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Xbox 360 News by Robert Purchese
Ubisoft has popped a demo for Tom Clancy's EndWar onto Xbox Live Marketplace.
The sampler measures 1.6GB, and contains a map playable both in single-player and head-to-head battles.
Blurb for the demo states that only English, French and Spanish languages are supported, which we suppose relates to voice commands.
"Mach sie platt!" will not work, then, but "Marche lui sur la gueule!" and "Aplástalos!" will. If they are supported phrases, that is.
But there's plenty more to this action-focused real-time strategy interpretation of Tom Clancy's world than speaking at your TV.
Head over to our recent hands-on impressions of Tom Clancy's EndWar to find out more.
Tom Clancy's EndWar is due for Xbox 360 and PS3 on 7th November.
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the_dudefather
15/10/08 @ 13:44
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Quite liked it too, my only problem with the voice recognition was I kept saying 'head to' instead of 'move to' most of the time it worked, but sometimes they interpret it as 'attack'
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the_dudefather: It had trouble hearing me say "move to" and "camera", probably because I either spoke too fast or too quietly though. I felt like a right idiot shouting at the TV though...
And yes, the game does teach you the phonetic alphabet. Well, some of it at least. Darren: Yeah, I think it does work without the voice-commands. At least it seems that way from my (short) experiences with the demo. But you'll get your units moving places a lot quicker if you use them, I believe.
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Triggerhappytel
15/10/08 @ 14:21
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"Ubi. Fuck you."
What was that for? I mean, I've got no love for UbiSoft either, but that seems a little unprovoked. |
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hmm great. Well worth fiddling about to get the beta then, what an epic fail...
My guess is that, yeah the 30k or so people on the COD 5 servers put ubi's nose out of joint. The game is ok but still feels a little restrictive, even with voice chat - these games just don't work on consoles without keyboards and mice, will MS bring out peripherals like these? Not likely.. |
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@Darren
You can play the game without voice controls, but it is slower for ordering around units that are off screen, as you have to flick through a series of menus with the pad. Units that are on screen can be quite quickly given orders with the pad. And the voice recognition is really impressive. I swallow my words a little and it hardly ever misses my commands. Once I even said "unit 6, move to, uh, um... (pause to try and remember what S is in radio alphabet) sierra" and it still registered. |
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Kyledanutmeg
15/10/08 @ 14:33
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sweet bout time something different came out on xbox lol its gonna take ages to download
cant wait to get my 100mbps broadband lol :) no joke |
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@Gnort - The voice-recognition system sounds impressive then (I've just read EG's preview too) but I'm not so sure I want to sit talking to my TV really... LOL
Anyway, I'll see if I can find my headset, I guess it won't hurt to try it and I don't plan on buying the game anyway as there's simply too many other games I want before Christmas and this isn't really my "kind of thing" although I'm willing to try it. |
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The way Ubi Shanghai have laid out the game, it is probably the first RTS I've seen that doesn't feel like it should be controlled with a mouse and keyboard.
That said, it's not a particularly in depth RTS (or at least, the demo doesn't seem to have a lot of tactical options), and with it being released at the same time as so many other games I want to play, I may look for the game early in the new year when it's cheaper. |
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RedSparrows
15/10/08 @ 14:55
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I wouldn't base your view off the demo, it's minute and took me 3 minutes to win ;)
But the voice command and possibilites seem great. I likes a lot. |
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@Darren mainly
At first I felt like a bit of prick giving voice commands but very quickly you become totally immersed, and any "rts" that removes clicks per second as a factor is a bonus. Kinda reminds me of Chrome Hounds in alot of ways actually (which would have been great if I could have talked any of my friends into buying it). Oh the NATO phonetic alphabet for those that are interested (entirley from memory so expect the odd mistake) alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, golf, hotel, india, juliet, kilo, lima, mike, november, oscar, papa, qubec, romeo, sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whiskey, x-ray, yankee, zulu |
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buggrit moaned:
tel: After delaying the VIP demo for a week and a half, Ubi forum users were advised that the public demo wold not be going live until a week before the release of the game. Clearly lying is a way of life at Ubisoft. So yes, fuck Ubi. Why, buggrit? Because now you don't feel so special because "normal" people have got their hands on your precious demo? WAAAAH! Isn't life unfair?
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Benno wrote:
Yeah he has a point. UBI had people jumping through hoops, waiting on line for over a week of constant delays to get hold on the VIP demo. Then less than a week later they release it to everyone, for free. And yet I got given a VIP demo code a few days ago off a forum regular, downloaded the other night no hassle. I think it's pretty crappy. I had no fucking idea what was going on. Turned it off after about 5 minutes.
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MrED209 missed the point
Why, buggrit? Because now you don't feel so special because "normal" people have got their hands on your precious demo? WAAAAH! Isn't life unfair? Not at all, I just don't like being lied to. Ubi are making a habit of it - remember that EndWar was originally scheduled for early this year, SC: Conviction still doesn't exist, R6:V2 was broken on launch and took ages to fix yadayadayadayada. TBH, I haven't had the time to play as much EndWar as I'd like - what I did manage to get in was nice though.
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This is getting PLAYED. But I hope to God they include an Arabic version. Shouting things in Arabic freaks people out. You should try it on a packed train (Central Line in London recommended). It's sure to get laughs.
And I am sure that people affected by the events in London find you really funny.What a .....!!!! Any way back to the game,had a go of the demo.Seemed a bit boring to be honest ,Red Alert 3 seems to be more fun with its tounge firmly in cheek. |
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RedSparrows
15/10/08 @ 20:04
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I was thinking about it, and I feel the need to post again.
This demo is unbelievably short. It finished before it even got started. Online persistent campaign or whatever, yeah yeah. And yet I want to play it again and again.... oh money woes.
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