New Army Platform in the Fall?

steel · Post by **steel** » Fri May 06, 2005 2:22 pm

Yes, westwood was closed. However EA might be using their name for whatever purposes.

Glendon · Post by **Glendon** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:50 pm

EA bought Westwood and all their games but I wouldn't understand if Westwood is taking the credit unless their trying to get the westwood groupies to buy it.

LC La Forge · Post by **LC La Forge** » Fri May 06, 2005 8:51 pm

As a general FYI, the whole idea of two divisions using the same platform has been tried already -- and I don't believe it worked (SV, I think). On top of that, we won't be creating entire new divisions for just one single platform (reasons are obvious). But perhaps it could be incorporated into the Navy, so that we get a new platform, hmm?

MCHuskie · Post by **MCHuskie** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:20 pm

As far as I'm aware they're not using the Westwood Studios name - but a lot of the people who worked on C&C under Westwood are now working on this.

RES Mitchell · Post by **RES Mitchell** » Sat May 07, 2005 1:55 pm

The Navy could definitely benefit from a new platform. After all, it has been what, at least five years since a SW Navy platform has been released and used in the GE? We saw how the Army has done well with the release of Battlefront and other platforms that have been brought onboard. Similarly, this game might give the Navy a comparable kickstart that might be lacking in its ranks.

Post by **Jagged Fel** » Sat May 07, 2005 3:28 pm

*cough*FreeWorlds*cough*

RES Mitchell · Post by **RES Mitchell** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:30 pm

I know the Navy just got Free Worlds. But if I recall correctly, it is not a purely SW platform (it is a mod of FW, right?). They have not had a full SW game added in quite a while.

Post by **Vortagh** » Sat May 07, 2005 4:57 pm

It is a mod that turns Freelancer into a Star Wars multiplayer game - and the next version of the mod allows you to play Singleplayer, as well.

Glendon · Post by **Glendon** » Sun May 08, 2005 5:35 pm

With BF2 the space battles are, in my opinion, Navy type levels but the ground is Army. If there's any game that could be multi division that would probably be it.

Cordanas · Post by **Cordanas** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:26 pm

i'd have to agree with ALT Glendon. One could organize massive multiplayer games with specific orders for each group. such as Navy in the ships and Army acquiring certain objectives. its gonna get pretty tactical.

PFC Cordanas / Hornet Three / 1st Brigade / Imperial Army

LC La Forge · Post by **LC La Forge** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:54 pm

Like I said, though, the concept has generally proved not to work... a game generally finds a more dominate section than the rest, and the others die off due to transfers, etc.

Post by **Vortagh** » Wed May 11, 2005 10:01 pm

Yupp - first everybody creates a clone to join with the new game, then everybody decides to return to the navy. *shrugs*

SSG Kevin Hennings · Post by **SSG Kevin Hennings** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:28 am

Look's cool.

COL Nexant · Post by **COL Nexant** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:24 am

I agree that it is a hard decision. Since BF 2 and EaW both have space and land. BF2 is technically classified as a first person shooter most likely which would be a army style game. But EaW is a real time strategy which is also a army style game. It just depends if the High Commanders want to add a real time strategy style game to the Navy or a first person shooter. I think that would be your easiest way in making a decision and then the other game could just goto the army since both of them are already styles it uses.

Another thing is it appears to me with space EaW emphasizes more on capital ship engagements while you use your support to keep the fighters off the caps and who knows what you blow each other apart and subjudgating a few planets along the way.
But BF2 would just specifically be piloting fighters and you would probalby be limited to the basics Tie Fighter, Interceptor, Bomber judging from teh screenshots. but it says in the features " New space battles allow you to dogfight in X-wings, TIE fighters, Jedi starfighters and several other starcraft, or fight it out on foot aboard an enemy capital ship" when i read that the first thing i think is like naval commandos but im not sure if thats something ya'll would want.

A ridiculously hard decision if they are to be split maybe we could just use a 8-Ball or a take two coins and write EaW on one side and BF2 on the other and on the other coin one side navy one side army flip em a few times like 3,5,or 7 and the top one for each gets paired. not that ive ever done that before to make a important decision....

* I did notice in one of the screenshots they have TIE Crawlers in EaW. in the list it would be image 11 of the 84 they have. I cant decide whether those things are cool or ugly

LC La Forge · Post by **LC La Forge** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:16 pm

I know, I'll write a script to decide! :-p

My thoughts are that EaW should go to the Navy, though, specifically because of said space battles.