With all of the furor around the StarCraft 2 beta going on this week, you might actually have forgotten that there are actually two major, big-budget RTS sequels due out in 2010. Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight is arriving in just a few weeks on March 16, and, to remind you of that fact, here are a few of the game's developers telling you about how they balanced the multiplayer component. The main feature is the new class choices -- whenever you start up a map, you choose whether you want to play as offense, defense or support, and your teammates can make the same choice, allowing each of you to choose to run your own units entirely, with their own strengths and weaknesses.
There's also some information at the end about the co-op campaign, which will also let you use the complimentary classes to split up the fight against enemies and follow objectives that much more quickly with a friend. Sure, your Marines and your Zerglings and your Zealots are fun to play with, but it looks like C&C4 is ordering up some new ways to play one of the older genres in PC gaming.
[Via Big Download]
Command & Conquer 4 devs show off what's new in multiplayer
by Mike Schramm 
on Feb 24th 2010 2:00AM
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Reader Comments (8)
Posted: Feb 24th 2010 2:07AM The Blank Mage Returns said
I've always thought the best defense is a good offense. And a good offense is comprised entirely of Mammoth Tanks. Strategy quickly becomes trivial. Friends even more so.
Posted: Feb 24th 2010 3:19AM (Unverified) said
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Posted: Feb 24th 2010 3:34AM stacky said
Too bad matchmaking in the beta is a RAGEFEST!
Too many afk hosts and games take forever to fill up. Also the lack of "game room" titles makes it a bit frustrating to advertise games you're hosting. It's even worse than gunbound match making.
Too many afk hosts and games take forever to fill up. Also the lack of "game room" titles makes it a bit frustrating to advertise games you're hosting. It's even worse than gunbound match making.
Posted: Feb 24th 2010 5:14AM pika2000 said
So, is not having LAN or dedicated server support considered as "new features" then?
Posted: Feb 24th 2010 5:45AM Aeon74 said
In my opinion, the biggest RTS release of 2010 will be Supreme Commander 2. This RTS series has done more to move the genre on than any other.. Whilst C&C will have its plus points (notably arcade style fun), it lacks the core strategy and strategic options available in Supcom...
and we all know Starcraft will become a race to who can whack their keyboard fast enough to get in there with a zerg rush first.
So Joystiq... wisen up when you talk about 'RTS' releases this year..
and we all know Starcraft will become a race to who can whack their keyboard fast enough to get in there with a zerg rush first.
So Joystiq... wisen up when you talk about 'RTS' releases this year..
Posted: Feb 24th 2010 2:44PM armageddon said
I can afford 1 RTS on March 16 and since Supreme Command 2 is available on 360 and C&C4 isn't I'm going with SC2, now get your arse in gear EA and announce the 360 port already.
Posted: Feb 24th 2010 3:04PM (Unverified) said
Go To http://starcraft2betakey.blogspot.com/ to get a free beta tester key. They said they are limited so jump on it asap
Posted: Feb 24th 2010 5:52PM Alphabet1 said
nice. Teamwork is always fun, and it's one of the skills that we learn in games and can apply to real life.
http://gamerbabel.blogspot.com/2010/02/saving-world-without-confronting-final.html
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