[Stealth]

Originally posted by Fear
so u are going to compare doom2 to doom3 aswell? you cant compare a game to a classic, because for its time it had superb graphic, and for its time it had the best storyline and owns movies. and for it time it had the best music \voice acting around...

well you get the point i just think that until starcraft2 will come out u cant compare DOW to SC1 unless Dow will become classic when SC2 will be gold

of course you can compare the two.  they're both RTS, they both have the same engine setup, i mean, i don't know, you don't seem to have much logic, so arguing with you is probably pointless, but you DEFINATELY can compare the two games, and i'm telling you, that Dawn of War beats Starcraft in almost every sense.  don't start defending Starcraft now, becuase i've been more of a Starcraft fan than anyone on this forum... check my Battle.net profile:  3000+ games played, and that's just on multiplayer.

Also, Starcraft didn't set any precedents really... it was a great game, still is, but there were other RTS games that came out at the time, such as age of empires, Warcraft, command and conquer, etc. etc.  Starcraft just got really popular because it was a good game.  it had well rounded races, good graphics, nice story, etc.

Anyway, point is:  you can compare the two... Dawn of War > Starcraft.  Just like you can compare a 2002 Thunderbird to a 1959 Thunderbird... one's a classic, but so what.  big deal.  you can still compare them.  and i still say:  With Dawn of War's release, MANY starcraft fans are going to be switching to it.  myself included.  just get on Starcraft battle.net and go to a public chat channel and mention Dawn of War, and see how many people start talking about it.  Starcraft's multiplayer popularity is going to start decreasing rapidly... watch.  the ONLY thing that Starcraft has on its side at the moment is that it's a lot cheaper to buy the game than dawn of war, and older computers can play it.  other than that, everyone's going to be at least TRYING dawn of war.  myself included.

Kthx.

[Ghostavo]

So why can't any modern game get that adiction that Starcraft produces in the players?

[Stealth]

well there hasn't really been any real RTS released since Broodwar... except for Warcraft III, and Warcraft III HAS taken off... the community keeps growing.

i think the main thing that is keeping Starcraft going is the system specs... you don't need a super-fast computer to play it, or a super-fast connection.

remember though:  we're not talking about which game has the most addiction... because obviously the 6 year old starcraft takes that over the 1 week old dawn of war... we're comparing the GAME itself, and in that aspect, Dawn of War, i think, wins.  i'm pretty sure starcraft is going to continue to have strong multiplayer support, for the reasons above and probably others... i mean who knows, it's always hard to predict or explain something like that.  but we all know the Koreans are heavy Starcraft players, and i'm sure it'll continue to be that way.

[an0n]

Originally posted by Fear
any 1 want to arrange a game?

I would, but I.....errrr...doubt my copy would play on the servers.

[Stealth]

hehe.  likewise

[Stealth]

actually we need to set up a server.  a dedicated server.

enough said.  those of you that are familiar with most RTS games will know what i mean

[an0n]

*hears the DMCA Enforcer sirens approaching, whirring: 'RRRR-IAAAAAA'*

[Stealth]

*edits above message*

[IceFire]

Seems like good impetus for Blizzard to build a StarCraft 2 sometime in the near future.

[Zarax]

And Ensemble to make something new

[Fear]

Edit:
bah my post was 2 cruel.
i still think you cant compare those 2, beside SC is way more micromanagment.


p.s Guys buy this ****ing game, beside from what i have heard it have ip/tcp.

[an0n]

Did I miss something?

[Fear]

not a thing

[Thorn]

This was posted at the RN DoW forums.
Bloody awesome.

http://relicuniverse.com/news/2004/09/24/000143.php
       
       
 
http://www.relicnews.com/index.php?f_area=story&f_id=2483
 
   
   

[Singh]

hmmmm.......
time to clear space for a new demo on me disk me thinks.

Lets hope this thing can run on my old system tho

[an0n]

The intro movie kicks ass.

And once you've played through the game you notice all the little references. Like the drop-ships coming in after the flag is planted and the point taken. And the Ork WAAAAGH signaling the Ork charge.

[Singh]

wtf.....i just remembered! I had the beta version on my HD....
wonder how much changed between it and the demo though :/

edit: or not....damn reformat and pe_jeefo......

[Fear]

this game can run on very very weak machine. but everything on low ofcurse .

beside  in the beta the seer concuil was unbalanced aswell? i mean i can get them in less than 2 minute of the game and they kick ass...