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Battleforge's Drawn-Out Battles In Action
Posted by Mike Fahey at 2:20 AM on May 15, 2008
Crecente seemed to be rather impressed with EA's CCG RTS hybrid Battleforge the other day at EA's event in San Francisco, and I can certainly see why. The battles indeed look massive, especially when the big guy is just plowing through the troops towards the end, and seeing the actual cards pictured has given the rabid collectible card gamer in me what I can only describe as a raging card-on. This is exactly why I've never been quoted on a video game box.
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acaseofzombism
Posted 3:26 AM 15/5/08
@Andy D.: vid worked fine for me, no sound due to being at work, but played fine.
acaseofzombism
Pezdispenser
Posted 3:24 AM 15/5/08
@DugDawg:
I was thinking more along the lines of Demigod, but Supcom/Fantasy probably would work better.
Pezdispenser
acaseofzombism
Posted 3:24 AM 15/5/08
This game is looking better each time I look at it, a mix of CCG and RTS sounds like a great idea. Will it be an eye of judgement thing, as in you could buy expansion packs via realworld or DL; or are the "cards" simply the in game mechanic for summoning critters and upgrades?
Although they dont show true "gameplay" as in how you make your army and move them around, the game looks very good.
acaseofzombism
will52
Posted 3:08 AM 15/5/08
@vanderblade:
Agreed. This better be out before SC2 if it even hopes to have a chance.
will52
mouroutaru
Posted 3:04 AM 15/5/08
I've stayed off the CCG and the RTS pipe thus far, this may draw me in.
mouroutaru
Sauce
Posted 3:02 AM 15/5/08
Wow does this look Epic in motion! Whenever this comes out, I'm so there.
Sauce
vanderblade
Posted 2:58 AM 15/5/08
No room in my RTS life after SC2 hits. My apologies.
vanderblade
Pombar
Posted 2:55 AM 15/5/08
I've no idea how this would work, but I still want it.
Pombar
DugDawg
Posted 2:53 AM 15/5/08
Looks cool in a Supreme Commander meets fantasy sort of way.
DugDawg
LordMagnusMastah
Posted 2:52 AM 15/5/08
BTW, this game looks EPIC! Can't wait for this to come out.
LordMagnusMastah
LordMagnusMastah
Posted 2:51 AM 15/5/08
I can see the vid fine.
LordMagnusMastah
Jnkzm4
Posted 2:49 AM 15/5/08
@Andy D.: me too :(
Jnkzm4
TheExiledLeader
Posted 2:47 AM 15/5/08
@Andy D.: me.
TheExiledLeader
Andy D.
Posted 2:45 AM 15/5/08
Anyone else unable to see the video?
Andy D.
Datheron
Posted 4:22 AM 15/5/08
Mmm....I thought the Total War series did a good job in letting you manage absolutely huge armies on screen, while keeping a good sense of strategy on the battlefield.
Hopefully there'll be a sense of balance between the big bad monsters and the poor little footsoldiers on the ground. Soldiers = fodder is fine and dandy, until everybody figures out they're useless and no one builds them anymore. =(
Datheron
KillerBee
Posted 4:51 AM 15/5/08
HAHAHA raging card-on. Classic.
KillerBee
demonknightinuyasha
Posted 5:14 AM 15/5/08
The logo reminds me of the guitar hero logo >.>
looks interesting I may check it out when it is released.
demonknightinuyasha
HappyWulf
Posted 6:27 AM 15/5/08
This looks like something I would absolutely adore. Sign me up!
HappyWulf
Zombie_Moogle
Posted 8:22 AM 15/5/08
heh, card-on
i'm gonna use that one at my next Magic club meeting
Zombie_Moogle
okenny :)
Posted 9:12 AM 15/5/08
Am I missing something here or has this been announced for any platforms?
okenny :)
swamptrunk
Posted 9:32 AM 15/5/08
that title font is so barely modified guitar hero
<- design nerd
swamptrunk
Nullzero
Posted 12:26 PM 15/5/08
Interest piqued.
Is this PS3 or XBoxen? PC? How will the cards work?
Nullzero