The launch of Age Of Empires Online and the beta of Command And Conquer Tiberium Alliances gives me a further opportunity to test Windows 8 on the dual screen Acer Iconia 6120,the filming photo taking and uploading of 1080p video and 5MP pictures using the new iPad ,as well as commenting on what launching free to play versions of two of PC gaming's legends means for gaming kind . And to test Windows 8 multitasking prowess we will throw in a little Windows 8 App gaming with Ultraviolet Dawn and DOS Box Ultima Underworld . The photos taken were beamed to twitter and the 6120 from the new iPad , from which I used the Photobucket Windows 8 App to upload them in the form you see here .SD cards? Where we are going you don't need SD cards! Who says I don't suffer for my art?
This is how we gamers roll in 2012 , first you take your dual screen Windows 8 tablet :
You tap your IE10 browser and in seconds you are playing Command And Conquer Tiberium Alliances free , and with the rest of the world as your neighbor :
here's some 1080p video courtesy of the new iPads camera uploaded to youtube from iMovie ( which is largely useless to me at present)
here's some 1080p video courtesy of the new iPads camera uploaded to youtube from iMovie ( which is largely useless to me at present)
Tiberium Alliances plays just like your classic C & C , playing is like painting creating then rushing the enemy , and you can lavish hours and days on this , when you log back in you are exactly where you were when you left off , although the rest of the world and your virtual neighbors may have advanced far beyond you !
but playing one updated PC classic on your dual screen Windows 8 tablet is so 2000 and late no? So let us flip the tablet around and play Age Of Empires Online and start multiscreening the way that only Windows 8 can :
Windows 8 does DOS box fine , as you can see from my Ultima Underworld 2 mess around , and Ultraviolet Dawn mot only works in landscape and portrait but also in minimized pane mode . At this point we are using a dual screen Windows 8 tablet PC to play Command And Conquer Tiberium alliances in an IE10 browser ( which we can stretch to 2 screens) , whilst running Age of Empires Online in Steam from the desktop , whilst running Ultima Underworld 2 in dos box which we can also maximise , whilst running a Windows 8 App game Ultraviolet Dawn which we can play in a pane , small or large , maxed out , whilst running other apps . I think my hot new iPad was blushing when it filmed all this …
Windows 8 is frankly liberating , the OS that has those who cannot adapt or relied on past versions of Windows flaws for their income flow quaking . And this is on 1 year old hardware . Developers like EA and Valve are waking up to the possibilities , and the likes of the coders of Ultraviolet Dawn already have their games and Apps taking benefit of Windows 8s unique features .
Re the new iPad I used to get the video and pics , uploading video on youtube is very fast , comparable to any Windows laptop running Wifi that I have . Editing with iMovie is almost insulting , it needs more features . The quality of pictures and video are excellent , of course you have to get used to the weight and size! The iPad serves as a nice secondary device uploading your video whilst you blog, blogging in Google Apps is still HTML only , so come on Google !
The screen is insanely sharp , selecting editing photos and video is a joy , playback of youtube video over the wifi I tested was completely buffer free.
So what is so significant about the release of AOE online and C & C Tiberium Alliances ?
The casual gaming App , free to play and easy to download was seen by some as marking the death of core gaming . This has been true for many a traditional game coder and publisher . For we now live in a world where talented coders like Zipper responsible for the awesomeness that is Crimson Skies ( on PC and Xbox) are being mothballed whilst new kids like Rovio are seemingly taking over the world . Now 2 years into the iOS and Android freemium play casual App assault , the wiser publishers are starting to adapt , in a manner that would make Darwin proud. So we have free to play versions , not iOS or Android Apps , but Steam and browser based games , that sit on our PC , laptops and run rather well on Windows 8 tablets!
Today's gamer is used to freemium games with names or gameplay fondly similar to classic core games , or with those physics teaching feathered pig haters... but now the likes of EA , Valve and the PC coding big league are starting to leverage established AAA PC franchises , in this case Age of Empires and Command and Conquer both of which are more addictive than most banned substances , releasing them as free to play , and you will play , and then hopefully pay for bits and bobs just like you do on all your phones and tablets … and those angry aves …and social farming games that take up your Facebook time.
It has been said that we will soon see the launch of the likes of Skyrim sized games , in a couple of years , but it will happen far sooner if publishers can help it : On the PC there are far more revered games franchises than Skyrim . games that can take months of your time , and did and will so again ...
Age Of Empires Online and Command and Conquer Tiberium Alliances are games that can eat your life away . Perfectly suited RTS gameplay .
And so ends my mash up test of using iOS 5.1 with Windows 8 , browser , retro DOs , and Steam based gaming controlled with touch on a dual screen Acer Iconia 6120 … come on people jump in it is a wonderful time to be a gamer !
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