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Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239777]

Thu, 10 December 2009 18:29

scotty is currently offline

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Registered:December 2009

hi all this is my first time playing and I have just bought the gold pack.

just a few Qs before i start..

1. I went to install the 1.12 patch but it says I do not have JA2 gold installed...which i do. When I start up JA2 gold it comes up as 1.12 anyway so that means i have it anyway right?

2. Should I install the unoffical 1.13 or just play it as its supposed to be? If it keeps all the core stuff the same but just enhances things for the better then i will probs install it. what do you think? I dont really play games through more than once unless I absolutely love em, so whatever the best version is I will start on.

3. never played a JA before but I like a challenge and am not new to RTS/TBS games. Should I play on experienced? I have heard the game is ridiculously impossible on the hardest mode but that might just be for the expansion..

4. realistic or sci fi? whats the difference..i think aliens n stuff would be a bit silly for a game like this but it defaults to sci fi..

5. when i exit, it says the "JA demo has encountered a problem and needs to close" etc etc...dunno why it says that, is that common?

thanks!

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239781]

Thu, 10 December 2009 20:12

lockie is currently offline

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Registered:February 2006
Location: Scotland

1 yes , you have 1.12 .
2 stick with 1.12 ( vanilla) till you are really comfortable with the mechanics / gameplay .
3 try any way you want to , then go to experienced .
4 I rarely play sci-fi , there are bugs in the mines and rocket rifles , hardly worth it .
5 yeah , sometimes , don't worry about it .
Have fun Scotty ! Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239786]

Thu, 10 December 2009 21:26

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Registered:March 2006
Location: Jerusalem

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I rarely play sci-fi , there are bugs in the mines and rocket rifles , hardly worth it .

You should've said "monsters in the mines". The word bug has bad connotations. Wink

Wink

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239791]

Thu, 10 December 2009 21:48

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scotty

I dont really play games through more than once unless I absolutely love em,

This game will steal your soul.....

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239800]

Thu, 10 December 2009 23:20

lockie is currently offline

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Registered:February 2006
Location: Scotland

Quote:

This game will steal your soul.....

Yeah , that's the 'monsters' Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239852]

Fri, 11 December 2009 16:26

Messages:157
Registered:October 2009

This feature has been bugged, so you never know which meaning Lockie really had in mind... Smile

Smile

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239857]

Fri, 11 December 2009 18:33

lockie is currently offline

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Registered:February 2006
Location: Scotland

Oh don't you ? Don't you really , I wonder ?

( inscrutable mode off Smile

Smile

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239859]

Fri, 11 December 2009 18:37

Doggyboyboi is currently offline

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Registered:November 2009
Location: Singapore

This game is the best game of the generation, wonder what took you so long to buy it ^^ got mine years ago

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239885]

Sat, 12 December 2009 02:48

scotty is currently offline

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Registered:December 2009

Doggyboyboi

This game is the best game of the generation, wonder what took you so long to buy it ^^ got mine years ago

doubt its as good as planescape torment :bow: but yeah i can tell im gonna love it, havent even got onto the main action screen, just messing about reading emails and checking the mercs out. love games with this much detail.

are there any mercs or tips on which mercs are best? or are they all pretty good in their own way and none suck so its all preference? what happens if they die in game, can you ever get em back? i should read the online manual...

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239886]

Sat, 12 December 2009 02:59

Guest

Say Goodbye to your life..

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239893]

Sat, 12 December 2009 11:13

lockie is currently offline

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doubt its as good as planescape torment

But you can die in JA World......... Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239938]

Sun, 13 December 2009 05:00

scotty is currently offline

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Registered:December 2009

lockie

Quote:
doubt its as good as planescape torment

But you can die in JA World.........

true. thats one thing im kinda not sure about tho...i mean if u really like your team members and they have a load of XP or whatever and they die, then surely everyone is just gonna reload a previous save game from 5 mins ago..i can see that happening alot.

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239944]

Sun, 13 December 2009 10:43

lockie is currently offline

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Im guilty of that , only if my merc gets badly hurt , or more than 1 other member dies in a battle .
Also I hate replaying a section of game over and over... though sometimes a death in the team keeps concentration up hehehe .

