dubq 0 Report post Posted March 26, 2004 They're going to offer the game packaged on a CD that can be sent through snail mail, correct? Yah, there's a CD option, but it's $10 more.. not that big of a deal I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Annoyed Grunt Report post Posted March 27, 2004 Edit: Anyone know the specs on this thing? Computer requirements is what I mean. I've got a laptop that's only about a year old, will this work on it? The other games from .400 studios have system requirements like: Minimum System Requirements Operating System: Windows 95/98/ME CPU: Pentium II (or equivalent) 500 mhz or higher Memory: 64 MB RAM plus Windows swap file enabled Hard Disk Space: 60 MB for install, additional space for saved games Audio System: Windows compatible sound card Video System: 1024x768 display capable of running 16-bit color or higher Multiplayer: Online play requires a 28.8 Kbps or faster modem for file transfers Optimal System Requirements Operating System: Windows Windows 2000 or XP CPU: Pentium III class (or equivalent) 500 mhz or higher Memory: 128 MB RAM or higher Video System: 1024x768 display capable of running 32-bit color mode Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Gentlemen, we have a release date!!! Swiped from TEW Forums Hello, I'm pleased to announce that Total Extreme Warfare 2004 will officially be released on March 31st 2004. You will be able to also download the 1-day trial on this day too. Please note that we will not be announcing an exact time that the game will become available, in order to avoid several thousand people trying to download it at exactly the same moment. I can also confirm that i will be on-line for several hours a day for the first couple of days after release, to answer support questions to make sure that everyone gets it working without a hitch, as will several other members of the TEW and .400 team. System requirements for the game will be posted on the official web site later today - we highly recommend that you make sure you read the requirements before purchasing the game. Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Gentlemen, we have a release date!!! Swiped from TEW Forums Hello, I'm pleased to announce that Total Extreme Warfare 2004 will officially be released on March 31st 2004. You will be able to also download the 1-day trial on this day too. Please note that we will not be announcing an exact time that the game will become available, in order to avoid several thousand people trying to download it at exactly the same moment. I can also confirm that i will be on-line for several hours a day for the first couple of days after release, to answer support questions to make sure that everyone gets it working without a hitch, as will several other members of the TEW and .400 team. System requirements for the game will be posted on the official web site later today - we highly recommend that you make sure you read the requirements before purchasing the game. Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Bloody hell. If I want to order this on CD AND pay by using a money order, this is going to cost me an extra 15 bucks. Actually 16 if you factor in the cost of the money order. As much as I want this game, I hadn't intended on paying $51 for it. Anyone know what the size of TEW is going to wind up being? Because the whole reason I want to get a CD is because I'm afraid that my pissant little 56k connection won't be able to handle the download. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Bloody hell. If I want to order this on CD AND pay by using a money order, this is going to cost me an extra 15 bucks. Actually 16 if you factor in the cost of the money order. As much as I want this game, I hadn't intended on paying $51 for it. Anyone know what the size of TEW is going to wind up being? Because the whole reason I want to get a CD is because I'm afraid that my pissant little 56k connection won't be able to handle the download. I heard it was between 23 & 28 Megs. Where're you located? I wonder if it's shipping from the UK or is it from a distributor in NA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garth 0 Report post Posted March 29, 2004 Huzzah. I can't wait shame i'm pennieless at the moment, looks like the one day trial thingy for me at the moment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheArchiteck Report post Posted March 29, 2004 I'll check out that one day trial.. If i gotta have more, i'll download the sucka. I also tried jumping back into EWR....but damn since I haven't played in months. I felt so lost. It was right after I bought WWE and had like 90+ ppl on my roster and like 10 belts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 30, 2004 I'll check out that one day trial.. If i gotta have more, i'll download the sucka. I also tried jumping back into EWR....but damn since I haven't played in months. I felt so lost. It was right after I bought WWE and had like 90+ ppl on my roster and like 10 belts. I've been trying to restart an EWR campaign for the past month or so because I lost my old one.. but with TEW's impending arrival, I just haven't been able to put my heart into it. Can't wait till the 31st!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheArchiteck Report post Posted March 30, 2004 Yeah same here......I'm just fooling around now. Although I did get my goal of making Shelton a main eventer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Download TEW demo - clicky clicky! Total Extreme Warfare Windows 98/ME/XP/2000 | $34.95 | 24.0 MB | Available Now! Total Extreme Warfare is the new wrestling management simulator from Adam Ryland, creator of the critically acclaimed Extreme Warfare Revenge series. Taking on the role of a wrestling promoter, it is up to you to try and steer your chosen company to the top of the industry, along the way dealing with prima donna superstars, wars with rival companies, and the demands of TV companies! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 In the Immortal Words of Jay - "WAH-HOO NOOTCH!!" - this thing is fucking awesome!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArkhamGlobe 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 I downloaded it a while ago and I'm still just setting up my own fed to play with but goddamn does it look amazing. Too bad I can't afford to buy it until the 25th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Yeah, I don't know what the deal is with the flimsy 24 hour trial thing. I mean, why not have it as a cumulative 24 hours of gameplay? Or even a seven day trial. Most software even give you 30 days.. it's just... wierd. But still. Hopefully I can make a proper judgement of whether I'm buying or not in these short 24 hours.