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Thank you for making this thread! I really think that the 8-bit series is super underrated. I heard good things about Tooth & Tail, do you guys think it holds up still? I know that the shelf life of games these days is pretty low.
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Pathos posted:Oh my god what I would do for another Myth game. I love Myth / Myth 2 so loving much. We never talk about Myth 3. I missed the boat on the Myth series back in the '90s. I looked it up and watched a few Let's Play episodes. My first impression is that it seems just like MechCommander 2 and the Dawn of War series?
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Nov 18, 2018 20:11
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Found a post-mortem that the lead developer wrote on the game: https://steamcommunity.com/app/346930/discussions/1/1634111706739056191/
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Nov 18, 2018 23:53
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bloodychill posted:It's the classic indie game problem. The scope was too big, the buzz and advertising was too little, and they ran out of money and motivation. I'm gonna frame this post and put it on my wall
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Nov 19, 2018 22:19
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A new 2D RTS thing in the style of Warcraft 2 and 3 just came out on Steam, made in Unity. It has a free demo. I played it and thought it was pretty decent. Their campaign is fully voice acted and has cutscenes and whatnot. Surpassed my expectations, at least. Here's the link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/946660/Loria/ I think that the environment art is bad, but apart from that it's okay imo. I recommend at least playing the first couple of campaign missions in the Demo. The download for it is on the right in the sidebar. Love Stole the Day fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Nov 27, 2018 |
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Nov 27, 2018 15:22
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MiddleOne posted:Why would you copy Starcraft to that degree, just why. Every month a new Minecraft-like or DayZ-like comes out and makes millions in sales while we refuse to support RTS developers, then we turn around and wonder why it feels like the genre is dead. imo developers who wear their inspirations on their sleeve (e.g. copying the starcraft formula) are cool and good, as long as the game turns out to be fun.
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Jun 8, 2019 18:12
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Corbeau posted:Gonna second Myth. I've not played any coop game that approaches the shenanigans of Myth. It's all I can do to not write a crazy effortpost that almost nobody would read, because god drat is Myth good.
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Nov 14, 2019 00:55
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Tooth and Tail is good Northgard is good I don't know why they aren't more popular (though Northgard is peaking around 3500-4000 players every month)
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Dec 11, 2019 04:21
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Does anyone feel like it's weird that the Age of Empires 2 has outlived and outlasted the Starcraft community and the C&C community? It's always been this weird island that's been detached from everything and it just somehow keeps going strong for some reason. I feel like all of the drama and issues that RTS communities have had over the decades doesn't apply to the AoE2 community.
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Feb 2, 2020 19:56
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I think AoE2 has way more people playing than watching though and I'd be surprised if SC2's daily player counts over the past 7 years can come anywhere close to AoE2's consistency (even after being split across 2 games): Also, Tooth & Tail is very underrated right now imo: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/545898904?t=0h20m37s
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Feb 2, 2020 21:38
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Samopsa posted:There are currently 300k sc2 players daily on just the 1v1 ladder, so not counting coop or single player which are even bigger. That completely and utterly eclipses any aoe2 player counts.
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Feb 2, 2020 22:21
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ZearothK posted:A Year of Rain is dead. Here's a released indie Warcraft 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/946660/Loria/ It has a free demo and I thought the campaign was fun. On a related note, again, Tooth and Tail is super underrated.
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Feb 7, 2020 14:44
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This one looks pretty polished: https://store.steampowered.com/app/718650/Driftland_The_Magic_Revival/ Has anyone tried it? It looks like a Northgard-like.
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Feb 14, 2020 03:06
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Apparently there was another RTS remaster that didn't get marketed well enough this past year but has good Steam reviews regardless: https://store.steampowered.com/app/944010/SWINE_HD_Remaster/ This new Steam "Deep Dive" thing is pretty good
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Feb 16, 2020 19:19
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Petroglyph did a good job with the 8-Bit series, but why would they remake RA1? It has already been done by the OpenRA people, so they're not adding anything. Is it just because EA wants to take a dump on the OpenRA developers so they're giving Petroglyph a bunch of money to do it for them?
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Mar 7, 2020 14:52
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https://discord.gg/cWbUja is the #strategy_games Discord channel
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AoE 1 is a big deal in Vietnam, like how Starcraft was in Korea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zov1MxwiQ7c
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Negostrike posted:I wonder if the Definitive Edition is being used for their tournaments. AOE 1 DE is a pretty mediocre "remastering" compared to 2. It is! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdz4q1o0C3LVAWvTRDjWaBg/videos
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Apr 27, 2020 18:00
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C++ code from 1995 isn't going to help inform new projects. The most it'll do is get some retired software people to make an open source version of command and conquer or red alert (i.e. an Open "RA", if you will) like what they did with Doom. It's just good PR to help you forget about that sense of pride and accomplishment they gave you a few years ago. edit-- the mod support is good news though Love Stole the Day fucked around with this message at 01:23 on May 21, 2020 |
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May 20, 2020 19:41
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Iron Harvest has a good campaign You get to have a little bear cub as your sidekick and you throw snowballs at bullies: 
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Sep 6, 2020 18:19
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Mordja posted:Looks like that Starship Troopers RTS is still a thing. Love the concept
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drkeiscool posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1500970/BlackChain/ Nice link, thanks! Will try it out. Was wondering why we don't have more Starcraft-likes.
