The Blizzard - Ruining Your Gaming Experience
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Essentially, if the Blizzard required no additional PC resources to execute then I would be able to understand why this is in the game. The unfortunate reality is that it does. In the current build, Relic either hasn't smoothed out the code of the game or it needs to up the graphical requirements needed by each individual player to actually play it, which would be awful. If a snow map shows up on the loading screen (especially in 2v2 or greater), I immediately cringe. Not only is the fluid gameplay of COH instantly changed, if not ruined, if one person in the game lags during the blizzard, the ENTIRE game slows down.
This is going to be a huge problem on release when the casual player gets this game and can't play it properly. The PC requirements of COH2 really shouldn't be that high (comparable with the original COH). There is nothing new or ingenious about its design. The original had some of the best graphical detail of any RTS ever. Yet, the blizzard makes almost EVERY PC crawl. This will ruin the gaming experience for everyone. The blizzard is also going to turn off people to the game who don't understand why in a 30 minute game you can have 5-6 slowdown periods because of some random weather effect. I get the counter-argument that the blizzard effects both players, but does it really? Taking into account that each faction is designed not to mirror the other, each playstyle/level varies, and the gaming arena's stability is dependent on all computers in the party it would stand to reason that the blizzard effects EVERYONE differently. In essence, it loses games for you on more levels than just your ability to deal with it properly which is a huge no-no for any game that wants to take its competitive side (not like just tournaments and stuff like that - any automatch) seriously.
Turn it off, refine it, lessen the resource requirements, make it less of a gamechanger, or let us choose whether we want to play maps that have it.
PS - Balance your game. The Osteer are ruined currently. That's fine as it's a beta, but really, this is the second go-around here with a 7 yr old franchise. Show us you've grown with this model and not regressed.
PPS - thanks for knowingly ruining Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sega. It wouldn't be me if I didn't say **** YOU.
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About blizzard, let's just hope that it's a feature which can be unticked when modding a map.
Snow maps have potential without the blizzard aspect. edit: and without the cold aspect neither.
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Seems your main gripe is with the game's performance though, which isn't a problem I've experienced.
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I think there are ways it could be changed to become more interesting, but right now my broad impression of blizzards is that they're an annoyance and a hindrance rather than something interesting to take advantage of.
Seems your main gripe is with the game's performance though, which isn't a problem I've experienced.
The blizzard blows in regards to gameplay. The devs and anti-critics out there will argue that "you just need to get used to it in regards to your strategy"
My argument is different because the blizzard fucks with the technical side of the game.
Suffice it to say that this is process I experience with a blizzard-
"BLIZZARD INCOMING"
"SoAndSo settings are too low and are lagging the game"
This is an issue that goes beyond the normal gripes of gameplay.
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Being able to react to blizzards is surely PART of being a good player. If you're just idling during a blizzard you're worse than I am, which is not enormously good. Fire pits need a better radius so being near them is less unintuitive. Other than that they aren't a huge problem. Yes they can give a player who's suffering a shot at recovering but they can also let one who's ahead really consolidate their position.
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Being able to react to blizzards is surely PART of being a good player. If you're just idling during a blizzard you're worse than I am, which is not enormously good. Fire pits need a better radius so being near them is less unintuitive. Other than that they aren't a huge problem. Yes they can give a player who's suffering a shot at recovering but they can also let one who's ahead really consolidate their position.
LOL. I'm a noob.
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PPS - thanks for knowingly ruining Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sega. It wouldn't be me if I didn't say **** YOU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
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It's a really good time to sneak around the map and attack from unsuspected directions.
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but technical side i do agree on, not that i have major lag problems, but i know it can make you go insane if the game makes your pc cry.
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1. Possible tactical maneuvers - poor LOS helps to flank unprepared enemy
2. It stimulates you to play more careful and tech ASAP because of HTs
3. Atmosphere of hard winter warfare in far cold country
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Being able to react to blizzards is surely PART of being a good player. If you're just idling during a blizzard you're worse than I am, which is not enormously good. Fire pits need a better radius so being near them is less unintuitive. Other than that they aren't a huge problem. Yes they can give a player who's suffering a shot at recovering but they can also let one who's ahead really consolidate their position.
You know, thats why i check who posted it then i read what he posted.
If you would know who that The Dave or TheDGN is, then you would know that they were playing vCOH on a top level back in 2007 and their opinion should matter not the public game heroes on schledt.
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Adapt or die - just like during real WW2. I like blizzards because of:
1. Possible tactical maneuvers - poor LOS helps to flank unprepared enemy
2. It stimulates you to play more careful and tech ASAP because of HTs
3. Atmosphere of hard winter warfare in far cold country
This is why my argument is/was catered to the technical aspect of the blizzard and not the gameplay per-say.
I realize there are people out there like you who think that video games should mirror WWII and enjoy watching fake snow cover their monitor like the end results of watching youporn or something. That's all fine until my gaming experience suffers as a result of someone else's poorer pc (or mine for that matter).
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You know, thats why i check who posted it then i read what he posted.
If you would know who that The Dave or TheDGN is, then you would know that they were playing vCOH on a top level back in 2007 and their opinion should matter not the public game heroes on schledt.
I think Dave's software point's fine. I just don't get how Blizzards are inherently punishing to the better player... yeah, I wasn't saying DGN was bad or anything - just, the complaints about the blizzard gameplay are exaggerated (and if people exaggerate for effect, it's very hard to know what's a 'needs to be improved' complaint and what's a 'not vCoh' complaint). I've yet to find a blizzard where I'm literally not doing things and the other guy's not doing things... it introduces a whole raft of mechanics people can take advantage of.
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