Monday, April 16, 2012

A few things I noticed at formations/units

I like the game overall. Its definately going to the right direction. However there are some things I am not happy with - units moving like mechs.
On the latest vlog everyone was happy about formations but I really didnt like how the units form up. They move like robots and their formations are nothing but wrong. Any general or army leader would get executed for such a formation :)
The units are standing in a lose formation. There is no long battle line but lose square formations like in SupCom which isnt any military tactic that was applied in middle ages. Please try to make formations realistic. Check the Total War series for good formations. Always keep in mind that this game runs the supcom engine but units must not move like supcom ones. We have a completely different art of warfare here where supcom formations are just wrong.
I remember exactly the same problem occuring in TA Kingdoms where the devs didnt modify unit behaviour from original TA and made them look like organic mechs.
Please please please, watch braveheart, lord of the rings, kingdom of heavens or any other movie with war scenes to make a) formations look realistic b) units act like humans not like mechs
Thanks in advance as I know you are working on it :)|||Or, watch 300, to see how formations can really make a difference. Please Please Please make a phalynx formation.|||Grim Tuesday

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