[CLASSIC-OUTDATED] Stronghold Remastered v2.6

[WolfFarkas]

Review:

- tested hotkeys, working (forgot to test the wave unit hotkerys),
- tested all towers, working, tested upgrades (not all because of wood lacking).
-tested diferent games working.
-tested balance, is excellent balanced.
There was a moment when I was having a lot of the ultimate illidan tower, and killing the last wave a lot and, thinking this is never ending,
but since you can upgrade the wave + 2% health it seems infinite so, when 1 of them reached my townhall, destroyed in 1 hit and lost,
so is perfect.
-great layout.
-great you can play team or solo against the waves to practice or whatever.

the last wave the kid, it remembers me the last waves of the elemental tower td. nice touch.

this is 5/5 TD

map is perfect
but I have to be fair and spot what I think is a critical bug:

At the very begining, you have 7 secs (I chrono it) to choose 8 different combinations (because you can choose the 8 or combine some) of game modes:


1- free upgrades aka free mode
2- special builder
3- half gold
4- fast mode (more gold)
5- hard mode (more HP per creep)
6- wave mode (never ending waves from start)
7- defense mode (less attack of towers)
8- team mode (= gold to the team)

So if you want to select 3-4 of this mods, you have very few time to choose. I had to restart many times because I couldnt choose the combination of the 3-4 modes I wanted

So I think you should:

- design an icon that says start game, so players can think and choose modes with time and not rushing.
- or increase the time like to 30-40 secs so you have time to read the 8 icons, think and select them

IMO, only because of this it should be set to awaiting update.

but is not to me to decide fortunatly, it recalls in a proper map reviewer that may decide if approve it at once, or set the awaiting update until the time to select modes is improved


again 5/5

good luck and see ya.

 

[deepstrasz]

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[Bloodheaven_]

Review:

- tested hotkeys, working (forgot to test the wave unit hotkerys),
- tested all towers, working, tested upgrades (not all because of wood lacking).
-tested diferent games working.
-tested balance, is excellent balanced.
There was a moment when I was having a lot of the ultimate illidan tower, and killing the last wave a lot and, thinking this is never ending,
but since you can upgrade the wave + 2% health it seems infinite so, when 1 of them reached my townhall, destroyed in 1 hit and lost,
so is perfect.
-great layout.
-great you can play team or solo against the waves to practice or whatever.

the last wave the kid, it remembers me the last waves of the elemental tower td. nice touch.

this is 5/5 TD

map is perfect
but I have to be fair and spot what I think is a critical bug:

At the very begining, you have 7 secs (I chrono it) to choose 8 different combinations (because you can choose the 8 or combine some) of game modes:


1- free upgrades aka free mode
2- special builder
3- half gold
4- fast mode (more gold)
5- hard mode (more HP per creep)
6- wave mode (never ending waves from start)
7- defense mode (less attack of towers)
8- team mode (= gold to the team)

So if you want to select 3-4 of this mods, you have very few time to choose. I had to restart many times because I couldnt choose the combination of the 3-4 modes I wanted

So I think you should:

- design an icon that says start game, so players can think and choose modes with time and not rushing.
- or increase the time like to 30-40 secs so you have time to read the 8 icons, think and select them

IMO, only because of this it should be set to awaiting update.

but is not to me to decide fortunatly, it recalls in a proper map reviewer that may decide if approve it at once, or set the awaiting update until the time to select modes is improved


again 5/5

good luck and see ya.

I updated the Map with some fixes and extended the Timer for choosing Modes by pausing it for 5 seconds if a Mode was choosen before it continues to expire.
This was the best solution IMO. cuz a +30s Timer would ruin the fun at the start! And it's also a fast paced Tower Defense, which makes sense to start fast.
I'm really glad you like this Remastered Version of Stronghold! If you have any Ideas how to improve this Version, let me know! Especially for new Modes.

See ya

 

[WolfFarkas]

I have to say that I saw this Stronghold v3.4 - Warcraft 3 Maps - Epic War.com and I said wow totally different

but just now find this: Stronghold v3.13 3teams - Warcraft 3 Maps - Epic War.com
and said I should have tested this for the review and compare.

First the wave mode allows to play alone even if this is a multiplayer map, thats a lot.

second in this version when you train units to send the enemy,
a- if there is no enemy no spawn
b- if 1 enemy, both units spawns in the same direction
c-if 2 enemies, both units spawn 1 to the west and the other to the east.

while in the old version I see that
if there is one enemy, when train the peons, 1 unit goes to the enemy and the other goes to the empty place with no enemies

so thats is another improve of this submition

 

[deepstrasz]

(previous comments: Stronghold Remastered v2.2)

Alright, it's an improvement of the original or at least the one we already have on the site:
Stronghold v3.13 3teams

Let's just hope versions won't sprout like mushrooms in the future.

Thanks @Ragnaros17 for the details!

Approved.

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Description Guide - Maps
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Map Description - Templates
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The Ultimate Beginners Terrain Tutorial
Advanced Terraining Tutorial
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WE Map Editor for Newbies!
The Path Of Proper Map Making - What to do and what should be avoided

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How to create Melee Maps
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