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Posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/10 19:07:42

Saw a few comments on GA and thought it might be worth it's own thread as this could be the saviour of Games Workshop's otherwise deeply unsatisfactory record at failing to combine the rich atmospheric and action-orientated depth of it's table-top gaming universes with anything that approaches a truly impressive and contemporary game.
Since the demo has been out a few days - what do people think?? Is it just the same old tedious RTS bolleaux that is desperately and transparently relying on the table-top gaming connection both for sales and to cover up for the fundamental lack of gaming substance....or not??
Discuss...
Download Demo:
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/b...

Argh
#1 posted by DaZ [80.189.44.237] on 2004/09/10 19:20:24
and I was hoping shambler had played it and would offer his opinions.
go play it shamb and inform me! :D
Raargh
#2 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/10 23:12:13
Posted from GA thread.
DoW
#5363 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/10 16:22:30
Wow this demo got me hooked yo. It's really fun, at least to me, but then again I love RTS games. I'll prolly pick it up on the 21st, or maybe just wait until my birthday in October. Either way it's good.
I was pretty impressed overall. It seems to combine all the good elements of previous RTS games and streamlines it for a very polished product. The design also incorporates many elements from the tabletop game such as unit combat instead of individual soldiers and reinforcing.
Units have both melee and ranged attacks, diversifying how units are best used and the rock-paper-scissors balance. Another nice touch is being able to upgrade your units on the fly to adapt to an enemy's army, and the use of cover.
The resource system promotes cross-map combat, and as far as I can tell from the system is very balanced. Easy to manage, but is still a very vital part of the game (unlike the poor resource design of WarCraft3.)
I really liked it. The design was great. It's basically a combination of everything that worked in past RTSs, from Warcraft to Starcraft to Age of Empires to Rise of Nations, with a nice GW cover on it.
Unfortunately, the demo only allows you to play as the Space Marines in Skirmish, so I can't say how diverse the races are. Supposedly, each race is supposed to be completely different, but I can't say if they really are or if they are just small variations on each other like WarCraft 3. I shall see, I plan on getting it either when it comes out or waiting an extra week and a half to get it for my birthday.
I liked it.
Just Finished The Tutorial...
#3 posted by pope [207.6.226.148] on 2004/09/11 00:36:52
well... not really, my incomplete objective was to reinforce units. I did that...but it never accepted that I had completed it.
As for my impressions so far... they really captured the war torn space marine cities well.
the unit animations are top notch, and melee combat is just chaos.
Also making pink space marines is just fun :D
I Should Also Mention...
#4 posted by pope [207.6.226.148] on 2004/09/11 00:38:00
that I absolutely hate RTS games as a genre...
...this might change that
I Played The Beta For A While
#5 posted by WyldeSnake [69.133.74.4] on 2004/09/11 00:50:36
And the races all seemed to be fairly balanced. That is to say, they all functioned as clones almost. The chaos marines and Orks were slightly better in Melee than the Marines or Eldar, but not overwhelmingly different. There are no sweeping differences between factions (finally, it seems that nowadays developers only want to make them as completely different as humanly possible).
I would have to agree that this is finally the first WH40k game to not suck. Now, the icing on the cake would be a robust scripting system ala Warcraft 3, so that the game develops a modding community. If they do that, this game will totally rock.
I give it a 4/5.
Initial Thoughts...
#6 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/11 07:34:59
I played the tutorial, a skirmish game, and the campaign map, all of which went swimmingly until "that moment" in the campaign which I managed to survive but took a hell of a pounding.
So far, well, my tongue-in-cheek baiting in the first post is not far off the truth. It IS standard RTS fare (from what little experience I have of that genre), and hardly distinguishable gameplay-wise from, say, the GC2 demo I played earlier this year. And it IS therefore relying heavily on the GW styling as a selling point......and, well, that IS effective, it does what it says i.e. a GW version of a fast-paced RTS game, and seems to do it pretty well. The GW side is faithful and coherent, if a little cheesy, and definitely gives it the proper flavour that will be especially appealing to GW fans.