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239945]

Sun, 13 December 2009 11:35

Gorro der Grüne is currently offline

Gorro der Grüne

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Registered:March 2009
Location: Broadwurschd-City

im guilty of not reloading, If one of my few imortals die, I have lost and start a new game

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239952]

Sun, 13 December 2009 15:33

Messages:1757
Registered:March 2006
Location: Jerusalem

I reloaded a lot, if people get badly hurt or die. But reloading here isn't usually as bad as in other games because:

A) There's a limited amount of mercs, so if you lose too many the game you've just spend a few days on becomes unwinnable...
B) The nature of gunfire in the game is a bit too randomal and can get people killed way too easily. Sometimes.
C) Turn based play means that SOLID tactics can go to hell very quickly - too quickly - so reloading is simply a matter of thinking up a new tactic, which is why I play the game in the first place.
D) Reloading and playing the same move again will most likely give you the same result (due to the non-random number generator). So usually you have to go back at least a few turns, and try something else, so it doesn't really feel like cheating.
E) The game is long, and on high difficulty levels it's really hard, so unless you reload - prepare to meet a lot of disappointment.
F) Games are supposed to be fun AND challenging. Not one OR the other.

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239981]

Sun, 13 December 2009 23:23

Messages:157
Registered:October 2009

If you really want to play a non-reloadable game, try one of the roguelike RPGs, like ADOM, Angband or Nethack.
I second Headrock's post 100%.

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239983]

Sun, 13 December 2009 23:28

lockie is currently offline

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Registered:February 2006
Location: Scotland

Quote:

im guilty of not reloading, If one of my few imortals die, I have lost and start a new game

You EVER get to finish a game ? Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #239984]

Sun, 13 December 2009 23:33

Messages:157
Registered:October 2009

Note the "my few immortals" part. Purty flexible, I'd say.
I could waste more than half A.I.M. stuff, all M.E.R.C. losers, plus a few RPCs to kill Deidranna. But hey, I killed her, so I won, right?

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240289]

Sat, 19 December 2009 17:14

Doggyboyboi is currently offline

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Registered:November 2009
Location: Singapore

having too many mercs killed would make the A.I.M roster lose their trust in you and not work for you, only M.E.R.C mercs would( i assume they dont know what their fate is in the hands of a lousy commander ^^)

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240290]

Sat, 19 December 2009 17:17

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Registered:December 2008
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Doggyboyboi

having too many mercs killed would make the A.I.M roster lose their trust in you and not work for you, only M.E.R.C mercs would( i assume they dont know what their fate is in the hands of a lousy commander ^^)

yes and no - you may regain your reputation and then they'll join

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240292]

Sat, 19 December 2009 18:51

Gorro der Grüne is currently offline

Gorro der Grüne

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Registered:March 2009
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lockie

You EVER get to finish a game ?

to be honest: No

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240293]

Sat, 19 December 2009 23:00

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Registered:December 2008
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guys like him are the reason why we didn't finish two worldwars (properly) :vader:

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240302]

Sun, 20 December 2009 03:21

Doggyboyboi is currently offline

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Registered:November 2009
Location: Singapore

JA2 would be a far too long game if it was based on world wars,1 country to the next ^^

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240303]

Sun, 20 December 2009 06:10

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Registered:March 2006
Location: Jerusalem

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guys like him are the reason why we didn't finish two worldwars (properly)

You almost finished US off. Properly.

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240307]

Sun, 20 December 2009 13:39

lockie is currently offline

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Registered:February 2006
Location: Scotland

ouch !

Very Happy

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Captain

Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #240341]

Mon, 21 December 2009 00:16

Guest

ewwwwww!

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Re: Just bought the game!...a few Qs before i play..[message #241723]

Wed, 13 January 2010 11:58

Balious is currently offline

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Registered:April 2007
Location: England!

As I majorly suck at JA2 I am really guilty at reloading if a certain merc dies such as the ones I make. A few AIM mercs I care about but I don't care if anyone else gets thrown into a torture chamber and get their heads blown up.

Not that I let that happen to them of course.

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