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 I dont know if i'm alone in saying this, but from what i've seen.... EWR > TEW. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Papacita 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Yeah, they really should to more than 24 hours. With them releasing it on a week day, how many people will really have that much time to play it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 I dont know if i'm alone in saying this, but from what i've seen.... EWR > TEW. I think I may have been a little overzealous with my "this is fucking awesome" comment. I'd only scratched the surface and now that I've played it for a little while.. I'm not so sure I'll be purchasing. It's almost... too detailed, if that's possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 The trial overwhelmed me... I have a 3 1/2 year old computer with very little ram, so it was taking forever to go the 2nd day. I don't know who anyone is, or where I can talk to someone who should be yelling at me to do things to the roster or get sponsors (I miss Sophie). My resolution is normally 800x600, so I wasn't used to the higher resolution and had a difficult time seeing. However, it seemed really indepth, and if/when RaveX or someone posts a hack or whatever you want to call it to revert everyone and everything to real people and companies, I may just order it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 When is the Rave X update coming out? Because I think that a lot of the hesitant feelings towards TEW will diminish once people have actual wrestlers / feds to work with. The early criticism surrounding the game does center around its detail being confusing, but a lot of that stems from having to work with totally original feds & rosters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 The trial overwhelmed me... I have a 3 1/2 year old computer with very little ram, so it was taking forever to go the 2nd day. I don't know who anyone is, or where I can talk to someone who should be yelling at me to do things to the roster or get sponsors (I miss Sophie). My resolution is normally 800x600, so I wasn't used to the higher resolution and had a difficult time seeing. However, it seemed really indepth, and if/when RaveX or someone posts a hack or whatever you want to call it to revert everyone and everything to real people and companies, I may just order it. Adam's posted a lot about the system specs over the last few days. If you have anything less than 128 MB of RAM, you're pretty much screwed. My laptop is about 256 (half the optimal) but I think I should be okay. It does run in 1024 resolution, though. You may have to adjust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Well, another problem is you go from EWR to this monster. It's going to take a bit more than a 1 day trial to pick up all the nuances of this game. From the very little I tried before realzing that with 64MB of ram, I need to start a new game with no other countries but North America, almost nothing was EWR-familiar. It's a whole new learnign curve. I think once people learn it, they'll love it. Unless they don't want something with depth, then I don't know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Adam's posted a lot about the system specs over the last few days. If you have anything less than 128 MB of RAM, you're pretty much screwed. My laptop is about 256 (half the optimal) but I think I should be okay. It does run in 1024 resolution, though. You may have to adjust. Well I suppose this is as good an excuse as any to FINALLY buy some Ram. My monitor is about to die any day now (repeatedly wacking it to get rid of the pink/purple haze it covers the screen with isn't cutting it these days) so perhaps I can get a bigger one where 1024 won't be a big deal. Sadly, I had read "Average .400 program requirements" above as "TEW Requirements", and assumed I'd get by. Then the game tells me it needs 500-something MB of Ram to run optimally and recommends removing some of the countries. Oh well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Personally I love teh details of certain aspects. The actual booking, hiring, stuff like that. The other stuff that grates on my nerves though - and yes, I know this is essential for a real sim - is the markets and having to worry about how over you are in Kamloops or Kelowna, etc. I could've sworn Adam said he'd put in an auto-handler feature so that we could just skip all of the BUSINESS-business stuff and get to the meat of booking and pushing wrestlers. But I don't see it.. I guess that's what I was expecting.. something based more on the wrestlers and less on the business aspect. =\ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garth 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Theres a beta version of the RaveX update for TEW available now over on the forums Link to Beta RaveX Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Yah, I just saw that too. I'll give it another go tonight when I get off work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Must say, unless they had an advanced copy, they got that done quick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 It's severely incomplete. Only some workers, pics and logos. No titles, feds, networks, etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Venkman - you might be okay with 64 RAM, but then again, you'd pretty much have to run with only one game area open, and the load times might be quite long (a minute or so for the first couple weeks, slightly less than a minute after that as the game sets itself). And the Rave X updates should become more detailed as time goes on, but as you can imagine, TEW is a huge game and thus it's going to take them some time to get all of the main promotions / feds from around the entire WORLD done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 Phil from Ravex is saying he's hoping to have the complete WWE Update ready for the weekend.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrVenkman PhD 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2004 So... should a OAO TEW Thread get made? Should it be merged with this? I guess that's up to a mod but I'm throwing it out there... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
