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How about the Maori? They were pratically born to be warriors, many started training at around age seven. Their martial skill was so powerful that they're one of the few indigenous peoples to never really be conquered by the invader.
In Australia, 200 Kalkadoon warriors made a last stand against many better armed British and indigenous soldiers. After hours of fighting against superior weaponery, including a cavalry charge, they finally charged at the enemy with spears drawn and made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Looks really cool, I love the Lochagos unit.
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Eh, I honestly don't mind the graphics - I'm always for something colourful in an era full of murky dark visuals, and I like the exaggerated animations. From what I've heard from people in the Beta it doesn't take that long to get used to them. I don't remember AOE games being particularly revered for their graphics, either - sure, they're always pretty but it's not a major selling point. I think it's easy to forgive RE for thinking the same and concentrating on gameplay instead.
I've been very sympathetic to this game, just because of how much hate has been directed at it. People are seriously wishing ill on RE just for one game they barely know anything about and haven't played yet, they're making fun of developers on the official forums and so forth. I really don't see what's so offensive about it. I hate MMO but again, from what I've heard the "MMO" aspect has been very played up in the marketing and, ultimately, it's just the same AOE game with a few things added to it that are entirely optional. I don't like the non-historical element but AOE games have never been accurate. I guess ultimately I feel that considering it's free and you're not being nickle and dimed it's nothing to go up in arms about.
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Although the Egyptians have been done in many strategy games, I don't think they've ever been portrayed realistically at all, so I'm definitely behind this. Great start.
A khopesh wielding warrior could be one of the super units, specialising against non-Egyptian units, reflecting on its superior evolution from Canaanite beginnings. Just a thought.
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Well I'll hopefully be living in Canada sometime within the next couple years since I want to study in Toronto. It looks like a lovely country too and doesn't seem too different to Australia socially, so it won't be too much of a culture shock. After that, pretty boring choice but I'd love to live in the US, at least the north east, NYC or Boston would be amazing to me since there's so much history and culture there.
And for a third choice... probably Turkey. I can't choose between Europe or the Middle East so I'll go with the best of both worlds.
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I have mixed feelings about this game, though I haven't played it in a while. I think the concept is really cool, it just wasn't taken advantage of enough. What it boils down to is that during the RTS part I wished I was playing AOE3, and during the Hero sections I wished I was playing God of War. It just didn't really succeed in either idea, and felt like a weird mishmash that I couldn't get attached to.
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May as well bump this thread again... well, right now I'm a freelance artist working on a portfolia/saving money to study at a particular school in Canada (Toronto to be precise) in a year or two (preferably after my sister's wedding in late 2011, since I'm real darn excited about that). I suppose I'm in that stage of life where I just want to be away from home for a little while.
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Very nice, I agree with you on all fronts. First time I've heard of Rise and Fall in years, too... my, that was an odd game.
I gotta say, you more or less described the game I've wanted to make since I was in high school. One day...
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Wow, rereading my posts from four years ago is interesting... not only am I a full blown atheist now, but I've since found out I have prominent Jewish heritage. Kind of a big turn around.
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Thanks. I was Dieneces on AOMH, Mythos. Have to agree that a more realistic style would've been a massive burden on 0 A.D. if it were the case, which is one of the reasons why I'm glad it isn't. The gameplay changes are still rooted in previous AOE games (equipment=relics, block of soldiers=cards/god powers etc) and I'm guessing they're just advertising the hell out of the polis feature right now since customisation = new gamers, in the same way they were with the HC when AOE3 was announced.
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Honestly, I was a little put off and surprised at first - but really, what does it matter? I can completely see why there's a change in direction, and frankly, I rather like it. If more fans were in charge of RE, we'd just get a complete remake of AOE2 with with more concentration on nostalgia than innovation. RE have announced, after all, that the RTS gameplay is still there, as is PvP. I think the bold vision behind this project is pretty admirable. The backlash its getting is unfortunately reminiscent of the Diablo 3 fiasco - or, heaven forbid, Sonic fans wanting Sonic 4 to be completely identical to the 16-bit games.
I'm quite confident that this will turn out to be a lot of fun, and be a lot more than just building some elaborate polis. I'd like to mention that I find Facebook/social networking games completely abhorrent and still like my realistic hoplites too... but hey, this works for me. Of course, I don't like how ahistorical it all is (the hypaspitai stuff made me cringe when I first saw it) ... but it's not at all surprising. Besides, we still have 0 A.D. for that. And if it gets more people into history, like the original AOE did for me, then it's done its job.
Check out this guy's post on Robot's forums, and you might breathe a sigh of relief: http://robotentertainment.com/forum/topic/...-respecting-NDA
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Not to ask a noobish question, but is it possible to actually play the game right now, despite the lack of some important features and with some bugs and tweaking?
If so, it's certainly an exciting stage!
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It'd probably just be a cash in, though.
(excuse me for some unrelated conversation, but who's that in your avatar, Mythos?)
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Shattered. Went to Agecommunity for the first time in a while hoping to see a confirmation for the next Age game, and got this instead.
Hopefully the remaining crew can keep making great RTS games under a different name. You know, now we need 0 A.D. more than ever!
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All I want to see is the "barbarian" factions done faithfully, without the essence of Roman propaganda seaming through.
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Why do the pre-Dorian Spartans have helots? [/pedant]
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I plan on playing the Iberians first, and from the sounds of things they're turtle-rushers, which I can dig. Of course, I'll play the other civs as well, even though I don't care too much for the Romans - but hey, you never know - they might end up being the most fun to me!
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Ah, my favourite! Great work, Brendan - what's the source for the helmet? And will his horse be pimped up a little more in-game?
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If Iberian lynxes are included, I'd feel really bad about killing them.
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When a unit upgrades, are we given any indication of it? Is there some little special effect around the unit as it happens, a la turning a unit into a hero for the Atlanteans in AOMTT?
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At first I was sceptical about having 'bull horned' helmets, expecting a Wagnerised viking type thing, though I see that they seemed to be made of bronze, similar to horned Greek helmets. Now I'm really looking forward to seeing Indibil and the other Iberians! (The Caros concept art is my favourite of them all. )
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The Mykenaian style of warfare was very different to the post-dark age Greek armies. Even in the archaic period massive advances were made, such as with the Hellenized phalanx being formed and the huge development of weapons and armour from the 6th century BC onwards. Chariots were strictly a form of transport or leisure during most of the archaic era onwards, though richer men may have served as cavalry in the archaic period.
As for Trojans being Babylonians, that sounds like quite controversial thinking, as only the very furthest south-eastern tip of Turkey was Mesopotamian, let alone Babylonian. The Trojans were simply Anatolians with an Aegean culture.
That book is really good though, and as expected has fantastic artwork!
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Who is the coolest-looking hero so far in the game?
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Caros. He has dual swords, what's not to love?