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The_Sacrament · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Wisconsin

I dunno bout that quest Semper,but the game for the x box cost 40 dollars.The multiplayer is for X box ver only i believe.Also anyone that has shattered union online tell me your live tag,there isnt many people to play online.
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jojo pumpkin · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Ellington, CT

DanielRuoss · Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

DeviousPENGUIN · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Pittsburgh PA

I like both games but prefer SU because the campaign is a real campaign. DS was just a bunch of missions. Secondly the units are more fragile, you have to plan your advances and defenses from your deployment as the game is based on capturing multiple cities to capture a territory. DS all that was required to win almost every map against any country is a transport chopper and 2 infantry on every difficulty level. It takes alot of the challenge out of the game, unless you decide not to use this tactic. You can't do that in SU.
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JVGFanatic · Posted: Oct Mon 24, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject:

If you've ever seen an episode of "Monk"--about a compulsive detective--then you know how I am when I'm looking at bad UI.

Bad User Interface is something Shattered Union has in spades. It's clunky and so late 80's it isn't funny. Really, someone could use this game to write a paper on "how not to do things".

Anyway, strategy games (and PC games) almost all seem to have "bad UI affliction" so hey, we'll cut SU some slack and despite this flaw the game does offer some pretty flexible and free-form setup options for Free Play (Skirmish) mode.

Skirmish Mode options are Faction, Money and Morale (which affects special power availability).

There are 25 maps available at the start in Skirmish Mode.

The tutorials are brief, narrated but not subtitled (they lose points for lack of subtitling)

Unit selection seems good for this game. The limited selection makes "jump in and play" much easier.

The game does not support 480p and this works to the game's detriment, it looks sorta crude.

Scrolling, panning and zooming of the map in Shattered Union is very similar to (tho not NEARLY as smooth) Dai Senryaku VII.

I've not played enough of it to comment on play quite yet Smile

The_Sacrament · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Wisconsin

I cant get on live right now cus my sister is on the tv,but my name is Igotit8675309.Also isnt live out for 28 hours?or is that already over.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

The_Sacrament · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Wisconsin

Also to skip animation,press the start button.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

jojo pumpkin · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Ellington, CT

The_Sacrament · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Wisconsin

Alright i added you and Daniel,Daniel hasnt accepted yet though.
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

DanielRuoss · Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 103 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

The_Sacrament · Joined: 10 Apr 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Wisconsin

Alright,i didnt even know that you lived in florida.Im from wisconsin so that doesnt really devastate up here...
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I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

JVGFanatic · Posted: Oct Thu 27, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject:

The lack of anything resembling a ZONE OF CONTROL is making Shattered Union basically unplayable. I mean, I can work with the limitations and even bugs in just about any strategy game but Shattered Union is pretty much a joke because of this simple thing.

The manual, where ZOC is described, is so poorly worded that it seems as if it was tossed together at the last minute.

The whole section on combat in the manual (pages 5 to 12) is unindexed. We have indexes and subheadings for things like Game Controls and Faction Details but when it comes to Tactical Battles it's just kind of all tossed together (if you believe the index).

Oh how I love paying full price for unfinished crap...It's not like 2K games even cares enough to have forums of their own on which to gripe. Kemco and Dai Senryaku win, hands down.

jojo pumpkin · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Ellington, CT

I see where you're coming from JVGFanatic. This game was thrown in "under the radar". However, it is enjoyable online. It has an almost "cartoony" feel to it after a while.

I finished the campaign on medium and was very dissappointed. Once you get the upperhand financially it becomes a drag having to select your units, place them out on the map then kill two of his for him to surrender his territory. 8 or 9 times!

I'll spare you the ending. It was fun!

I will continue playing this game online and on skirmish as long as there are people playing it. But the campaign? again? I don't think so.
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MisterToad · Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 29 Location: NorCal, USA