Forum Overview :: Planetary Annihilation

What serial malcontent said by Eurotrash 12/27/2014, 12:48am PST At the time, TA was to my knowledge the only RTS that had: - realistic ordnance behavior (once fired, a projectile could actually miss its target) - better realism for weapon range and rate of fire - very fragile units - 3D terrain and units Resulting in a more simulatory gameplay compared to something like Starcraft. Combined with an extremely dry presentation, it was a game that didn't have a very broad appeal, but rather gathered a hard core of dedicated fans. I was one of those fans. But my enjoyment of the game was very specific. Fuck the campaign, I only enjoyed skirmish vs one or a couple CPUs on a medium, non-metal map (the AI would spread like a virus on metal maps, and fuck those huge maps, the game would really begin to overstay its welcome on those things). Fuck naval units (of course), fuck air units (except builders and scouts), fuck vehicles, fuck most robots. Artillery, nukes and Peewees. That's what the game boiled down to for me. Artillery, nukes and Peewees. And that's great. Artillery, nukes and Peewees are fun for a while. But there can be no denying that a game like Starcraft had a lot more work put into balancing the units and the gameplay, and developing the campaign; it's a more finished, coherent game. TA only ever felt half-finished. Planetary Annihilation seems like more of the same. Bland campaign, bland placeholder-like units (that fittingly become simple icons when you zoom out), bland maps. Friggin cel-shading. No saving is just adding insult to injury. That said, as with TA, I like some of the elements in PA, and I'll be playing around with it some more for sure.

$6 already! by bwahahahaha 12/25/2014, 3:45pm PST     I tried to explain the expensive pre-order thing to you before, but you're incap NT by able of learning. 12/25/2014, 3:50pm PST         Yes you paid $60+ for this and I'm the dumb one NT by bwahahahaha 12/25/2014, 6:29pm PST             No I did not. by pinback 12/25/2014, 6:33pm PST                 Re: No I did not. by M Squared 12/25/2014, 7:16pm PST                     "Hype" is not remotely related to this discussion. by pinback 12/25/2014, 7:56pm PST                         Why does everyone have to shit on the optimistic things pinback says? by Mysterio 12/25/2014, 8:56pm PST                             FUCK U MORONIC SHITCRETIN UNCULTURED MOUTHBREATHING FUCKTARDS NT by typical positive pinback 12/25/2014, 11:25pm PST                                 Re: FUCK U MORONIC SHITCRETIN UNCULTURED MOUTHBREATHING FUCKTARDS by Mysterio 12/25/2014, 11:52pm PST                                     Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag NT by Mysterio 12/26/2014, 12:50am PST                                         Watch the homophobic langauge, sonny jim. NT by NegaMysterio 12/26/2014, 2:23am PST                             Man, fuck you, pinback, and all your drama queen hysterics! by Mischief Shai-hulud 12/26/2014, 6:16am PST                                 I recommend things I have fun with, that's all. NT by pinback 12/26/2014, 7:36am PST                                     Butt plug reviews forthcoming? NT by Worm 12/26/2014, 12:18pm PST                                 *turns back on pinback in silient protest* NT by Caltrops 12/26/2014, 10:38am PST                                     I will accept... DISCOMMENDATION. NT by pinback, nephew of Mogh 12/26/2014, 10:43am PST                                 Re: Man, fuck you, pinback, and all your drama queen hysterics! by fabio 12/26/2014, 12:25pm PST                                     Trying to figure out who some guy was. Fun! by Mysterio 12/26/2014, 1:13pm PST                                     Perhaps it was I! Ha ha! by The Masked ATOR 12/26/2014, 3:01pm PST                                         Who was that dashing rogue?! (swoons on fainting couch) NT by Pinback 12/26/2014, 4:19pm PST                                             I don't capitalize pinback you idiot. Which of the three were you, btw? NT by pinback 12/26/2014, 6:04pm PST                             A conversation with pinback is like playing red light/green light with Hitler by Entropy Stew 12/26/2014, 3:23pm PST     Hardly worth even that by Eurotrash 12/25/2014, 8:43pm PST         Y'ever play it bro? NT by pinback 12/26/2014, 4:45am PST             Nope by Eurotrash 12/26/2014, 4:52am PST                 I dunno bro, orbital is pretty cool bro. NT by pinback 12/26/2014, 5:35am PST                     Just seems like ALL the TA "sequels" have suffered from a severe lack of focus by Eurotrash 12/26/2014, 8:23am PST                         You're a "huge fan" of a game you don't think is much fun? NT by pinback 12/26/2014, 8:40am PST                             It tells the story of a depressed planet's descent into annihilation NT by Mysterio 12/26/2014, 10:25am PST                             Yes. TA had a fragile appeal, mostly that it was fundamentally different from by Eurotrash 12/26/2014, 12:17pm PST                                 I just don't get that mentality. "This game was not fun, but I loved it." by pinback 12/26/2014, 2:40pm PST                                     Schindler's list: "This film was not happy, but I loved it." Macbeth: "This trag by serial malcontent 12/26/2014, 7:53pm PST                                         Yeah! We play sci-fi RTS games for way deeper reasons than you could ever NT by comprehend!! /spam tanks 12/26/2014, 8:29pm PST                                     What serial malcontent said by Eurotrash 12/27/2014, 12:48am PST             Have you ever tried sodomy? NO?! NT by WITTGENSTEIN 12/26/2014, 12:47pm PST