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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Guys, it doesn't look good. They basically just spit-shind it.

I'm still going to get it πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ but I'm not holding my breath.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago
[–] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is cool, but I will wait for the reviews first.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if they fixed the pathfinder in warcraft1. It was a really smart wallfollower, but it could go in circles in the tunnel levels.

[–] chasingtheflow@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think they’re meant to be faithful to the originals so probably not.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Ya but it was sort of an algorithmic bug, induced by this very efficient and low memory path finder, so good luck finding someone coding that today...

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who has been long-awaiting a Warcraft 3: refunded patch?

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

All four remaining players are very happy!

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

With always online DRM, I'm sure. Fuck you Blizzard.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] londos@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Why do you keep touching me?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 10 hours ago

hahaha yesss

β€œSTOP POKING MEEEEEE”

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 23 hours ago

RIP Blizzard

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would definitely play Warcraft 2 remastered. I've played the version on GOG and it was solid, but a remastered version is always nice.

Haven't played Warcraft 1 in over 25 years. Wouldn't mind trying it for fun.

[–] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Got into it yesterday, there's a toggle to switch between old and new graphics during gameplay. And there's also an option for original or updated music, it was an instant nostalgia kick lol

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

All I remember of the first one was that it was brutal as fuck

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

I loved the first one so much. I’ve been hearing the remaster for WC1 won’t have online multiplayer. That’s a huge disappointment for me. Hardly anyone ever got to experience that game multiplayer. I played it with my friend exactly once, when I brought my computer over to his house. It worked over LAN and I think also modem, but not the internet.

[–] Imperor@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If the remastered versions add modern controls that'd be super. It's the main gripe I have with the older games besides low resolutions.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You mean like updating unit selection in Warcraft 2; it is limited to ~9 units per control group from what I remember.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I watched someone stream it and freaked out that they grouped 10 trolls

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Orks and humans had no multi select πŸ™ƒ apparently they're adding that in though which might make it playable.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I read a piece not too long ago by one of the developers of WC1. He originally had it so you could select all your units at the same time and just order them to attack. The lead designer said that was too boring and easy, so he had him limit the unit selection to groups of 4.

After trying it both ways, they agreed the smaller group limit made the game more skilful and interesting to play. Ever since then RTS games have gone towards increasing the selection cap more and more! I think it’s a mistake.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I liked how dawn of war did it with units being squads of people, you had huge battles but less units.

Yeah that’s how the Total War series does it. A single unit could be up to 200 people. It tends to make the unit far less maneuverable though. This means it leans pretty far away from what the WarCraft/StarCraft fan is looking for with highly microable units.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember trying to replay Dune 2 a few years ago.

The lack of many QoL/UX refinements made it really difficult to play.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There are open source engine rebuilds for Dune 2 that offer lots of QoL/UX refinements so it is really great to play but at the same time those changes make the game way to easy.

Dune 2 was designed and balanced with the limitations in mind and removing them utterly breaks the difficulty.

[–] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Did not know about this about the open source engine rebuild. Will have to try them the next time I feel like playing Dune 2.

I don't mind the easier difficulty. πŸ˜€

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 1 points 52 minutes ago

There exist a few but I personally had the best results with Dune Legacy: https://sourceforge.net/projects/dunelegacy/

[–] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I love the old games but I wish that unit pathing and attacking would've been updated a little. Or at least for the remastered version, or have it an option in the settings.

Another thing that always bothered me a bit was the max amount of selected units in many older RTS games. Sometimes it's limited by the UI too, but they could update that as well.