Naked War

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:15 pm 0

Most of Yak's fans are probably familiar with at least a few games by the Pickford Brothers from the last 20 years (http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/index.php). Anyway, they've recently gone indie and have a new game out. It's called Naked War (http://www.zee-3.com/nakedwar/index.php), and in essence, it's an updated online 3D version of Advanced Wars that is multi-player only.

I'm not pimping here on behalf of the Pickfords, I just thought some of you might genuinely be interested in this game. I've been playing it myself for the last few days, and I would say that it's pretty compelling. I don't normally go for online games, but this can be played at your own pace, is easy to play with a lot of scope/depth.

It's free to register and download. When you first start, you get 1 free challenge credit - this allows you to initiate a game with anyone (even people who have not yet subscribed - you just enter an email address). Give it a go, if you even only remotely like strategy games, I guarantee you'll get some entertainment out of this. There's even a nod to Jeff in the stage-loading screen.

Anyway, the first 5 people to reply to this thread will get an email challenge from me so you can use your first free credit to initiate a 2nd game with someone else.

Rib · Post by **Rib** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:18 pm 0

Yeah, is that the play by email game? Saw that reviewed on some TV show or other a while back. Looked fine to me.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:26 pm 0

Yes, it's the play by email game, but you don't have to depend on the email system to play, you can pick-up your turn directly from the web site.

Do you want an invite Rib? If so, PM me your email address.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:26 am 0

No one else interested? It's a very fine game. If you get an invite from me (4 remaining) your first two games are free.

DarkElf · Post by **DarkElf** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:27 am 0

It's like Travian or OGame?

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:32 am 0

Not heard of those. All I can compare it to is Advance Wars on the GBA/DS. Basically, you control 4 units/characters on a 3D map, and each player takes turns - in each turn you can move/attack using all your characters. The move gets emailed to your oppenent, they respond, and so on.

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:38 am 0

bcass wrote:No one else interested? It's a very fine game. If you get an invite from me (4 remaining) your first two games are free.

I am. Check PM.

bcass · Post by **bcass** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:44 am 0

I am. Check PM.

Yep, I saw your PM, I'll email you a challenge when I get home from work.

4 Challenges remaining.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:57 am 0

Rib wrote:Yeah, is that the play by email game? Saw that reviewed on some TV show or other a while back. Looked fine to me.

It's reviewed on the latest Consolevania.

Rib · Post by **Rib** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:07 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:
Rib wrote:Yeah, is that the play by email game? Saw that reviewed on some TV show or other a while back. Looked fine to me.
It's reviewed on the latest Consolevania.

I retract my statement then

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:37 pm 0

Was I the only one hoping this would be some sort of war movie with loads of nekkid women instead of soldiers?

So disappointed...

oddbob0 · Post by **oddbob0** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:20 pm 0

Yup, absolutely loving this.

Willing to throw out a couple of challenges as well if anyone wants a blast

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*yours trying to avoid doing anything constructive, Bob.

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:36 pm 0

can someone with a mac and blitzbasic help the pickfords compiling it for the mac? i want a mac version!

JPickford · Post by **JPickford** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:01 pm 0

romanista wrote:can someone with a mac and blitzbasic help the pickfords compiling it for the mac? i want a mac version!

Actually I have a Mac (mini) but there's no Blitz3D for Mac. I do plan to port the game to Blitzmax at some point but there's no 3D module yet.

Nixie · Post by **Nixie** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:06 pm 0

speak of the