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I've always missed the epic battles from Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander with their massive experimental units, and now Planetary Annihilation: TITANS brings that into the fold.
It doesn't just bring massive units, they have also revamped maps with better choke points to duke it out over. Having more elevation in maps will be welcome, as there wasn't much of it in the original PA. Honestly, it sounds a lot closer to Total Annihilation, especially with the new maps they created with things like hilltops to fight over.
Anyone who supported them on Kickstarter gains access to it for free it seems, but if you purchased it afterwards you will have to buy it (at a discount too!). That makes me pretty happy, and will hopefully keep others happy too.
It's now showing up for me as a separate download, it wasn't before, so all is fine.
I will write up a new post with my thoughts on the revamped experience when they fix it on Linux. It tells me I am running "Classic PA" and to quit and relaunch, then nothing happens. Loading it again, and still the same thing.
I couldn't be happier about this. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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ElectricPrism Aug 18, 2015
So the original gameplay of Planetary Annihilation was terrible from a StarCraft BroodWar addict's point of view. Now they made a newer version of Planetary Annihilation for $40.
Well, I guess someone will probably like it, but It's a sad day for me knowing that that person isn't going to be me.
Well, I guess someone will probably like it, but It's a sad day for me knowing that that person isn't going to be me.
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ElectricPrism Aug 18, 2015
Users are going wild over at the PA Steam Forum because DLC was promised free to EA backers @ $90 a pop. This DLC/Mod/Expansion whatever you wanna call it has made people livid - go grab your pitchforks and popcorn folks looks like we got a mutiny on our hands .
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So the original gameplay of Planetary Annihilation was terrible from a StarCraft BroodWar addict's point of view. Now they made a newer version of Planetary Annihilation for $40.
Well, I guess someone will probably like it, but It's a sad day for me knowing that that person isn't going to be me.
PA and what it is inspired from was nothing like Starcraft 1/2. I've played both SC games, and PA + TITANS now too, and I like them all.
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Users are going wild over at the PA Steam Forum because DLC was promised free to EA backers @ $90 a pop. This DLC/Mod/Expansion whatever you wanna call it has made people livid - go grab your pitchforks and popcorn folks .
I got my copy for free, so would anyone from KS. They said that in the Kickstarter update, anyone who didn't gets a discount if they already own PA.
There is nothing to get annoyed about.
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ElectricPrism Aug 18, 2015
PA and what it is inspired from was nothing like Starcraft 1/2. I've played both SC games, and PA + TITANS now too, and I like them all.
Yes, I know that now after buying and playing PA earlier this year.
I got my copy for free, so would anyone from KS. They said that in the Kickstarter update, anyone who didn't gets a discount if they already own PA.
There is nothing to get annoyed about.
As you can see from the Community going wild - their "Free for Kickstarter backers" or "Early Access" has been an afterthought considering there was no pinned thread titled "Regarding Early Access & Kickstarter Backers" - also Locking users threads instead of putting out the fire by saying "We're sorry for the miscommunication, go to X Link to see we are giving free copies to those who already Paid for them".
If you disagree with my reasoning, then lets agree to disagree - regardless the PA Community is certainly ablaze over what just happened.
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their "Free for Kickstarter backers" or "Early Access" has been an afterthought considering there was no pinned thread titled "Regarding Early Access & Kickstarter Backers"No. Kickstarter backers were e-mailed & upon launching Planetary Annihilation there's also a pop-up that informs you that you just got Titans for free.
Early Access users do not get a free copy, I don't know where you heard that. But anyone with a copy of PA gets it a 66% off. Also those that are competing in The Mystery Mayhem are going to be receiving an e-mail soon about getting a free copy. ;)
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oldrocker99 Aug 18, 2015
I pointed out on the forums, after many posts whinging about EA backers not getting what KS backers (such as myself :D ) got, that KS backers paid on a promise of a game, while EA purchasers got a playable game which was pretty continually upgraded.
I feel just great about having this appear in my Steam library today, and the little "Thank You" box for having been a KS supporter made me smile. 3-4 years ago, I supported several KS games, and have certainly gotten my money's worth: Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, War for the Underworld, and others, and there's Torment coming out.
Yes, I'm one very happy penguin today.
I feel just great about having this appear in my Steam library today, and the little "Thank You" box for having been a KS supporter made me smile. 3-4 years ago, I supported several KS games, and have certainly gotten my money's worth: Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity, War for the Underworld, and others, and there's Torment coming out.
Yes, I'm one very happy penguin today.
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The same whining starts everytime among some players when they don't get expansions or DLCs for free. For some reason many KS and EA supporters still doesn't seem to understand the risks - sometimes projects doesn't meet all the original plans.
