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Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
Hmm, are the Hussars only in the Add-on? Because I don't know what the equivalent would be in the basic AOE2.
But OK, I got the point what you didn't like about AOE2. Of course there are a lot of historical errors and the tribes are not soo different from each other. But what was good IMHO was that it felt rather medieval to me (or what I consider medieval). I mean I cowered behind my thick walls and my castles while the enemy builds up its Trebuchets (thanks!). It is more of a real siege than in Starcraft, where some dozens of cloaked things appear and destroy my slimey hive, or where cloaked agents rain nuclear fire down upon me.
Of course AOE2 has flaws, it is far from perfect and I just wanted to know what you didn't like about it. You answered that nicely and I don't want to insult any StarCraft players, its popularity is more than enough of a evidence that it is a good game. Just not my taste...
Anyway, C&C Red Alert was the game which made the most fun for me in this genre.
Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
That's bitter.
In AOE2 I think you can get a car with machineguns...
In AOE2 I think you can get a car with machineguns...
Ladiesman^
Spaceman
There was supposed to be a Disease Trebuchet in the AOE2 Addon, but it's not there. Sounded like a really cool weapon too. I would launch dead cows at the enemy and anything withing a radius would become infected.
I would have loved to hurl dead cows at my freind who builds like 5 layers of walls. He's always the Japanese and just builds walls and Samurais. Likewise, i'm always the Spanish (addon), Britons, or Celts and just build massive armies.
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Oh and in AOE2 you can get a Dodge Viper with machine guns, and a monkey I beleive. The Petards were also a cheat until the addon when they became a regular unit. They were a bitch when trying to build walls.
[Edited by Ladiesman^ on 05-20-2001 at 20:39]
I would have loved to hurl dead cows at my freind who builds like 5 layers of walls. He's always the Japanese and just builds walls and Samurais. Likewise, i'm always the Spanish (addon), Britons, or Celts and just build massive armies.
EDIT
Oh and in AOE2 you can get a Dodge Viper with machine guns, and a monkey I beleive. The Petards were also a cheat until the addon when they became a regular unit. They were a bitch when trying to build walls.
[Edited by Ladiesman^ on 05-20-2001 at 20:39]
Quarto
Unknown Enemy
I don't know, I can't remember
. They are a development of the light cavalry, try it.Well, StarCraft does have a bit more mobile combat, whereas AOE2 was more static... though both methods can be very interesting (just compare History Line with Battle Isle 2... that is, if you've ever heard of these rather obscure titles
).Heh. I personally haven't played a Westwood RTS since Dune 2. At least not for more than a few hours. I hate what they did with the control system and user interface after Dune 2.
Hmm, well, StarCraft somehow managed to conceal its simplicity
. I mean, of course there was a lot of levels like that, but there was quite a bit of variety, too. Things like those "dungeon crawl" levels, where nobody built anything, for example. And even 'normal' levels usually had some sort of special conditions that made them unique. Like that no-flying-units Zerg level in Brood Wars... I still shudder at the memory of facing Protoss Carriers with a pack of Hydralisks ;-).
Games Outside WC universe
There are other games out there? Seriously, I like Falcon 4.0, F/A 18, Microsoft Flight Sim., Freespace1 and 2, System Shock2, Quake, Unreal, etc. I'm probably getting old but the FPS seem more difficult than the flight sims for me with getting killed and all. I only have a limited time to play games and going through a level over and over is very frustrating. In Wing Commander and Freespace I can fly a couple of missions at lunch and before bed no problem.
There are other games out there? Seriously, I like Falcon 4.0, F/A 18, Microsoft Flight Sim., Freespace1 and 2, System Shock2, Quake, Unreal, etc. I'm probably getting old but the FPS seem more difficult than the flight sims for me with getting killed and all. I only have a limited time to play games and going through a level over and over is very frustrating. In Wing Commander and Freespace I can fly a couple of missions at lunch and before bed no problem.
Other games, hmm.. MS Flight Sim 2000 Pro, Descent 1-3 & Mercenary, FS1 & 2, XWA, XVT, Falcon 4.0, JF3, JKDF 1&2, Janes ATF Gold, Janes Longbow Gold, Janes 688i, Janes Fighter Anthology, Aliens vs Preditor Gold, Mortyr 2069-1944, Quake 1-3, Half-Life, and cant forget good ol ROTT!
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Mekt-Hakkikt
Mpanty's bane
History Line and Battle Isle sure are classic games (which my brother played with me). One of the few good German computer games...
And of course, how could I forget about Dune2! The best RTS game ever! No RTS game had such an atmosphere, IMHO. But Dune2000 was real crap. I am looking forward to Dune Emperor though.
And of course, how could I forget about Dune2! The best RTS game ever! No RTS game had such an atmosphere, IMHO. But Dune2000 was real crap. I am looking forward to Dune Emperor though.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
I liked Dune 2000... it was like Dune 2, but with new graphics, and with fixes for all the annoying Dune 2 stuff like unit limits and the fact that you can only control one unit at a time <G> Plus the videos were neat...
You bet! That game is a classic, mainly cause it was made by some folks who formed ID Software, makers of Doom and Quake. I was lucky and got the ROTT extreme CD when I ordered the full game way back. It had the original editor used to make the game, as well as several other games using the TED editor (Tile EDitor). That editor was used to make the games Wolf 3d, Spear of Destiny, Blake Stone, Planet Strike, Corridor 7, and quite a few others. Blocky rooms and graphics, but ROTT was out when Doom was big, and it supported IPX multiplayer up to 12 players, Doom only supported 8. ROTT has features in it that Quake didnt even have, like the jump pads, dogmode, flymode, and some awsome weapons. My favorite was the firewall cannon! Still loaded and fully functional on my system!!
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