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Deakul posted:Basically never play RTSes competitively and you'll have a great time. qft also a good thread title
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Mar 26, 2021 00:28
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Mordja posted:Warcraftlike Loria is now free as part of a kickstarter promotion for the guy's new game. Quoting for even more visibility because I unironically liked this one I for one want to see more Starcraft-likes that aren't made by Blizzard because Hong Kong
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Jun 24, 2021 02:24
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Kvlt! posted:Speaking of the sale, Iron Harvest looks cool. Worth picking up? I strongly recommend it, even if just for the campaign, above poster is a goonsay
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Jun 24, 2021 23:03
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Look at this cute little bear and say Iron Harvest is bad. It's impossible. Say it to its face!
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Jun 25, 2021 20:55
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Steam Sale Trip Report: Dawn of War 2 is good and fun. Dawn of War 3 is good and fun. Loria is also good and fun though not as much as the above ones. That's my post thanks for reading.
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Iron Harvest is a good video game that is fun, has a non-toxic casual multiplayer and co-op community, isn't corrupted by in-game ads or freemium content, and isn't made by skinhead developers who sexually assault their employees until they commit suicide only to cover it up by crunching everyone else to re-release the same game every year while smugly asking "do you really want chat channels?". Also the bear is adorable, the voice acting is great, the characters are memorable, and the campaign's story is very good compared to its competitors. The game punches well above its weight for an indie team and the devs are worth supporting.
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Aug 19, 2021 04:57
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Iron Marines is cool and fun so far. Lots of cameos. They also had a little Captain Picard guy standing around at one point.
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Davincie posted:have there been any good rts the last year for singleplayer? mostly looking for a good campaign. Tried iron harvest and spellforce and didn't like either (spellforce was too bland and iron harvest doesnt play well at all) https://store.steampowered.com/app/931280/Iron_Marines/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/813780/Age_of_Empires_II_Definitive_Edition/
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Bloodly posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1500970/BlackChain/ BlackChain was cool and good -- it hits the same notes that Brood War did and is a good game considering it was a solo dev project. It even comes with a map editor, of all things, modeled after Brood War's editor.
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Sep 12, 2021 18:26
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The best RTS is always the one that hasn't come out yet and the worst RTS is always the one that has
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TGG posted:It is bar none the worst remake of a game imaginable, they took away the ability to play the original version of the game, broke piles of it and removed pretty much all of the features online. It took my favorite RTS and just utterly destroyed it in a soulless spiteful move that destroyed the former game entirely.  But do you _really_ want chat channels?
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SlyFrog posted:I just want a modern Rise of Nations with a big enough player base for it to not be 100% random games against diehards with 10,000 games played. That's one of those chicken and egg scenarios: only a moron would invest thousands of hours into a project that nobody will play, but nobody will support such a project unless it already has a bunch of people excited for it. Nobody wants to be first, nobody wants to be last, and nobody will give a poo poo unless it's good enough.
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Sep 19, 2021 21:25
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SavageMessiah posted:Faces of war and men of war were two of the best co-op experiences I've ever had. Assault never really worked for me. If this is just More of the old stuff, I'll be very happy. What was it about Men of War that made it so good for co-op? Missed that boat, here
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Nov 25, 2021 15:41
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Sounds like I'm gonna play Men of War
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Nov 27, 2021 16:49
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Anno posted:“More CoH” is probably pretty reassuring to a lot of people after DoW3. Really, really liked DoW3 here, though I only ever tried it out this past year. The Multiplayer gimmick seemed weird and stupid, though the campaign was cool.
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Re: Men of War chat a few pages ago This game seems pretty similar, naively: https://store.steampowered.com/app/377300/Thunder_Tier_One/ It has similar game mechanics and is good overall. The mission scenarios are fun and interesting, but can be cheesed and so hopefully they'll keep adding more content.
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Mordja posted:New RTS by Blackbird is available for playest, just go to the steam page and you should get access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072190/Crossfire_Legion/ My favorite part about this is that it isn't made by Blizzard. Wishlisted and will buy when it comes out of Early Access. edit: Also, Iron Harvest >>> Deserts of Kharak.
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Cicero posted:The Purple War playtest is open to anyone on Steam. Watched a couple games then played a couple, I've never seen such a blatant Starcraft clone (and graphics are very Warcraft 3). Gracias edit: trip report - game was good! Framerate for 4v4 dipped a lot, but was fun otherwise! Human race is a mix between Terran and Humans. Elf race is a mix between Protoss and Night Elves. Orc race is a mix between Zerg and Orcs. Didn't notice any Undead mechanics. If the game's marketing goes well then probably they can do some kind of Undead stuff as a 4th race or something. Favorite part was how nobody got sexually harrassed or abused during its development. Love Stole the Day fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Apr 29, 2022 |
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