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Re: Who will join me in trademarking Indirect Action?
[quote name="FABIO"][quote name="conflictNo"][quote name="FABIO"]<a href="http://www.atari.com/us/games/act_of_war/dvd_rom">Act of War: Totally NOT Generals</a>[/quote] [quote name="link"]Ripped from today’s headlines, Act of War: <b>Direct Action™</b> is a frightening tale of suspense, international intrigue and geopolitical military conflict. This real-time strategy experience puts you squarely in control of counterterrorist forces and delivers a first look at tomorrow's war.[/quote] <i>Direct</i> action is an exclusive type of action! So they hired an HL2 modder to write the description, and then put their best Chinese lawyers to work. They'll have a big advantage over C&C if their infantry models aren't ripped out of a Tron/Tolkien-hybrid nightmare. cNo[/quote] Played the demo. The infantry models are better, but you have to zoom up impossibly close to notice. Everything else looks the same <i>as a two year old game</i>. Unit animations are much more limited than in Generals. And finally, despite no major improvement in graphics, it runs like shit. "A story from the most respected techno-thriller author Dale Brown." Is that one of Clancy's pen names?[/quote]