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Ufo: Aftershock And Aftermach, Nices Games?
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Posted 02 December 2005 - 06:51 PM
If anyone played this 2 games plz tell me your opinion... i think... well i just want to heard what do you think first
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Posted 02 December 2005 - 06:57 PM
Moved to UFO: Aftershock forum (will reply in a few mins)
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Posted 02 December 2005 - 07:53 PM
This is what I think of Aftermath:
Haven't played UFO: Aftershock yet, and by the looks of it I won't be doing it any time soon. First, the game has more bugs than you can count them, it's not rare at all that it crashes on almost every game session (I've heard some people complaining of it crashing 10 times in one day).
Also, the game has StarForce, the latest one, a protection system many people prefer to stay away from, since it can be rather harmful to your computer (read about a guy whose DVD driver stopped working after he installed StarForce, and it wouldn't work even after harddrive formatting). (In fact, I decided not to get Aftershock after all I read about StarForce, no thanks).
Other than that, Aftershock looks like an improvement from Aftermath, including Base Management, extended research, more tactical combat (also far more balanced), diplomacy among different factions (I've heard it's pretty lame diplomacy, though).
But the troubles that StarForce causes are not worth a game that keeps crashing and has tons and tons of bugs, even with the latest patch, in my opinion.
I wish to remark once again that the music of the game is superb, IMHOI found the first one very much interesting, but also very much flawed, there is a clear problem of tactical balance, as at one point there would come about 5-6 aliens with Rocket Spitters and squash your little squad like a bug in a matter of 4 seconds, and there was little you could do, except hide and never *ever* try to attack them. Also the game got a little repetitive, tactical missions were simpler than in X-Com (doesn't precisely mean easier, but the ones at the beginnings in which you only fight mutants are a piece of cake, except counted occassions), there is the "glossary", poor and lame term to what would be the UFOPaedia. I found the base system to be incredibly lame and simple. I did LOVE the music of the game, the general dread feeling, the globe (greatly rendered and texturised, imo) the Glossary descriptions, albeit short, are nice and reinforce the general feeling that Earth is lost already and you're all alone, the soldier voices are GREAT, they each have different accents (not many, mind you), there is even asiatic people who say "Arien!" instead of Alien when they spot one, that certainly helps you believe the whole atmosphere. The SAS (Simultaneous Action System) is great, basically it's the same combat system used in Apoc, but a little lamer.Did you like the first one? I havn't really heard anyones review from it.
Overall it's a very interesting game, which can be a lot of fun but a bit simple at times, but definitely worth playing, not precisely something to write home about, but a good game all in all, should be patched.
About UFO: Aftermath interviews, you can read some here in StrategyCore
Haven't played UFO: Aftershock yet, and by the looks of it I won't be doing it any time soon. First, the game has more bugs than you can count them, it's not rare at all that it crashes on almost every game session (I've heard some people complaining of it crashing 10 times in one day).
Also, the game has StarForce, the latest one, a protection system many people prefer to stay away from, since it can be rather harmful to your computer (read about a guy whose DVD driver stopped working after he installed StarForce, and it wouldn't work even after harddrive formatting). (In fact, I decided not to get Aftershock after all I read about StarForce, no thanks).
Other than that, Aftershock looks like an improvement from Aftermath, including Base Management, extended research, more tactical combat (also far more balanced), diplomacy among different factions (I've heard it's pretty lame diplomacy, though).
But the troubles that StarForce causes are not worth a game that keeps crashing and has tons and tons of bugs, even with the latest patch, in my opinion.
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Posted 03 December 2005 - 08:29 AM
Aftermath isn't a great game, but worth a try. It's so cheap these days there's no good reason not to really.
Aftershock on the other hand is quite excellent! I've played it for a long time already, and I'm nowhere near the end. Customize your weapons with silencers, scopes and so on, aim at bodyparts with trained snipers, build bases, research a HUGE list of technologies and so on. It's an enormous step up from Aftermath, so if you can live with no turn-based, go play! IGN just published their review, and it's the most accurate one I've read so far. You can find it here.
Azrael is right in that the game does have a lot of bugs however. I had no trouble to begin with, but after playing maybe 70 missions in I had to stop. Once the first patch was released however, my trouble was over, and I'm now happily playing on (when I should read for my exam). There are some minor bugs still, and some people still have crashes, but much less so.
StarForce isn't a nice copy protection, but don't let yourself scare too much. Most players never have a problem with it, and those who had major trouble are few. Most people "know a guy who has a friend who's grandfather had his HD ruined". The early versions of StarForce were bugged, and this was a little more frequent. Now it hardly ever happens, and most users never notice they have it. Not saying that I like it, cause I don't, but it's not like StarForce destroy half of the PCs it's on. Take a look at the list of games using it here.
My advice to you would be to try the UFO: Aftershock demo. If you think it looks promising, buy the game. If you can get Aftermath cheap, buy it as well.
Aftershock on the other hand is quite excellent! I've played it for a long time already, and I'm nowhere near the end. Customize your weapons with silencers, scopes and so on, aim at bodyparts with trained snipers, build bases, research a HUGE list of technologies and so on. It's an enormous step up from Aftermath, so if you can live with no turn-based, go play! IGN just published their review, and it's the most accurate one I've read so far. You can find it here.
Azrael is right in that the game does have a lot of bugs however. I had no trouble to begin with, but after playing maybe 70 missions in I had to stop. Once the first patch was released however, my trouble was over, and I'm now happily playing on (when I should read for my exam). There are some minor bugs still, and some people still have crashes, but much less so.
