Surprisingly good read! You really made me remember how awesome it was playing the campaign for the first time. My first missions were the BW zerg ones.. I remember I made scourge and saw their damage and made like 50 scourge before realizing they can only hit air plus they suicide...

good times ^^

redDain

Canada8 Posts

January 25 2012 19:07 GMT

#44

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I love the level of thought process through the blog increasing over time as you grow up and understand games a little better.

Gonzo103

Germany220 Posts

January 25 2012 19:09 GMT

#45

wow what an awesome read! remembered me on my old days when i started to play c&c red alert 2 - grinding out hundreds of strategies beating the somewhat stupid AI. Never let any unit die!

NSGrendel

United Kingdom235 Posts

January 25 2012 19:10 GMT

#46

There was also no right click function in Dune. You needed to pick the command (attack, move) and then left click on the target, as I recall. Been a while though, haven't played it since it first came out.

Skeggaba

Korea (South)1556 Posts

January 25 2012 19:11 GMT

#47

Sweet read, you have a gift my friend!
(Man that took a while

)

TundrA.

Canada35 Posts

January 25 2012 19:16 GMT

#48

Sick read! After taking a few weeks off SC2 (LoL is crack), I'm really psyched to play again, and this does a great job of expressing why. As a guy who has never played Brood War, I really feel I missed something magical... but like you I don't think that I'd enjoy the process to learning enough about the game to play is at a level of comic awfulness. Even in Plat, the game feels somewhat 'real', in the sense that players can at least attempt pro strategies because the APM requirements are low enough. I doubt I'll ever get past low Diamond, but I still get the sense that I'll be playing a rough approximation of how the game is supposed to be played, much like if I picked up painting I'd never make anything great, but at least you'd know that the paint smudge is supposed to be a cow.

Good stuff man! Thanks for the read!

YouGotNothin

United States907 Posts

January 25 2012 19:31 GMT

#49

Great writing, the end part of explaining how you feel you are almost as good as the pros in SC2 so you believe it must be an easy game is something I completely agree with and was expressed very well. SC2 makes you feel great because macro isn't too hard but then you actually play someone good and you realize you are complete shit. I think more people (foreigners) need to realize this if they haven't already.

FluffyBinLaden

United States527 Posts

January 25 2012 19:38 GMT

#50

I like it. I didn't see where the post was going at first, but its well stated. Your eloquence is refreshing.

R3DT1D3

285 Posts

January 25 2012 19:40 GMT

#51

While not as crazily exploitable as Dune II, I had a similar thing going with Age of Empires 2 (particularly the demos) and a little WC2. I figured out all the little quirks in the AI and how it handled units to the point where I dozens of strategies that would win the mission without even having to build combat units (or very few if the map didn't start with any).

Awesome post.

ticklishmusic

United States15977 Posts

January 25 2012 19:46 GMT

#52

I want to play Dune now xD

Amanebak

Czech Republic528 Posts

January 25 2012 20:01 GMT

#53

On January 26 2012 04:46 ticklishmusic wrote:
I want to play Dune now xD

I am probably going to do so :D
I would like to know how to beat that last mission with all those nukes. They are so annoying. I would just save a game just when the launch of the rocket was announced and if it hit something valuable I would load the game and pray again.
That trick with Ornitophters didn't occur to me. I just need to obtain a version where the AI won't build over your units - that's too much to tolerate

I really enjoyed this blog. Thank you.

]343[

United States10328 Posts

January 25 2012 20:06 GMT

#54

On January 26 2012 04:01 aisight wrote:
I'm pretty sure you could multi-select in Dune 2000. Was the original Dune 2 really that horrendous of a UI?

Very good read.

yes. I tried it for a few... coming from Warcraft I (in which you could select 4 units), Dune II was ridiculously difficult.

Hassybaby

United Kingdom10823 Posts

January 25 2012 20:11 GMT

#55

On January 26 2012 05:06 ]343[ wrote:

Show nested quote +

yes. I tried it for a few... coming from Warcraft I (in which you could select 4 units), Dune II was ridiculously difficult.

Lies! Just because you couldn't select more than one unit
Or your buildings deteriorated as time passed
And you needed power for everything
And the maps were sort of small considering how costly some units were
And sand worms.....3 mins of shooting them till they die?

Doesn't mean its hard!

Seriously that game was SO KICK ASS.

Great read btw

kawoq

Guatemala357 Posts

January 25 2012 20:35 GMT

#56

Great read, was looking for something good to read and TL always deliver with his great users!...

[17]Purple

United Kingdom3489 Posts

January 25 2012 20:46 GMT

#57

Really great read, interesting perspective since I personally enjoy Chess more than playing StarCraft (yes, yes, heresy!) but it was definitely a good read.

FidoDido

United States1292 Posts

January 25 2012 20:48 GMT

#58

KKND got me into RTS gaming.. I wonder if anyone here has ever heard of it.

Lunchador

United States776 Posts

January 25 2012 21:09 GMT

#59

I still remember the time I first came into Starcraft from Warcraft 2.

"You can ATTACK-MOVE?!?!? This @#$% is so easy, omg!"

The original Warcraft 2 (until the battle.net addition arrived) did not have attack-moving or control groups. Microing especially against AI spellcasters was absolute hell. And Warcraft 2 was a micro-intensive game.

BadWolf0

United States300 Posts

January 25 2012 21:11 GMT

#60

Awesome read! LOL at the people who read the first two paragraphs and went 'haha he doesn't understand chess' instead of getting the point. I really liked this. I had a similar experience with chess stemming from only ever having played my Ilow master (local, only competed in college) father. I enjoyed all the Dune memory trips as well :D 5/5