Pretty much every chain has a different Pre-Order bonus. Different wargear, colours and Chapters.
And if it's anything like CoH you can install any skin pack you want. It won't interfere with multiplayer.
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NocrenLt Futz, Back in ActionNorth CarolinaRegistered Userregular
edited January 2009
Time to go shopping then. Ok, so BB, Gamestop, probably Fry's, anyplace else that has these deals? (these are the only stores I know of that do pre-orders, PC or otherwise)
Horray for having finished my undergrad degree and not starting Honours for 6 months! This and Empire cannot threaten my schoolwork. Unless the bastards release an expansion mid 2009. Then I'm fucked.
Zen VulgarityWhat a lovely day for teaSecret British ThreadRegistered Userregular
edited January 2009
Minimum Requirements –
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
* 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
* A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space
Recommended –
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
* A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space
Year old or so? No problem according to those specs. However, judging from Company of Heroes, you won't be playing at maximum details. I play CoH at somewhere around medium - high detail and it runs well enough, it remains to be seen if DoW2 asks more from the hardware or not.
Playable on your MBP? Certainly, the minimum specs are quite low, 1G ram and a 128mb video card are there even in an older MBP.
Yes. Just try your best to resist the homosexual urges.
Does the Macbook come with a penis port?
I think the fact that 25-30fps is about all you need for a smooth looking RTS game is going to help keep the requirements modest. World in Conflict ran fine on my Geforce 6800 / 3.0GHz P4 so I expect DoWII to run about the same.
Is everyone going to have to post whether or not they meet the requirements? How is this helpful? I exceed them by the way. Whoop de fucking doo!
Because a lot of the people here spend time playing with other people who also read and post in these forums and knowing that they will be around for playing DoW2 with you is nice. For example maybe Zen Vulgarity really really wants to play DoW2 with Goomba and therefore it's nice for him to know that he will be playing it.
The above statement isn't true, but it could have been!
Pre-order pack wargear is campaign only. You can not use this in multiplayer so the only advantage these players get is a slight stat boost at the start of the single player game.
In multiplayer your commanders all have wargear you can buy in the matches to improve their stats. This resets at the end of evey match.
Each race also has 60 multiplayer ranks to unlock some with unique visual unlocks. In total there are 110 visual unlocks, these will make the high-level players look really cool but give no stat advantage whatsoever.
From the Relicnews forums. Man, 60 ranks? I want to look really cool nooooow. Will this be the first RTS I have to grind like an MMO to look good in?
Looks like they're planning to pull a COD4 on us by having every match count in a linear fashion rather than be a skill ranking.
Play more - get more rather than play well - get more
Nothing wrong with this, I quite like the COD system. It allows everyone to reach the top tiers of the system, rather then just a select few that are mad gamerzzz.
the bestbuy pre-order pack is probably the best bang, imho. there's an extra MP map, and a ton of gear?
don't ask me what is what, it's pretty easy to ask the store\check their online store and decide for yourself.
Dareth, can you find out if Best Buy preorder people are the only ones that are going to be able to play this map? Or will it eventually become available for the rest of us that didn't happen to order it from Best Buy?
Also Tycho, no. Just no.
COH System Requirments
Minimum Requirements
Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP 2.0GHz Processor
512MB RAM
64MB DirectX compatible Video Card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support
DirectX compatible 16-bit Sound Card
DirectX 9.0c
DVD-ROM Drive
6.5GB Hard Disk Space
Keyboard
Mouse
RECOMMENDED
Intel Pentium IV 3.0GHz Processor
1GB RAM
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 class Video Card
Dawn of War 2
Minimum Requirements –
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
* 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
* A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space
Recommended –
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
* A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space
the bestbuy pre-order pack is probably the best bang, imho. there's an extra MP map, and a ton of gear?
don't ask me what is what, it's pretty easy to ask the store\check their online store and decide for yourself.
Dareth, can you find out if Best Buy preorder people are the only ones that are going to be able to play this map? Or will it eventually become available for the rest of us that didn't happen to order it from Best Buy?
I rather imagine that it will be, at most, 6 hours or so before someone has ripped the map out and has it available for play. A map that no one else has would be pretty fecking useless.
Looks like they're planning to pull a COD4 on us by having every match count in a linear fashion rather than be a skill ranking.
Play more - get more rather than play well - get more
Nothing wrong with this, I quite like the COD system. It allows everyone to reach the top tiers of the system, rather then just a select few that are mad gamerzzz.
Oh I completely agree.
That's why I am still playing COD4 online but stopped with Halo 3 a year ago.
Looks like they're planning to pull a COD4 on us by having every match count in a linear fashion rather than be a skill ranking.
Play more - get more rather than play well - get more
Nothing wrong with this, I quite like the COD system. It allows everyone to reach the top tiers of the system, rather then just a select few that are mad gamerzzz.
Oh I completely agree.
That's why I am still playing COD4 online but stopped with Halo 3 a year ago.
Other then the fact that its really hard to throw mad keggers too miriteÉ (Laptop doesn`t like making question marks )
Woo kill the specs so I'll be around once this is out. Also I finally picked up CoH:OF and have been enjoying it, I seem to not suck quite as bad anymore at CoH. Looking forward to getting my ass handed to me by some of you guys again (played a few games with a-puck/goomba/ubergeek/and a few others back in the DC days).