A bit more:
Likes:
- GW styling - both in the units, their look, and the sounds, is great. This styling actually makes me do the one thing I need to do to really want to play an RTS - give two shits about the units (something I've only previously done in BZ2 and MC2). Rather than some random hover tank / armour troop stuff, these are SPACE MARINES, DREADNOUGHTS, LAND SPEEDERS, and as a GW fan they're actually of interest to play with. Big selling point.
- Action is very visceral and impressive, particularly close-up and in close combat.
- Good (though not outstanding) graphics and good effects.
- Pretty easy to control and move around in, fairly easy learning curve. Units generally do what you tell them to.
- The way buildings and units arrive, i.e. via drop-pod or drop-ship, is good and appropriate. However this could have been described more accurately in tutorial.
- Troop types are distinctive and effective, upgrades and leaders add character.
Dislikes:
- Suffers from the standard, seemingly unavoidable, and highly detrimental RTS problem that to appreciate that action you have to be zoomed in but to have any control over the battlefield you have to be zoomed out.
- Need to be able to zoom out more.
- Needs an easier menu system to select units without finding them on map or clicking through unit button (e.g. BZ2's F-key selection).
- Lack of restrictions on unit building types (e.g. can have lots of vehicles with no troops) is very contrary to the GW ethos and reduces the character of the game.
- Easy just to plow more and more troops into battle without caring about casualties, again contrary to GW Space Marine ethos, and avoids the need for serious tactical thinking. More restrictions on troops etc would be more in spirit with the game.
- Gameplay is quite standard.
...overall, from what I've played so far, I'd definitely get it. As I said before, it is what it is, a standard, but good, RTS that is convincingly set in the GW universe....and that's good enough for me =).
P.S.
#7 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/11 07:38:32
1 more thought. The intro movie - very cool, particularly the bloody flashes you get showing just how brutal the action is...and of course the dreadnought.
It will be very very cool when one can play a game with that quality of of graphics....despite D00m3, GFX and hardware technology has a hell of a long way to go yet!!
P.S. Forgot This...
#8 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/11 07:44:01
Link to Blues News item featuring download links...
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/b...
If some mod can add that in the original post that would be cool.
Hmmm.
#9 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/11 10:05:15
Trying to play a skirmish map again on Medium skill.
Fucking desperate!
#10 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/11 10:25:00
Hard difficulty can be tough, but not impossible. On the 2 player map, try this build order:
Queue Two scout units, then a servitor. Waypoint the first scout to the closest strategic point, the second to the other.
After you've queued your units, build a Generator.
Have your second servitor build a chapel-barracks as soon as it pops out, and your first one to build a listening station on the strategic point closest to your half of the map. Once your scout squad closest to the bridge area is done capping have them go cap the special cap point on the bridge (can't remember the name of it.)
Once your Barracks is done, build a Force COmmaner, and after that just try capping as many strategic points as you can, and build listening stations on them. The ones closest to the enemy area (ie, the ones closest to their bridge) you should upgrade to upgrade 1 with turrets.
Before your Commander is out, you should be attacked by a squad of marines. Don't worry too much, because you should have upgrade 1 Listening ports on your points anyway, and when your commander gets out it's all gravy.
BUT, before your commander is out, when it's almost done building, start a marine squad. When the marine squad is done, attach your commander to it, and start on a armory.
Reinforce your marines while you waltz over to their cap points and start wreaking havoc.
In the meantime, add a monastery to your HQ and start pumping out lots of assault squads. You should have plenty of assault squads, say at least 3, with your marines, all reinforced.
If that doesn't end the computer quick, and you see them setting up a Machine Cult, then switch to regular marines and upgrade them to have missile launchers. Also get a machine cult of your own and make dreadnoughts to counter his. If you keep the pressure on his strategic points and eiuther make plenty of assault marines or dreadnoughts/missile launcher marines, you should be able to counter his units pretty easily. But keep busy at all times, either capping points, building units or constructing buildings, and be aggressive.
Yuck
#11 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/11 10:25:20
sorry, shoulda spaced that out better it's ugly and hard to read.
Hrm
#12 posted by NotoriousRay [68.48.66.194] on 2004/09/11 12:21:41
I've played a little and so far it seems average. Good graphics and pretty balanced combat. Nothing jumps out at me and makes me want to get the full version when its out though. I'm also not a GW geek so that may have something to do with it. Here's to hoping that generals-engine lord of the rings RTS has more going for it. MMMmmmmm hordes and hordes of orcs.
