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The March of Alexander - first 5 scenerios
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File Description |
| prasanna |
Posted on 07/09/07 @ 01:22 AM (updated 09/07/07)
| File Details |
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| Number of Scenarios: |
8 |
| Difficulty: |
Mod-Hard |
Okay. I have seen how the creativity standards here are. Making campaigns takes me a really long time. So can someone please write a review giving places of improvement before I continue on.
Anyway this campaign starts from River Granikos where Alexander first set foot on the Asian Minor. I am hoping to end this detailed campaign in Hydraspes, near India. So far I have just finished (completely) Gordium.
IN THIS UPDATE, it goes to the Seige of Tyre. Can somebody leave any comments please? |
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prasanna
File Author |
Posted on 07/20/07 @ 09:43 PM |
| Pallintides |
Posted on 07/20/07 @ 10:33 PM
I know you are in school so think about that first. Pallintides |
prasanna
File Author |
Posted on 07/23/07 @ 01:32 AM |
| c4master |
Posted on 09/20/07 @ 05:08 AM |
prasanna
File Author |
Posted on 09/21/07 @ 02:26 AM |
| c4master |
Posted on 09/23/07 @ 12:39 PM
Playability: 5
This campaign really rocks! You will fun have a lot of hours while you're playing this beautiful masterpiece. Yet, there is a little bug because it seems to me that the sixth scenario, is somehow corrupted. I could not win this one even though I did all that has been requested. Anyways, one little bug in eight absolutely great scenarios, that isn't really worth noticing.
Every scenario has a playtime of at least one hour (maybe less if you are a good player) and most took me more than two hours. There is no scenario which you couldn't win and neither is there any that hasn't been a lot of fun for me. Additionally the scenarios are a well-balanced mix of fixed force and build up & destroy scenarios.
Balance: 4.5
Many scenarios are really easy to lose and you need good tactics to avoid this. Even if you manage to survive you will not have easy time archieving your goals. If there is one point, which was bad, then the one that you get too many gaia troops. If you keep searching the surrounding you will nearly always find something useful.
Creativity: 5
Wow! It was a big surprise to me to find such high creativity in this work. First of all, the victory conditions always fit to the scenario and do make sense in the historical context. Something which can be seen very rarely. Second, I liked how the scenarios played. It juast "feels" special. Third, the author used many different players, didn't switch between peoples except for the last mission and just made the best of what you can do in Age of Empires. The most creative and best scenario was number five. I had to try it three times until I could survive the first minutes and even then I played a very long time, always on a high adrenaline level, because of the fear that your buioldings might get destroyed. Great job!
Map Design: 4
The maps looked very nice. I like all the eye candy and I guess that some enhanced editor has been used to create certain specials like the trees within buildings or the "gold mines". Still, mainly on the fixed force levels, great parts of the map aren't drawn like this. Instead of pretty cities, mixed forsests and cactee, you will find huge plains and forest brush. It seems to me that these areas have been rushed. I can clearly understand this for I am a designer myself, but still I have to downgrade for that.
Story/Instructions: 5
Another part, where the author has done a marvellous job! The historical background would have been enough to score at least 4.0! Great discription of what was going on behind the scenes. Along come some nice bitmaps and a very good instructions section to clearly score 5.0. If only there were more campaigns like this one!
Additional Comments:
download recommendation: Yes! |
WillNotAllow
(id: GeorgeROR) |
Posted on 10/01/07 @ 11:27 AM
Edit: if ya want, come and join us at tribulationdesigns.com, we love to have ya ;)[Edited on 10/01/07 @ 11:29 AM]
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| irishruss |
Posted on 11/17/07 @ 08:15 PM |
| jlharter |
Posted on 12/13/07 @ 10:29 PM
Of course, one can still win without these changes by either not upgrading their towers or by all out conquest, but still this could create some confusion for new players or for players who didn't know that Sentry towers cannot substitute for watch towers to meet victory conditions.
Great campaign thus far. I have not completed it yet, but so far it is very nice. And, as always, I will review it soon. |
| jlharter |
Posted on 12/13/07 @ 11:05 PM
Great balance thus far, just a tip on making it more difficult if you want to (easily 4-4.5 balance as it is, and with the added dificulty we are talking a 5 for balance). ~expect a full review tomorrow or the next day[Edited on 12/14/07 @ 07:02 PM]
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HGDL v0.8.2 |
| Rating |
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| 4.8 | | Breakdown |
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| Playability | 4.8 | | Balance | 4.6 | | Creativity | 5.0 | | Map Design | 4.5 | | Story/Instructions | 5.0 |
| Statistics |
| Downloads: | 2,250 |
| Favorites: [] | 0 |
| Size: | 818.61 KB |
| Added: | 07/09/07 |
| Updated: | 09/07/07 |
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