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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:54 am
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So I've really, really gotten into this game. If you overlook some of the technical glitches, it's really fun. It's a real-time strategy game with a 'smart pause' feature that makes it very turn-based-strategy-esque, with RPG elements. The smart pause pauses the game so you can input tactical commands whenever something important happens: enemy spotted, character ready, grenade incoming, 'I heard something', etc. Your characters also yell useful information, like "I'm out!", "He's down", "There's another one", "I'm hit", etc. There's 150+ accurate, realistic weapons in the game each and every one of which is modeled just like it is IRL. Makarovs, Tokarevs, Uzis, 1911s, Mosins (91/30, 44, and scoped 91/30 variant), Remingtons (700 and 870)... if you want one, it's probably in here. I'm not too far in though, so the heaviest weapons I've come across are an AN-94 (empty, and I've never seen a single round of 5.45) and an M60. Basically, the story is that you're a retired mercenary who was disenchanted by the bloodbath in Palinero (this took place in the game's prequel, Brigade E5), and you're called at 3AM and offered four million Euro to track down a man in 'Algerya', just north of Palinero. The hunt begins...
I'm currently running a 5-man team (please note, I only got to pick the one name):
Fresnel - Point Man Main - Remington 870 Magnum, red dot scope - 00 buckshot Backup - Springfield Armory M1A Scout, ACOG Sidearm - H&K USP .45, flashlight, suppressor Armor- NIJ Class IV/V full vest (chest, back, sides, shoulders, waist) w/ Class IV plate, titanium helmet
Dessert - Sniper Main - M14 Sniper, 3-8x scope, bipod Backup - H&K UMP, LAM, flashlight, suppressor Sidearm - H&K USP .45, LAM, suppressor Armor- Class IIA vest with a Class III ceramic plate insert, titanium helmet
Warlock - Designated Marksman Main - M14 Sniper, 3-8x scope, bipod Backup - H&K MP5, suppressor, red dot Sidearm - H&K MP5K, red dot sight Armor - Class IIIA vest, Class III titanium plate, PASGT helmet
Beaver - Medic Main - Benelli M4, ACOG 4x32 - slugs Backup - H&K MP5K, red dot sight Sidearm - FN FiveseveN, suppressor - AP Armor - Class IIA concealable vest
Dimwit - Oh God Why Did I Hire Him (Actually He Is Useful) Main - Saiga 12K, LAM, flashlight, bipod, reflex sight - flechettes Backup - Mini-14, LAM, flashlight Sidearm - H&K USP, suppressor Armor - Class IIA concealable vest
PICDUMP TIME
Death from the Mini-14. There's a glitch (I suppose?) where occasionally, one or two bandits in a group will be unarmed, but you have to kill them anyway to complete the encounter.
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There's a mission where you have to steal a man's gun and then shoot him with it. Halfway through the ensuing firefight with his gang, he charged my point man barefisted (apparently the .45 to the chest only put him down for a minute instead of killing him). He got his just desserts.
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Grenades do shrapnel damage in 7.62 in addition to a small concussive force which generally disorients you more than it does damage. This is Beaver lucking out of a grenade. Pretty sure one of those shards put a tear in the inseam of his boxers though.
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Dimwit blasting out a load of Flechettes. If you look, you can see them inside the muzzle flare, and the shell is hot out of the action.
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Another load of flechettes downrange. Damn they did some detail work. Too bad slugs look like giant hollowpoints.
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A native rebel doing the midair jitterbug as one of Beaver's slugs sorts out his internals.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:12 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:08 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:32 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:05 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:16 am
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Fresnel Shrantics Pretentious Ego I plan to run Windows 7 on Bootcamp, and if it'll work, VM Fusion. 3nodding Games won't run through Fusion. Fusion halves whatever your computer is capable of. 2GHz processor? Windows thinks it's 1GHz. I mean, you can play old 16-bit stuff, like I played The Art of Theft on XP, but you're not running Fallout 3. Of course- I'd just use it to run a few windows programs at the same time as OS X. Though I hate the compatibility issues with OS X, it's a pretty smooth operating system. (When it's not crashing.) stare
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 5:47 am
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Shrantic Fresnel Shrantics Pretentious Ego I plan to run Windows 7 on Bootcamp, and if it'll work, VM Fusion. 3nodding Games won't run through Fusion. Fusion halves whatever your computer is capable of. 2GHz processor? Windows thinks it's 1GHz. I mean, you can play old 16-bit stuff, like I played The Art of Theft on XP, but you're not running Fallout 3. Of course- I'd just use it to run a few windows programs at the same time as OS X. Though I hate the compatibility issues with OS X, it's a pretty smooth operating system. (When it's not crashing.) stare Mine didn't have too many problems until about two weeks ago, when my drive ATE ITSELF.
Also, my webcam is dead. I never use it, so I didn't notice... one of the Apple techs killed it, and it's past warranty. gonk
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:57 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:49 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:31 am
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Oh sweet Jesus I found the motherload of super-high-end weaponry, and 90% of it is far out of my price range.
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As you read, left-to right: Mauser C96, FN FiveseveN, DEagle (.44 Mag), Gyrojet pistol, Colt Python H&K MP5 + M203, Vz.81 Skorpion, PPSh-41 Chinese SKS, Zastava LK M59/66 (Serb SKS), M91/30 Sniper L85 Carbine Prototype, Obrez Mosin, SIG 552, G36 G36C, G36KE, Gyrojet carbine, SIG 551 Mauser C96 Carbine, CAR-15
And yes, they had ten boxes of 13mm gyrojets in stock. If only it were a better weapon.
And finally, Dimwit has a new shotgun. Tacticool city, man. It's a Saiga 12 with two 8-round mags ghetto-taped together, a folding stock, a laser, a flashlight, a reflex sight, and a bipod ('cos I had a spare). ******** yeah tacticool.
And with any luck, I'll have a humvee soon, in camouflage colors. Knowing this game, it's either an H1 or an HMMWV.
ETA: Figured out those missing guns. He still had them in stock when I loaded the save file
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:57 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:05 pm
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Fresnel Oh sweet Jesus I found the motherload of super-high-end weaponry, and 90% of it is far out of my price range. ![User Image](https://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh152/Fresnel149/th_Shot_2009_11_0102_51_44.jpg) As you read, left-to right (excuse my ignorance on some, the game crashed and I didn't memorize the whole list): Mauser C96, FN FiveseveN, DEagle, Gyrojet pistol, Colt Python H&K MP5 +40mm underbarrel (forget the model number), CZ Skorpion, PPSh-41 SKS (Chinese, again I forget the 'type' number), SKS Sniper, M91/30 Sniper Some variation of the L85, Obrez Mosin, IDFK, two kinds of G36 Two MORE kinds of G36, Gyrojet carbine, FAL/CETME (Don't recall) Mauser C96 Carbine, CAR-15 And yes, they had four boxes of 13mm gyrojets in stock. If only it were a better weapon. And finally, Dimwit has a new shotgun. Tacticool city, man. It's a Saiga 12 with two 8-round mags ghetto-taped together, a folding stock, a laser, a flashlight, a reflex sight, and a bipod ('cos I had a spare). ******** yeah tacticool. And with any luck, I'll have a humvee soon, in camouflage colors. Knowing this game, it's either an H1 or an HMMWV. Lol. Gyrojets?
Give one to dimwit just for novelty. xp
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:30 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:19 pm
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