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    Oil Rush TD/RTS on the M18x.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by skygunner27, Jan 29, 2012.

  1. skygunner27

    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    Thanks, goes to mobiousblack for recommending this awesome tower defense game. Oil Rush is developed by Unigine Corp. The same developers who created the Heaven benchmark. This game is fast paced, fun, easy to learn and looks amazing. Currently SLI is not supported, but this game runs on a single 580M maxing out all options effortlessly.

    This game is on sale for 17.99USD down from 19.99USD.
    Save 10% on Oil Rush on Steam

    The boxed retail version releases on February 24th.
    The installation size is 704mb.

    Here's a few screens from my M18x running Oil Rush.
    http://i.imgur.com/fvOJU.jpg


    http://i.imgur.com/Chv3S.jpg


    http://i.imgur.com/4absi.jpg


    http://i.imgur.com/toa6G.jpg


    http://i.imgur.com/9KkAG.jpg


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    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    Looks like a sweet game! :D
     
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    EtownsFinest Notebook Deity

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    Wow the graphics look pretty sick nice find mobiousblack :) And thanks for the pics skygunner27 :D +rep my friend
     
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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    The graphics are insane. The water/weather effects are sick!! After I beat this and play online, I'm getting Anno 2070. +rep back!
     
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    jlyons264 Notebook Evangelist

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    I think anno 2070 is a lot better game. I have both now and I kinda got bored with it in like 30 mins... I will give it more time when I finish some homework. Even on my system that has dual 560's I have it cranked up all the way and it does look amazing.
     
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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    Im about 3 hours in. It gets a lot better when they add in helicopters and planes. The campaign is only a tutorial for online multiplayer. How's Anno 2070?
     
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    jlyons264 Notebook Evangelist

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    good. I am about halfway thru it... it took me a while to figure it out but once you do that it really is just rinse and repeat...
     
  8. mobiousblack

    mobiousblack Notebook Deity

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    Give it a go guys I am definitely glad I found this gem. It uses unigine and the graphics are phenomenal! The gameplay is fast paced and addictive.
     
  9. Ferrari353

    Ferrari353 Notebook Evangelist

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    So is there online for this and if so, how is it?

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    Sent from my SGS2 Skyrocket using Tapatalk
     
  10. skygunner27

    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    There is online multiplayer. I always complete the campaign first.
     
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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    I want to buy Anno but I am waiting for a 50% or 70% discount.

    I got this game but sadly its one of my 400 steam games that I have not played yet.

    I am addicted to steam! I check it daily and buy anything that's got a good discount.

    I even bought lolDuken Nukemlol...... in my defense its 5 bucks!
     
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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    Oil Rush is amazing. When your ready, let's play online. It's definitely demo material. It took me 15 hours to beat the campaign on normal.

    Oil Rush has tons of tesellation. How does your 6970M CF handle Oil Rush maxed out with max AA with vsync disabled?
     
  14. oni222

    oni222 Notebook Deity

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    I have not loaded it on any of my machines yet. I was busy with SWTOR and Final fantasy XII-2.

    I will try and install it on both machines tonight.
     
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    PsiPr0 Notebook Evangelist

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    Gonna wait for the demo before trying it out. Looks good graphically and some of the gameplay reminds me of Homeworld.
     
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    oni222 Notebook Deity

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    you could always pirate it and if you like it you buy it.

    Here are my pics. The FPS is on the top right using 12.1 drivers. I did disable Crossfire and the fps remained the same so CF does not work right now.

    Then again I have not tested the drivers on anything other than SWTOR so it might be a dud driver.









     
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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    Those pics are beautiful.
     
  18. mobiousblack

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    God I am really glad this game really hit it with you guys :p I totally bought it on a whim when I first saw it.
     
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    Klihne Notebook Consultant

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    Yea only played for like 15 minutes but it looks promising.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
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    Thanks!

    Too bad I did not break the 100 fps mark but considering its running on one card its great!
     
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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    I agree. That's more than I got off of one card.
     
  22. oni222

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    This game uses physx so your version should have allot more particles flying around. So I get more FPS per card but your screen has more going on.
     
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    Anno is absolutely beautiful. I shouldn't have bought it as now I am literally stuck on it.


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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    Your definitely on to something. I noticed a few differences comparing pics. I love PhysX......seriously :D
    Greaaaaat now I gotta go buy Anno 2070. I just bought a Asus Transformer Prime and matching Keyboard Dock.....so now I'm kinda in a hot seat :(
    FTR, the Asus Transformer Prime is AWESOME and smokes my iPad 2. It took me 4 Primes to find the perfect one with NO problems.