/vr/ - Retro Games

at least, I seem to be the only person I know who played it, outside of family.

ITT: talk about retro games that you aren't sure why they didn't become big hits.

Pic related was the fist RTS that I'm aware of to break away from the Dune2/Warcraft model of your different factions essentially being reskins of each other, maybe with a different unique specialist unit.

War wind's 4 factions are all REALLY different, and require radically different playstyles to master. In addition, the campaign had a quasi-RPG element, a "Hall of Heroes", where you could drag up to 8 units from mission to mission, and start with some or all of them in the next; which gave you an incentive to build an elite corps.


But it did have some flaws; for one, while the campaigns themselves were brilliantly done, the multiplayer balance was a bit off-kilter, and the Tha'Roon tended to win at competitive play. Secondly, the game is written in a stupid font which is hard to read, which makes it hard to follow.

Gameplay is also a bit needlessly clunky. Unlike the warcraft/starcraft model of researching an upgrade and you're done, in War Wind, you research an upgrade, and then you have to drag each and every unit you want to get upgraded with the new bio-muscles or whatever back to a technical facility. Interesting from a gameplay perspective, but it drags, which is always something to avoid.

Combat itself is also a minor problem, it's very quick and lethal, and tends towards ambush tactics, as that first shot means a huge deal. I personally like it, but I can understand if a lot of people don't.


Still, it's a very interesting game, and it deserves better than to be consigned to the rubbish bin of history.

Shama'li ending for this game. If you've followed the lore, it's the absolutely coolest fucking thing imaginable.

Anyone manage to get this one to work on a modern machine?