Got My *** Handed To Me On Battlenet!!!

[positron1]

I must have a bad strategy at WarCraft III because everyone and the computer is walking a mud puddle through me and stompin' it dry! WTF???

[krazydriver]

j/k honestly as much as i liked warcraft, and pretty much every other RTS, i'm not very good at them.My friends always stomp me at starcraft, AoE, etc.

But then i rape them all at FPS games.

[WI_S14_Goldie]

Man starcraft is where its at! Old game but still the best straidegey game! Anyone wanna challenge me?

[xekushnr]

I suck horribly at WC3. I consider myself pretty good at video games, actually I'm pretty damn good and I'm not really trying to boast. But WC3 is probably the bane of my existence. Out of the MAYBE 30 games I have ever played (and I've owned it since launch), I dont think I won a single game unless I was on a good team. I just cant do the whole micromanagement thing. Ill send someone somewhere, go to do something else, and completely forget about everything else. I admit that I am probably one of the worst WC3 players ever.

[positron1]

So it's not just me!

[MinisterofDOOM]

straidegey

...whoa...

Starcraft is fun...but nowhere near the best strategy game in my opinion. Maybe the best PC RTS...but then the C&C games tend to hedge it out in even that category in my eyes.I definitely enjoyed Starcraft more than WCIII...mainly because Blizzard stuck too much "Hero" RPG crap in WCIII. I sincerely hope they don't ruin Starcraft II the same way. If I wanted to play an RPG I'd pull out Diablo II.

Fire Emblem and FF Tactics are what I consider to be the very best of strategy games. There's more strategic depth in one round of play in either of those than in the entire Blizzard RTS collection.

j/k honestly as much as i liked warcraft, and pretty much every other RTS, i'm not very good at them.My friends always stomp me at starcraft, AoE, etc.

I'm the same way: I really enjoy RTS games but I'm horrible at them. I guess it says a lot for the quality of those games that we're willing to have our arses handed to us over and over again and not just set the game aside.

[positron1]

I've had Diablo II for three years now and have yet to even install it. I think I'll give it a try also. I've also been playing the heck out of Warcraft III these past couple of days so I'm getting better. I've yet to get a win on Battlenet though. Think I'll get back into console games too since they dropped the price of the Playstation 3.

[MinisterofDOOM]

What?! Drop whatever you're doing and play Diablo II.It's easily one of the top 10 games of all time. Possibly even top 5.There's no point in continuing on with life until you've played Diablo II.

[xekushnr]

diablo II and counterstrike are the only two games that have ever kept me coming back after all these years. i played both for about 3 years straight, and then after that i would stray for a few months and come back for a few. i always come back though. both games are over 7 years old now (i believe D2 came out in 2000, i know CS was in 99). incredible game, just dont expect amazing visuals because it is a very old game now. the isometric projection still gives me a nostalgic feeling everytime i play it.

[mzeo]

Wc3 is all about rushing, which IMO makes it ghey. I loved WC2 because you could build a huge army and battle it out that way. StarCraft always pwn'd WC3.

I still play Diablo 2 every couple of days with my bro. He lives a few hours away and we use MSN voice chat, easier than typing.

[MinisterofDOOM]

So, on the subject of Diablo II and battle.net:

I've been playing Hellgate: London and am thoroughly enjoying it.Flagship has done a spectacular job of recreating the classic Diablo feel while incorporating some updates and improvements to keep things feeling fresh.

Even with the jump to a first/third-person "WASD" perspective/control layout, the game feels very much like the Diablo games did. Instead of the button mashing stand-still grind-fests that a lot of modern RPGs (I'm looking at you, MMO's) have degraded into, Hellgate uses Diablo's more hectic (and infinitely more satisfying) you vs tons of enemies mechanic.

The game gets pretty crazy. There are times where you don't stop fighting until the whole room is cleared, then you step back, take a breath, and realize that there are so many corpses littering the floor that you can't even see the floor anymore.

The game isn't perfect and has a few issues (nothing some patching couldn't fix, but I think the game could have used a couple more weeks before release) but it's still the most fun I've had with and RPG since Lord of Destruction.

[xekushnr]

So, on the subject of Diablo II and battle.net:

I've been playing Hellgate: London and am thoroughly enjoying it.Flagship has done a spectacular job of recreating the classic Diablo feel while incorporating some updates and improvements to keep things feeling fresh.

Even with the jump to a first/third-person "WASD" perspective/control layout, the game feels very much like the Diablo games did. Instead of the button mashing stand-still grind-fests that a lot of modern RPGs (I'm looking at you, MMO's) have degraded into, Hellgate uses Diablo's more hectic (and infinitely more satisfying) you vs tons of enemies mechanic.

The game gets pretty crazy. There are times where you don't stop fighting until the whole room is cleared, then you step back, take a breath, and realize that there are so many corpses littering the floor that you can't even see the floor anymore.

The game isn't perfect and has a few issues (nothing some patching couldn't fix, but I think the game could have used a couple more weeks before release) but it's still the most fun I've had with and RPG since Lord of Destruction.

THANK YOU! I have been waiting to hear a first hand account of this game. From the little I have read, it looked promising. From what I have seen you and I have similar tastes in games, so I am sure I will enjoy it.

[musashin]

fire emblem FTMFW.