OT: Warcraft 3??? - Page 3

El_Phil · #1 March 31st, 2005, 05:53 AM

Well apart from a ridiculously good AI which will stomp all over you in a skirmish I didn't think it was that bad.

Mind you I did pick it up pretty cheap during a sale, if I'd paid full price then I might be less charitable.

The main problem is the low unit limit, the lack of some of the really cool voices from Warcraft II and some of the new units are awfull.

Still wading in against the evil orks with a shed load of knights backed up with a blizzard remains as fun as ever.

Renegade 13 · #2 March 31st, 2005, 03:59 PM

I downloaded the demo before buying the game, and I was impressed by what I saw. Then again, the smaller unit limit doesn't bother me, since in Warcraft II I always tried to win with the least possible units. Rarely did I have more than 30-35 units at one time. The idea of a tougher AI also interests me since in WC2 the AI was (usually) rather easy to defeat. Build a bunch of defensive cannon and watch towers, watch the enemy send wave after wave of soldiers against them, be slaughtered, then get some peon or peasant to repair the towers for a fraction of the cost in gold and lumber that the AI used to build his strike force. Once the AI ran out of resources and quit sending units against you, move in and walk all over them. Simple really.

Air units have always been weak in Warcraft. Two watch towers or a few archers/axe throwers could easily take out a dragon or gryphon in WC2.

It sounds like the advantage that the AI has in WC3 is that it can perform many different tasks all at once. For example, train a new peon, build a new barracks and send some troops out exploring all at once, whereas you can only do one of those things at a time.

Anyways, thanks for all the opinions, please keep them coming!

Fyron · #3 March 31st, 2005, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Warcraft 3 is officially the worlds best and most played strategygame, apart from StarCraft, which is #1 in Korea.

Popularity most certainly has NO relation to "best" in any way. Look at so-called American "pop" music... The majority of it is very poor from an artistic view point, yet it still sells many copies.

David E. Gervais · #4 March 31st, 2005, 09:38 PM

I too am on a Blizzard Strike/Boycott until they produce Starcraft 2. Nuf Said.

Cheers!

thorfrog · #5 March 31st, 2005, 09:46 PM

Hey I've been getting into Warhammer 40000 Dawn of War. Cool stuff.

spoon · #6 April 1st, 2005, 02:21 PM

Quote:

David E. Gervais said:
I too am on a Blizzard Strike/Boycott until they produce Starcraft 2.

But the more money they make, the more they can spend on developing their titles. Quick! Go out and buy World of Warcraft! For the sake of the Protoss!

Saber Cherry · #7 April 1st, 2005, 08:04 PM

Quote:

spoon said:
But the more money they make, the more they can spend on developing their titles. Quick! Go out and buy World of Warcraft! For the sake of the Protoss!

WoW is fun, but highly addictive. More addictive than fun, actually. I don't suggest buying it unless you have a lot of self-control.