[Demo] Hooray! Ground Control II single-player demo is out!

[UncleDynamite]

Many of you might have heard about Ground Control II, many of you might have not. In a nutshell, it's an RTS that forgoes most of the resource and production management of other RTSs and focuses on enhanced strategy instead. It has three factions in a futuristic setting. However, the most important thing is that the demo's out. Woot! :cool:

Download from
Vile-er-Fileplanet (Sorry) (http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/141034.shtml)
Gamespot DLX (teh win) (http://dlx.gamespot.com/pc/groundcontrol2oe/moreinfo_6099086.html)

Screenies below:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen001.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen002.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/589688_20040120_screen002.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen008.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen015.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen_e3/589688_20040510_screen007.jpg

[EarlyDawn]

I still have hope that they saved the game from the terrible abomination it was during beta.


...But I don't think they did.

[Derfud]

Those are sweet screenshots...


*Downloads*

EDIT: Also, the Filefront link.

http://files.filefront.com/3059358

[Warborn]

Those are older screenshots so some of the models look different. The NSA Light Infantry, for instance, now have a visor and a neat little light mounted on their shoulder. Terran Legionnaries look like shit though.

I've been in the MP Beta for a while and the game isn't like GC1 at all, so don't expect it to be. It's not a bad game, it's just not what you might be expecting.

[JetRaiden]

:eek: saw an announcement on gamespot saying a demo would be soon. mother of god this is awesome.

[I Hate Pants]

hows the game? it looks interesting.

What makes it so special from other RTS games?

[OneManArmy]

they also updated the beta client....... ;)

/me strolls away....

[Biohazzard56]

[QUOTE=UncleDynamite]

Screenies below:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen001.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen002.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen0/589688_20040120_screen002.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen008.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen015.jpg

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2004/screen_e3/589688_20040510_screen007.jpg

http://www.battlefieldzone.com/Biohazzard56/Images/ForumImages/CSS.JPG

[JetRaiden]

bio is your computer blind?

[Cyanide]

Is it me, or did they rip off the mosquito from PS for their that flying vehicle?

[Rbstr]

yeah alot of the stuff on thier site looks PS ish

[d3ath4u]

Hooray!

[TekDragon]

Definately on my top list of games to get. Right there w T:V, D3, Sims2, and B&W2.

[Peacemaker]

Its not that good. Replay value is like 0.

[TekDragon]

Its not that good. Replay value is like 0.

:(

I hope not. I'll find out when i get home.

[Peacemaker]

I did beta. The game is fun for about 3 days. Then gets old... fast. Deffinatly NOT GC.

[Electrofreak]

HFS!!!!!!!

I've been following this game for a while now! OMGOMGOMG! My bro is going to have a fucking shit fit... and I might be out of PlanetSide for a few days until I've played that demo like 5x over!!!!

Thanks a fucking TON for the heads-up UD, I've been waiting for this demo!
(Actually, I usually check up on this game daily to see if theres any new news... didn't today because of a school project I'm working on.)

Shit I need to hurry up and get this final paper done so I can play this shit... I hope it doesn't end up cutting into my study time for the final exam on Wed... :p

anyhow thanks again UD WOOT!

[Electrofreak]

wait... Peace you did GC2 beta? and... didn't like it? I'm just gonna hope you are an impatient fellow, from the videos and the screenies I've seen it looks to be quite a cool game... I hope I like it more than you did :(

[Peacemaker]

It really does not stack to GC at all. THe camera blows compaired to it. The controls are Iffy. Its so easy to just call in new units now. All you have to do is make a nice defence and then wait long enough for a huge amount of cash to buy a insane offence. My fav tactic was artillary slowly pushing forward. Pinning a huge enemy army in a box canyon and then wallking the artllary right up to them was great. Not destroying them at taht time was even better, getting 3 times the artillary to finish them off was the best. A fun game untill you get good at it.

[Electrofreak]

hmm. any more interesting at higher difficulty levels? Ah, actually nvm, i'll check it out for myself tomorrow... hopefully it won't be too dissapointing... i really need to get back to work on this final project (pullin an all-nighter)

edit- camera really isnt a problem for me in 3d games, I've got one of those Microsoft Strategic commander things... makes camera movement pretty easy... wonder if they have a GC2 profile for it yet...

[EarlyDawn]

It really does not stack to GC at all. THe camera blows compaired to it. The controls are Iffy. Its so easy to just call in new units now. All you have to do is make a nice defence and then wait long enough for a huge amount of cash to buy a insane offence. My fav tactic was artillary slowly pushing forward. Pinning a huge enemy army in a box canyon and then wallking the artllary right up to them was great. Not destroying them at taht time was even better, getting 3 times the artillary to finish them off was the best. A fun game untill you get good at it.Don't think I can say it any better. The game lost all of it's... majesty. You don't feel connected to your units anymore, unlike the first one where your squads were persistant and personalized. It's like a crappy 3d RTS with a dropship instead of buildings. I don't even like the graphics as much. :lol:

[Sputty]

HFS, I've got a boner.

[Sputty]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/pc/groundcontrol2/1211/ground_screen001.jpg
What's with the Skeeters...

[Everay]

which demo level is it? is it the one that was in the Beta?

[UncleDynamite]

Well, I played a little bit of the demo, and I've found it quite enjoyable. For one thing, the graphics are excellent. Beautiful all around, with excellent models. The problem comes with the camera: controls are horribly unintiutive. I push the mouse wheel forward, and it zooms out. Pull the whell back, it zooms in. Wtf? Then I struggle to figure out how to rotate the darn camera (hold down CTRL), and finally I have to get used to having to work with the rotation/zooming/shifting all in conjunction. Granted, once you fiddle with the controls and adapt to camera's dynamics, the camera works decently. However, I found it rather frustrating at first.

Gameplay was challenging, but that's probably because I'm just learning. It's weird because some of the units, particularly infantry, are much more durable than in other RTS games.

I never played the original GC, so I can't say how it compares.

Yes, the game features a very Mossy-like airplane. Strange, but if you think about it, it and the Mossy share the same basic idea as the Orca from Command and Conquer.

Bio - screenies are working for everyone else, so I don't know what to say.

[Warborn]

which demo level is it? is it the one that was in the Beta?

Tutorial + level 1 of the NSA campaign. All we have in the MP Beta is the Tutorial.

[Setari]

dunno. I thought the demo was pretty fantabulous. Then again I feel compelled to do myself a favor and get the first game.

[Madcow]

I beta'd the MP as well, got bored real quick. It was deleted from the hard drive within a week.