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kAra
Germany1402 Posts
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Jeremy Reimer
Canada1112 Posts
On December 11 2025 00:31 kAra wrote: boring game boring topic Welcome to page 300! | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17329 Posts
https://www.twitch.tv/tastelesstv/clip/CogentCourageousJackalNotATK-_XxWjDZZqoCP8yCg here is a boring reply to a boring reply  you're Canadian? ever have some random guy in the middle of a dull hockey game yell "BBBBOOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGG"? i only see it at hockey games. Never baseball or basketball. | ||
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Jeremy Reimer
Canada1112 Posts
On December 11 2025 06:29 JimmyJRaynor wrote: An clip showing some intense Sentinel combat. https://www.twitch.tv/tastelesstv/clip/CogentCourageousJackalNotATK-_XxWjDZZqoCP8yCg here is a boring reply to a boring reply you're Canadian? ever have some random guy in the middle of a dull hockey game yell "BBBBOOOORRRRRIIIIINNNNNGGGG"? i only see it at hockey games. Never baseball or basketball. There's no such thing as a boring hockey game. | ||
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kAra
Germany1402 Posts
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ThunderJunk
United States726 Posts
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Miragee
8646 Posts
On December 12 2025 07:16 ThunderJunk wrote: Meanwhile, the Beyond All Reason thread has like 4 pages, and it's an actually incredible game. (If you like competitive multiplayer. Campaign isn't there yet.) I watched a bit of a stream the other day and couldn't tell what was going on at all. The game looks pretty cool and probably is pretty cool but I find it very hard to casually observe. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22132 Posts
On December 12 2025 07:16 ThunderJunk wrote: They are to busy playing to game to troll on a Starcraft forum Meanwhile, the Beyond All Reason thread has like 4 pages, and it's an actually incredible game. (If you like competitive multiplayer. Campaign isn't there yet.)  | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26362 Posts
On December 10 2025 16:08 Kneeb4r wrote: 11k views so far, not bad at all for a smaller channel. I don't think he needs your advice on how to be successful considering you spent $500 on vapour ware and have to spend your weekends defending your behaviour on a forum. Not really sure how Spartak’s behaviour is any worse than others. He’s been pretty transparent about said investment for forever, he clearly wanted it to succeed, but hey it didn’t. Hey he had a certain bias but whatever. This level of vindictive bollocks is frankly pathetic, get a new hobby. Maybe boost an RTS with some actual promise instead of perpetually beating a dead horse or something. Try that. Fucking hell. Insufferable. I’m out. | ||
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ThunderJunk
United States726 Posts
On December 12 2025 07:23 Miragee wrote: I watched a bit of a stream the other day and couldn't tell what was going on at all. The game looks pretty cool and probably is pretty cool but I find it very hard to casually observe. I think it's best to watch some casted games before diving into a first-person view on stream. Tbf though I think Starcraft does have a better "over the shoulder" viewing experience. I attribute that mainly to the fact that you can zoom in and out in BAR. It's a great QOL feature for the player, but for the observer who isn't controlling it - totally makes watching a lot less enjoyable. In any case, I think it's ridiculous that we have 300 pages on a failed project that no one is playing when there's a seriously incredible game that most people haven't tried yet. So, I'm going to keep banging this drum until I'm driven off the site. | ||
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ChillFlame
241 Posts
Also, if you think SC is clear at first glance, that's your professional deformation. Non-RTS fans don't understand what's going on at all. It's like a cat watching a laser pointer. I tested it on my normie friends. The only RTS games normal people can understand are historical like AoE or CoH. At least you can understand units' purpose by looking at them using your real life knowledge. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10856 Posts
When looking at the unit roster it's hard to think anything outside of "wtf are they thinking/doing?"... I mean, according to the homepage, one faction alone has 102 Units (not counting Turrets/Buildings). They probably should and could cut that in half and still have very solid variety while not looking ridiculously overwhelming. I watched quite a bit of BAR and it's really not that hard to understand. Just think new Total Annihilation/Supreme Commander and thats basically it. I also have seen about 0 reasons for the unit roster to be as big as it is. | ||
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4393 Posts
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ChillFlame
241 Posts
On December 15 2025 17:51 Velr wrote: BAR is also doing everything it can to not look appealing. When looking at the unit roster it's hard to think anything outside of "wtf are they thinking/doing?"... I mean, according to the homepage, one faction alone has 102 Units (not counting Turrets/Buildings). They probably should and could cut that in half and still have very solid variety while not looking ridiculously overwhelming. I watched quite a bit of BAR and it's really not that hard to understand. Just think new Total Annihilation/Supreme Commander and thats basically it. I also have seen about 0 reasons for the unit roster to be as big as it is. Haha, read the game title. All units are split in four technology branches. You rarely go for more than one. So you don't have to think of all 100 units while playing. Personally I wouldn't mind another branch with 20 units. I'm so tired of balanced and sterile games. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26362 Posts
