http://www.nometet.com Game Reviews Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Copyright © Nometet.com 2010 alex@nometet.com (Nometet.com) alex@nometet.com (Nometet.com) posts 1440 Game Reviews Nometet.com Nometet.com alex@nometet.com No no http://nometet.com/podcast/series-4/podcast-250x250.jpg http://www.nometet.com 144 144 http://www.nometet.com/other/here-we-go-again/ http://www.nometet.com/other/here-we-go-again/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:20:55 +0000 Will Anderson http://www.nometet.com/?p=2198 http://www.nometet.com/other/here-we-go-again/feed/ 0 http://www.nometet.com/reviews/empire-total-war/ http://www.nometet.com/reviews/empire-total-war/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:53:42 +0000 Will Anderson http://www.nometet.com/?p=1560 http://www.nometet.com/reviews/empire-total-war/feed/ 0 http://www.nometet.com/uncategorized/nometalk-20094-racing-rts/ http://www.nometet.com/uncategorized/nometalk-20094-racing-rts/#comments Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:16:14 +0000 Alex Denning http://www.nometet.com/?p=1553 http://www.nometet.com/uncategorized/nometalk-20094-racing-rts/feed/ 1 39:46 Nometalk returns for episode 2009.4 because 2009.3 got lost in the post. Kinda. In this episode we get off topic every couple of seconds and started ... Nometalk returns for episode 2009.4 because 2009.3 got lost in the post. Kinda. In this episode we get off topic every couple of seconds and started talking about Peggle and Empire. In between talking about the two, we talk about Dawn of War II and GTA: Chinatown Wars. We also take a look at some racing games: Need for Speed Undercover, Midnight Club LA and Pure. And there's the Twitter game. All that and much more in Nometalk 2009.4: an RTS/Racing special Link dump: twitter.com/nometet, twitter.com/unmouldeddoor3, twitter.com/alexdenning, MS losing lots of money news 30 min in: we lose the internet connection and can't remember where we got to. Nometalk, The Nometet.com Podcast is presented and produced by Alex Denning, with Will Anderson. The title track was made by Alex for Nometet.com. Podcast,,Uncategorized alex@nometet.com no No http://www.nometet.com/news/new-empire-total-war-videos/ http://www.nometet.com/news/new-empire-total-war-videos/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:00:43 +0000 Alex Denning http://www.nometet.com/?p=1369 http://www.nometet.com/news/new-empire-total-war-videos/feed/ 1 http://www.nometet.com/news/empire-total-war-demo-release-and-problems/ http://www.nometet.com/news/empire-total-war-demo-release-and-problems/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:22:15 +0000 Will Anderson http://www.nometet.com/?p=1318 http://www.nometet.com/news/empire-total-war-demo-release-and-problems/feed/ 0 http://www.nometet.com/podcast/2009point1/ http://www.nometet.com/podcast/2009point1/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:37:59 +0000 Alex Denning http://nometet.com/?p=962 http://www.nometet.com/podcast/2009point1/feed/ 1 37:45 Its back! The legendary Nometet.com Podcast Nometalk is here for a brand new year of brilliant podcasting. Nometalk 2009.1 : A Music Games Special focuses especially ... Its back! The legendary Nometet.com Podcast Nometalk is here for a brand new year of brilliant podcasting. Nometalk 2009.1 : A Music Games Special focuses especially on music games. You'd never have guessed. In this episode, we ponder how Guitar Hero World Tour fares against Rock Band. We also have a look at Music Monstars on the DS and Lips on the Xbox 360. Also on the show, the usual games chart and we also look at The Maw on Xbox Live Arcade and also Empire Total War. And also there is the small matter of the five copies of Lord of the Rings Conquest on the DS to give away... soon - we're just waiting for EA to confirm the prizes, check back for details on how to win in the next day or two. Oh, and the mic skips ahead every couple of seconds, so thats why some bits get a bit ahead of themselves. Plus, Alex managed to put an echo on half the podcast. You'll have to excuse that as well. Lets just get to it. Introducing Nometalk 2009.1 : A Music Games Special. Enjoy. NB - the beginning sounded awful so had to be cut off, but it said was Alex, Nometet and Will were discussing music games, Empire, The Maw, the chart and our competition. So you know who everyone is, I (Alex) speak first, then Will, then Nometet. Subscribe to the feed here. Or get an email every time there is a new Podcast: Enter your email address: Additional notes that make everything make sense: 16:15 - we forgot to mention we're now playing Guitar Hero World Tour 17:00 - don't worry - the wailing dosen't last long! 18:12 - we now forgot to mention the game is actually called Lips, not just 'Microsoft's Singstar' 19:14 - the mics are wireless. That gets cut out. 22:55 - 'its not telling me the words'. That is what Will is trying to say. 24:20 - 'only sell well amongst'. That gets cut out too. Annoying the mic did that. 31:22 - the all important givaway! When Will said its awful, he didn't really mean it. Really. 