Oh fuck. I had completely forgotten this game.
[b]Nostalgiagasm[/b]
It worked! Now time to go back and play a bit more. Thanks Angry! :3:
holy shit the computer sounds like GLaDOS
Ok so I took a look, christ this game is bad-ass. It's a bitch to scroll around and keep an eye on your robots though, but the interface is at least a little better than Dune 2.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;21304584]Ok so I took a look, christ this game is bad-ass. It's a bitch to scroll around and keep an eye on your robots though, but the interface is at least a little better than Dune 2.[/QUOTE]
holding down the right mouse button lets you scroll at lightning speed. it's far easier to get around.
when you get a "unit produced" icon at the top of the screen, you can click on it to be transferred to the new unit. also, if a unit is under attack you can click on their avatar/display on the top right-hand corner and it'll drag the camera over to them/drag the camera over to the combat.
this game is the best because you can't stop for ANYTHING. the second you take a little break, the enemy will find a way to overwhelm a weak point and absolutely destroy you.
[QUOTE=Angry Baker;21305013]holding down the right mouse button lets you scroll at lightning speed. it's far easier to get around.
when you get a "unit produced" icon at the top of the screen, you can click on it to be transferred to the new unit. also, if a unit is under attack you can click on their avatar/display on the top right-hand corner and it'll drag the camera over to them/drag the camera over to the combat.
this game is the best because you can't stop for ANYTHING. the second you take a little break, the enemy will find a way to overwhelm a weak point and absolutely destroy you.[/QUOTE]
Cheers man, honestly yeah this is pretty great.
I admit, This game is still good even now days, though I also think it would be neat if they went back, and re-visited the game, such as make the game again, basically the same game, but new looks, but then again, that could possibly kill the awesomeness that is this game, so I don't know...
[QUOTE=terrorclaw;21305371]I admit, This game is still good even now days, though I also think it would be neat if they went back, and re-visited the game, such as make the game again, basically the same game, but new looks, but then again, that could possibly kill the awesomeness that is this game, so I don't know...[/QUOTE]
I could see that happening. The thing about Z is that it's unaturally gritty. Everything is SUPER SHARP and gunfights lead to explosions, people flying in to the air, etc. Talk about futuristic standards for a 1995 game. We're just now discovering particle effects to apply grittiness to games (MW2 and Mass Effect 2 really show this off).
Company of Heroes is the only RTS I can think of that is truly gritty, and the only reason I think it looks that way is because of how contrasty the normal maps are on the characters/props, how stark the shadows are, the ingame sharpening effects and of course the particle effects + level destruction.
If anyone could pull off grit by doing all of that good stuff, then yeah, Z could be remade and follow true to the grandaddy of badass vigigames. They won't, though, so let's not worry about it!
There's a guy from ZZone working on a open source remake using XNA 2D IceCream Engine.
[url]http://zzone.lewe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=612[/url]
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[QUOTE=PunchedInFac;21299462]holy shit the computer sounds like GLaDOS[/QUOTE]
Haha that's silly why would it s-
GLaDOS: "This next chamber was built for military androids"
Oh my god
Holy shit I played that as a kid but I didn't even remember it until I saw the character's faces on the right oh my god nostalgia
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Edit: One of the few old RTS games where seeing an enemy tank is quite terrifying, especially as there is a chance one enemy tank can kill two of your tanks (a very minute chance, but it still makes EVERY tank fight fucking intense).[/QUOTE]
So wait,
You actually SAW a tank in that mess of pixels? Damn you have good eyes.
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