So for those who know of the amazingly good RTS 'Company of Heroes', you should know that there's a CoH 2 coming out next year. I'm now probably the most excited about about a new game in a long time, but it got me thinking as to how well it would work, using the engine, for an ME game?
The engine and gameplay are fantastic with different types of cover; armoured units take more or less damage depending on where you hit them; destroyable terrain and buildings etc. Okay it might struggle a bit with things like the Banshee, but otherwise, win? Of course you'd have to expand on it a bit to include a space/galaxy combat system, perhaps similar to space movement in Star Wars Empire at War?
Thoughts?
ME RTS - use Company of Heroes 2 engine?
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 07:12
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Firstly: Can't wait for that game.
I would love a Mass Effect RTS that runs on the Essence engine and plays like Company of Heroes. Give me space combat that plays like Homeworld or Sins of a Solar Empire and that may well be one of the greatest RTS games going.
I would love a Mass Effect RTS that runs on the Essence engine and plays like Company of Heroes. Give me space combat that plays like Homeworld or Sins of a Solar Empire and that may well be one of the greatest RTS games going.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 08:25
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Maybe a Krogan Rebellion type mod would work, since it would be fairly conventional warfare with tanks and ground units, but a Reapers vs. Galaxy type mod would be difficult because of the type of units Reapers use, mostly melee.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 08:31
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ME RTS ? Why so bad ? That's bad. So, why so bad ? You want great RTS ? Play StarCraft. You want great RPG ? Play ME.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 08:37
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Luxure wrote...
ME RTS ? Why so bad ? That's bad. So, why so bad ? You want great RTS ? Play StarCraft. You want great RPG ? Play ME.
If the resulting game is good, I dont think there's any problem with a franchise expanding into different genres.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 08:48
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Are we all on a agreement that this should be a PC exclusive?
Whatever, it's going to be the Halo with different skins.
Whatever, it's going to be the Halo with different skins.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 09:12
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*scratches head*Luxure wrote...
ME RTS ? Why so bad ? That's bad. So, why so bad ?
I have no idea what you just said.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 09:18
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Hammers and nails ladies, Hammers and nails!Luxure wrote...
What nonsense! You want a great RTS? Play Company of heroes. You want a great RPG? Play ME.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 11:23
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I've written a fairly long concept for a Mass Effect RTS mod for something like Endless Space, but since I have no modding skills it'll never see the light of day 
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 02:26
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Ledgend1221 wrote...
Hammers and nails ladies, Hammers and nails!Luxure wrote...
What nonsense! You want a great RTS? Play Company of heroes. You want a great RPG? Play ME.
CoH is the best RTS I've ever played - I get attached to my squads, I love the sense of immersion I get in a 3 hour marathon game. That engine plus the same level of love that I have for the races in the ME universe and it would make for an awesome combination.
Mass Effect RTS using CoH 2 engine? Double-time it people! Especially if Garrus gets to be the sniper
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 03:28
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I loved the game, especially with all add-ons, it reminded me of DoW2, but DoW soulstorm is way better, any way I would like Mass Effect RTS, if it could be ported onto consoles because my rig died 3 moths ago and now Im using a laptop and its isn't that really good for games.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 03:32
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Considering the fact that EA built the new Bioware studio, Bioware Victory, which is making C&C Generals 2, I think there is actually a really good possibility of a Mass Effect RTS. However, it probably would be using the Generals 2, Frostbite 2 engine.
http://en.wikipedia....Bioware_Victory
http://en.wikipedia....Bioware_Victory
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 03:37
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Come to think of it, if the command and conquer studio was making a ME RTS, maybe the ME team could make a C&C RPG FPS.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 04:13
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dstrawberrygirl wrote...
Ledgend1221 wrote...
Hammers and nails ladies, Hammers and nails!Luxure wrote...
What nonsense! You want a great RTS? Play Company of heroes. You want a great RPG? Play ME.
CoH is the best RTS I've ever played - I get attached to my squads, I love the sense of immersion I get in a 3 hour marathon game. That engine plus the same level of love that I have for the races in the ME universe and it would make for an awesome combination.
Mass Effect RTS using CoH 2 engine? Double-time it people! Especially if Garrus gets to be the sniper
Brandon Keener is in fact the voice actor for both Garrus and the American Sniper.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 04:14
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.oldag07 wrote...
Considering the fact that EA built the new Bioware studio, Bioware Victory, which is making C&C Generals 2, I think there is actually a really good possibility of a Mass Effect RTS. However, it probably would be using the Generals 2, Frostbite 2 engine.
http://en.wikipedia....Bioware_Victory
This is what I came here to say.
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Also, I would love to see a ME RTS.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 05:07
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I think it would be cool directing hordes of husks in and perhaps processing enemies to create a giant reaper that would storm the field and be incredibly hard to take down. With certain resources maybe you could call in alliance ships to do an orbial strike.
It has a lot of potential as a game down the track.
It has a lot of potential as a game down the track.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 05:56
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DoomHK wrote...
Firstly: Can't wait for that game.
I would love a Mass Effect RTS that runs on the Essence engine and plays like Company of Heroes. Give me space combat that plays like Homeworld or Sins of a Solar Empire and that may well be one of the greatest RTS games going.
Here you go:
http://www.moddb.com...-of-the-reapers
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 07:58
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I think the game would need to be a combination of things.. it would need the battles to be like Call of Duty or Dawn of War 2, but then I think you need the downtime between missions, small hubs and all the RPG aspects of Mass Effect that is what makes this series great. They could easily have it so we can wander around our ship, choose which missions we want to do, and chat to those who are running the squads or the ship.
I'm thinking it'd be like the normal Mass Effect games in terms of story, just that the missions would be played as RTS whilst the rest is played in the third person, like ME is now.
I'm thinking it'd be like the normal Mass Effect games in terms of story, just that the missions would be played as RTS whilst the rest is played in the third person, like ME is now.
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Posté 06 juillet 2012 - 08:02
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Luxure wrote...
You want great RTS ? Play StarCraft. You want great RPG ? Play ME.
Kids these days.
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Posté 07 janvier 2014 - 12:46
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Sil wrote...
I think the game would need to be a combination of things.. it would need the battles to be like Call of Duty or Dawn of War 2, but then I think you need the downtime between missions, small hubs and all the RPG aspects of Mass Effect that is what makes this series great. They could easily have it so we can wander around our ship, choose which missions we want to do, and chat to those who are running the squads or the ship.
I'm thinking it'd be like the normal Mass Effect games in terms of story, just that the missions would be played as RTS whilst the rest is played in the third person, like ME is now.
You got me thinking Bro. Dawn of War 2, That is actually a great Idea.
You could do it like that :
Alliance -> Eldar
Turian -> Space Marines
Cerberus -> Orks
Reaper -> Tyranids
Geth -> Imperial Army
Terminus Systems/Slavers/Pirates (Krogan, Vorcha, Batarians) -> Chaos Space Marines
I actually made a list about what unit could go with what Mass Effect Unit but sadly it's not finished or in english but I couldn't make a mod if I wanted to because I don't know how it works ;(
