I just want RTS like Age of Empires to make a return.
Let's hope AoE4 won't be shit
Let's hope AoE4 won't be shit
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Forged Battalion - new RTS from Petroglyph
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January 16, 2018.
Objectively, this doesn't look bad.
But man am I turned down by generic SciFi RTS. It's my personal zombies theme
But man am I turned down by generic SciFi RTS. It's my personal zombies theme
Welcome to modern RTS #4769873496793, where what matters the most is the clusterfuck on the screen that makes it impossible to tell wtf is going on.
We need a bigger for threads like this.
Since everyone wants ye'olde strategy games I want Kohan back
(Myth also, hell I'm even OK for a new Battle Realms...)
We need a fucking and successful RTS renaissance
for threads like this.Since everyone wants ye'olde strategy games I want Kohan back
(Myth also, hell I'm even OK for a new Battle Realms...)We need a fucking and successful RTS renaissance
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Objectively this looks generic as generic as it can get. And that makes it terrible. All the most popular RTS games were opposite of generic.Objectively, this doesn't look bad.
But man am I turned down by generic SciFi RTS. It's my personal zombies theme
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Deflowerer
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All 3D real time strategy games look so fucking ugly.
LESS T_T
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"Customizable" units... because that worked so well in Impossible Creatures or Earth 2160...
You just don't have time for things like that in the middle of a match in RTS games, not even in slower ones (and this doesn't look very slow, but who knows).
If they have to copy some awkward mechanics, I'd rather see something like Maelstrom again, where artificially raising/lowering water level was a part of gameplay.
Pretty weird and unbalanced, but cool.
You just don't have time for things like that in the middle of a match in RTS games, not even in slower ones (and this doesn't look very slow, but who knows).
If they have to copy some awkward mechanics, I'd rather see something like Maelstrom again, where artificially raising/lowering water level was a part of gameplay.
Pretty weird and unbalanced, but cool.
"A new tactical experience from RTS veterans"
tfw you are ashamed of even naming your recent games for the trailer
tfw you are ashamed of even naming your recent games for the trailer
Dayyālu
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It worked well in Warzone 2100, Earth 2150 and Battlezone. Earth 2160's problem was HP bloat, IC that under the coat of "customizable" units you had a very subpar RTS. The problem here is that they keep doing a game that no one wants.
Again, when OpenRa is 300% superior to your new game, something has gone wrong.
Here's an overview/review:
Clears up some misconceptions I had.
In Forged Battalion, at least from the video above, you will create/improve units before doing a mission or match. So during the match, you won't lose any time doing that, you gotta live with what you have.
That's a much better concept and something I actually look for in RTS games. It's one of the reasons I loved AoE 3 so much - the card system added some great customization options (which weren't that balanced, but fuck balancing, I want interesting).
Might give that one a go, then, actually. Despite the terrible genericness. It's rather cheap, too.
Clears up some misconceptions I had.
The problem with the ones I quoted was that you were designing units during the battle. And it was quite the involved procedure. That simply doesn't fit together with having to pay attention to the battlefield (at least not in PvP or co-op).
In Forged Battalion, at least from the video above, you will create/improve units before doing a mission or match. So during the match, you won't lose any time doing that, you gotta live with what you have.
That's a much better concept and something I actually look for in RTS games. It's one of the reasons I loved AoE 3 so much - the card system added some great customization options (which weren't that balanced, but fuck balancing, I want interesting).
Might give that one a go, then, actually. Despite the terrible genericness. It's rather cheap, too.
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80s Stallone
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So nobody gives a shit. How unexpected. It also looks generic as biblical hell.
Sad!
(I liked Grey Goo, BTW, wish they had built on that...)
Sad!
(I liked Grey Goo, BTW, wish they had built on that...)
Well... Grey Goo did look less generic.
Still extremely generic, but this one is like made from SciFi Lego
80s Stallone
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well, they had three different races and established a sci-fi universe. Didn't make much out of it though. Ok, the unit look was lazy.
Not a great game, but I had some multiplayer fun in the beginning.
They are doing lazy cash-grabs now.
And people should stop saying that Petroglyph is ex-Westwood.
Not much to do with Westwood by now.
Not a great game, but I had some multiplayer fun in the beginning.
They are doing lazy cash-grabs now.
And people should stop saying that Petroglyph is ex-Westwood.
Not much to do with Westwood by now.
Designing your own units is a bit of a turn-off for me, TBH. Can't really have iconic units, nor story w. enemy "doomsday weapons" being introduced.
Well, maybe the other way around, enemy having iconic units and you having to come up with a design to counter them.
Well, maybe the other way around, enemy having iconic units and you having to come up with a design to counter them.
80s Stallone
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Designing own units means that at some point the best combination is found and everyone builds that unit.
Black_Willow
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Well, it worked well in War Inc., the most underrated RTS ever.
maybe you shouldn't post about stuff you know nothing about. in this game you create your faction before you enter the battlefield
shame on you!
Perhaps you should read the thread (as in, THREE posts further down) to see I already came to that conclusion
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No point trying to go for the esports crowd, Blizzard has that locked up (and I guess AOE2 to a lesser extent). Same with making a MOBA-style RTS.
With that in mind, the cramped maps are not a good sign (are they going to have a map editor as well as a unit one?). Varied maps and game modes along with custom content kept AOE2 alive until Microsoft released HD, so something other than "kill all units" would help.
With that in mind, the cramped maps are not a good sign (are they going to have a map editor as well as a unit one?). Varied maps and game modes along with custom content kept AOE2 alive until Microsoft released HD, so something other than "kill all units" would help.
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