly CRUD! :eek:
What a great game. Where to download?
Hmm...wait till I nuke some countries. :drevil: Guess which country I will be ;7

By the way, you should have known better than to nuke a member of the GTVA uhh....ehh I mean UN Security Council.
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 06, 2003, 01:23:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Crazy_Ivan80
the game has been released once under the name 'Superpower' (iirc). It was so realistic that they forgot to include supply-lines, transport of troops and general logistics. You could basically invade a country on the other side of the world without too much brouhaha.
a bit silly no?

I wonder if they have adressed these important but blatantly ignored aspects of warfare.

Shush.:D
This game simply proves that high powered graphics are not necessary, take Uplink for example.
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Crazy_Ivan80 on March 06, 2003, 03:42:21 pm: yeah, but for a game claiming to be a realistic war-simulation on the grand strategy level this is a rather huge omission
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 06, 2003, 04:12:27 pm: I nuked the whole of brasil, France, Holland, USA, Spain, Portugal and most african country's:D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Razor on March 06, 2003, 04:50:18 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Darkage
I nuked the whole of brasil, France, Holland, USA, Spain, Portugal and most african country's:D

Brasil? That's kina bad.I always wanted to go to Rio.
France? :no: :mad:
holland nah that's bad too
USA ;7
Spain and Portugal- whatever
African Countries - :wtf:? You're a sick dude
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 06, 2003, 05:21:03 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor

Brasil? That's kina bad.I always wanted to go to Rio.
France? :no: :mad:
holland nah that's bad too
USA ;7
Spain and Portugal- whatever
African Countries - :wtf:? You're a sick dude

hehehe;7

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/inferno/darkage/nuke.jpg)

Allot of nukes, and this was a first strike against africa:D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 07, 2003, 04:49:55 am: I nuked every capital city on the planet. ;7
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 07, 2003, 05:33:22 am: after the strike you seen on the pciture, i got nuked by several countries, and nuked them back. after i closed it i had like every damn army left attacking me:D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Levyathan on March 07, 2003, 09:29:30 am: I can't help it but wonder why they put Brazil in. Oh God, why?!
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Styxx on March 07, 2003, 09:40:05 am: Quote
Originally posted by Levyathan
I can't help it but wonder why they put Brazil in. Oh God, why?!

For laughs, of course. Why else?
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Razor on March 07, 2003, 12:02:56 pm: Quote
Allot of nukes, and this was a first strike against africa

Ha, you can't nuke us! :p Sucka!
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 07, 2003, 12:27:57 pm: The game gets cool, when you launch just 1 nuke on russia. i nuked moscow. after that half the planet nuked russian and russia ofcourse returned fire:D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 07, 2003, 12:39:25 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor

Ha, you can't nuke us! :p Sucka!

After i nuked russia 20 min ago i nuked the rest:D and france and th usa where nice enough to help me nuke people:D i love this game:D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 07, 2003, 01:46:03 pm: HAHA! You can all thank me for brightening your lives!

Anyway, try some conventional warfare, it's a bit odd how 50000 infantry are represented by a single rhombus, however.

Try sending the entire RoyalNavy to attack Reykyavik, you then get attacked by all of NATO!
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Nico on March 07, 2003, 03:14:13 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Darkage
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/inferno/darkage/nuke.jpg)

you nuked the ocean :confused:
drunk too much beer again, heh, darkey? :D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 07, 2003, 03:26:47 pm: The line with out the circles at the end havent arived at there targets yet:D But i am trying to get drunk now, ( not realy working ):D
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Razor on March 07, 2003, 04:50:48 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Darkage

After i nuked russia 20 min ago i nuked the rest:D and france and th usa where nice enough to help me nuke people:D i love this game:D

No no I didn't mean US. I meant us, Yugo.
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Darkage on March 08, 2003, 04:31:44 am: Quote
Originally posted by Razor

No no I didn't mean US. I meant us, Yugo.

I know. but since when is Ugo on the african continent. Or i am just plain dumb.
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Dark_4ce on March 08, 2003, 06:00:21 am: Quote
Originally posted by venom2506

you nuked the ocean :confused:
drunk too much beer again, heh, darkey? :D

KILL THE WHALES!!!! ;)
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Razor on March 08, 2003, 08:58:48 am: Quote
I know. but since when is Ugo on the african continent.
:doubt:
First it is Yugo, not Ugo and second it is not one of African countries and I wasn't talking about African countries in the first place. Geez!
Space crap and beer do dangerous stuff to a mind.
Title: Global Power (The Game)
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on March 08, 2003, 01:46:48 pm: Haha! truly great game, is it not?

Have you tried playing as Niger? So very hopeless.