RTS/FPS: Tell Me What You Think About This Sc2 Theory!!!

[Xx_Dylan_xX]

OK here we go...

We have additional Races and keep the old ones for a total of 5 different races... blah blah blah

ok

But the major impossible ( a disk would need 12000 MB...lol ) Would be that you could Choose any one of the characters in your Massive army and use that character in a First Person View until it died...

I dont Know About you But i think That Would be Pretty Damn Kickass.

[Frattimonde]

You know, there are already a lot of posts like this one.

So this one Is kinda unessecary.

<Lord Goth.

[gediminas]

1)And how are you supposed to control other units while in FPS mode?

2)This could only be possible if the FPS unit is the only one you can control in the scenario. WarCraft III already has an FPS mod, where you can control 1 footman. It's quite fun.

3)Just keep thinking, maybe you're heading in the right direction...

[singo]

Should be good in some missions.

StarCraft:Marine anyone?

[TaCktiX]

5 races, definitely. Why? It fits a pattern, and the SC storyline.

WC2: Two races, orc and human
SC: Three races, zerg, terran, and protoss
WC3: Four races, attempted 5th, human, undead, orc, night elf, demons
SC2: Five races, zerg, terran, protoss, Zerg/Protoss hybrids (see Dark Origin in the BW campaign), and the Xel'Naga (who return to fix the chaos brewing among their creations)

Now a first person view I doubt. Why? Too much hardware required to pull off a pretty FPV. Sure WC3 is a tad more demanding than most RPSs, but it doesn't require the absurd levels of graphical and computing power that an FPS or a simulator do. My thinking is that there will be a default 2D overhead view, and a 3D view with movable camera, that has various additional effects you can add (like how detailed individual units are, do units smoke or bleed when damaged, etc.).

[dark-kirby]

OMG!! OMG!! I had the SAME EXACT IDEA of a total FPS/RTS Hybrid game! Except you would control from a special units point of view, or a powerful one (like a ghost or a battlecruiser) You could be able to order support and manage ur squads even in FPS mode. You can have more skills and the ghost would get much more kills. I swear i had the same idea. I am not kidding.

[BSTRhino]

I'm not surprised, I've actually heard the FPS/RTS hybrid quite a few times...

Usually the idea is, one player controls the general overview of the game, while other players in the game take on the roles of characters in first-person mode.

The trouble is, suddenly the control that the overview commander has over the rest of the game is limited. I mean, what happens if the overall command wants to order one of his units over, and that unit is controlled by another player in first-person?

Perhaps maybe a different way of playing would be, the overall commander constructs the buildings and units. But the other players take on the battlefield in first person, third person, or top down view.

[peace_machine]

You know LEGO Rock Raiders pulled off the RTS/FPS thing pretty well. Nothing like making a lego base and being able to controll their little cars ^^

But yeah I have had that idea for a fair while.

[dark-kirby]

It is a hard idea to put in the game, it would take a long time to program it and do enemies and control at the same time, but it is not without merit, not at all. I mean, if they pulled this off in SC2 (or any game), it has a nice way of becoming a SMASH hit. It could make blizzard or any other company (pandemic, lucas arts, activision, vivendi universal definitly) a hell of a lot of money! EA would not be able to pull this off, because, it is beginning to suck lately (cc:generals) and other games by it are being beat. Do you know any really hyped game coming out in the next 6 months or so made by EA?

[peace_machine]

Do you know any really hyped game coming out in the next 6 months or so made by EA?
Burnout 3
Lord of the rings: the Third Age
The Sims 2
Battlefield 2 (12 mionths)

They all seem pretty hyped up, though I am only really interested in Burnout 3, Just hoping it dosn't get screwed up because EA bought it/company.

[Maegtelluma]

I think this is an ok idea, but the only way it could work would be the way BSTRhino suggested it, having literally a tag team of players, one building and gathering, the other commadning. Even then, it would probably work best in more of a third person view, because in first person view its hard to worry about other units other than your own. If you led, all the units behind you could die and you might never know. Plus, if it was played on a slower computer, trying to switch between "God mode" and "FPS mode" would freeze up all the time, especially online.

[BSTRhino]

Yeah actually Maegtelluma, when I look back, there wouldn't be any point going in FPS mode. It'd just be like playing team melee wouldn't it? Oh well, thanks for liking my idea.

[tFighterPilot]

Have any of you played Dungeon Keeper 1 or 2? You can quite simply control a unit from a first person view, different for every unit, quite impresive.