dstaltman

This has been pretty cool read. I worked on SupCom, SupCom:FA, and SupCom 2. Interesting to see how this sample set of people match up against what I remember of the dev team at GPG. I wish skirmish had more resources associated with it to make it more interesting. That's one of the reason we made sure that SC was so mod friendly. The AI mods really helped extend the life of the game a lot. (Especially since most of the time you are making a game the balance can swing hard and fast, so you have to make an AI system that can *try* to keep up with balance) Even though I like campaigns, I don't think all RTS campaigns are good. And lots of campaigns have 1 or 2 good maps and a lot of maps that aren't all that great IMHO. I don't think all SupComs campaign maps are great, but we had some I liked a lot (and I think SupCom Forged Alliance campaign is pretty good).

For me, I get this feeling a lot with most AAA games (not exactly a the most amazing revelation ever). XCOM and Skyrim are like the only big budget games in the last couple of years I remember really loving. Though I bet I really liked some other AAA that I have since forgotten existed. I think AAA games just sting me more because of the cost. If I drop 10 bucks on a game that doesn't wow me, I don't get too upset. When COH2 is 60 bucks and I'm not thrilled with it, it stings so much worse. (though COH2 probably extra stings because I wanted it to be amazing. If Rome 2 isn't great, this could be my least favorite gaming year ever). The games industry is in a much more diverse place than in the past too. You can be more discerning and still have so much to do. When I was a kid if I didn't like certain big games, I was out of games to play instantly. Now, there are so many games and genres that we get to be discerning and still not have enough time.

Enjoyed the discussion about the game. I was surprised by how little desire to play the game I had after buying it and playing it very little. I was really looking forward to blowing off work a bit and crushing the eastern front. After a couple of the maps, I was left super bummed and just left the game behind. I don't know if the game is good or bad. But there are too many good games out there for me to dig deep into this game. Both my wallet and psyche are bummed about this game quite a bit. I think I'm going to play more Kohan or Rising Storm (best strategy game talked about on 3MA this month )