On December 15 2025 17:51 Velr wrote: BAR is also doing everything it can to not look appealing. When looking at the unit roster it's hard to think anything outside of "wtf are they thinking/doing?"... I mean, according to the homepage, one faction alone has 102 Units (not counting Turrets/Buildings). They probably should and could cut that in half and still have very solid variety while not looking ridiculously overwhelming. I watched quite a bit of BAR and it's really not that hard to understand. Just think new Total Annihilation/Supreme Commander and thats basically it. I also have seen about 0 reasons for the unit roster to be as big as it is. Yeah, I wonder if it’s a downside of the kind of collaborative development? Great for every feature someone develops and gets added, but maybe you end up with redundant units given that same vague approach? I mean the game does kick arse but I’d agree that sheer size of unit rosters is probably a flaw | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7117 Posts
On December 13 2025 08:35 ThunderJunk wrote: I think it's best to watch some casted games before diving into a first-person view on stream. Tbf though I think Starcraft does have a better "over the shoulder" viewing experience. I attribute that mainly to the fact that you can zoom in and out in BAR. It's a great QOL feature for the player, but for the observer who isn't controlling it - totally makes watching a lot less enjoyable. In any case, I think it's ridiculous that we have 300 pages on a failed project that no one is playing when there's a seriously incredible game that most people haven't tried yet. So, I'm going to keep banging this drum until I'm driven off the site. Well, I'm interested. Could you point me to a commentated beginner friendly vod I could watch? | ||
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ChillFlame
241 Posts
On December 15 2025 22:11 WombaT wrote: Yeah, I wonder if it’s a downside of the kind of collaborative development? Great for every feature someone develops and gets added, but maybe you end up with redundant units given that same vague approach? I mean the game does kick arse but I’d agree that sheer size of unit rosters is probably a flaw If you want a serious answer, no, that's not a case of collaborative development feature bloat. There aren't really 100 units per faction. There are 4 independent tech branches, plus a bunch of t3 superunits. Each of them has radar and radar jammer for example. They are functionally the same, except flyers fly, vehicles are fast, etc. The same with other unit types. You might think of them as subfactions. Sometimes you mix them, yes, for example when you play front as robos and your team gives you a T2 vehicle builder, so you have T1 robos and T2 vehicles. The game is designed precisely like this and it works. There's huge strategic variety by intent. This is what SC2 lacks the most, IMO. There is only a little gap for strategy. It's mostly build order execution, macro, and micro. Scouting and decision making is there too, but it only exists inside the limits of your build. The craziest thing is showing your enemy 10 marines and a glowing tech lab and going mech next. On the other hand BAR has that crazy unit variety, sophisticated economy and teamwork. It really helps to open up a strategic potential. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17693 Posts
I guess that one thing SG did well is to provide nearly endless content farm. | ||
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Kneeb4r
Canada19 Posts
On December 16 2025 03:13 Manit0u wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JCO_PxVreA I guess that one thing SG did well is to provide nearly endless content farm. It is the gift that keeps on giving. Just like Tim Morten's linked in. Speaking of, today's delusional ramblings show Timmy is still showing up to award shows to try and squeeze someone for money. "Last but not least, Kickstarter wound up being an unexpected source of awareness. We set out to fund some specific initiatives (a wide beta and a collector's edition), but the Kickstarter campaign also sparked a broader conversation. " I like that he completely ignores and tries to sidestep the controversy around the kickstarter. It definitely sparked a "broader conversation" about how you were misleading fans (investors) about the project. Tim is so good at speaking out of both sides of his mouth, he is a born car salesman charlatan. I also like how he calls Reddit harsh because it was the only place actually asking questions and trying to get Tim the charlatan to tell the truth. Maybe that's why he curated the AMAs so heavily. | ||
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Bacillus
Finland2029 Posts
Isn't half of the point of Kickstarter to spread awareness anyway? Financing is part of the thing for some smaller projects, but for example for Storm Gate the 2 mil they got from there is roughly 5% of that overall budget at best. Surely it doesn't hurt, but the exposure you get is a much bigger deal. | ||
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