P.S.
#13 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/11 16:22:24
Another cool thing - freezing the game at the end to have a look at the maps - great to see the units in action.
BTW Zwiffmeister, I just tried the second skirmish map on Standard skill for the first time and totally pwnx0red. Won by controlling the central control point but was pushing out from there with 4 Tactical, 1 Assault squad, commander, and 5 Dreadnoughts when the time ran down. God knows how that happened. I did learn that upgrading your control points is verrrry useful.
Yes
#14 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/11 17:02:00
On the two player map I find it's better to have more units earlier than bigger units. I don't know how you play, but I would get a squad of marines and queue up a ton of reinforcements right away. This is worthless ^_^. Getting another unit is about the same price as getting 4 reinforcements I think, and it's just plain better because you can reinforce your squads over the course of the game, where in any early skirmishes having only 1 8-marine squad against 2 4-marine squads, you will slowly be outnumbered by the 2 squads greater ability to reinforce. of course, an early Force Commander for 260 requisition can dominate an all marine start, so be sure to watch out for a fast Commander rush. I can't wait for this game :D
So...
#15 posted by distrans [144.134.127.167] on 2004/09/12 11:02:12
...if I'm an experienced Terranid player, what's in it for me?
#16 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/12 11:07:21
you get to branch out from tyranids. I was thinking the same thing though, Tyranids are great, I hope they come out with an expansion that introduces the 'nids, maybe Dark Eldar too.
...if I'm An Experienced Terranid Player, What's In It For Me?
#17 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/12 11:26:56
...much deserved cleansing in the weapons' fire from the Imperium's finest, of course.
Small Squads Vs Large Squads.
#18 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/12 14:51:55
Personally I go with large squads, 2 heavy weapons and a sergeant as it's just more in keeping with the spirit of the game.
However there is one bloody obvious advantage / loophole with smaller squads - you can get a much higher heavy weapon proportion - twice as high in fact. 1 large squad (no sarge) will have 2/8 heavy weapons....2 small squads will have 4/8 heavy weapons. Okay this might be a way to simulate Devastator squads but personally I think it's a bit naff.
#19 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/12 15:28:04
But if you go with a smaller number of squads with heavier weapons then you're spending time and resources not reinforcing the squad, and can easily be overwhelmed by a larger squad, especially if the units are the same. Yes, 8 Plasma Guns are nice, but when you have only 32 marines against twice that much they won't count for as much because more firepower is MORE firepower, regardless of being better.
Meh...
#20 posted by distrans [203.54.141.242] on 2004/09/12 23:03:28
/me jams old one eye's old one eye up the Imperium's finest
Thought For The Day:
#21 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/14 16:44:41
It seems to me that the crucial tactics for this game revolve around: Army building speed, unit choices, and weight of numbers/strength - rather than actual combat tactics/strategy. I.e. what tends to win the games is how well you prepare for combat rather than what you choose to do with the combats.
I guess in part that's how it should be....but it does seem a case of Real Time Planning/Building rather than Real Time Strategy...
#22 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/14 16:48:59
Troop preparation is half the battle. There isn't a lot of micro management as in StarCraft, because there are no individual units. Instead, strategy in this case is more based on actual WH40K: cover, troop manuevering, and deciding how and when to go into melee. Troops in cover can usually beat a much larger force (notice I said usually.) Keeping your marines at a ranged attack then switching to melee as you get closer is better because marines do more damage in melee. Watch your morale, and customize your troops to their threats instead of building flamers right away. Stuff like that.
My Thoughts
#23 posted by than [62.189.9.161] on 2004/09/14 17:44:06
I agree with Shambler... ;)
Erm, I just played the skirmish map (the second map with the control point in the centre) and won on standard skill (three cheers for me!) The first time I started playing I was a bit slow to get my armoury and second level stuff up and running, although I did build gun turrets and listening posts all over the place. Then the CPU came from nowhere with a fuckload of mech things and crucified me.
