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Wed, 22 February 2012 12:51

Shanga

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I've bought BiA yesterday off Steam and I had a white night playing it. I took it at a very slow pace, zooming in to watch the scenery.

And boy, I am impressed.

The scenery looks bloody awesome, on par with ANY modern game engine. BiA's remake of JA2 world is also jaw dropping (i am talking about eye-candy, not functionality). Seeing Drassen in a fluid sector brings back the memories of the modders struggling with Big Maps. Only this one makes sense visually.

Heck, I've zoomed into a home and there was a bloody frying pan STIRRING on the gas stove!

Talking about mercs, it's true, someone decided to sacrifice the interface and give the FUGLY faces. They look like my 5 year old tried to draw them. But the 3d models, from isometric perspective, are way way over what we dared to expect from a JA2 mod. I mean you can see clothing details such as different boots, t-shirts, cammo types! Even the slightest detail such as mounting a telescope or a laser sight on a weapon is visibile...

Combat is on par and better than JA2, too. I mean, things go FUBAR extremely fast in BiA if you fuck up. Doesn't matter your squad is wearing spectra armor and have top of the range weapons, if you go 2 vs 5 hoodlooms with some machettes, you will be hacked to death instantly. At least if you play bad and forget to set things as "Guard" (automatic retaliation) on. And I respect that.

So there's a lot to like about BiA.

But then a lot to hate. Interface work is absolutely horrific. And the superb engine is layerd on makes it look even more horrific. Oh that strategic screen... oh that laptop... omg those faces.

Anyway, I am back to playing. And I hope I find at least and equal ammount of things to like as those I'll dislike.

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		I like JA BIA - deal with it By: GASK3T on Tue, 21 February 2012 02:14
		Re: I like JA BIA - deal with it By: judecca_hel on Tue, 21 February 2012 04:22
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		Re: I like JA BIA - deal with it By: lockie on Tue, 21 February 2012 22:04
		Re: I like JA BIA - deal with it By: GASK3T on Tue, 21 February 2012 22:21
		Re: I like JA BIA - deal with it By: Shanga on Tue, 21 February 2012 23:04
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		Re: I like JA BIA - deal with it By: lockie on Wed, 22 February 2012 10:48
		Re: I like JA BIA - deal with it By: Shanga on Wed, 22 February 2012 12:51
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