I saw a game called "The Scouring" that just came out on Early Access today. It feels a lot like Warcraft 2. I feel like it has a lot of promise if the dev sticks with it.It made me wonder, though. How many "Warcraft-likes" are there out there? There's got to be some games out there in the Warcraft mold since Blizzard has essentially decided to never make another Warcraft RTS game (and, at this point, if they did it almost certainly would be some kind of horrific bastardization)
>>2118307It's very bad. At least the demo was. There's only 3-4 units for each faction and they are exactly the same shit as the other faction. I really don't see why it exists.
>>2118312Oh also one of the maps was just Seton's Clutch, except the game doesn't have naval warfare or any of the complexity of SC, so why even bother?
>>2118312I mean, that's what Warcraft 2 was like. Basically a mirror match outside of a few abilities.
>>2118313The dev says he's going to put naval warfare in, it's early access.
>>2118314Yeah but there was like 10 units. It was also a very long time ago and the game offered much more content and flavour. This game feels like a retarded AI is trying to make an RTS. It's so soulless and has no personality of its own. If you like the format and want to make a callback 2 faction RTS, why not give it your own setting and ideas? Something interesting and creative.
>>2118320Like I said before, the game is in early access. The dev already added in some units for the EA, and apparently he doesn't want them to be as much of a mirror match as they currently are. He's also planning on releasing another faction down the line alone with flying units and naval units like I already said. It's a bit bare-bones right now, but like I said I think it has some promise if the dev actually makes good on his roadmap.
>>2118322Ok should hopefully be fine then. He really gave it to us early on though, so a lot of people might have been turned off.
>>2118307>How many "Warcraft-likes" are there out there?I remember one called Purple War. I played the demo to check out the elf faction but otherwise wasn't interested. It was very Blizzard-like in gameplay and visuals, basically plagiarism.
>>2118307it's impressive that one dude made it, but it's so derivative and unoriginal one might ask... why did it get made in the first place, when warcraft 2 and 3 exist?
>>2118373There's some unique things about it, like the ability to move units to the tops of towers and have them shoot down at enemies, how cannons work, how farms work, the physics stuff, the hero mode.
>>2118322>down the lineI'm so fucking sick of this.No, I won't buy it until it's fully playable as intended. I've bought so many fucking RTS games these last 3 years that all promised "ohhh shit is coming soon, trust us!" and then its either shit or not coming at all.Early access is a cancer on the industry. Devs need to be hungry and destitute to be motivated to actually deliver a good game. The moment the early-access money rolls in all devs just take it easy.And why wouldn't they, they are already paid and consider adding more "unpaid and annoying work" instead of a core promise.Not trying to be a doomer, that's just my experience. Pay up and play it, let people here know if it sucks or not.
>>2118371>The orcs have zerg unitsWhat the fuck?
>>2118378Then don't buy the Early Access. I'm not hear to shill the game, I just thought it was neat that there are games out there trying to be like the Warcraft RTS games since Blizzard is apparently not interested in continuing the RTS franchise.
>>2118315>The dev says he's going to put naval warfare in, it's early access.Oh, but he wants money NOW, doesn't he? I bet he promises to fix everything that's missing, add 5 more faction, one million more maps and units and make the sun shine every day even at night. If ONLY you pay 22.49.From the Steam page:>Features: Multiplayer first. Want a Singleplayer experience? Fuck you!>Modding! Users will have to mod stuff in. I ain't doing shit.>The Scouring introduces a new genre: Action RPG strategyThat's a fucking lie we have quite a lot of games like this and none of them are popular except Warcraft 3.>While you dominate the battlefield, AI manages your army, resources, and basesOh shit, there's this guy in the Dawn of War thread who said having to do anything in an RTS automatically makes it a gook clicker. This game sounds perfect for him, just pay some money and let the game play itself. Starcraft 2 killer right here guys. Fucking hell the state. The absolute state.
