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seece said:
madskillz said:

Me and another staffer got our copies Tuesday. We're gonna try and get them in the print edition for this weekend. It would rock if we can get them in.

Oh man I have so many questions to ask but I don't wanna know! Which side is best to play AGAINST? Whats you're favourite unit? how many missions are there? is there a covenant story mission campaigne?

The Edge review says 15 missions.



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Barozi said:
seece said:
madskillz said:

Me and another staffer got our copies Tuesday. We're gonna try and get them in the print edition for this weekend. It would rock if we can get them in.

Oh man I have so many questions to ask but I don't wanna know! Which side is best to play AGAINST? Whats you're favourite unit? how many missions are there? is there a covenant story mission campaigne?

The Edge review says 15 missions.

 

Thats resonable, I figure the later missions will be harder and longer so plenty of hours. I havn't even tried Skirmish mode in the demo yet ...



 

No there is no covenant story mode.



seece said:
madskillz said:

Me and another staffer got our copies Tuesday. We're gonna try and get them in the print edition for this weekend. It would rock if we can get them in.

Oh man I have so many questions to ask but I don't wanna know! Which side is best to play AGAINST? Whats you're favourite unit? how many missions are there? is there a covenant story mission campaigne?

Grizzly tanks are the ultimate and my favorite unit. They can take out Hunters quickly.

Unfortunately, there's no Covenant story mode, but you can play them in Skirmish.

I think someone said 15 - though I haven't played it that far.

My favorite weapon so far is the MAC Blast. There's one mission were you have like 30 or so MAC Blasts - and no reload. You can't aim all over the place, but it was cool not having it have to reload.

I won't reveal too much more. PM me if you have questions.

As I stated - if you liked the demo - you will enjoy the game. It's not just the same old, same old. The missions tend to change up some.



madskillz said:

Grizzly tanks are the ultimate and my favorite unit. They can take out Hunters quickly.

 

I hope not too quickly. Hunters are a dedicated anti-vehicle unit; if Grizzlies kill fully-upgraded Hunters too easily it sounds like a balance issue in multiplayer. Banshees or a Scarab would still be options, though.

I can't wait for this game. I've never played a demo this much before; skirmish mode is addictive.



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Game informer gave it a 9/10 and stated it was the best RTS controls on a console ever. So far looks very good. I might just have to go buy it. As if i wasnt going to anyways lol. But just for shits it got a better score than Killzone 2!!!!!! lol sry i just had to put that in there. Both games will be great



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1337 Gamer said:
Game informer gave it a 9/10 and stated it was the best RTS controls on a console ever. So far looks very good. I might just have to go buy it. As if i wasnt going to anyways lol. But just for shits it got a better score than Killzone 2!!!!!! lol sry i just had to put that in there. Both games will be great

what Game Informer gave it a 9/10? Thats awesome! While i'm really excited about this game i expected it to land somewhere in the low 80's on metacritic but it look like it might land in high 80's or possibly low 90's.

blizzid said:
madskillz said:

Grizzly tanks are the ultimate and my favorite unit. They can take out Hunters quickly.

 

I hope not too quickly. Hunters are a dedicated anti-vehicle unit; if Grizzlies kill fully-upgraded Hunters too easily it sounds like a balance issue in multiplayer. Banshees or a Scarab would still be options, though.

I can't wait for this game. I've never played a demo this much before; skirmish mode is addictive.

My Internet is down, so I haven't played online. However, the Scarabs are powerful. However, I haven't played with them yet. The Grizzly tanks have crazy armor, so it can take a beating.

I'll probably do Skirmish for a lil while tonight.

You should check out the demo. It's awesome and the final product isn't flawless, but scores well in my book.

 

 



we have 9,9,7
very good!!