Developers has to pay bills too and running a company is not cheap, so Uber needs to make money to be able continue. There has been many stories about gaming companies recently that has went bankrupt or struggling badly - Larian, Obsidian, Maxis, Vigil, THQ, etc.
I'm more than happy to support companies like Uber. It is great to have RTS games for PC and can't wait to get more of them from Uber in future
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Developers has to pay bills too and running a company is not cheap, so Uber needs to make money to be able continue. There has been many stories about gaming companies recently that has went bankrupt or struggling badly - Larian, Obsidian, Maxis, Vigil, THQ, etc.
I'm more than happy to support companies like Uber. It is great to have RTS games for PC and can't wait to get more of them from Uber in future
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lucifertdark Aug 19, 2015
Why is this standalone & not included in the original game that still isn't finished?
ps this game is inspired by the old Windows game called Total Annihlation. Which so far is still miles better than PA.
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ps this game is inspired by the old Windows game called Total Annihlation. Which so far is still miles better than PA.
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I'm happy with this and I will buy as soon as possible. Thank you Uber for supporting Linux!
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My opinion to this messIdeas doesn't look bad and OP as still quite mild tone - makes it more constructive feedback.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/386070/discussions/0/521643320348614195/
I think the problem is that we know nothing what is going inside the company and what all ideas they have went trough. Maybe they have had reason not to implement things as you suggested for a very good reasons.
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They got many insults there :
https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/125326385282487115
Although I think this is a good thing they release this update, I think the way they did so sends the following message to buyers of the original PA : "hey guys, we've screwed you with our crap, now please pay again", because including a tutorial as a "new feature"...
https://steamcommunity.com/games/233250/announcements/detail/125326385282487115
Although I think this is a good thing they release this update, I think the way they did so sends the following message to buyers of the original PA : "hey guys, we've screwed you with our crap, now please pay again", because including a tutorial as a "new feature"...
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PCGamer: Planetary Annihilation: Titans resurrects a flawed RTS, and it's out today
I have started to hope that those people who can't handle announcements like this shouldn't support Kickstarter or Early Access games. It is sad when game's forum get filled of whining and insults instead of constructive feedback - unfortunately it happens very often with EA games.
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I have started to hope that those people who can't handle announcements like this shouldn't support Kickstarter or Early Access games. It is sad when game's forum get filled of whining and insults instead of constructive feedback - unfortunately it happens very often with EA games.
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The problem is that they make their previous customers pay again for what was promised in the original release. This is the reason for the insults.
Especially when you know that the original pre-alpha was sold about 90$...
Especially when you know that the original pre-alpha was sold about 90$...
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The problem is that they make their previous customers pay again for what was promised in the original release. This is the reason for the insults.Kickstarter projects doesn't meet the goals every time. People who supports Kickstarter or Early Access games has to understand that.
Uber Entertainment needs money as well to pay salaries, taxes, rent, etc. They pushed PA as far as they can in last 10 months. Maybe that was as much as they can do with the money that had.
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No problem with this. But why they do make original buyers pay more while the new buyers get PA Titans for the same price as original PA buyers did, while original PA is removed from Steam ? Is it to force original buyers to bring more cash ???
And yes, putting a tutorial as a new feature is just... laughing at their previous customers.
I can understand they need money, no problem with it, however the way they do so is really not fair to their previous loyal customers. Personaly this is because of this that I ordered a refund, because they're really screwing us. (And this is the very first time I do so). Sorry to say but they behave like EA...
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And yes, putting a tutorial as a new feature is just... laughing at their previous customers.
I can understand they need money, no problem with it, however the way they do so is really not fair to their previous loyal customers. Personaly this is because of this that I ordered a refund, because they're really screwing us. (And this is the very first time I do so). Sorry to say but they behave like EA...
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No problem with this. But why they do make original buyers pay more while the new buyers get PA Titans for the same price as original PA buyers did, while original PA is removed from Steam ?Ah, yes. Well, I can only think that they really required money to be able to continue and had to make this kind of decision. They tried another Kickstarter project (Human Resources) some time ago which failed. I guess that could had very big impact to their financial status as well since they had enough people to work on that project along with PA - because of KS failure those people left out of a project.
It is really hard to say what kind of situation drove them to make these unfortunate decisions. I personally believe they simply had to do so, to have a change to continue running the business.
I was more than happy to pay ~15€ more. I like the game a lot and I like to see more games from them in the future. It is good to see that TITANS has still relatively good reviews despite of "haters" giving the game bad points because of non-game related issues.
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