Looks like they're planning to pull a COD4 on us by having every match count in a linear fashion rather than be a skill ranking.
Play more - get more rather than play well - get more
Nothing wrong with this, I quite like the COD system. It allows everyone to reach the top tiers of the system, rather then just a select few that are mad gamerzzz.
Oh I completely agree.
That's why I am still playing COD4 online but stopped with Halo 3 a year ago.
Halo's was designed to actually match you up against people your own skill level, so it would be a "fair" game. Not necessarily be a badge of leetness.
Personally I'd rather have a system that actually matches me against people I have a shot against, rather than just giving me a bigger number/title next to my name.
AngrySquirrel you better bloody know where your avatar comes from.
Fuck yes I do, love Nausicaa. Had Warriors of the Wind on VHS as a kid (yes the horribly butchered one, but it was all that was out over here) and was ecstatic a few years ago when they finally brought Nausicaa (uncut and with good actors) over on DVD.
Edit: I capped the shot of Teto on Nausicaa's shoulder from the DVD and cropped it down for this avatar and also have one of him in her pouch.
Oh and umm... yay DOWII. Or something. Also I can't spell for shit.
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And if it's anything like CoH you can install any skin pack you want. It won't interfere with multiplayer.
Its going to destroy mine. I can already feel it.
it let me actually keep track of time
I probably won't be able to play until summer.
PSN: JPBrowncoat Xbox: BamSaidTheLaday Also on Steam! Streaming games!
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Year old or so? No problem according to those specs. However, judging from Company of Heroes, you won't be playing at maximum details. I play CoH at somewhere around medium - high detail and it runs well enough, it remains to be seen if DoW2 asks more from the hardware or not.
Playable on your MBP? Certainly, the minimum specs are quite low, 1G ram and a 128mb video card are there even in an older MBP.
Though I guess by the time this is out I'll have rebuilt my PC. We have the technology.
Yes. Just try your best to resist the homosexual urges.
I think the fact that 25-30fps is about all you need for a smooth looking RTS game is going to help keep the requirements modest. World in Conflict ran fine on my Geforce 6800 / 3.0GHz P4 so I expect DoWII to run about the same.
I am a happy camper.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can play DoWII.
The cult of mac is Chaos undivided if you ask me. If anything Word Bearer legion would be applephiles.
Because a lot of the people here spend time playing with other people who also read and post in these forums and knowing that they will be around for playing DoW2 with you is nice. For example maybe Zen Vulgarity really really wants to play DoW2 with Goomba and therefore it's nice for him to know that he will be playing it.
The above statement isn't true, but it could have been!
From the Relicnews forums. Man, 60 ranks? I want to look really cool nooooow. Will this be the first RTS I have to grind like an MMO to look good in?
Digital crack for RTS players.
Because you know they weren't OC enough.
anyway I just pre-ordered at Gamestop so I think I get some bonus colors or some crap.
Play more - get more rather than play well - get more
Nothing wrong with this, I quite like the COD system. It allows everyone to reach the top tiers of the system, rather then just a select few that are mad gamerzzz.
Dareth, can you find out if Best Buy preorder people are the only ones that are going to be able to play this map? Or will it eventually become available for the rest of us that didn't happen to order it from Best Buy?
Also Tycho, no. Just no.
COH System Requirments
Intel Pentium IV or AMD Athlon XP 2.0GHz Processor
512MB RAM
64MB DirectX compatible Video Card with Pixel Shader 1.1 support
DirectX compatible 16-bit Sound Card
DirectX 9.0c
DVD-ROM Drive
6.5GB Hard Disk Space
Keyboard
Mouse
RECOMMENDED
Intel Pentium IV 3.0GHz Processor
1GB RAM
256MB nVidia GeForce 6800 class Video Card
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
* 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
* A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space
Recommended –
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
* AMD Athlon 64×2 4400+ or any Intel Core 2 Duo
* 2 GB RAM (XP and Vista)
* A 256MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 7800 GT / ATI X1900, or equivalent
* 5.5 GB of Hard Drive space
I rather imagine that it will be, at most, 6 hours or so before someone has ripped the map out and has it available for play. A map that no one else has would be pretty fecking useless.
Oh I completely agree.
That's why I am still playing COD4 online but stopped with Halo 3 a year ago.
Other then the fact that its really hard to throw mad keggers too miriteÉ (Laptop doesn`t like making question marks
Shiny Hive Tyrant made of shiny stuff please.
No, for some reason it messes up all of my punctuation keys, the É is the only French letter that turns up on my keyboard.
On topic, 40k lacks a `French` race, while Warhammer Fantasy has one.
Unless you consider the Eldar French because THEY TURN TAIL AND RUN HO HO HO
Please don`t hurt me I actually have some French in my background
Battle.net: IronSquirrel#1462
Halo's was designed to actually match you up against people your own skill level, so it would be a "fair" game. Not necessarily be a badge of leetness.
Personally I'd rather have a system that actually matches me against people I have a shot against, rather than just giving me a bigger number/title next to my name.
Edit: I capped the shot of Teto on Nausicaa's shoulder from the DVD and cropped it down for this avatar and also have one of him in her pouch.
Oh and umm... yay DOWII. Or something. Also I can't spell for shit.
Battle.net: IronSquirrel#1462