Command and conquer ultimate collection (and settlers)

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I know, I know, its just EA blatently cashing in on an expired franchise
Its basically 17 titles from the franchise.. bit like "The first decade" but it also has the recent stuff like cnc3/4 and ra3 bundled in

But has anybody picked this up?

I've got most of the games either on hard copy or digitally in the case of the more recent releases.. I noticed aside from Origin (£25), a couple various retailers are offering the game as well

But its hard to tell wether they actually sell the thing on DVD or wether they just send a empty dvd case with the origin code inside

Any opinions? Would actually be nice to have all the collection on a dvd if thats not the case.. especially if they all work under windows 7 as advertised..

Plus I figure if I wait a little while I'll be able to pick it up on fleabay for a tenner before long if its not discounted over the inevitable xmas sales

(The other thing)

Is there anywhere at all selling settlers 3 gold digitally?
I'm keeping an eye on GOG for this naturally... but I get the impression we won't see it anytime soon

Gold is basically the game with 2 expansion packs (amazon and mission disc)
Watched a video on youtube and now I've got a disturbing desire to play it again but can't be arsed raiding my loft for the box with the cds in it :D

Cheers and have a good one
 
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the old games are too ugly to play now if you ask me, everything up to tiberian sun.

red alert 2 isnt too badly aged and generals has its fans but it wasnt for me.

the main problem you have with a c&c collection is the games that are considered classics are very old and you have to deal with what are now very past it looking sprites.

the games that look reasonable begin with generals but its only generals thats any good and anything after generals is rubbish.
 
Best game there is C&C Renegade, sure it may not have the best graphics now, but the gameplay is better then most and it has the best teamwork/play then most games today.

Still played a lot.
 
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I've not actually gotten around to installing it yet mind you.
 
Great stuff, thank you :)

So I was right about the "phsyical" edition being a empty dvd box with origin code inside? Bit disapointed with that as it sort of makes you feel like origin has your nuts in a clamp so to speak :P

Obviously we know what to expect from the games themselves I'm wondering how true to their compatability claims are as to wether they simply went the ol' dosbox route with the westwood titles in the package

By chance I stumbled across some articles/reviews and people are reporting you can't actually mod the games either... which sort of boggles the mind because what little community Renegade has is based on them :P

I think I'll hold off after all and wait till this turns up in a bargain bit, no mods sort of killed it for me

Eames said:
the old games are too ugly to play now if you ask me, everything up to tiberian sun.
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See my signature :P Aye they've aged but so long as the gameplay is enjoyable for me (and its stable) I'll enjoy it..

Maybe im just becoming cynnical with newer titles I tend to be more excited about new releases on GOG than the latest cod/mmo etc hehe
 
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It seems that some of the earlier games have problems too and don't work! Lots of chatter about having to use the fan patches from the first decade, or needing to wait until they can put together a combined patch for all the games.

EA have done as little work as possible to this, and apparently it shows. Just package them up and sell to make more money. Little compatability testing, no extras (we don't even get the soundtrack that the USA gets), just very disappointing.
 
"Eames" has got it spot on , we look back on these titles with affection but computers & graphics have improved 20fold + so, they never play or feel quite the same.

It was a golden franchise which should have adapted to better graphics, the gameplay AI were great & would still be challenging today. I really hated the C&C 4

Generals 2 is on the way & first impressions look like a back to basic feel...........2013 wait though !
 
Anyone got this on windows 8 and having problems with tiberium sun. On mine none of the menus render after the main menu so I can't change settings, enter a game etc.
 
Nah, not gonna get this after the fiasco of getting The First Decade working. *patched to work with Windows Vista/7 is it? You said that with TFD EA. Fool me once you know...

+I have all these games still anyway! :p

*Waiting patiently for Generals 2.
 
I have them too.. but if the phsyical version was infact a dvd as opposed to an origin code I honestly might had picked it up just for the convenience of having it on a single media

They are just getting super lazy... I mean really.. when gog advertises stuff as compatible on win7 when it isnt, theres a bloody huge uproar about it and they either correct their label on the product or (eventually) hotfix it... and we're talking about games sold for £3 a pop not the £25 ea wants for this

If generals 2 is half as good as the first it'd do well.. based on the problems with the collection I wouldn't trust them to even get it that right though

Am i the only person even remotely interested in settlers? :(
(not the drm ridden filth which was s7, but the older ones)
 
linktoinsanity said:
Nah, not gonna get this after the fiasco of getting The First Decade working. *patched to work with Windows Vista/7 is it? You said that with TFD EA. Fool me once you know...

+I have all these games still anyway! :p

*Waiting patiently for Generals 2.
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Me too!!!

It's a shame Generals doesn't work on LAN very well, it just lags to hell and crashes :(

Generals 2 should be great!
 
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