So I began again, this time making sure I got my armoury and tier two upgrades going asap. I also spread out and built listening posts all over the place, as well as thermo power generators on two slag heaps either side of my base. All well and good. No real strategy involved.
Then the cpu make some attempts to take me down, I have just about enough of an army to keep them at bay. Whilst I am doing this, I upgraded as much as humanly possible and started building lines of sentry guns (and then upgrading them, as well as all my front line listening posts.) This created a pretty damn good wall which seemed to decimates pretty much anything coming my way.
From this point on, I found that victory was simply acomplished by pushing my squads forward and reinforcing as much as possible. I'm not a very strategic (read as clever if you like) person, so this was my plan. I didn't go for strategic point capturing until I got my frontline to the centre of the map and captured the point because it was practically on my front door. I ended up annihilating the enemy a couple of minutes before a capture and hold victory anyway.
It was fun, but in the future I will try and use a bit more strategy... I think I will need to playing over the lan at work.
Oh!
#24 posted by than [62.189.9.161] on 2004/09/14 17:50:23
I did find that pulling squads back and throwing in new squads during battles works quite well, since your wounded get a chance to reinforce and upgrade.
I heard that the CPU in the demo doesn't reinforce squads or upgrade often - even on hard. WTF!!? Those are two very important aspects of the game! I hope this is corrected for the finished thing.
#25 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/15 00:12:46
From my experience, the comp doesn't reinforce often, but it does seem to beef up its squads. As for upgrades, I cannot say. That's from skirmish, though.
It does seem, however, that the computer takes map-control a little more seriously. It tries to take over control points, and generally if I retreat from a point on the map and don't
attempt to retake it, the computer will fortify and possibly refortify the position if it loses it. It doesn't build a lot of turrets, if any, instead relying on its army.
Hopefully the computer will offer more of a challenge when the full game is released, but maybe it's only on modes harder than hard. I don't plan on playing many skirmish maps anyway, so it doesn't matter too much to me.
Than.
#26 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/15 05:01:12
"mech things" = "dreadnoughts" =)
Oh Now What Zwiffle...
#27 posted by Scampie [216.220.241.97] on 2004/09/15 09:09:39
I don't plan on playing many skirmish maps anyway
Was the game now not designed with skirmish play in mind so you won't sour yourself on it?
#28 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/15 09:17:43
Generally skirmish in RTS games is reserved for a simulated multiplayer match against a computer. In that respect I won't be playing skirmish (my mistake, when I said skirmish 'maps' I meant skirmish 'mode'.) I do plan on playing multiplayer, just not against the CPU.
I'm Scared Of Multiplayer...
#29 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/15 14:01:24
I think I'd get spank0red. But still, might give it a go. Will be playing skirmish for sure yo.
#30 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/15 14:19:09
Well, at first, everybody will lose until they get a good feel for how all the races match up. Some people will just be naturally faster/more precise than others, but right at the beginning everyone starts off at equal knowledge. Of course, if you feel really really bad about it you could always make "1v1 No Rush 30 minutes!!" games.
...maybe Wrong Place To Put This..
#31 posted by pope [207.216.236.96] on 2004/09/17 19:16:25
but here is the intro video for those who are debating on trying out the demo....
http://www.filerush.com/download.p...
"but why would a video entice me to get this?"
you ask. Easy, it fucking rules
*goes to watch it again*
<- Sergeant Of The Crimson Fists
#32 posted by Kell [82.41.8.22] on 2004/09/17 21:19:11
Blackpope, I have never loved as I love thee now.
For The Emperor.
W3rd
#33 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/18 05:38:51
Finally found my old page with some figure pictures on it...
http://teamshambler.telefragged.co...
I average out painting 1-2 figures a year at the moment. Hoping that will change this winter...although most likely I will be playing D0W instead.
Shambler
#34 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/18 10:03:12
If ever we would meet, let me know in advance so I can ready my Dark Eldar to whoop the poo out of whatever wussy army you've got.
Pah
#35 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/18 10:56:26
I don't play any more, since about 5 years ago.
#36 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.84.168] on 2004/09/18 11:05:19
Technically, I've never played. So it'd be about even then.
