Conquest Earth Page 2 Need Cd1, Cd2, Cd1 ... argh! After putting 209 mb of CE on my HD, which was not a problem for me at all, but there are still some people that will need to erase some things if they want to install this game! I wonder why Data Design Interactive made this installation so big! Oh, did I mention that already? Ok, so the game itself is 2 CD's. Great!! (but wait until you have read the next part) Most of the HD space is wasted on Wad Files. Even a FMV Wad file is being copied to it. Hmmm, FMV, that is Full Motion Video and did I saw FMV in this game. No sir! So, the game does not use FMV completely. Well, just the Intro (like any decent other game) and perhaps a Ending scene, but that is still read from the CD, not from your HD. Also, it surprises me, the game needs the first cd for installation (quite logical) and for playing the intro but then when it load up the game it asks for the second CD! The second CD! You might think: Well, Humans game is CD1 and the Jovian Forces game needs CD2, right? Not quite I must say because when you choose for the Human game it still say that it needs CD2 for loading. So I am wondering, why CD1? Will u have to switch from 2 to 1 when u have completed 50% of the entire game? I do not know. I never got so far anyway ;) After seeing the Intro & Welcoming Screen of CE, the game asks for CD2. This is needed to play the game. I really need to mention this next little thingie. About the FMV, during installation there are 2 movie files that are being copied to your HD. Basically they are a "Eidos Interactive" screen and the "Data Design Interactive" welcoming screen. Quite large for its duration. Strange that those particular files are definitely are installed on your system and they are not being read entirely from the CD. Those boys at D.D.I.. are strange wacko's if you ask me. Sound installation is from Dos (even when you play the Win95 version)! Dos- and Win95 versions are boxed together so you can play the Dos version from a Win95 box. You can even choose wether you want to play the 16meg or the 32meg version and that is quite nice. Why didn't Data Design Interactive programmed a neat Win95 sound setup installation system and not that ugly Dos thing. How ashamed must they be if you install a game with a Win95 installation but still get a old Dos sound setup program? Anyway, other then that, nothing to report so lets move on to the game itself. Conquest Earth, 2 different games into 1 Conquest Earth is in fact 2 different games into 1. There are 2 modes in which to play the game. The Mission and Campaign mode. In mission mode you have to win from the enemy in a series of battles. Much battles, 30 to be exact, before you can talk about a victory. It will take you a lot of time if you want to complete this game in mission mode. Your resources, troops, etc are already automatically handed at the beginning of each battle. More like any good C&C clone. In Campaign mode, it is up to you to develop and research units and buildings. More strategy is involved here. You decide where the next battle will be and you will have to keep a close eye on your resources that they don't run out. If you are playing with the Humans you will have to defeat the Jovians in 6 hard battles. Play with the Jovians and you will have to defeat the Humans in all the cities on the planet. The humans and Jovians have a variety of troops, vehicles and buildings. For example the Humans have access to all manner of military equipment including helicopters, rocket launching tanks, flame thrower tanks, armoured jeeps, etc. Even satellites can be used which is in some missions very usefull. An other original touch is the way that the Jovians are manufactured. They do not come out from a barrack or something else but they are in fact 'gaseous beings'. They can morph together in order to create other and more sophisticated creatures/crafts. Special abilities like becoming invisible to humans or mimic human troops are neat. A fully Multi-Language game Multi-Language. Yes, a neat feature for people that rather want to play in their own mother-language. Good option. The game is entirely in the language that you have choosen during installation and that is just awesome! Still, personally I rather play any game in plain English and not in Dutch! Instead of seeing a nice FMV file when you have completed a mission you will only see text debriefings about your next one. I completed around 5 or 6 missions and they were pretty easy to complete, too easy, I guess that even a child from 6 years old could have completed them. After level 4 you see 10 seconds of animation. Wow. It is 3D-rendered but it is so short that it flies away. The voices of your soldiers/aliens are totally spoken in the language that you have chosen. If you have chosen for Spanish during the installation, text in the game will be in Spanish and so will the speech be too. I only played it in English and that was it. What kind of upset me about the english speech is that the Aliens do not speak that 'alien language'. Instead they speak with a warlbing American accent. I don't think that Aliens talk a language that 'we' even understand. Next Page Up Previous Page If you want to review your favorite game, or if you work with a computer game company and want your products reviewing, mail info@playdevil.com. All contributions are welcome. Any problems and/or suggestions are always appreciated on webmaster@playdevil.com Nothing of this entire Site, animation & logo's included, may be reproduced, stored, saved, transmitted, in any form or means, electronic, written or otherwise without the prior permission of PlayDevil. Other Logos & Names are Copyrighted Material of its respectful owners. All Rights Reserved. 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