Caltrops - Operation: Hammer Time





	[quote name="FABIO"][quote name="Bill Dungsroman"][quote name="laudablepuss"][quote name="FABIO"]Fuck this reporting via vidphone crap. The graphics are all jerky despite the fact that I just upgraded my TV. Despite constantly pushing back the release date, this war feels rushed. They definately didn't do enough beta testing back in 1991. I just hope the latest patch fixes the "cruise missile hits the civilain hospital or Chinese embassy instead of the military complex" bug.[/quote] The Chinese embassy was user error. Dunno about the hospital. For my part, I'm sick of the "flat, barren desert" levels in the beginning. The enemy AI is pretty shitty, too. Good thing they're easy enough that you can blow through and get to the urban levels quickly. We're supposed to reach Baghdad in a couple more days. That's when things will get interesting.[/quote] And those are the enemies you even <I>get</I> to shoot. Half the time, they throw up a white flag and blink off the screen - you can't even shoot them. Worse, not only is the end boss the same as it was in the first release, you get a chance to kill him during the opening cut scene. 74/\/\x0r [/quote] With the unilateral popularity of the multination beta test back in '91, I can't imagine why they decided to scrap that feature and make the final version single player only (with a hotseat option for Britain). As it stands now I find this war to be totally unplayable; hopefully a few months from now we'll see the mod community come up with something to make it more exciting. I hear a Sim City mod is in the works that will allow you to rebuild any deformable terrain and structures you destroyed during the single player campaign. And just like Sim City, the real fun will lie in building everything up then destroying it 12 years later. This promises to be more entertaining then the official upcoming <U>Iraqi Freedom: Reconstruction</u> expansion pack that only adds ONE new building to each side (the voting booth).[/quote]