Imperial Winter

[Mr. Bob]

Imperial Winter is almost released. It runs on the spring engine. (One of the best game engines in general.)

I got beta access, but I haven't played it in a while. Rest assured, it is a very epic/awesome game. The graphics are amazing, and the game play is incredible. It beats the heck out of Empire at war.

http://www.imperialwinter.com/

 

[Mechanical Man]

Hmm, no clone wars then?

 

[Mr. Bob]

Hmm, no clone wars then?

From me? Or from the Imperial winter dudes?

 

[Gilles]

Doesn't look like a very impressive engine at all. In fact it's pathetic compared with new games.

 

[Mr. Bob]

Doesn't look like a very impressive engine at all. In fact it's pathetic compared with new games.

how so?

 

[Mechanical Man]

Doesn't look like a very impressive engine at all. In fact it's pathetic compared with new games.

Doesn't matter. Warlords battlecry 3 also looked pathetic compared with 2004 games, but it was fun nonetheless.

 

[Mr. Bob]

When I said the graphics were awesome, I was comparing them to the other games for that engine. Not the engine itself.

Plus, the graphics really aren't that bad...

 

[Gilles]

(One of the best game engines in general.)

Looks like you were comparing the engine itself to me.
The graphics are pretty poor. I'd personally rather play a game that looked like wc3. At least it has style and looks good for it's graphics. This game looks so bare and ugly.

 

[Mr. Bob]

Looks like you were comparing the engine itself to me.
The graphics are pretty poor. I'd personally rather play a game that looked like wc3. At least it has style and looks good for it's graphics. This game looks so bare and ugly.

hehe What I meant by best engine, was the massive collection of features. XD

For instance, fps mode (Yes, First person shooter mode. Even for the planes and tanks as well.), custom UI, user codes, extremely useful camera styles, deformable terrains, dynamic water (with real waves caused by ships), massive maps, a great physics engine for exploding units, there are almost always people in the lobby, etc. Oh, and freaking huge nukes in some games.

And, the graphics don't really look bare.

The pics you see on the site look bland, because of the map, I am assuming. This is because they chose desert and barren (Tatooine, Hoth, etc) places to look more like Star wars. The only person who actually picks the maps, is the user. There are many sites that provide a huge selection of maps. Plus, the Spring engine installer comes with a pack of nice maps.

While this rather small map looks very bare,

THIS1

And this one looks rather bare as well,

THIS2

But really, this one and ones like it, are not to bad.

THIS3

And, I do remember another one, I can't find it though. It had so many freaking plants, it was hard to get around in it. XD And, none of the plants looked like clones. It's not like WC3 where there is a large set of trees that look the same, and look like you could totally walk through. With this map, it was shrubs and other random crap everywhere.

Of course, in some levels, the trees can be destroyed if they are run over. XD

EDIT: And I am sorry, but, really? This building does not look bare... XD http://forums.imperialwinter.com/index.php?action=mgallery;sa=media;id=46

 

[Gilles]

That last image in your edit is a prime example. The building looks okay, but everything else is completely bare. I don't really care if it's supposed to be bare on Hoth, it's ugly. Compare those images with these.

http://tech2.in.com/media/images/2009/Jan/img_110211_war2_450x360.jpg
http://www.adrianwerner.neostrada.pl/1/img2.jpg
http://www.notd-aftermath.com/images/starcraft2/SC2b.jpg

The landscapes (and the models, although not as much) are far better. Before you jump to conclusions and say that I shouldn't base games on graphics, I never said the game couldn't be fun; I'm simply pointing out that your comment on the engine wasn't really accurate imo.

 

[Mr. Bob]

That last image in your edit is a prime example. The building looks okay, but everything else is completely bare. I don't really care if it's supposed to be bare on Hoth, it's ugly. Compare those images with these.

http://tech2.in.com/media/images/2009/Jan/img_110211_war2_450x360.jpg
http://www.adrianwerner.neostrada.pl/1/img2.jpg
http://www.notd-aftermath.com/images/starcraft2/SC2b.jpg

The landscapes (and the models, although not as much) are far better. Before you jump to conclusions and say that I shouldn't base games on graphics, I never said the game couldn't be fun; I'm simply pointing out that your comment on the engine wasn't really accurate imo.

Indeed, good point. But, there are maps quite like that for the spring engine. You just have to find it.

Plus, as I said earlier, the maps do not come from Imperial Winter. They come from various artists across the internet.

And, again, when I say, the engine is one of the best, I am talking about that crap load of features above. : )

But, yeah, I see your point.

 

[Gilles]

Plus, as I said earlier, the maps do not come from Imperial Winter. They come from various artists across the internet.

Ahh, well you should have posted pictures from real maps. I find other than wc3, maps in other games usually suck. I know DoW had so many terrible custom maps.

 

[Mr. Bob]

Ahh, well you should have posted pictures from real maps. I find other than wc3, maps in other games usually suck. I know DoW had so many terrible custom maps.

Yep. The problem is, the popular site called "FileUniverse" went down. It had a ton of maps and screenies. Plus, I lost all of my original maps when I updated Spring. D;

 

[Mechanical Man]

If it's bare, it's more map designer fault instead of the people making the game.

 

[Mr. Bob]

If it's bare, it's more map designer fault instead of the people making the game.

Indeed. And the game does not include maps as far as I have seen.