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From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: Microid's 2024 Empire of the Ants demo came out yesterday!
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PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:54:32 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

> >PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:12:02 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >
> >> >https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287330/Empire_of_the_Ants/
> >> >
> >> >And I'm still too busy and using an old video card (MSI NVIDIA GeForce 
> >> >GTX 750 Ti (N750TI-2GD5/OC; 2 GB of VRAM) so I can't play it for now. :( 
> >> >Maybe I will finally play it in a decade when it is free and have better 
> >> >hardwares. Ha! :P
> >
> >> *--
> >
> >> Maybe we should all chip in and get Ant what he needs to play his
> >> family game.  Or maybe Spalls will find something good at the
> >> dumpsters for Ant.
> >
> >> I am downloading the demo now :-)
> >
> >Please kindly let us know how it is. I know it's pretty, but is it fun? 
> >I didn't like the original game back in Y2K/2001: 
> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Ants_%28video_game%29. 
> >Funny, the company gave me a free retail copy back then! They should 
> >give me this one and a better video card/PC. ;) Did anyone play that one?

> *--

> It is pretty for sure, and detailed.   I find the angle low to the
> ground hard to see things and move, especially moving the mouse and
> making orders.  Maybe I should try a controller.. I have ordered a
> couple of my two groups of ants to attack and claim territory but that
> is it so far.  Looks like there will be lots to do.  But not sure how
> much I can take at a time.  A little bit of a learning curve, of
> course.

> I am going to try it again maybe tomorrow.

Interesting. I thought this RTS game would be perfect for keyboard + 
mouse combined like other RTS games.


> I am itching all over the place now! :-)

Do I make you itch too? ;-)
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