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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Unknown Target on April 08, 2003, 03:01:33 pm

Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: Unknown Target on April 08, 2003, 03:01:33 pm
(Note: I put rain, not reign, on purpose;))


Westwood has finally been shut down by EA!! YIPPEE!

Just so you know, let's count the truly original games they ever made:

Dune.
Command and Conquer (Original)
Earth and Beyond (which did really bad).

And....

Renegade!

EA plans to incorporate the crap-masters into another, larger portion of their firm.

P.S. in case you haven't noticed, I hate Westwood :D
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: SKYNET-011 on April 08, 2003, 03:03:45 pm
Old. :(
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: Ulundel on April 08, 2003, 03:03:47 pm
Old news but...Red Alert, Emperor: Battle for Dune, Generals. What about those eh?
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: elorran on April 08, 2003, 03:20:07 pm
Westwood also did the original Dune 2 (Dune 2000 was an undate of this).  Dune 2 was the game that technically started the whole RTS genre.
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 08, 2003, 03:21:21 pm
So am I going to see Tiberian Twilight or what?
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: CP5670 on April 08, 2003, 03:47:48 pm
Dune 2 and Command and Conquer were absolute classics and are still some of my favorite games, but I don't think Westwood has put out anything really good after those two.

Anyway, this was posted like two months ago.
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: kode on April 08, 2003, 03:56:23 pm
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Originally posted by elorran
Dune 2 was the game that technically started the whole RTS genre.


I believe that even the old greek philosophers argued over that one...

right now I can't remember the name of the series, but they did some RPG games too, didn't they?
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: Nico on April 08, 2003, 03:56:51 pm
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
So am I going to see Tiberian Twilight or what?


yes, it's still planed.
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: kode on April 08, 2003, 03:59:35 pm
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Originally posted by venom2506


yes, it's still planed.


and afterthat, Tiberian Noon, and Tiberian Tea-time...
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Post by: Ulundel on April 08, 2003, 04:00:58 pm
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Originally posted by kode


and afterthat, Tiberian Noon, and Tiberian Tea-time...


Tiberian lunch?
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Post by: diamondgeezer on April 08, 2003, 04:04:39 pm
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Originally posted by venom2506
yes, it's still planed.

Hurrah! A plague on those who don't like the Tiberian series!
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Post by: Nico on April 08, 2003, 04:06:20 pm
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Originally posted by kode


and afterthat, Tiberian Noon, and Tiberian Tea-time...


oh, cool, they should show you in reality shows
"this guy, yeah, he has humour!!!"

hem...

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer

Hurrah! A plague on those who don't like the Tiberian series!


when I don't like something, I don't pay attention, otherwise I'd set all the football stadiums I see afire :rolleyes:
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: Fetty on April 08, 2003, 04:19:43 pm
hmm i always liked c&c 2 red alert
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Post by: diamondgeezer on April 08, 2003, 04:21:21 pm
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Originally posted by venom2506
when I don't like something, I don't pay attention, otherwise I'd set all the football stadiums I see afire :rolleyes:

:wtf: I don't get it...
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: Stryke 9 on April 08, 2003, 05:22:11 pm
Blah. Such great evil, it cannot ever truly die. Just means everything's gonna be produced under the name of EA directly now.

Yeah, Westwood (debatably) started up strat gaming with Dune, but their aggressive marketing techniques, buyouts and closures of good companies, and failure to actually do anything but change the sprites for every ****ing game since Dune 2 almost killed strat gaming. All in all, they're still ****ers, and I find it incredible to this day that people have bad enough taste to buy their crappy, crappy products when there's so much good out there. I suppose it's just volume, and there's plenty of that in their ****, seeing as they don't have to actually do anything but "See this ion trooper? See this pixel over to the left? Well, I changed it. Sequel's done!"
Title: The rain of crap has left us!!!!
Post by: Unknown Target on April 08, 2003, 06:16:43 pm
For once, I agree with you, Stryke.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on April 08, 2003, 06:27:09 pm
I like the CnC interface. I like the tiberian storyline. I like the design of the units and CGI in the tiberian games. Thus, Westwood is A1 SUPAR :yes:
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Post by: Stryke 9 on April 08, 2003, 06:28:11 pm
UT: 'Course. For once, you're right.
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Post by: Fetty on April 09, 2003, 12:17:47 am
gotoa agree with strykes last post here
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Post by: kode on April 09, 2003, 02:10:17 am
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Originally posted by venom2506


oh, cool, they should show you in reality shows
"this guy, yeah, he has humour!!!"

hem...
 


or it was a remark on how they were milking the genre with their endless sequels that are all the same, except for the name. oh, and sometimes the sides are called different names, too!