Over at UDMod, one of SEN's affiliates, Olyvian has put together a terrain teaser for their upcoming AoS map, Fields of Glory.
"{For those of you who do not know, FoG is a medieval AoS map which is currently in production. We're always on the lookout for fellow sc2 fanatics who want to help FoG become a reality. Reckon you have some skills we might find useful? Why not post them on the Official FoG Forum? "
Red classic.
"In short, their absurdities are so extreme that it is painful even to quote them."
Damn, that looks amazing. Hopefully the gameplay can live up to the terrain's greatness. Also, I'm surprised at how nice the water looks. The waterfalls add a lot to the peacefulness and serenity of the "good" side of the map. Maybe it's because I can only run the game on medium-high and don't get the full water experience? Anyways, the "bad" side also looks really nice; the arid dirt and lava spewing up give it a nice touch (reminds me of HoN.. hopefully the gameplay isn't as confusing >_>). I hope they hurry up with this map so I can play it while payne is still evading wild bears in the mountains. >:o
It's very pretty, but a quick look at the gameplay/hero discussion shows me that they've put incredibly little thought into making their game distinct from any other game in the tactical heroic genre. Definitely going to have to withhold judgment for quite some time- but it will still probably beat TS2 to release.
It's very pretty, but a quick look at the gameplay/hero discussion shows me that they've put incredibly little thought into making their game distinct from any other game in the tactical heroic genre.
I'm sure they're open to criticism. If you have some ideas, maybe you could pass them along. link.
...really? They've been working on this project for a long time, and considering they're doing completely custom models and artwork for it, I think it deserves a little more than that. Yes, its another AoS, but it still looks great. The best we can come up with is a remake of Diablo 1 without all the great custom art they have.
There are other projects at UDMod as well, namely Risk Revulsion, WW2 Diplomacy, and Universe of Starcraft (not the one that guy is working on that Blizzard loved). Fields of Glory is their biggest so far, though.
Lol, yes their trailer shows magnificent work. I just feel as though with the new power SC2 provides, AoS would be left behind in favor of a newer genre.
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Aug 2 2011, 11:32 pm by Sacrieur.
DarkenedFantasies -- Probably just didn't care. For example, at some point before release, they've updated the graphics of some of the Protoss buildings (Forge, CyberCore, Citadel, Observatory, Arbiter Tribunal), but instead of properly re-rendering them with edited 3D models, they did crappy copy-paste jobs on the rendered graphics.
Ultraviolet -- I suppose we'll likely never know, but my guess would be that they already saw it operating successfully and there was no monetary incentive to finish the original work. And the dev cycle in old school Blizzard was so hectic, it's possible it just got forgotten about after the original game got released. Plus there's an element of existing MPQ files that were packaged with the original discs becoming outdated if they updated it. And it's not like they remade the original MPQs, they just made new ones for BW specifically
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Oh_Man -- so that makes me think maybe the theory they are unfinished is not true and its a deliberate design decision, coz why not finish them wen ur making brood war?
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Oh_Man -- the thing is thos buildings are from classic. that means they went ahead and made brood war without ever finishing the 'unfinished' buildings
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Ultraviolet -- Yeah he's talked about a lot of that stuff in his casts before. It seems plausible. Especially knowing how Blizzard of yesteryear operated.
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NudeRaider -- to clarify: couldn't recall the behavior for every single Protoss building but I was aware the disparity exists.
[2026-6-20. : 3:43 pm]
NudeRaider -- Contained nothing new for me. Didn't know all building's behavior, but very much all unit's. Also Terran balance whine - also nothing new
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Oh_Man -- makes me wonder if SEN knows anything about the topic
Anyways, the "bad" side also looks really nice; the arid dirt and lava spewing up give it a nice touch (reminds me of HoN.. hopefully the gameplay isn't as confusing >_>). I hope they hurry up with this map so I can play it while payne is still evading wild bears in the mountains. >:o
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