Re: SC2 has In-Combat Quips
That's single-player; they're probably quasi-random transmissions.
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Kimera757
That's single-player; they're probably quasi-random transmissions.
Way to break our hopes and dreams.
That'd be awesome if they did have that kinda stuff though.
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That could be useful, especially when you're having to macro and pull away from the center of combat. Of course it could annoy other players, so it might be an option that's toggled between on and off.
In the instance of losing all but a few units in a force, it might be cool for the surviving units to mention something about a Pyrrhic victory.
I NEED the Zealots to say, "Give them nothing - and take from them EVERYTHING!" :D
I never noticed this before. I really like this feature.
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Well, that would be really interesting. And I bet then it would be, not only in the campaign, but in multiplayer too. Come on, if they made 30-40 decals for EACH race, they can make 3-4 triggered quotes per unit.
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Most recently, Dawn of War 2 uses this to great effect. It adds to the realism considerably.
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Ghost_828
Most recently, Dawn of War 2 uses this to great effect. It adds to the realism considerably.
cant agree more with that. It creates a great "in battle" feeling if is well done
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Ghost_828
Most recently, Dawn of War 2 uses this to great effect. It adds to the realism considerably.
Yeah. Like when you first encounter your enemy, for example, you're space marines, and you find your first your opponent on the map after scouting, you're guy will go "Eldar...."
Or the Chaos shouting out "DEATH TO THE FALSE EMPEROR"
I think it'd be cool if SCV, in his red neck voice, went "Boss, we got trouble... it's the Zerg!"
Or a Probe beeping sporadically while in the portrait screen, it projects a holographic image of an SCV, briefly.
Toggle-able, of course.
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I'm pretty sure that super hardcore idiots from tl.net would be crying if this is in multiplayer.
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As long as these aren't endlessly repeated the same phrases over and over again for no good reason, I'm game.
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Nicol Bolas
As long as these aren't endlessly repeated the same phrases over and over again for no good reason, I'm game.
agreed, this could be very annoying if done incorrectly, and for the fact that eventually we will hear every single phrase and tire of them I would just keep it to singleplayer so as to avoid that possibility. Of course make them also open for us mapmakers to toggle on and off too.
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Nicol Bolas
As long as these aren't endlessly repeated the same phrases over and over again for no good reason, I'm game.
This was done in Stalin vs Martians (that is, endlessly repeated). I don't need to keep hearing "I am like Bolshevik on bicycle", "I'm dying" or "I'm Ivan, I like you" over and over again. (No, I didn't buy the game, I just watched videos of it.)
For those who have actually played Warcraft III (I almost feel like making a poll on this, due to the massive amount of map editor questions), you'll remember missions where every time the enemy hero attacked your base, either they mocked/threatened you, or your hero shouted something like "we've got to hold the line!"
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At first I read the thread as "SC2 has In-Combat equips" as in, lol what marines can equip different weapons?
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StarCraft: Ghost had that...
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Kimera757
For those who have actually played Warcraft III (I almost feel like making a poll on this, due to the massive amount of map editor questions), you'll remember missions where every time the enemy hero attacked your base, either they mocked/threatened you, or your hero shouted something like "we've got to hold the line!"
Hold your ground! The Ko-dos must be pro-tec-ted!
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Nicol Bolas
As long as these aren't endlessly repeated the same phrases over and over again for no good reason, I'm game.
To refer once again to Dawn of War 2, take the Ork Slugga Squad as an example. This basic squad has about 400 - 500 lines, each of which was performed by three different voice actors.
Granted, one must however draw the line between a variety of lines and the required development time to to record and implement the quips.
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I thought this was standard in RTS games by now. The furthest back I remember, is from Red Alert 2 (released 2000) where units would yell for help when receiving heavy damage within a short time.
You didn't hear it very often, so I could imagine limits like;
• 1x comment per unit type every 2 minutes
• Only currently selected units make comments
Combine that with the fact that each unit have multiple comments, then it shouldn't be a problem.