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[Slightly Wonky Robob]

TheDR, on 20 April 2025 - 20:30, said:

Slightly Wonky Robob, on 20 April 2025 - 20:20, said:

At this level of the sport, is the real qualification just sheer disrespect for one's life?

You might be on to something...

[TheDR]

Chyros, on 20 April 2025 - 21:13, said:

Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early .

Whoops!

Slightly Wonky Robob, on 20 April 2025 - 21:17, said:

TheDR, on 20 April 2025 - 20:30, said:

Slightly Wonky Robob, on 20 April 2025 - 20:20, said:

At this level of the sport, is the real qualification just sheer disrespect for one's life?

You might be on to something...

Good for him

[General]

Chyros, on 20 April 2025 - 21:13, said:

Tempest Rising accidentally launched a week early .

Just like me, comes early

Also,

need a character to die brutally in your series? Pedro Pascal is your man!

Edited by General, Today, 03:25.

[Destiny]

apr 23 apocalypse rising

[General]

Wanna know what else is rising?

[Destiny]

ankara lol

[General]

Ankara means "harsh" in Finnish

[Chyros]

Destiny, on 21 April 2025 - 06:18, said:

apr 23 apocalypse rising

Yeah I definitely wanna check that out as well, though last I looked this wasn't announced anywhere on their website .

[General]

Nope, tried again and Tempest Rising just doesn't click for me.

I guess i will wait and hope for a proper remakae of Generals.

[TheDR]

I think games, and specifically RTS games, might be quite hard to create.

[Chyros]

What is it exactly that you're looking for? Other than just, you know, Generals.

[General]

Art style and unit design seem to be even more important for rts games.

Red Alert 2 and Generals, even Tiberium Wars had perfect unit design. Distinct, easy to read, fun.

[Chyros]

That's fair.

To be honest I really like the Tiberian universe and visually it's a lot closer to that than Generals, or even Red Alert. Though it definitely also has RA elements.

So far I like it. Not blown away or anything, but a fun playthrough. Don't know how good skirmish is gonna be but I haven't seen that many of the units and stuff yet of course.

[TheDR]

I want it to do well just so we get more RTS games.

[Chyros]

Indeedely do. Although I feel like Tempest Rising is kinda eclipsing other RTS games that are coming out.

That said there are a whole bunch more I want to try, including Endeavor, which is already out.

[TheDR]

This one? What appeals about it? I think it looks a bit uninspired.

I feel like we need an open source engine that has the basis for a good game that people can put the creative overlay on the top. A bit like how Unreal engine allows for action/fps games to at least have a base to build upon. All these developers have to spend so much time recreating the mechanical elements of RTS games that they never get time to make a good game.

[Chyros]

TheDR, on 21 April 2025 - 11:46, said:

This one? What appeals about it? I think it looks a bit uninspired.

I feel like we need an open source engine that has the basis for a good game that people can put the creative overlay on the top. A bit like how Unreal engine allows for action/fps games to at least have a base to build upon. All these developers have to spend so much time recreating the mechanical elements of RTS games that they never get time to make a good game.

Yeah that one. It looks a little bit like a midpoint between BAR and C&C.

As for the engine, I'd say BAR's is quite good. It can handle tens of thousands of units on the map without any lag. For more C&C-style games, maybe there should be another one. Although I don't see why Unity or Unreal wouldn't work Oo .

[Slightly Wonky Robob]

Nothing like a friendly game of golf.

[General]

Maybe the real friends were the golfs we played along the way