warcraft3 or swgb

[simwiz2]

AoM is a great gameand has amazing graphics, but you need a great computer to run it - for 2v2 MP you will need a P4, 512+ RAM, Geforce gfx card. Ignore ES's minimum specs - someone with the minimum P2 450 mHz and 128 MB RAMwill be cursed at when playing MP and lagging everyone (even in a 1v1!) and will be able to play SP with about 4, maybe 5 AI players.

 

OTOH, I find Warcrap III to be very dark and gloomy. The units look like something out of a poorly drawn DBZ episode and the buildings are worse than the original AoE.

[Sithmaster_821]

What does the P in RPS stand for? Real Person Strategy?

 

Your complaining about AoM having the same basic sets of units (horses, foot soldiers, archers) isnt that considering it is historically based, and there werent very many other sets to choose from. It is pretty hypocritical seeing that not only does Warcraft 3 have the same sets of units as its predecessors, some of the units didnt even get a name change!

[Acharjay]

Originally posted by Sithmaster_821

What does the P in RPS stand for? Real Person Strategy?

 

...It is pretty hypocritical seeing that not only does Warcraft 3 have the same sets of units as its predecessors, some of the units didnt even get a name change!

 

1) Role Playing Strategy, because of the Heroes that level up and become stronger, learn new spells and have an inventory list.

 

2) When unit names are as basic and straight-to-the-point as "Grunt" and "Footman", why on Earth should they need a name change?

[DarthMuffin]

Originally posted by Sithmaster_821

What does the P in RPS stand for? Real Person Strategy?

 

Your complaining about AoM having the same basic sets of units (horses, foot soldiers, archers) isnt that considering it is historically based, and there werent very many other sets to choose from. It is pretty hypocritical seeing that not only does Warcraft 3 have the same sets of units as its predecessors, some of the units didnt even get a name change!

 

They could use the modern ages or the renaissance.

 

It is pretty hypocritical seeing that not only does Warcraft 3 have the same sets of units as its predecessors, some of the units didnt even get a name change!

 

Yes, but Wc3 adds 2 NEW, DIFFERENT races

[lukeiamyourdad]

you're all talking with your own personnal opinion and not looking at the facts. AoM has some points and some bad points so does WC3! So better stop complaning!

[Acharjay]

Originally posted by Darth54

This is LUCAS FORUMS. Don't ask stupid thing like :'WC3 or SWGB?' It is OBVIOUS that everybody (or almost) here will prefer SWGB...

[Sithmaster_821]

I'd hate to admit it to you, but renaissance and the modern age would have less unit variety and pretty much the same unit sets as all other historically based games.

 

And the new civs are about as new as any of the three Norse or three Eygptian Gods in AoM.

[Admiral Vostok]

I have to agree with simwiz's comments. The art is way too cartoony, and the relative sizes are terrible! A Grunt is about as big as a tower. At least in SWGB the troopers are way smaller than an AT-AT.

[Demolisher]

Originally posted by Darth54

 

And for those who don't know wich one to buy? Don't ask those questions on forums... If you talk about AoM at Bliz's forums, they will awnser : "What the heck is that???" OR "Oh Yeah, that stupid little game, it sucks so much!" and I heard someone complaining about AoM at Mr.Fixit Online. Try the demos and get the one you like!!!

 

That's a good point. It'd be nice if demos would show more of the game. I think the decision would be much easier if the games had similar engines. Like the other thread, it'd be cool if SWGB had more of a 3D engine where you can look down into the game and also have heroes.

 

A message board dedicated to 1 game is hard to compare 2 different games. That's the mistake I'm making

[lukeiamyourdad]

*Agrees with Demolisher*

 

As for renaissance and modern ages.

 

Look at cossacks. It was based around that time period and the units were not the same with AoK(i know it's not an Age of ....... but just to make a point). it was different. the sets were different.

[DarthMuffin]

Originally posted by Demolisher

 

That's a good point. It'd be nice if demos would show more of the game. I think the decision would be much easier if the games had similar engines. Like the other thread, it'd be cool if SWGB had more of a 3D engine where you can look down into the game and also have heroes.

 

A message board dedicated to 1 game is hard to compare 2 different games. That's the mistake I'm making

 

AH! At last! someone agrees with me!

[Admiral Vostok]

It's funny that billr's thread has survived a lot longer than he did.

[lukeiamyourdad]

Originally posted by Admiral Vostok

It's funny that billr's thread has survived a lot longer than he did.

 

That's because he insulted DMUK. What an idiot...

[CorranSec]

I may be gravely mistaken, but WarCraft III is an RTS. I've never heard of the genre RPS, and I suppose it's something made up by a game rating site or some such to cover the vague role-playing elements of WC3.

Well, let me put it this way. You build buildings. You build men. You make the men fight each other. It's not first-person. It's in real time. And so on, and so forth.... it's an RTS! A bit of role-playing on the side (which I nonetheless liked in WC3) does not turn it into a completely different genre.

Thus, GB and WC3 have every right to be compared.

 

About the whole AoM thing:

OK, Darth54 and others, you really don't go in for the whole medieval/mythical unit sets thing. Well, it's your loss, but that shouldn't completely destroy the game as a whole.

 

Oh, just one thing-

Sith, you know stuff about AoM... Is it worthwhile to get the AoM collectors set instead of the normal AoM?

[Admiral Vostok]

Yeah I wouldn't call it a whole new genre. But it is definitely at least a combination of genres. Still it is more RTS than RPG and there is no doubt it could be compared against SWGB.

[Sithmaster_821]

Cossaks has different units and so does AoM. In fact, AoM has less repeated units than WC3. But Cossaks still has infantry, calvary, siege, ranged, ect.like any other history based rts