[ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
- From: "Allan Thompson" <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 14:46:43 -0400
Yeah, I agree with you on darksword. It was interesting, intrigueing, but
ultimately lacking.
I mean, you weren't really rooting for anyone. They were all so drol and dull,
you just kind of hoped they would all just off themselves and save the universe
like ten bucks, lol.
Star wars I guess does do that pretty well, doesn't it? Although I would say
that the force is a cross between magic and telepathic abilities. Although now,
supposedly some kind of toothpaste now is responsible for the force,
'Midichlorians? Really George?). I mean, doesn't it sound like something that
would be included with toothpaste?
"Try new Yoda toothpaste, complete with floride for whitening your teeth , and
midichlorians for strengthening gums and your active connection to the mystical
energy in the universe! Now available in cinnamon flavor!"
Cinnamon flavored force would be deliscious! Lol.
As for balancing modern with fantasy...yeah, I know that is going to be a bear.
There is no way a cavalry unit, no matter how motivated, is going to to
destroy a tank, or even half a dozen guys with Thompson submachine guns for
that matter, lol.
Still, there might be some ways around it.
There was this book called grunts. It was about orcs, and it was a parody of
just about everything...only done incredibly awful and bad to the point where
you wanted to take some midichlorians and wash your brains in them till you
forgot the book ever existed.
However, there was this part where the orcs somehow got thru this magic portal
to the modern world, and seeing how awesome modern war vehicles were, hired
their entire evil forces to bring back helicopters, tanks, bazooks and the
whole nine yards.
The problem was magic. Magic would be able to just do a little "unmend" spell,
and nuts and bolts and parts of the machines would go flying, making everything
useless.
While this may be a possibility, I am thinking along the terms of the more
popular magic. I mean, a lightning bolt on a plane or tank will do wonders. It
would almost be like an EMP pulse. Blowing out all the electronics, and
probably roasting anyone inside.
Fireballs might be a little less effective, but I plan on adding some fantasy
big hitters in hopes to make it interesting , and also I am hoping to make it
two maps where the player can play either the modern or fantasy side.
Isn't it weird? I mean, by the turn of the century, everyone was still riding
by horse or wagon to most places on land that was shorter then taking a train
or a boat. In only 100 years we are now going from a horse and buggy to the
space shuttle and beyond. I mean, such a radical change in transportation
methods, and it is going to soon do so again as the oil and stuff run out. Then
the world would really be like command and conquer trying to take oil rigs to
survive, lol.
I still think they should invent a transporter...and a holodeck. Give me those
two items and I am set for life, grin.
al
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of michael Tholl
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 2:14 PM
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
grins
Yeah, darksword was okay, very interesting ideas, but it was lacking something
that I can't put my finger on.. and I really like those writers.
As for Star wars, I meant that it's almost the quentessential cross over
story.. I mean.. they have blasters, starships, a planet destroying machine..
and then there's the force which seems to work like magic, and light sabres,
admittedly, they're technology, but it's still swordplay, and bow casters and
Ewoks.. I love ewoks. grins.
Incidentally, since we've run into the pasture on the side of the path that was
this topic, another book series that does a good job of blending fantasy with
mondern day is the Drezdin Files by Jim Butcher. Wizardry and swords mixed
with martial arts and guns. Usually these things aren't my thing, because it
takes a lot of skill to do it right, Star Wars sort of snuck it by, but I
almost stopped reading Legacy of the Darksword when I saw tanks. grins The
drezden Files is one of my favorite series though.
In terms of the game, my biggest questions would be how you would balance the
units.
I mean, an archer and a tank should definitely not have the same range. I can
see how some modern units would work, but some would just be so immense that
the thought of a knight or archer taking one out seems to stretch things a bit
for me.
I keep thinking of the poor Polish cavalry at the start of WW II.
Wonderful act of defiance, miserable at actual defense.
Luckily.. We have Wizards! grins
On 8/24/13, Allan Thompson <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Lol. You mean star wars crossovers to other genres? Or just star wars
> in general? I wasn't sure.
>
> Yes, the darksword is exactly the series. It wasn't the greatest
> series, but it did present fantasy magic in a whole new way that was
> really intrigueing.
>
> al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of michael
> Tholl
> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 1:16 PM
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> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
>
> I know this gets off topic a bit, but since it was brought up, the
> series that Allan was talking about by Margaret Weis and Tracey
> Hickman that has the cross over is the Darksword Trilogy, though I
> think it actually has four books.
> Yes, just checked.. It does have four.
> Forging the darksword
> Doom of the Darksword
> Triumph of the Darksword
> and Legacy of the darksword.
> I kind of feel like Star Wars is the most popular of that particular
> genre, and whenit's done right, it is really good.. When it's not
> though.. It's an experience rivaled only by bambooshoots under the toe
> nails or by kobolds overrunning your fireball slinging wizard while
> your barbarian is out of moves on the other side of a tunnel.. grins
> Okay, sorry. that was a poor atempt to try to put something on-topic in here.
> Michael
>
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> On 8/24/13, Allan Thompson <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Warlords seems to be giving some serious problems, so , if you do
>> play it, I think it is safe to play the first maybe four maps.
>>
>> The characters speaking are sound files, and I could find more sounds
>> for them to say, but the thing is trying to get the same voices
>> saying things that make sense in the context of the game, and a lot
>> of the stuff I have is more fantasy oriented.
>>
>> So, at the moment I am kind of stuck on what is already there. I am
>> constantly keeping an ear out though.
>>
>> al
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Niklas
>> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 11:53 AM
>> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
>>
>> Wow, a conflict between modern and fantasy sounds great and interesting.
>> BTW: I have to try your maps out, had no time till yet. A question: I
>> have only played the zombie house in its first or second versions in
>> TB. About the other map packs, star trek and war lords: Do the
>> characters in these both games speak? And can they say more than in
>> zombie house? I remember in the Zombie house the units spoke only a
>> bit, one sentence. That could liven things up and could be a nice
>> addition for the atmosphere I think.
>>
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> From: Allan Thompson
>> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 5:32 PM
>> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: warlords sounds
>>
>> Hi Jarek,
>> Actually, some of those sounds I was in fact planning on using for a
>> special map in warlords. I was going to have a war between modern and
>> fantasy troops!
>>
>> I was always intrigued with fantasy and modern genres encountering
>> each other, and I thought it would be a really off beat map to try.
>>
>> Your welcome to any sounds I got there, actually in any of my maps,
>> if you wish. I also have a small library of sounds of all sorts if
>> you are looking for something and you think I could be of some use in
>> that regard.
>>
>> al
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jaromír
>> Pšánský
>> Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 6:49 AM
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>> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] warlords sounds
>>
>> Hi Allan.
>> Why do you have any sounds in folder temp in folder sound for warlords?
>> smile.
>> I think that this sounds are not used in game.
>> Jarek
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