Machines

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Summary: Machines
Review: I feel that it is an amazing game twisting the reality of war with an action packed stradegy game. It brings an incredible 3D enviroment inside your computer to the center of your mind. It is so realistic that it would almost be posible to touch the machines like you would hamsters. Combining future and fantasy together makes this master peice of a game a brilliant.

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Summary: Nice game!
Review: I wrote a FAQ/Walkthrough on GameFAQs for this game, and I have to say, it is one of the best I have ever played. I am playing it on XP, because I have a patch. If anyone needs it, contact me at [e-mail].

Be sure to check out my FAQ/walkthrough at gamefaqs.com! I can answer any questions if you post on the message boards or E-mail me!

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Summary: Doesn't work on Xp
Review: I've played this game on Windows 98 and it was very fun. But I upgraded to Windows Xp and I can't play it at all. Acclaim is too lazy to make a Windows Xp patch. I gave it a four because when i had Win 98 it was so cool. Acclaim must make a patch!

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Summary: AWESOME
Review: This game is the bomb! You get to sabotage enemy researchers and bases. You can play a battle, special, or full leanth game! When you choose battle, a group of machines are already waiting for your commands to destroy the enemy race(s). If you choose a full leanth (normal) game you start out with a few machines, and you start building defences, buildings, defenders, constructors, spys (they steal enemy research and lay mines), locators (to find mineral deposits), and other cool stuff! If you choose special, you get a huge battle!

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Summary: Don't listen to that Gamespot review
Review: When this game came out, slower PCs would indeed cause delayed pathfinding. On a modern PC it runs very quickly indeed. Also, that reviewer doesn't know his terminology. While some of the STRATEGIC intelligence is a little unimpressive, much of the UNIT intelligence is excellent. Units run to help each other out, non-combat units retreat from danger toward areas of relative safety etc. And unlike most RTSs of the period, you actually have to come up with decent tactical dispersals to fight the enemy well; dumb tank rushes won't necessarily achieve your goal. And lastly, the first person perspective is VERY useful if used judiciously. You just have to use it well; set a bunch of machines to follow a certain unit, then hop into that unit, and drive it around, with a group of AI-controlled minders in tow. This isn't a perfect game, but it's a very fun one.