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ssj12 on 08 June 2008
makingmusic476 said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Nope. Stick with StarCraft. WC3 is like a cross between StarCraft and Diablo. You have to micromanage your regular RTS gaming with leveling up your hero, and teaching him spells and gaining him experience by having him fuck up neutral creatures on the map. Some people love it, and you might, but I love StarCraft and Diablo, but hate playing both at once.

I agree with this 100%.  The game emphasized the heroes a bit too much for my tastes.

I'd recommend getting Age of Mythology.  It came out around the same time WC3 did, and got similar reviews.  It's like Age of Empires II, but better all around and with a mythological background.  Even to this day it's one of my top three favorite RTSes along with the Battle for Middle-earth II and Supreme Commander.


 You forget how cheap you can get the WC3 battlechest and the B.N. onine part is awesome with all the mods. Just DOTA is worth the purchaseas well as the tower defences.



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ph4nt on 08 June 2008

It has a really good campaign, one of the best story-wise.

You won't be disappointed.



Foshoryuken on 08 June 2008

Tower defense is for the 12 and under crowd. Buy it and play the actual game.



Aj_habfan on 08 June 2008

DOTA and Hero Wars are amazing.



ssj12 on 08 June 2008
Foshoryuken said:
Tower defense is for the 12 and under crowd. Buy it and play the actual game.

 right... just saying that and looking at the success of PixelJunk Monsters and Tower Defense games throughout the web and games really makes that remark seem like you belong to the 12 and under crowd.



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Ickalanda on 08 June 2008

It definitely is. The custom games made by users are on levels far better than StarCrafts and the regular game itself is very fun as well. It's a nice thing to play between StarCraft like if you alternate, good change of pace and makes sure you don't ever get bored.



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Foshoryuken on 08 June 2008
ssj12 said:
 

right... just saying that and looking at the success of PixelJunk Monsters and Tower Defense games throughout the web and games really makes that remark seem like you belong to the 12 and under crowd.


Ok?(lmao)

So TD games are very dear to your heart? My bad dude. Didn't mean to strike a nerve!

 

 



allthehoneys on 08 June 2008

Absolutely, enjoyed this game very much. Never got around to the expansion though :(



makingmusic476 on 08 June 2008
ssj12 said:
makingmusic476 said:
The Ghost of RubangB said:
Nope. Stick with StarCraft. WC3 is like a cross between StarCraft and Diablo. You have to micromanage your regular RTS gaming with leveling up your hero, and teaching him spells and gaining him experience by having him fuck up neutral creatures on the map. Some people love it, and you might, but I love StarCraft and Diablo, but hate playing both at once.

I agree with this 100%.  The game emphasized the heroes a bit too much for my tastes.

I'd recommend getting Age of Mythology.  It came out around the same time WC3 did, and got similar reviews.  It's like Age of Empires II, but better all around and with a mythological background.  Even to this day it's one of my top three favorite RTSes along with the Battle for Middle-earth II and Supreme Commander.


 You forget how cheap you can get the WC3 battlechest and the B.N. onine part is awesome with all the mods. Just DOTA is worth the purchaseas well as the tower defences.


 AoM and the expansion are $20 total, and the AoM editor is quite versatile as well.  I loved playingTower Defense, Mythodea, and Cat and Mouse online.  Some really awesome games were created using that editor, as well as all the stupid RPGs that plagued the WC3 online community also.



starcraft on 08 June 2008

I enjoyed the heroes aspect of the game. For me, Warcraft 3 was the best RTS I've ever played after the original Age of Empires.



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