StarForce isn't a nice copy protection, but don't let yourself scare too much. Most players never have a problem with it, and those who had major trouble are few. Most people "know a guy who has a friend who's grandfather had his HD ruined". The early versions of StarForce were bugged, and this was a little more frequent. Now it hardly ever happens, and most users never notice they have it. Not saying that I like it, cause I don't, but it's not like StarForce destroy half of the PCs it's on. Take a look at the list of games using it here.
My advice to you would be to try the UFO: Aftershock demo. If you think it looks promising, buy the game. If you can get Aftermath cheap, buy it as well.
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Posted 03 December 2005 - 09:06 AM
Hey, I have Etherlords 2! good thing StarForce was disabled thereGames that use Starforce
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Posted 04 December 2005 - 10:53 AM
I "played" Aftershock... i mean, i played the demo like 2 min. when i saw the "trees" like a bunch of white-rectangles/triangles... well, uninstall... yea.. i got to buy a new video card... give me the money 
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But im playing a really nice game right now, "Silent Storm", play this one, is quite good, i wish xenocide can match that 3dengine.. is really powerfull and simple, walls, rails, cars, almost all (if not all) can be destroyed, awesome.
Conclussion: Xenocide will kick them UFO´s a s s, After-wtv version.
Starforce?, no problem, i dont play new games, cuz my old pc, 64 mb videocard... say no more..
, but is better this way, cuz if i have a really fast pc... well..it is pointless to explain. 
. C++ doesnt need a fast pc .
.But im playing a really nice game right now, "Silent Storm", play this one, is quite good, i wish xenocide can match that 3dengine.. is really powerfull and simple, walls, rails, cars, almost all (if not all) can be destroyed, awesome.
Conclussion: Xenocide will kick them UFO´s a s s, After-wtv version.
Starforce?, no problem, i dont play new games, cuz my old pc, 64 mb videocard... say no more..
, but is better this way, cuz if i have a really fast pc... well..it is pointless to explain. . C++ doesnt need a fast pc .
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Posted 04 December 2005 - 01:34 PM
If you can run Silent Storm on your PC, UFO: Aftershock should be no problem. Aftershock is heavy, but no heavier than S2. Oh, and the US version of Silent Storm use StarForce as well.
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Posted 05 December 2005 - 10:01 AM
I can play Silent Storm, no problem, but Aftershock presents a kind of video-bug, all textures in the game presents some kinda bug.. well maybe is my video card, anyway, Silent Storm is a really nice game, no "Alien-stuff" but gameplay and graphics are greats.
Silent Storm use Starforce?, didint noticed that..
Silent Storm use Starforce?, didint noticed that..
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Posted 05 December 2005 - 01:35 PM
My 2 cents:
Con: Bugged as heck - wait for patch 1.2 at the very least (it's version 1.1 at the moment), but I am praying that I don't have to eat my words when people come telling me that it's 1.999999 and it's still bugged up.
Pro: But still worth it. Dammit, if Xcom 1 is like your first girlfriend, Aftershock is like your first girlfriend "re-interpreted". Or something. Still not as good as your first girlfriend, and slightly "off" in different respects.
And that's the long and short of it.
Go get it.
Con: Bugged as heck - wait for patch 1.2 at the very least (it's version 1.1 at the moment), but I am praying that I don't have to eat my words when people come telling me that it's 1.999999 and it's still bugged up.
Pro: But still worth it. Dammit, if Xcom 1 is like your first girlfriend, Aftershock is like your first girlfriend "re-interpreted". Or something. Still not as good as your first girlfriend, and slightly "off" in different respects.
And that's the long and short of it.
Go get it.
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Posted 11 December 2005 - 02:50 AM
I can play Silent Storm, no problem, but Aftershock presents a kind of video-bug, all textures in the game presents some kinda bug.. well maybe is my video card, anyway, Silent Storm is a really nice game, no "Alien-stuff" but gameplay and graphics are greats.
It seems to be common with GeForce MX 440 graphics card at least (Which i have). No solution found yet, but textures for some items are displayed correctly in some missions, which troubles me. (Heads, aliens occasionally, in base missions everything is always the way it is supposed to be.) The card is quite much crap, everyone says, but it has worked fine, until now it seems.
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Posted 06 February 2006 - 07:28 AM
I bought aftershock on friday and played all weekend. As for me it's great! Has everything what I liked most in enemy unknown only better. As for bugs I didn't notice it too much, it crashed twice.
The problem of this game may be the fact it's very linear, you start always in the same place and have same missions on the begining (I believe) however I'm not even sure about it and as for the fist play the fun is great.
The problem of this game may be the fact it's very linear, you start always in the same place and have same missions on the begining (I believe) however I'm not even sure about it and as for the fist play the fun is great.
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Posted 08 February 2006 - 05:06 AM
I too picked Aftershock up last week. Initial thoughts are it's a good game, but I'm still getting in to it.
The only thing I'm not to keen on, is that you seem to have to get in to lots of missions before you get chance to research anything. I'm still researching Human Weapons when I'm on my 6th or 7th mission, and the reticulan power cells are starting to run out. Maybe I'm missing a skip here?
The only thing I'm not to keen on, is that you seem to have to get in to lots of missions before you get chance to research anything. I'm still researching Human Weapons when I'm on my 6th or 7th mission, and the reticulan power cells are starting to run out. Maybe I'm missing a skip here?
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Posted 08 February 2006 - 06:58 AM
You can use the weapons you get from the missions. And I personally thing (but I played it for like 10 hours only!) it's worth to have two weapons lab on the beggining.
Besides, the aftershock forum seems to be a better place for this kind of problems
Besides, the aftershock forum seems to be a better place for this kind of problems
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Posted 08 February 2006 - 01:44 PM
You're supposed to be short on ammunition in the beginning. Makes it harder. If you need tips, this guide is recommended in addition to the forums.
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