32:36 - nometet.com/competitions Podcast alex@nometet.com no No http://www.nometet.com/previews/empire-total-war-preview/ http://www.nometet.com/previews/empire-total-war-preview/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:01:16 +0000 Will Anderson http://nometet.com/?p=378 http://www.nometet.com/previews/empire-total-war-preview/feed/ 1 2:08 What with me being the number one Total War fan (on this site) it seems that I shall be doing all the stuff about this, ... What with me being the number one Total War fan (on this site) it seems that I shall be doing all the stuff about this, which doesn't bother me in the slightest, as this game looks like it is going to be just as revolutionary as the last (Medieval II, fool!). The game is set in the 18th to 19th centuries. Empires were being forged and huge armies were fighting. A lot. This game will probably appeal to even more people than Medieval II, because not only is that period stuck firmly in the public mindset - thanks ABBA -, Empire encompasses not only Europe and America but also India too. There is also a chance to be the American colonies who rebelled in 1776, in a new campaign (called Road To Independence) which will appeal to many Americans, though of course, if, as the British, you manage your empire well then you can change history and stop it happening. The campaign has been given a revamp, so resource (see money) utilising facilities (farms etc) are placed outside the cities, so a campaigning army can plunder a region without fighting a battle. This means that garrisoned armies will be forced to come out of cities (unless their leaders are rather thick) and take them out, avoiding the drawn out sieges of previous games. Apparently, the campaign engine dealing with the diplomatic side of the game and the one dealing with the military aspects have been redone nbsp;to stop them conflicting scripts with each other - so countries that you have just made an alliance with will not, for no apparent reason, suddenly attack you. At least, I thought there was no apparent reason, but I know what I'm like. Of course, the epic battles that the Total War series is famous for are still there, and once again the engine has been revamped, and re-physisised. No more will the classic "Spearmen beat Cavalry, Archers beat Spearmen and Cavalry beat Archers" triangle. This is the 18th Century, and then it was all about formations. A column of soldiers will advance to beat a line, provided they get there. A line provides greatest firepower, but useless against cavalry, but a square will always beat the mounted troops. nbsp;A new feature is the ability to capture buildings on the battlemap and place men inside them for protection. This means battles will revolve around these strategic points. Sadly, no longer will there be the brilliant Total War music. The music will come straight from the battlefield, from drummer-boys, pipers and the like, and if they die, the music dies. The best part, though, as is advertised in all the screenshots, is of course the introduction of naval battles to the Total War Series. And not just any old naval battles, oh no no no no no. These will be the most accurate, high-def, intense 18th century warships ever to slog it out on a computer screen. The Creative Assembly didn't speak to us, they spoke to GameCyte.com and said: the team had one man who spent an entire year just working on simulating water -- how it moves, how it affects the ships, how waves might carry one vessel into another, how a punctured ship would take on water, and more. This is not an arcade game. This will blow you away, as can be seen from the screenshots and videos. Actually, that last sentence will certainly be true of the whole game. No matter how much it costs, or how much you dislike the Total War series, this will not disappoint anybody, and least of all, and most importantly, me. On our podcast, Nometalk, we took a brief look at Empire. Will's ramblings are below. Previews alex@nometet.com no No