I Can Only Imagine
#37 posted by pope [207.216.236.96] on 2004/09/18 17:16:47
how that would turn out..
zwiff: "I don't know the rules"
shambler: "I know the old ones...sorta"
zwiff: "I declare charge!"
shambler: "it's the first turn!"
zwiff: "YAaaaaaaaaaaaaargh"
shambler punches zwiff in the stomach.
Hey
#38 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.59.96] on 2004/09/18 18:05:27
Why does bler punch ME in the stomach? It should be the other way around. I'm not a dainty Brit, after all, I'm a rugged American.
And you CAN charge on the first turn if your unit is close enough...
#39 posted by pope [207.149.188.1] on 2004/09/19 00:26:02
one would hope you've set up your figures far enough away.
Waaargh!
#40 posted by Killes [81.62.129.128] on 2004/09/21 05:04:49
Im thoroughly enjoying the demo myself, cant wait for the final. As for tactics in the game i agree for marine vs marine cpu skirmishes there is just this one way to go about, but after unlocking the orks in the demo i see there is some variety in how the different races resources are managed, as in building waaargh banners that can be destroyed for ork resource, making these banners an important strategic point as to the size and power of your army. I can only hope there are variations such as these for the two other races.
I think its too early to talk about tactics only having marine vs marine cpu skirmishes as a default, wait for multiplayer with the 4 races, alliances, more diverse skirmish maps and so to tell, and i believe the SP will be scripted or "set up" so as to call on more strategy than the plain marine vs marine skirmish.
Oh and i see over in forums the w40k community has already started on modding in tons of other races from the w40k world, so rawk :P
Da Orks
#41 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.59.96] on 2004/09/22 16:41:36
Thx for the hack, bler. The Orks are definetely cool. Mobs and mobs of Orks, very fun to play. Didn't know how to increase my population at first though, which became troublesome, and I eventually lost my first skirmish. After that, though, it was a peace of cake. They're A LOT easier to play as than the marines imo. Cheap,fast reinforcements, huge mob sizes. Almost able to build a Squiggoth, but won by map control victory before I could get enough energy. Maybe next time. Good stuff though.
W3rd.
#42 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/22 17:02:44
Thx for the hack, Killes. Works a treat. Yeah I like the orks, very characterful. Took me a while to get the hang of them - won my first skirmish but it took a long, long time. Basically piling them into the meat grinder. There's gotta be a knack to them.
I like them telling you to "SOD OFF" =)
Shambler
#43 posted by Scragbait [65.92.68.137] on 2004/09/22 21:26:41
Nice painted figures!
Hmmm
#44 posted by DaZ [80.189.56.102] on 2004/09/22 21:49:58
Shambler, the texturing is ok but try to add some more trim around the lower areas, maybe some more contrast in the lighting would bring out some more details... Anyway looks good, am looking forward to the beta...
:)
mad skills, I never could paint that good, my hands are too jittery... :(
Daz...
#45 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/23 04:33:12
...unfortunately the layout needs tweaking as the gameplay is lame at the moment =).
...
#46 posted by Harbinger of Fish [82.35.24.108] on 2004/09/26 10:40:18
Much respect to Shambler's painting skills.
GW Wh40k 12"
#47 posted by pope [207.216.236.96] on 2004/09/28 05:19:58
http://www.art-of-perception.com/
not DoW specific, hell the only connection it has with wh40k I think is the cover art :D
Tho I am a fan of Ascii Disko
Errr....
#48 posted by JPL [192.91.75.30] on 2004/09/28 05:48:11
.. it seems to be a huge white web page without nothing than snow... :(
What are we supposed to view here ??
Jpl
#49 posted by Vondur [195.128.65.237] on 2004/09/28 06:25:52
enable flash
#50 posted by Kell [82.41.8.22] on 2004/09/28 08:00:00
The most interesting thing on that page was the link to GW's policy on IP. Good to see a company with such a clear and helpful statement on the matter.
btw, haven't you ever heard of BoltThrower?!?!
Vondur
#51 posted by JPL [192.91.75.30] on 2004/09/28 08:23:15
Flash is enable, and what else ??
Now,
#52 posted by necros [142.150.5.83] on 2004/09/28 13:18:38
click on the link.
OK, It Works..
