your favorite/worst "OH SHIT" moments in RTS games
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The Waaaghboss was a mixed bag for me. I've beaten the game twice now, and while that green monster had me sweating bullets the first time around, the second time he dropped relatively quickly. The Avatar, on the other hand, was still a source of frustration.Soviet Heavy said:
Best "Oh shit!" moment in memory:
Original Starcraft. I was just about to mobilize my army and rain hell down on a Terran base. Suddenly, about a dozen Ghosts decloaked around my base. A moment later, the nukes started falling...
Original Starcraft. I was just about to mobilize my army and rain hell down on a Terran base. Suddenly, about a dozen Ghosts decloaked around my base. A moment later, the nukes started falling...
Europa Universalis III when I was Leinster waging war with England to release their vassals and take the remaining land for myself. I had Scotland on my side. Halfway through the war the English navy blockaded my ports so I couldn't send reinforcements over to my 500 infantry who were being hammered by about seven 1,000 unit regiments. I thought it was going well, then that happened and England occupied half of Scotland. Even to this day they reject my peace treaties, even when I take out multiple loans just to coerce them into peace.
Really off topic, but you have an awesome display picture.Vouk said:
In Rome Total War,
I'm playing as Greece and face a superior Roman army. about 1500 phalanx dudes and a general vs 2300 Romans that are better trained. No worries, I put all my units on 1 corner of the map. I remembered that the map is expanded a little bit after you're done placing your troops, I got that covered. There is a little trick that if you put 2 phalanx units into each other, they form a double spear wall and not even an armored elephant could breach it.
Then, as I click to start the battle, enemy reinforcements arrived. Right in the corner where I've pitched my tent! Needless to say, I got slaughtered.
I'm playing as Greece and face a superior Roman army. about 1500 phalanx dudes and a general vs 2300 Romans that are better trained. No worries, I put all my units on 1 corner of the map. I remembered that the map is expanded a little bit after you're done placing your troops, I got that covered. There is a little trick that if you put 2 phalanx units into each other, they form a double spear wall and not even an armored elephant could breach it.
Then, as I click to start the battle, enemy reinforcements arrived. Right in the corner where I've pitched my tent! Needless to say, I got slaughtered.
Rome: Total War
A massive army of around 3000 with chariots, elepants and plently of footsoldiers and archers vs. my small rag tag army of about 300 above average soldiers who just got kicked out of a rioting city. I would of had my ass handed to me but there was a bridge.
I really love bridges.
A massive army of around 3000 with chariots, elepants and plently of footsoldiers and archers vs. my small rag tag army of about 300 above average soldiers who just got kicked out of a rioting city. I would of had my ass handed to me but there was a bridge.
I really love bridges.
Empire Earth, when iI left for 5 minutes to eat rice, I come back and all my buildings are on fire and my citizens murdered.
Halo Wars (Not 1,2,3,ODST,or Reach. Halo Wars) I ran upstairs for a minute to grab a soda while my friends protected me. 1 minute later,they were both dead and there was an army of Scorpions and Spartans in my face.
I don't really play too many RTS's but I've had more than a few online in SC2. I think the worst moment was the really fast horsemen things in Brutal Legends.
Long ago, I was playing Age of Empires II and I scrolled over the enemy Vikings' town only to find that the heart of the computer's dense population/military center was occupied by a tightly packed cluster of, I kid you not, upwards of eight castles, and he almost certainly had murder holes.
I don't recall what happened in that game... It probably wasn't pretty.
I don't recall what happened in that game... It probably wasn't pretty.
I have one that wasn't actually me, and technically wasn't a game, but was from a TV series and used a game engine.
For those of you who don't know, which I suspect will be many, Time Commanders was a BBC series that ran for a few seasons in the early Noughties (I think it was 2003-05), based around the idea of recreating old historical military battles and seeing if teams of four could possibly do better than the commanders of their chosen army did in real life. Each team was made up of two generals, who were responsible for the overall strategy, and two lieutenants, who were responsible for on-the-ground tactics and would give orders to the show technicians, who controlled the units of the armies against the opposing AI in an RTS style format. The engine used for the simulation was actually a modified version of the engine used in the Total War games, and looks and operates very similar (albeit with improved, more realistic, AI), and indeed The Creative Assembly (TW developers) were included in the credits, though with no mention of Total War itself.
Teams generally proved to be fairly incompetent, with most people losing their battles, though to be fair in some cases their eventual losses were alarmingly close to what really happened. Gamers weren't permitted to take part in the show, sadly, purely because it was thought that gamers would have an unfair advantage against the AI due to possible experience of similar games (which is fair enough when you think about it).
The 'OH SHIT' moment I'm thinking of, specifically, took place near the start of this video:
Yes. That seriously did just happen. The guy charges a massive Roman army with his scouts, leading to an effective Benny Hill sketch type skirmish. The most hilarious part? Afterwards, they claim that it was part of the plan, as they tried to disorganise the Roman troops. Which is the most unbelievable excuse to attack someone since Blair and Dubya claimed there were nuclear weapons in Iraq (oooh, yes, I went there xD).
Also of note is that every team in this series seems to be obsessed with capturing hills. Fine, it's a useful tactic when you need to defend against a tired but large enemy force, or if you're going to utilise a massed cavalry charge, but seriously, the hill is NOT THE OBJECTIVE!!!!!
For those of you who don't know, which I suspect will be many, Time Commanders was a BBC series that ran for a few seasons in the early Noughties (I think it was 2003-05), based around the idea of recreating old historical military battles and seeing if teams of four could possibly do better than the commanders of their chosen army did in real life. Each team was made up of two generals, who were responsible for the overall strategy, and two lieutenants, who were responsible for on-the-ground tactics and would give orders to the show technicians, who controlled the units of the armies against the opposing AI in an RTS style format. The engine used for the simulation was actually a modified version of the engine used in the Total War games, and looks and operates very similar (albeit with improved, more realistic, AI), and indeed The Creative Assembly (TW developers) were included in the credits, though with no mention of Total War itself.
Teams generally proved to be fairly incompetent, with most people losing their battles, though to be fair in some cases their eventual losses were alarmingly close to what really happened. Gamers weren't permitted to take part in the show, sadly, purely because it was thought that gamers would have an unfair advantage against the AI due to possible experience of similar games (which is fair enough when you think about it).
The 'OH SHIT' moment I'm thinking of, specifically, took place near the start of this video:
Yes. That seriously did just happen. The guy charges a massive Roman army with his scouts, leading to an effective Benny Hill sketch type skirmish. The most hilarious part? Afterwards, they claim that it was part of the plan, as they tried to disorganise the Roman troops. Which is the most unbelievable excuse to attack someone since Blair and Dubya claimed there were nuclear weapons in Iraq (oooh, yes, I went there xD).
Also of note is that every team in this series seems to be obsessed with capturing hills. Fine, it's a useful tactic when you need to defend against a tired but large enemy force, or if you're going to utilise a massed cavalry charge, but seriously, the hill is NOT THE OBJECTIVE!!!!!