That’s also how DotA started, except in Warcraft 3.
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Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
I was never a fan of how StarCraft 1 is supposed to be played.
It had a map editor that allowed scripting and people used it to make tons of other games inside of StarCraft like tower defense games, drawing party games like you would see decades later on mobile, and RPGs. There’s literally thousands of unique games out there on archive websites.
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
“Paintball”
Everyone is a ghost, everyone dies in one hit, FFA / All vs All, fog of war on, forested map.
People would argue that playing as green or a color close to green was an unfair advantage.
I also remember various… basically obstacle course maps, which were races to the finish, but… you had to understand various game glitches to be able to pass many of these obstacles.
frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 6 days ago
I’m absolutely ass at RTS, but I really really love Starcraft and Warcraft lore. Every few years, I’ll replay WC3 and Starcraft 1 and 2 using cheats. I use as few cheats as possible so that I still experience as much of the game as intended, but I still make sure I can’t lose.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
Yeah, the ‘use map settings’ was by far the most fun I had in starcraft. Eventually someone showed me how to play the actual game well, and I went and steamrolled the campaign, and then it was back to the fun.