#53 posted by JPL [212.96.78.2] on 2004/09/28 14:53:06
Using my home PC, it works better.. Unix workstation using netscape are not so powerfull tho...
Yay
#54 posted by Vondur [195.128.65.237] on 2004/09/29 07:41:24
got full fersion: rather nice game :)
i like base building process there :)
and shambler, how did u paint that figures? with aerograph or brush? or whatever?
'Untin Stunty
#55 posted by Kell [82.41.8.22] on 2004/09/29 08:57:52
with aerograph or brush? or whatever?
I'd take a wild guess and say sable brushes and acrylic paint. Yum. I love the smell of primer in the morning.
W3rd
#56 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/09/29 13:37:11
and shambler, how did u paint that figures? with aerograph or brush? or whatever?
With inverted praxinoscope and compressed paint tube feed.
P.S. Von, cool, glad you like the full! We need to organise a few MP games with Zwiffle, Daz, Killes, Pope, and maybe others...
Jawohl
#57 posted by Vondur [81.195.21.77] on 2004/09/29 16:02:13
:>
Where Am I?
#58 posted by than [82.152.13.126] on 2004/10/01 20:48:47
Where do I live?
You?
#59 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/10/02 05:11:45
A hole in the ground, obviously.
Full Game
#60 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.70.215] on 2004/10/05 15:43:04
My impressions of the full game are mixed. I have only tried Space Marines and Orks, but I see that they are indeed quite different, despite some necessary similarities. I have not tried Eldar or Chaos yet, and I doubt I will for sometime.
My focus so far has been on multiplay, from which I can say that the game is indeed fun. My problem is with GameSpy. It makes the game unreliable sometimes - several games the other player has disconnected (or so it said.) It also keeps the wrong record for my games. I have played mostly ladder games, and won most of them, but my record for ladder is only 1 win, 1 loss, and 7 disconnects or so. This is very wrong.
There are also several bugs, but I hear that Relic is working hard to get those solved. Also, in case anyone hasn't seen this link, you can go to http://www.dowsanctuary.com for expert-level replays, at least when they get the replay system working.
If they could get the multiplayer to work better, I would give this game a whopping 17 burger-points, but since they don't currently, I only give it a monkey-ball and a smiley face, which is still a pretty good score.
Bleh,
#61 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/10/06 04:23:11
I need some n00bs to play against =/
Shambler
#62 posted by pope [207.216.236.96] on 2004/10/07 01:34:39
I am as nooby as it gets, I've played 1 skirmish vs computer, thats it
Demo
#63 posted by Blitz [24.218.86.166] on 2004/10/07 15:30:09
I played the demo, and it seemed pretty standard Warcraft type gameplay to me. Nice graphics, but yeah, seems pretty average.
Well.
#64 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/11/10 15:47:31
I still need some more people to play against, will probably have to start playing Zwiffle again LOL, or just joining random online things (which I'm not so keen on, would much rather play #func pps I know). So far standing at:
vs. Zwiffle - slaughtered.
vs. Killes - defeated but after a long battle with a very silly mistake.
vs. Daz - pwnx0red him x 3.
Still haven't finished the SP game though, on mission 9 / 11. So far, pretty good although often the standard "build a huge horde, pwnx0r", i.e. most missions being a function of time rather than difficulty. From recent memory, the much fabled 6 was quite challenging but again just a matter of time; 7 was nails, the Eldar ambush from behind the base mashed through some seriously vast defences (probably a total of 40 turrets and 60 mines + LPs) and I only just made the final assault in time; 8 was easy and over relatively quickly.
Oh Yeah
#65 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.56.234] on 2004/11/10 16:06:31
There IS a single player part to that game, isn't there? I'm on mission 2. Hmmm. Oh well, off to more multiplayer skullbashing raar!
Thoughts For The Day.
#66 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2004/11/14 05:46:35
1. Zwiffle fix up your connection shiznit already.
2. Useful tactical advice for non-zwiffles here: http://forums.relicnews.com/forumd...
DoW
#67 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.85.126] on 2004/11/19 10:27:16
This game has started to wane for me. GameSPY is not that cool, and the ladder system is futzy. There are a lot of good pros from other games playing on there, but I don't think the game is quite that popular yet... and the singleplayer doesn't interest me at all. I'm sure it's too soon to think about an expansion pack cuz there's still a shitload of bugs to fix, but getting 'nids may get me back in the game. Just some comments to bump the thread.
