Soldat 1.4 Released 78
FliesLikeABrick writes "Soldat 1.4 has finally been released. After 19 months since the announcement, this version adds multi-byte language support, many new features available to registered players, a ton of bugfixes, and a new lobby server and protocol. It took a lot of time and effort, but the largest update to Soldat has finally been posted and made available. While there are surely going to be some new bugs introduced, the new version is available for free at the game's site. From the site: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you have all been (im)patiently waiting for Soldat 1.4. Thanks to all that contributed to this version. This version was a collaborative effort and it wouldn`t happen without you. ... So without further delay, it is with your encouragement, criticism and support from you all that I can happily release Soldat 1.4 to you all to enjoy. Please use the torrent link provided to help distribute Soldat 1.4 for others and ease server load, and seed for as long as you can.'"
Zonked (Score:5, Insightful)
We have a winner here... rating lies. (Score:1, Insightful)
Go to gamespot... no official review.
Go to gamearena... no official review.
Hmm, they really seem on the up and up, don't they.
Re:Mac, anyone? (Score:5, Insightful)
PC Gamers get laid too you know. The main difference is that for us, it's usually with women.
LK
Re:Mac, anyone? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Mac, anyone? (Score:5, Insightful)
Torrent? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Mac, anyone? (Score:4, Insightful)
Soldat is important because it doesn't rely on cutting-edge graphics; it revitalizes the 2D sidescroller genre from the days of Duke Nukem, long thought to be dead due to 3D graphics. The fact that Soldat is popular should come as a reminder to game development studios that we care about gameplay and fun more than graphics.
Re:To all those "old game, snooze, bah..." bashers (Score:5, Insightful)
1) You trashed games that are still good when you play them today. Like Unreal Tourney and Command and Conquer. By what logic is Alpha Centauri a classic and Unreal Tournament not? If you wanted to trash 3D games simply because they're 3D, you'd have been better off trashing ones that, you know, actually were bad. Like Red Faction, or every Tomb Raider after the first one. Or something.
(For that matter, in what way is Civ II more "classic" than Civilization? Or SimCity 2000 more "classic" than SimCity? You're not even getting the nostalgia right! Older always = better!)
2) You're wrong saying none of those "classic" games had top of the line graphics when they came out. SimCity 2000 definitely made most computers chug when it came out, as did Civ II and Alpha Centauri.
3) You forgot to whine about how there are no Sierra adventure games anymore. That's requisite!
Where are you getting THAT from? (Score:3, Insightful)