My final verdict about Conquerors is that the interface needs to be updated, and I'm still not changing my opinion about the statics(turrets). In zero-k statics do twice the amount of damage that a mobile unit would do for the price. Conquerors is not well balanced, and as a result it's easy to exploit. The game still seems to "work", but in reality it FLAT, PERIOD doesn't. The reason I'm so harsh with this statement is because of laziness. Not calibrating a game is just flat laziness. HH has also had all the time he needed to calibrate it. If focus is not supposed to be on defenses then why add them? You just give the player the ability to waist money. Recalibrating units isn't that much work anyways. Just change a few things and tell the players they can't use their OP units anymore #_#. The interface also needs work, but it's substantially more difficult to update then the calibration. Really, special effects and graphics should never be critiqued on an RTS. Most RTS players don't(or shouldn't) care about special effects. It makes me want to play the game if it has good effects, but it won't keep me on it. Frankly, not making a better interface and updating the effects is lazy, but I don't blame him for not doing this. It can be a very danting task. I also haven't changed my opinion on the plane. If infantry act like infantry and tanks act like tanks shouldn't planes act like planes? Making the planes behave correctly would probably create lag though. To completely fix this I propose helicopters. Just change the design and the name. I have changed my opinion about the command center; giving it guns prevents rush attacks. I haven't changed my opinion about the counter system :|. If you tell the player that it's anti-infantry then(WOW SURPRISE!) he'll use it against infantry. It isn't that hard to figure out a basic counter system. |