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but what about the people giving out the test and are in charge of scoring them? i would not rely on them to be completely 'honest' in 'grading' these test to pass a vote. to hell with it, anarchy i say!!!!! (kidding).

but i do understand what you mean, it's kinda like testing someone who wants to become a citizen in america. i guess it might work though i agree with you that it's unclear how it will work. would it be easier to just have leadership like communism from a group of people rather than having to give power to one? besides, we already have the senate and the court that have power to veto each other.

imo for the playing as a demon, i think it would be like instead of female-male for the human classes, you would have either play as demon or angel. and depending on the class you chose will have it's own unique story. besides, the other classes have their own unique subquest, why wouldnt an angel/demon player?

ive mentioned this a few times before, but i wana bring it up again: the light/dark items rumored to be in the game, and how they could work (idk with a with a demon/angel class. it would be weird the have a demon wearing angelic gear and vise versa but it could be like defecting.) but having a human character wearing angelic gear makes them more on heavens side and more demonic gear on hells side affecting what kinds of quests you would get, stats, etc. it would introduce an interesting spin to existing characters to make em less boring for ya.

so to sum things up: the rulers of heaven want human to prove themselves (i.e. the angiris council is worried about it's own butt since they fear an attack from hell) but other angels including tyrael, yaerius, etc. interfere with sanctuary to help the humans and convert them to the side of order/save them, whathaveyou.

wasn't Ureh built by angels as an outpost for heaven? i think somewhere in the books it talks about Ureh's creation.

has anyone considered a light/dark system that was rumored to be in the game a few years ago? perhaps they're going to actually implement it into the game since the stats are auto. maybe they'll have something like choosing to be more "dark" or more "light" based on the gamer's decision, adding more customization. that would be interesting!

yeah, it should be on ES's website under the downloads section. they also have other user-made campaigns, maps, units, etc. that are pretty cool

plus, if the gaming steve rumors from a year ago are true, there's going to be the ability to be "good" or "evil" as every item in the game would have a light side and dark side. i doubt this will be in the final game but it would be interesting to see.

maybe have a character similar to the paladin like crusader or templar but i feel this was already discussed.

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yea i downloaded the demo on the ps3 and i must say its impressive but it looks like it would get boring after a while.

god technology is getting better everyday we can now command our units in games through a headset

yeah, and more expensive. i don't own a ps3, or any game system for that matter

anywas back on AoM i liked the fact that ES made another mini campaign for download on their sight. dunno if you discovered it, it was called "the golden gift" and it was about the dwarf brothers brok and etri and a golden boar made for odin. it was like 4 missions long but the maps were huge and very nice too look at; plenty of missions too.

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Yeah, I hand drew it, scanned it 11 times (6 scans of A4 plus 5 for overlapping), then put it all together in photoshop. The background was made by hand too (tea-staining).

very nice. i figured something like tea-staining would be used. it's much more fun/easier to use inks and paints etc then scan the image into photoshop than having to find ways to achieve the same effect in the program. plus it makes me feel closer to my work.

if you really want to go over the top, you could burn the edges a little bit or use dye/coloring for fake blood stains. ahh reminds me of a history project i made once...

haven't played red alert so i'm not sure bout that one. tom clancy's end war looked good from what i saw when the were developing it but apparently it's not doing so well. i like the concept of using a headset to command the units though.

thanks for clearing things up a bit. for some reason i keep thinking that they're flip-flopping with how far they're in the development because i remember reading somewhere that all they had to do for act 1 was "finish throwing dead bodies everywhere" .. i forgot the source but maybe my mind is just making things up.

thanks for the article, DGK. what the hell? it looks like MSG is shutting them down because of money! AHHGG >

Fortunately it looks like they're going to regroup as a new studio, basically ES with a new name. i hope this means more work on great RTS's in the future from the same team. unfortunately my faith in an AoM2 ever being made is kinda shattered.

i like it a lot. what program did you use to make it? hand drawn then made over in illustrator?

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yea AoE2 was the best
damn im really mad they are closing down

THEY'RE CLOSING?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! they still have age of empires 4 and 5 to make! plus i'm pretty sure they're making Halo Wars.

if act 1 itself isn't done, i wonder how much of the rest of the game is completed. i'm guessing there's 4-5 acts like d2 (maybe more?) and if act 1 isn't done yet....

i'm assuming the dungeon from the gameplay video is actually from act 2 (the one with the water falling off the sides of the platform and the greenish lighting) since it looks very similar to caldeum's concepts, assuming caldeum is act 2 anyways. probably all the "basics" of the game are done and now they have to makes some tweaks, balances, add some script and details.... this is gona be a while.