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Author Topic: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!  (Read 1574 times)

Nilocy

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Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« on: May 26, 2009, 10:35:02 am »

Yup, you heard it, only a few months since release and its now free to play. Go check it out, I've yet to play but i've heard interesting things about it I must say.

The RPS Article http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/05/26/house-of-cards-battleforge-for-free/
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2009, 10:43:04 am »

Hmm... Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Downloading... .... ..... .... ... ..
Curios to see what other games EA's gonna put under Play4Free
« Last Edit: May 26, 2009, 10:45:15 am by ILikePie »
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2009, 10:51:01 am »

Nice plan on EA's behalf, since Battleforge is a game with microtransactions at it's very core - add-on card packs. Offer the basics for free and you're set to addict many a sucker
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2009, 03:50:32 pm »

Agreed, the only thing that sucks is that I bought it for 40 euros about 2 weeks ago :-\
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2009, 09:37:19 pm »

Meh, it was alright. I played the beta and even up to the day before it's release is seemed unfinished, like the rts part was only an afterthought.
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2009, 09:47:40 pm »

I'l try it, seems to be only a 100 megs so only like an hour long DL.

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BattleForge became a Play 4 Free branded game with only 32 of the 200 cards available. In order to get additional cards, players will now need to buy points on the BattleForge website

Doesn't look promising.
« Last Edit: May 26, 2009, 09:51:32 pm by Rilder »
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2009, 09:54:17 pm »

If you're tricking you can sell of the cards you get at the beginning or for free to get points without paying. I got about 3 packs for free that way.
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Interestingly, Armok's name actually originates from arm_ok, a variable in one of Toady's earlier games that kept track of how many of your arms weren't missing.

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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2009, 01:04:07 am »

I got out of the Card game buisness when the fact that they cost hundreds of dollars and are ultimately not worth it.
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2009, 08:22:18 am »

How long does it take to patch, its taking waaaay to long. Any way to patch manually?
« Last Edit: May 27, 2009, 09:15:40 am by ILikePie »
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2009, 08:29:55 am »

How long does it take to patch, it taking waaaay to long. Any way to patch manually?

2.7 GB?

I just uninstalled it.
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2009, 02:05:20 pm »

How long does it take to patch, it taking waaaay to long. Any way to patch manually?

2.7 GB?

I just uninstalled it.

2.7 gigs? Fuck that.

World needs more MMORTS's though :(
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2009, 10:22:34 am »

Do they have a defence in place against somebody downloading it 25 times on different accounts and then giving all their cards to the main one? If no, i might try it out because i am NOT going to pay for the CHANCE of getting new content.
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2009, 10:31:57 am »

So you end up downloading more than 50 Gb of data for those cards, that amount to some cash around here  ;D
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2009, 10:40:29 am »

Finally finished downloading, its kinda boring. It feels a lot like DOW2, being built around more action less strategy.
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Re: Battleforge: The Deck based RTS. IS FREE!
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2009, 09:28:11 pm »

DoW is so much better than this.  I quit before I had finished the tutorial.  It's boring.
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