Starkey
Avenging Rooster
(I guess a "vs." thread between WC games won´t hurt...)
I just got done playing SO again and, comparing it to UE, I say that UE is a MUCH better game, because:
1 - The UE staff didn´t have the money, tools or previous knowledge of the game engine like the SO staff, and still pulled off a wonderful game.
2 - The UE story is much more interesting and well developed (Endgame C path is one of the most thrilling WC losing paths, along with WC3´s.)
3 - The UE missions, despite few, are well developed and always have some kind of surprise or extra difficulty, not just that "fly-4-nav-points, kill-200-bugs missions like in SO.
4 - The fiction, while still not inside the game, comes with the game, is very well written and didn´t use that "casey-emails-spyder-who emails-stilleto-who replies to-maestro nonsense". (BTW, the Standoff and UE2 fiction will be accessible without leaving the game).
5 - The Kilrathi have a real role in UE.
6 - Flying the K´ha´haf.
7 - Just wonderful to see a Bengal, a Vesuvius, Kilrathi capships and all those old fighters in nice looking "modern" textures.
8 - The Cerberus has only 6 fighters. If it has more, they never show up. I know this is a common thing in WC, but it is unbelievable that the Cerberus almost single-handledly defeated a full-scale alien invasion. (Where is the "new and terrifying alien menace"?)
What do you think?
I just got done playing SO again and, comparing it to UE, I say that UE is a MUCH better game, because:
1 - The UE staff didn´t have the money, tools or previous knowledge of the game engine like the SO staff, and still pulled off a wonderful game.
2 - The UE story is much more interesting and well developed (Endgame C path is one of the most thrilling WC losing paths, along with WC3´s.)
3 - The UE missions, despite few, are well developed and always have some kind of surprise or extra difficulty, not just that "fly-4-nav-points, kill-200-bugs missions like in SO.
4 - The fiction, while still not inside the game, comes with the game, is very well written and didn´t use that "casey-emails-spyder-who emails-stilleto-who replies to-maestro nonsense". (BTW, the Standoff and UE2 fiction will be accessible without leaving the game).
5 - The Kilrathi have a real role in UE.
6 - Flying the K´ha´haf.
7 - Just wonderful to see a Bengal, a Vesuvius, Kilrathi capships and all those old fighters in nice looking "modern" textures.
8 - The Cerberus has only 6 fighters. If it has more, they never show up. I know this is a common thing in WC, but it is unbelievable that the Cerberus almost single-handledly defeated a full-scale alien invasion. (Where is the "new and terrifying alien menace"?)
What do you think?