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Offline Unknown Target

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Ground Control II
on: February 28, 2007, 03:17:07 pm
Has anyone here played it/still play it? I'm just starting it after letting it sit on my shelf. Is it any good?
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #1 on: February 28, 2007, 03:25:08 pm
It looks OK. All I really know is that it killed two monitors. Thats why I'm hesitant it try it.
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #2 on: February 28, 2007, 03:31:55 pm
I enjoyed it, personally, but my disc has gone MIA.
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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #3 on: February 28, 2007, 03:32:26 pm
Eh, maybe make sure you've downloaded all patches first then...
My brother played it (2/3rds of it, anyways...)  Apart from being a little buggy, it's okay.  (Maybe the patches fixed the bugs by now, idk.)
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #4 on: February 28, 2007, 03:32:56 pm
Quote from: ngtm1r on February 28, 2007, 03:31:55 pm
I enjoyed it, personally, but my disc has gone MIA.
Have you still got the CD Key and COA?
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #5 on: February 28, 2007, 03:39:19 pm
It's brilliant.  Turn on the slim GUI option, crank up the graphics (the game is very smooth, so far as I know) and enjoy. 

I recommend playing on Hard if you're good at RTS - it'll be a good challenge, and so much more satisfying.

I'm rather fond of the story, the characters are quite likeable (even if the accents can be annoying), and the cutscenes are brilliant.  The music in the last few missions was damn good as well; the final moments of the game had me on the edge of my seat. 
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #6 on: February 28, 2007, 03:40:29 pm
*wants spoilers*
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #7 on: February 28, 2007, 03:40:52 pm
Quote from: jr2 on February 28, 2007, 03:32:56 pm
Quote from: ngtm1r on February 28, 2007, 03:31:55 pm
I enjoyed it, personally, but my disc has gone MIA.
Have you still got the CD Key and COA?

Why? :p
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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #8 on: February 28, 2007, 03:42:45 pm
'Cause if you do, then you could bittorrent it w/out it being illegal, I think... just use your CD-key when it asks.  I think.  Maybe someone else can say for sure.  I do believe the ownership resides with the COA, as long as you don't go out and give the disc to anybody.
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #9 on: February 28, 2007, 03:43:22 pm
I never really got into GC2, myself.
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #10 on: February 28, 2007, 03:44:09 pm
...that's why I wanted spoilers!  :D
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #11 on: February 28, 2007, 06:11:31 pm
If I knew how to use spoiler tags, I'd give you some. 
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #12 on: February 28, 2007, 06:59:18 pm
I really, really like Ground Control, and got it pretty early in it's life.

I only recently got hold of GCII, and although I find it to be a nice solid RTS, I think it loses all the feel that made GC so good. Also you can now build units, which in my opinion just utterly ruins the whole concept of Ground Control is the first place.
So while I think GCII is pretty good, I much prefer the first one.

Although with the first one, I have this strange problem for the entire time I've had XP, where nine times out of ten the briefing voice files would skip till the next one has to play. The patches do nothing. It's really annoying, but that's the only problem I've ever had.
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #13 on: February 28, 2007, 07:30:03 pm
I've just played through the first three missions in the Terran campaign, and I must say, wow, kickass. There is definitely a huge strategy element there, moreso than other RTS games. Granted you can "build" units now (you drop them in by dropship), but that adds a new dynamic for me, where I can have a continuous battle with constant reinforcements and pincer movements. Great fun IMO :) I'm sorry I didn't give this game a better chance when I first played it.
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #14 on: February 28, 2007, 08:26:08 pm
GC2 is a great game except for the story wich could've been better. It's a shame you cant play with the Terran Empire. :( Great looking hover tanks! A shame there's no GC3, a real shame. Also if they (the makers) could, it would've been interesting if they added a option so you can play in the style of the first GC, with only what you have.
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #15 on: February 28, 2007, 11:13:00 pm
Quote from: Ferret on February 28, 2007, 06:59:18 pm
Although with the first one, I have this strange problem for the entire time I've had XP, where nine times out of ten the briefing voice files would skip till the next one has to play. The patches do nothing. It's really annoying, but that's the only problem I've ever had.
Try running in Win '98 compatibility mode?
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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #16 on: March 01, 2007, 03:09:15 am
I absolutely loved this game - for the gameplay and optimized engine.

Weren't GC I & II released for free a year ago or so? I remember there were two games, an original and a sequel, that I had actually bought and loved, that were then released for free a few years down the line. Felt kinda silly, but I enjoyed them enough not to complain. Or maybe I'm thinking of the MechCommander series... I that that was it, actually.
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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #17 on: March 01, 2007, 03:31:57 am
Quote from: Sandwich™ on March 01, 2007, 03:09:15 am
I absolutely loved this game - for the gameplay and optimized engine.

Weren't GC I & II released for free a year ago or so? I remember there were two games, an original and a sequel, that I had actually bought and loved, that were then released for free a few years down the line. Felt kinda silly, but I enjoyed them enough not to complain. Or maybe I'm thinking of the MechCommander series... I that that was it, actually.

GC1 was released for free; perhaps you're thinking of the expansion pack for it? (Dark...something or other)
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #18 on: March 01, 2007, 03:47:01 am
No, it was MechCommander - check out the external links section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechcommander
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: Ground Control II
Reply #19 on: March 01, 2007, 03:08:41 pm
I just checked for the website, its http://www.mechcommander.org/
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