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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: Microid's 2024 Empire of the Ants demo came out yesterday!
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:40:05 -0000 (UTC)
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:23 this Thursday (GMT):
> 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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