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I don't even understand how you can ruin Ace of Spades. It was such a brilliant game, all it needed was polish. The game play was simple and brilliant. What di

• jere 13y ago
  I know! They went from simple trench warefare to an over the top class based game. One class has a rocket launcher; another a jetpack. >Ace of Spades was reviewed in the February 2013 issue of Edge Magazine, which found the official version to be "maniacally fast", and added that construction "feels pointless; barricades and buildings are meaningless when an enemy can jetpack over them or snipe straight through them, and the game moves too fast to allow complex strategising." Additionally, it said that the game's alpha incarnation was slower, "offering a long war where players constructed secret tunnels and vast, defensible forts." Ultimately, the review decided that the official version of Ace of Spades "tries to reach a no man's land between considered construction and chaotic destruction, but its foundations aren't sturdy enough to hold any longterm weight." If you're missing the original gameplay though you have two options. The original game is still hosted on a site call buildandshoot.com and the Jagex game added a classic mode. I'm beyond paying for it at this point though.