Maps
#68 posted by Shallow [82.133.100.205] on 2005/01/09 12:49:02
Went for a rummage around the Relicnews forums today to see if there was any sign of decent custom maps yet. I hadn't bothered looking for months as without exception the earlier releases were the RTS equivalent of fullbright boxes with a small cache of overpowered weapons in each corner.
Things seem to be looking up... There's still plenty of crap but also quite a few threads now with maps that look entirely competent. I downloaded a few, I may pass on some recommendations if I like any of them.
Didn't notice any proper singleplayer maps though, just MP - has anyone come across any?
DOW Expansion Pack
#69 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2005/02/15 01:40:02
Dunno how I missed this before, but "yay!":
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/...
Eh....
#70 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2005/02/15 01:41:20
I know how I missed it before. It was only announced yesterday, LOL.
Shambler with the HOT NEWS, folx! :P
Err
#71 posted by DaZ [80.43.228.238] on 2005/02/15 07:28:16
Its hot news alright! But Imperial Guard, BAH TO THAT! They already exist in the original DOW, seems they are taking a slightly easy route there, and no Tyranids ffs FUCK U!!! :D
I'll still buy it tho ;)
Imperial Guard
#72 posted by Zwiffle [69.210.43.29] on 2005/02/15 08:10:40
Gay. :( Tyranids would've been the best choice, probably followed by Dark Eldar. (I don't care if they're gay, they're awesome.)
Bah
#73 posted by Shallow [82.133.105.54] on 2005/02/15 13:08:55
Ditto on the "Only one new race and not an especially interesting one" thing.
I'll still buy it though.
Heh
#74 posted by Lunaran [68.51.209.251] on 2005/02/15 14:01:44
In mozilla, the title bar tab of that article says "THQ returns to war with Winter Ass"
Er, anyway. If they're going to include a new race it should be one of the awesome ones, like the Tyranids or the Tau.*
I guess they're skipping both to avoid any kind of rabid fanboy accusations of zerg/protoss ripoffery, even though it's my understanding Starcraft was the one to borrow significantly from WH40K originally.
Although, I was just playing this last night thinking "a snowy map would be awesome," and was almost tempted to research how to make one.
*I'll still buy it.
IG Are Cool.
#75 posted by Shambler [82.38.194.13] on 2005/02/16 01:46:31
It's good to have them for sure. Baneblades and all, w3rd.
But they should have had Tyranids too, would have been the perfect combination/addition having both of them. Fingers crossed eh.
Yo
#76 posted by Lunaran [69.41.96.11] on 2005/02/16 07:00:30
I still need some more people to play against, will probably have to start playing Zwiffle again LOL, or just joining random online things (which I'm not so keen on, would much rather play #func pps I know).
I'm game.
Imperial Guard
#77 posted by pope [216.232.209.40] on 2005/02/25 14:29:12
are so fun tho... so many units... blaaaaargh *drooling*
...i wonder if they'll be allowed a few squats...i miss those dwarfies
Imperial Guard
#78 posted by Vigil [85.76.1.41] on 2005/02/27 10:19:30
/me approves
Lunaran's Tarsis
#79 posted by Spirit [213.39.225.63] on 2006/05/23 01:10:40
So I played Tarsis in team with a friend this weekend. We both played the Space Marines since we haven't quite figured out the other races yet... As opponents we had a 2 player team of Imperials controlled by the pc. Skill settings was "Hard" (the medium one :> ).
We both played the map for the first time and thus had some trouble not getting lost. The beginning was hard as it always is with the fucking Imperials, heh. But when we finally had our artillery we had an rather easy win. One rush with everything we had gotten and both Imperial bases were down.
What I liked most were the ice passages on the outer limits of the map (ugh, know what I mean?). And since the map is great for artillery and I love artillery... ;) It was a bit big for us 2+2 though, not too big but it could have been smaller.
I'm looking forward to play Coriolis Force.
Do you guys have any recommendations on good 2-4 player custom maps?

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