Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Saintaw on March 31, 2003, 01:42:06 AM
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You ough (sp?) to try it. Best FPS game I've played so far in SP mode. A whole lot of details in there too... and the hair raising factor is quite high!
(To boot, there's only one stipid *silent* mission).
I haven't tried the MP part yet, as the storyline still got me hooked.
Go out & get it !
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Played the MP demo when it came out and had a blast.
ack-ack
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Includes:
Tunnels (Miles of tunnels)
Walking in Swamps at night (Checked pants after... no leeches!)
Biouuuuutifoulllllllllllll light effects in the jungle.
A home base that doesn't look like a Disney park.
Hear the VC wisper orders near you
a SH*TLOAD of bushes, trees...
VC officers whissling, VC rushes
Rice paddies!
POW rescue (the famous *silent mission*, Zzzzz)
and a lot more I can't think of now...
Warning: Needs a powerfull computer to run on.
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Link?
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Google's 1st link (if you do a search on Vietcong):
http://www.vietcong-game.com/
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I thought maybe this thread was about hidden treasure in Vietnam and Cambodia. Sorry. My bad.
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I still play the Demo/updated patch .98 but i need to go but the game its very very fun much better than AAO.
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Bought the full game too on account of my enjoyment of the demo.
All in all its fun - balanced, great MP, and great SP - but I think there are a few tweaks that could be made to spice it up a bit. The weapon sounds are only average, the dialouge in the SP is only bearable, and there are still quite a few small bugs to be worked out (getting stuck in certain locations, etc).
That said - the SP game provides great atmosphere - from the sounds of the jungle to the late 60's soundtrack, its kind of like playing a game version of Platoon or Hamburger Hill. The visuals - especially from the air when transported by Huey's, are astonishing - they really did a great job.
The MP has good maps (few exceptions), good game types (ATG, CTF, RW, DM, TDM), and with support for up to 64 players if your server can handle it, there is some real potential for fun. Big plus is the radioman class - arty on tap. :D
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Oh yeah - I was also hooked up by the demo and just got the full version. Now I have to divide my (little) gaming time between VC and FB... waaaaaaaaah! :eek:
Hey Saw - we got to do a multiplayer once! Also infected a couple of my non-gamer friends (that tells you how well VC is done!)
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Well boys ill try and run a sever on VC tonight from 7:30 pm ESt on till we get bored.
Ill title it "Aces high and VC" so look for it
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I played the MP and it seems very arcadish, buggy and full of cheaters.
People are flying (yes flying) with assault rifles over treetops, killing you with 1 shot and then flying away again.
Very 'nice' game.
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Originally posted by gofaster
I thought maybe this thread was about hidden treasure in Vietnam and Cambodia. Sorry. My bad.
lol, glad to see I wasn't alone in that.
Must be something in the beer at HQ
-Sik
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Originally posted by Sikboy
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Originally posted by gofaster
I thought maybe this thread was about hidden treasure in Vietnam and Cambodia. Sorry. My bad.
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lol, glad to see I wasn't alone in that.
Must be something in the beer at HQ
-Sik
No, I think its because of all of our deep political history discussions regarding colonial rule and socio-economic disparity amongst the classes.
And the beer. Or the rum. Or the nasty scotch.
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Next on Geraldo, we open "Uncle Ho's Vault!"
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I can't comment on MP games as It's not my cup of tea, but I have seen similar reports on the official forums.
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It's worth it, for the SP part only, like Sardaukar said, the *mood* of the game is excellent. I haven't been hooked to something like this since Aces High v 0.46!
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Originally posted by boxboy28
Well boys ill try and run a sever on VC tonight from 7:30 pm ESt on till we get bored.
Ill title it "Aces high and VC" so look for it
See you there. :D
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Originally posted by Montezuma
Next on Geraldo, we open "Uncle Ho's Vault!"
LOL! I still remember that "special program" that they hyped and hyped and hyped for weeks, and when Al Copone's vault was opened.... ho hum.
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Originally posted by Siaf__csf
I played the MP and it seems very arcadish, buggy and full of cheaters.
People are flying (yes flying) with assault rifles over treetops, killing you with 1 shot and then flying away again.
Very 'nice' game.
Well, if you speak of the demo it's a known fact that it's beend hacked bad time. Pterodon (or whatever they called... ;) ) know that and stated they won't release another patch to fix it. They held their cards back for the full version.
Yesterday I played it for about 1 hour online. No sign of walking trees, flying G.I.s or any other form of cheating. There are some great MP maps like the one that reminds me off Hamburger Hill.
IMO VC is one of the least arcadish shooters out there. Join a server with VIETCONG settings, notice the icon (VC flag) by the server name --> no crosshair (you have to aim like in RL), no HUD (e.g. no health bar, no ammo count, no nothing). Especially the "Real War" type of game is aimed towards teamplay. If you don't work together you gonna loose rather quickly.
MP is a bit biased towards US... the M16 just has no match in the VC arsenal... but hey, I like to wear green pyjamas and a bamboo hat! :)
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I admit I've played only the demo so far..
If I was a game dev, I'd never release demo's like that because I'm not going to buy the game based on what I saw in the demo. It had a 100% negative effect.
The moves on the characters were arcadish (movements happen way too fast, it makes the feel arcadish to boot.) The terrain was full of bugs where you got stuck to, net code was horrible with 2 second lags here and there..
I could have lived with the other errors, but the laggy net code and cheaters really repelled me from the whole game.
It was even worse disaster than BF1942 demo - another game I'm not going to touch EVER after playing the demo.
Oh and /edit/ it's funny that M16 has no match in the VC arsenal as in real life AK47 owned M16 big time.. It's accurate, packs a bigger punch and you can jump on it in a mud pool and it still works like a charm with no cleaning.
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MAZZ ...... i bought the game last night and installed it set up a server from like 7:15 till almost 8pm .........no one jioned but i didnt use the demo version does that matter?
Im not sure if you use the Bought game version the demo players have access to the game or not?
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Compared to other games released at the sametime. ie: Raven Shield. This game is silly in multiplayer. The VC look like they are running around with diapers that need changing.
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Originally posted by boxboy28
MAZZ ...... i bought the game last night and installed it set up a server from like 7:15 till almost 8pm .........no one jioned but i didnt use the demo version does that matter?
Im not sure if you use the Bought game version the demo players have access to the game or not?
I looked at about 7:30-7:45 for any server that had "Aces High" in it as mentioned above - didnt see any.
If you start a game with the Demo, only Demo users can join. If you start the game with the retail, only retail users can join.
Other than that, Ive never hosted a game, so I dont know much about how the VC setup works. :confused:
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Ya i looked at it today on lunch those "retail version" rooms/scenarios are f*cking awsume!
Mazz we need to swap email addys so i can drop you a line and let ya know what arena im in or Vice Versa
Boxboy24@aol.com
box
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My name here plus @aol.com
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cool ill hit ya when i get home aprox 6:30pm