>>2118384I mean, that's the thing with Early Access, which has essentially become the norm among indie games. I'm not really here to shill his Early Access. I'm just not particularly mad that Early Access is, in fact, Early Access. It's just not that out of the ordinary these days, for better or for worse. You should always approach an indie Early Access with caution.As for the other stuff, I don't really care what order he does stuff in so long as he actually does it. It's only important if you're really invested in the Early Access.Official modding tools are a good thing. I don't know why you're portraying it as a negative.The last thing is a separate "hero mode" where you basically play as a WC3 hero who gets items and levels semi-MOBA style with things like dungeons being added to the map. I don't think its intended as an "RTS playing itself" so much as something different altogether. It's an interesting concept, though I think it could use some work. For one, you should be less beholden to the AI.
watched day9 play it and it seemed worth keeping an eye on
A notable one that I liked is Godsworn. It's got a unique setting too (that being fantasy version of the Northern Crusades), and is just generally pretty. And it plays well, though personally this style of RTS is not one I am super into.Faction wise there are two, with hero based subfactions (who have different units and upgrades and stuff)
>>2118374not enough for any sort of commercial success, especially given how much time and work went into it
>>2118371lmaoing at these devs. game looks like a yanky warcraft 3, and it needs 16 gigs of ram and an i7 8700k
>>2118307At first glance I thought that was a horseman wielding a shield and I thought kino.Then I realized it was a bowman and they were using smoke to hide their shitty art skills.
>>2118785It's just a clipped in version of the header. I just couldn't find this image in a proper size.
is it possible to play cracked warcraft 3 online? i'd love me some castle vs castle
>>2118822They're keeping it small so you can't see how shitty the art is. Notice how multiple characters are missing fingers.
>>2118307Darfall has the aesthetic down if you like base building horde defense missions
>>2118307https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfELhagvE9kI watched his review and I would buy it today if it didn't do grids and squares. Manor Lords spoiled me so I won't go back to grid builders. I can do Minecraft or Roblox for grid, but I'm not a little kid so I would need mods or PG 13 R maps.For a $20 game it looks good though.
>>2118378>How dare a literal one man show sell his working game in early access in this dead and unpopular genre whose biggest issue is profitability Chill out dude, the age of high budget RTs has been dead a fucking while because people don't like micro
>>2118432Yeah, pretty fun game. My favorite hero/subfaction is Bishop. I don't know I just like factions with gunpowder units in medieval setting where no many factions use gunpowder. I wish the devs would finally add more missions to the campaign tho.
>>2119184Yeah I only played the demo back in a nextfest. It felt great, just like WC3. A good campaign would sell me on it.
>>2118384you sound miserable
>>2118307>make a warcraft clone>but it looks hella retardedwow.
>>2119188The campaign's only got Act 1 so far, but it is co-opThe missions do feel War3-lite, with side missions, and there is some variety as you play as different heroes between missions
>>2119184Same, and that's the main thing they are working on RN, next big patch are the next five missions for the campaign.
>>2118384>add 5 more factionBased if trueOnly buy his game if he include more than two factions
>>2119184is this fun against bots? might pirate
>>2118312Yeah. Like, WC2 was cool, but I don't need a copy with unnecessary micro. Why the fuck do I need to tell my units when to drink their potions? And if you're gonna make a WCII clone why not add way more units and buildings?
>>2119839The units drink potions automatically when their health gets low.
>>2119839Theyre waiting for the asset store to have a sale
>>2119858oof yikes
>>2118307Loria is a WC2 tribute but in the end none of the clones are better than the source material
>>2119858They're using store assets? Link?
i played this thing's demo. it seemed pretty slow and boring.
>>2119184>I don't know I just like factions with gunpowder units in medieval setting where no many factions use gunpowder.Well historically there were gunpowder weapons in medieval times, but it was in the late medieval period and those were mostly pretty primitive kinds of weapons. It didn't truly kickoff into something much bigger until after the medieval period ended.
>>2118307Armies of Exigo.Though it's closer more to StarCraft than WarCraft despite being WarCraft-like.
>>2119802It's good fun, plus they have a lot of scenarios
>>2118935???No characters are missing fingers retard, learn to count
>>2118378I got rapes by blackbird interactive like thisI actually bought (paypig'd) Crossfire:Legion because I thought it might help pay for homeworld 3
>>2118926Yes there are Russian servers for older version of the game
>>2121593>because I thought it might help pay for homeworld 3oof
>>2121593Thanks for the paycheck, consoomer.
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