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How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 14:43
by PicassoCT
I wanted them for a LAN to try something new, but they wont even try. So what to do? I really tried to talk them into a round of SinsofaSolar Empire, but they are so anti-scifi, so anti-fantasy, its basicall that game or nothing, i could cry. Same goes for shooters: VietName-Shooters, WW2 Shooters, ModernWarfare-Shooters, but never SciFi, never Fantasy (DMofMM)
I just need some tip how to get a conservative human beeing to try out something new..
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 14:50
by SinbadEV
you could try starting with mods for generals?
http://allstars.cnclabs.com/ maybe?
C&C is sci-fi btw...
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 14:55
by Jazcash
I bought Sins of a Solar Empire at Christmas for the full price, played it for about 120 seconds and haven't played it since.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 14:59
by JohannesH
JAZCASH wrote:I bought Sins of a Solar Empire at Christmas for the full price, played it for about 120 seconds and haven't played it since.
why
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 15:31
by Machete234
Tell them spring is THE competitive game of the future and all the koreans allready play it. (Some of them died playing in internet cafees )
PicassoCT wrote:
I just need some tip how to get a conservative human beeing to try out something new..
If we knew that the world would be very different, right?
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 15:38
by Jazcash
JohannesH wrote:JAZCASH wrote:I bought Sins of a Solar Empire at Christmas for the full price, played it for about 120 seconds and haven't played it since.
why
You could have a guess.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 15:41
by knorke
maybe the other games suck for lan play?
i hate it when when some guy goes "ololol everybody install this supercool rts its SO fun, only 3 CDs!" and then its about researching a million different things for 2 hours and the battles consist of 4 tanks each side or something.
"Why do you not like it, the campain was SO epic!" omg.
c&c zero hour actually is a nice lan rts.
for example i do not like space rts like homeworld because there is no real map, the ships fly around on their own so much so no fun micro and its hard to understand what weapon is good against what.
so they probally do not like the gameplay and not the setting.
maybe try emperor - battle for dune. or the warhammer40k games, if you can live with the squadsystem.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 15:49
by KDR_11k
Or Company of Heroes, World in Conflict or Spring 1944 if they insist on something reality-based.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 16:09
by 1v0ry_k1ng
farcry 1 assault mode is THE best best lan fps for 4v4-6v6, you cant introduce it with 100% assurance they will like it
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 16:12
by Neddie
KDR_11k wrote:Spring 1944 if they insist on something reality-based.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 17:02
by JohannesH
JAZCASH wrote:JohannesH wrote:JAZCASH wrote:I bought Sins of a Solar Empire at Christmas for the full price, played it for about 120 seconds and haven't played it since.
why
You could have a guess.
Seriously i have no clue why you bought it
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 17:38
by Neddie
I really enjoyed Sins.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 17:42
by knorke
neddiedrow wrote:I really enjoyed Sims.
yea i liked how you could make a whole family and interact with the neighbours.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 18:12
by PicassoCT
thx for the tips, will try some. But the argument with the welldisguised "2 lazy 2 learn" is what comes to mind. Makes you wonder why people play games, when they expect every game they buy should be like the games bought before + a graphics update.
I gave actually up on trying to convince them to spring because of the advantage multiplying factor the spring UI has. If you dont have to learn all the stuff, you can easily crush every living beeing that was trained on normal rts games. Even when you hold back, take some delay, and start-disadvantages and only use one hand, you can beat noobs. Sorry, it is that strong.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 18:18
by knorke
But the argument with the welldisguised "2 lazy 2 learn" is what comes to mind.
hehe no.
but some games just do not work in multiplayer, no matter how cool the sp is. but yes, on a lan i would be too lazy to setup and to learn for example spring if it was new to me.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 18:19
by Gota
knorke wrote:But the argument with the welldisguised "2 lazy 2 learn" is what comes to mind.
hehe no.
but some games just do not work in multiplayer, no matter how cool the sp is. but yes, on a lan i would be too lazy to setup and to learn for example spring if it was new to me.
Seems not worth it for only lan games as oppose to playing it online as well.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 18:23
by JohannesH
PicassoCT wrote:I gave actually up on trying to convince them to spring because of the advantage multiplying factor the spring UI has. If you dont have to learn all the stuff, you can easily crush every living beeing that was trained on normal rts games. Even when you hold back, take some delay, and start-disadvantages and only use one hand, you can beat noobs. Sorry, it is that strong.
Whats so special in spring UI to do that? If youre good at RTS games in general you can learn to beat 90% of spring players with quite short practice.
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 18:32
by PicassoCT
so you have to let them learn a game before the LAN? How to convince them when not even hands on? Or do i need awesome demoreel as screensaver to convince them off new games?
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 18:44
by knorke
if you have to go around and explain the game it probally sucks for lan play. i mean lan=lan party where you play for a few days, not like if you have a network with some computers at home or something.
just think about setting up the f11 menu on each pc etc.
be lucky on your lans some people at least play zero hour, not many people really play rts..
or racing games where you need more skill than "push forward"
Re: How to get C&C-Generals Fanbois into other Titles
Posted: 20 Feb 2010, 19:10
by PicassoCT
Advice: Could be worser. That sums it up.
God damn it, i know i should, i once brought them to play Icewind Dale in LAN and the enjoyed it after learning. I just wished i could convince them that Sins of Spring is actually Generals in Disguise