Warcraft RTS: Alliance and Horde 1.0 compeleted - Page 7

On November 16 2013 00:53 crappen wrote:
I just had a game versus AI, my first impression is:

Very nice art. I somehow think maybe the models are a bit too big, making the battle scene seem kind of zoomed in. In WC3 I think models was a bit smaller. Maybe something to play out with, is modelsize, and also make them more distinct (and bland perhaps). If they are too flashy and good looking, the gameplay in battle may struggle. In WoW f.ex, one of the problems for me is too many good looking spells, which are good solo, but not in raids.

I kind of like how easy the macro is, making the focus of the game on combat.

Too many spells? Too early for me to tell, but that was my first impression. A solution if desirable, is to do as they did with talents in WoW, cut the boring ones that you dont feel add much, and keep the really fun/good ones. I think however that it is smart to have tons of spells/talents now early on, to luke out the bad ones people don't spend or use much.
As it is now, I felt really lost in battle about my units, making it hard to identify casters. F.ex it is easy to spot a bunch of marines, because you need many of them, and they make a neat little ball, but identify an important caster can be a little more trickier, unless of course its a infestor lol. Again, what if a smaller modelsize, but it was more of them?

On December 12 2013 01:18 KingBongoBong wrote:
Hi. I just wanted to say keep up the good work StevenLuo!! Im not a SC player at all but i will instal the game just to try this mod because it looks good and it brings up good memories XD. I hope u succeed in an attempt to make this mod really big one day , because WC4 is not coming out soon if at all. U are the only hope for WarCraft RTS fans all over the world! XD
keep up! good luck!

On December 12 2013 01:49 digmouse wrote:
OP you would be happy to know that in Patch 2.1 Blizzard is adding in Warcraft 3 hero models.

On November 18 2013 20:32 crappen wrote:
I am at work now, so I have not tested the new version. I would however, like to add what I find good about the game.
It is easy to just jump into without focus on macro and economy. This helps when I am trying to "sell" this game to my friends. I struggle selling a game where I have to lecture them on very basic things. Although its a lot of spells to figure out, it is a much more fun approach to learning a game. When people can go from very early, to just slaughter monsters and gain strength, this is a very good selling point. And having lots of spells, can be what makes people want to stay for a longer time in the game, giving it depth. And your approach to having many of them on autocast, with the options later on to toggle this off, can turn out great.

Trying to have my friends play Starcraft, is a fuckton of pain in the ass, I've given up, and absolutely nobody even in the faintest friendcircle plays starcraft (but everyone has tried). I think you have a good thing going on with this game And having a lot of units with tons of spells, can actually be one of the best selling points. This is a gamedesign decision. Look at Total Annihilation, tons of units, and it became very popular and played for many years. Wish you luck, just make a game you would love to play imo