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PC News by Robert Purchese
Invading areas for valuable resources has never been so much reckless fun, and now you can participate as EA has finally released a single-player PC demo of Command & Conquer 3.
Included in the taster is a tutorial as well as two full missions, which include classic live action video sequences featuring top-notch voice actors such as Michael "Sam Fisher" Ironside and even Sawyer from Lost. You'll even be able to watch a montage trailer showing the thespians dramatically wording-off.
One skirmish map is also included, and will feature varying difficulty settings for people like me, who often forget what game they're playing and do silly things because of it.
There are various ways to get hold of the demo, which is just over a gig in size. You can go directly to EA's servers, or alternatively follow our magical biscuit trail for other options. Wherever you go, expect a pretty hefty queue.
The perfect time to catch up with our first impressions, then, or plan a lunchtime escape plan.
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Oh ... here they are:
· OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista (32-bit; 64-bit versions of Vista are not supported) · CPU: 2.0 GHz or higher · RAM: 512 MB or more · Hard Drive: 1.4 GB or more of free space · Video: DirectX 9.0c compatible video card. Video card with 64 MB or more memory and one of these chipsets is required: ATI 8500 or greater, NVIDIA GeForce4 or greater. (ATI Radeon 9200 and 9250 PCI, NVIDIA Geforce 4 MX cards not supported.) · Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card |
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I downloaded this last night at a measly 20kb/s... by the time it finished, it was bed time :(
I absolutely hate places like fileplanet where you have to sign up, queue up and view twenty adverts just to downloading a file ridiculously slowly. Nice to see EA have their own link for a change, many publishers offload it onto other sites... pity I didn't see the EA link last night tho. |
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Artemis_Matsas
27/02/07 @ 12:10
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downloaded this yesterday from Fileshack. You can register there for free, and have a download cap at 500kb/s.
I downloaded it at a 200 kb/s average. Can't wait to get my hands on it! :) |
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Der_tolle_Emil
27/02/07 @ 12:10
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I have yet to try this demo and the supreme commander demo. Which one first?
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Downloaded this morning a 1mb/s off fileplanet (Subscriptions only $10 a quarter and well worth it) took 20 mins to download which gave me time for a quick skirmish, and so far prefer it to supreme commander. The controller and interface are very similar to previouse C&C games and you can actually see which units are which (found everything to be too small in SC and if you zoom in not enough fits on the screen).
But going to wait for the 360 demo before deciding if I get it on PC or 360. Anyone know if the 360 version is going to suport keyboard and mouse? |
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JediMasterMalik
27/02/07 @ 12:29
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It's ok, I don't like the interface, and it all seems so simplistic. Supcom is better imo. It's quite pretty though.
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PearOfAnguish
27/02/07 @ 12:40
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Top tip: you can leech EA demos and patches directly from http://largedownloads.ea.com
No faffing about with queues and registrations and there's no problem using download managers. |
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HyperShadow
27/02/07 @ 12:41
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@Moz
Nope, got 2 17" TFT's. Have one at fully zoomed out and the other focused on the base area. I've never played it with one monitor but I kow i'd struggle. |
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the_sas_man
27/02/07 @ 14:26
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why is no-one using gamershell.com
I may not have got 1mb speed, but i did get 300-400k which aint too bad. Was downloaded in an hr and could use download manager. |
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AtomicBanana
27/02/07 @ 15:34
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For those of you in the UK, get it from multiplay. Fast, and free - fileplanet is a waste of money and pretty much always has been :)
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@moz
I play on my 26 inch lcd (i use it as my tv also). i think this is better than the dual monitor set up (which ive tried on two 17's) you can only really concentrate on one un less you leave the other as a very expensive mini map. works great on my lcd, it has great wide screen support id recomend this path if possible |
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GamesConnoisseur
27/02/07 @ 20:53
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Anyone know when or if EA will release X360 demo? As likewise would like to try both demo out before settling for either platform. Widescreen Battle of MiddleEarth II on X360 via armchair was reasonably good.
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EA took down their FTP link.
4 of the mirror servers failed on gamershell. Multiplay doesn't have demos as far as I can see? So yeah, more of the usual rigmarole to get a sodding demo. My file that i grabbed last night was actually incomplete, just sat down to play it and i can't :( Whats the point having a 16mb connection when I can't download from anywhere faster than 200kBs? (Without signing up) |
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DeveloperPump
28/02/07 @ 10:44
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You can download it directly from here, about 100x faster i.e. around 3 hours instead of 40:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_17978... |
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Er, we repeat :
Top tip: you can leech EA demos and patches directly from http://largedownloads.ea.com No faffing about with queues and registrations and there's no problem using download managers. There's no need to go anywhere else for this :) |
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DeveloperPump
28/02/07 @ 11:17
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>Er, we repeat :
> >Top tip: you can leech EA demos and patches directly from >http://largedownloads.ea.com >No faffing about with queues and registrations and there's no problem using >download managers. Um, your arrogant reiteration of this belies the fact that with YOUR link, I'm getting 35KB per second, but with MY link I get 140KB per second. >There's no need to go anywhere else for this :) Yes. Yes there is... Oh, and with my link, there is no registration or download manager. You just click on a link. It's free and just as easy as your link. I tend to base my statements on empirical evidence, you see... |
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EA ftp link wasn't available last night, now it is limited to 300 users (and is currently maxxed) The http link seems different, but I was getting 30kB/s which is shit.
@DeveloperPump, gamershell is also shit. When I tried last night, I had several servers in their crappy downloand manager thing just simply not work or give error messages, then several at very slow speeds. Your comment tone is also condescending and unwarranted, and not true in my case. I signed up to fileshack, and there were still waiting times even for me after signing in. It's a disgrace that to reliably get good speeds on big demos, you need to pay (pay for promotional files?!), or surf several sites before finding one that is not totally dead from the load. I have the file now, but in this day and ages, this situation is pathetic. |
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GiarcYekrub
28/02/07 @ 17:03
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Just to clarify the "EA Link" I was refering to was the EA's steam like software distribution client
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Jigglybean
01/03/07 @ 10:19
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Download it from http://www.gamershell.com/demo_download_...
Select the least busiest server. I get 600kbs atm. This is the best place to get any demo from |
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