Does anyone play online matches anymore?

[Zippyd00da]

I checked the community hub and no one seems to be playing. I haven't bought the game yet, but im thinking about it. 20-25 seems a bit too much for me to personally warrant to buying the game. I hope there will be a sale on this next weekend and then I would definately buy this game. The fun in an RTS game comes from facing other people, and if there arn't people playing online, then the game's value drops for me.

[Novus Ordo Seclorum]

Of course there are people playing! Games that are full don't show up, so the game lobby may look empty, but on any given day I can host a game and people always join, so I know from experience that people play every day.

There was a 66% off sale recently and you missed it! You could have had BZ + RO DLC for about $8.00. I guess you'll have to either bite the bullet or wait for summer sales!

[ULTIMO GUERRERO MOSCOVITA]

I've been playing this game for years. Believe me, the campaign and AI missions are more than enough to keep you entertained for a long time.

However, yeah, there's people playing it.

[GrizzlyOne95]

Even for the campaign, I'd get it. With the Red Odyssey you have got probably 10 - 20 hours more playtime depending on how difficult you set it.

[Novus Ordo Seclorum]

Oh! PROTIP: After you get the game, go into play options and set it to "VERY HARD". That will set the enemy AI to be equal to friendly AI; Maximum. This will not only keep you busy in the campaigns and IA missions by offering a decent challenge, but it will also help prepare you for the onslaught that is multiplayer!

[76561198292631324]

If you are new to this game, way to go Kawaii. I approve that campaign on harder difficulty levels is just enough of a challenge, but since the hype for the game is still on, you will probably find some players for the online games matches, at least presently. I absolutely marvel how little was needed to bring this game back without serious mechanical changes.

[Zippyd00da]

I will probably wait for a steam summer sale if it becomes available, or i might give in and buy it now. If i had income i'd buy it in a heartbeat

[76561198292631324]

Take it easy.

[Zippyd00da]

Oh, about Red Odyssey. I heard that its stupidly hard from the steam reviews, and the reason why that is, is because a different company made the mission pack, and people said that it didn't fit with the games atmosphere, or didn't play to the games strengths. In other words, its asnine. Is that true?

[Novus Ordo Seclorum]

I do believe the Redux team toned it down a bit. The main thing that made it harder than the original was the AI improvement. In RO 1.3 (and BZ 1.4 + earlier versions) AI tanks would retreat when shot at, making them easy kills... not so much with BZ 1.5 and consequently BZ 98 Redux.

However, the RO missions are beatable and I've got proof:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoNi7b73a5jqFO5aPBbVVieKTcGZnE9Q5
I streamed them on Twitch when they first became available and managed to beat them all, though it took a few tries and a lot of saving, because I'd never played the Redux version of RO before. These YouTube videos show my playthrough of RO without the fails and save reloads.

[Zippyd00da]

Okay cool! So its just "normally" Hard. Great!

[Ded10c]

Who exactly is lying, Bazooka? Nobody has questioned the stats, nor said anything that contradicts them. Please cut the hostility already.

[Zippyd00da]

Originally posted by Der Crysis:

Originally posted by Ded10c:

Who exactly is lying, Bazooka? Nobody has questioned the stats, nor said anything that contradicts them. Please cut the hostility already.

And if that's the only mistake i made from my posts then, then the rest is correct except for that missconception i made earlier, i really thought they were talking about the players when they were really was talking about the price.(I went off the bridge there and went ahead and comented lol). The rest still stands.. lol

Are you part of the 1.5 multiplayer community? Because if you are then i'd rather play redux than have to deal with you.

[Ded10c]

Not a word of Sporkinator's post is incorrect.

You want people to buy and play the original, we get it, but you won't get people to do what you want by attacking them and their game of choice or by accusing them of lying. Try learning some humility.

[Zippyd00da]

Originally posted by Der Crysis:

Originally posted by Kawaii Jacob:

Are you part of the 1.5 multiplayer community? Because if you are then i'd rather play redux than have to deal with you.

I still play the redux time to time and you will get to deal with me ;)

*Complains about Redux*

*Starts ♥♥♥♥ for no reason*

*Still plays Redux*

Ok.

It doesnt matter anyways. I bought it, tried it out and played a few missions but decided it wasnt my cup of tea. Was still fun though, just not in the way that i thought it was going to be.

[Bobcat Betty]

The Red Odyssey's team had about 3 months to make the expansion, original plans had been far larger in scale with a lot more content but of course that had to be cut back. If you go into the editor in the Redux and go into the Black Dogs Extras menu, you'll find an oddly modelled "Mobile Repair U(nit)" with a number of strange errors, which had been an artefact of the original plans for the expansion.

There was going to be Carriers and ICBMs and advanced silos that increased scrap yield... pretty interesting stuff.

You can find concept art here: link[www.bzcomplex.com]