MobiusArcher: I don't think they are doing to to make money right now. It sounds like the current tests are rather technical right now. The sunup page more or less states this stage isn't meant for people to be playing for fun. Its probably like a real beta test, and not just game balancing and finding the occasional bug. You actually have to contribute here. I would imagine the requirements for participation were put there so that they only get people who are really interested in testing the game, as opposed to people who just want early access.
I was being a bit sarcastic.
Yes, I know what a beta is for. Usually people mistake it for a final product which they should have fun, but that's not what a beta means.
To me it just seemed suspicious how they want people with gold accounts or whatever the requirements, for a chance in it.
I will buy DF:AF when it's out, would like more news about it and novalogic is slacking about it for years.
lettmon: delta force was fun, the horrendous engine even by standards of late 90s somewhat added to the experience lol
At the time of release, the engine was fit for the type of games they were making. A GPU wouldn't have the power to render all that. ;-)
Just nowadays it's unacceptable that they use the same or similar engine for DF: Xtreme 1 or 2. They need to change it badly for DF:AF.
iainmet: a fair few games did actually use them for the graphics, best known one is here on GOG - Outcast
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_with_voxel_graphics]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_games_with_voxel_graphics[/url]
Yep, Outcast has a very good atmosphere and art, there's even a way to play it in higher resolutions, just have a look here www.gog.com/en/forum/outcast/
AFnord: There is also a 10th anniversary collection DVD for Delta Force, containing DF 1-2, Land Warrior+expansion and Black hawk down+expansion, plus Black hawk down's soundtrack.
It is a rather cheaply made collection though. Just a DVD with everything shoved onto the disc, and the stickers containing the CD-keys are not even in the right order...
A good collection, costs like $10 to $20.
Didn't know about the stickers problem, again that's very lame coming from novalogic. :/