Comments on: Multiwinia: King Of The Hill http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon Jones http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/#comment-80636 Simon Jones Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:42:07 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=2357#comment-80636 I had the good fortune to have a play of the preview code a few weeks ago and put a little write-up and gameplay video up on my blog. It's really remarkably good fun...treads a fine line between being instantly accessible (unlike Darwinia) and surreptitiously complex, as Jim pointed out. My only fear is that it'll still be slightly too 'out there' for mainstream audiences, and too fast paced and 'mainstream' for the Darwinia loyal fanbase. And I still maintain that Darwinia/Multwinia has the best camera control system of <i>any</i> RTS game ever. Having recently picked up Company of Heroes (yes, a bit behind the times there, I admit) I really, dearly wish that it had the Darwinia camera system, rather than going for the old, irritating, 'mouse to the edge of the screen' design. I had the good fortune to have a play of the preview code a few weeks ago and put a little write-up and gameplay video up on my blog. It’s really remarkably good fun…treads a fine line between being instantly accessible (unlike Darwinia) and surreptitiously complex, as Jim pointed out.

My only fear is that it’ll still be slightly too ‘out there’ for mainstream audiences, and too fast paced and ‘mainstream’ for the Darwinia loyal fanbase.

And I still maintain that Darwinia/Multwinia has the best camera control system of any RTS game ever. Having recently picked up Company of Heroes (yes, a bit behind the times there, I admit) I really, dearly wish that it had the Darwinia camera system, rather than going for the old, irritating, ‘mouse to the edge of the screen’ design.

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]]> By: Post Maker 1 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/#comment-80468 Post Maker 1 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:08:55 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=2357#comment-80468 Does anyone know if there's an mp3 available of the song in the video? Does anyone know if there’s an mp3 available of the song in the video?

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]]> By: suchchoices http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/#comment-80453 suchchoices Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:36:39 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=2357#comment-80453 Superimposing semitransparent openGL quads until the framerate chokes is no substitute for an art style. Superimposing semitransparent openGL quads until the framerate chokes is no substitute for an art style.

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]]> By: phuzz http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/#comment-80431 phuzz Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:44:03 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=2357#comment-80431 Ta Rosti :) and hopefully there'll be at least a few people up for matches in the RPS Steam community thingy, once I've practised a bit natch. Ta Rosti :)
and hopefully there’ll be at least a few people up for matches in the RPS Steam community thingy, once I’ve practised a bit natch.

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]]> By: Rosti http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/#comment-80405 Rosti Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:57:57 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=2357#comment-80405 19th of September was the announced date. Looking forward to it, personally. 19th of September was the announced date. Looking forward to it, personally.

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]]> By: phuzz http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/#comment-80322 phuzz Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:05:22 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=2357#comment-80322 hmm, long weekend, no flatmates, I think I might play through darwinia again... So what's the release date for this? (I can't see it anywhere obvious on the Introversion website) hmm, long weekend, no flatmates, I think I might play through darwinia again…

So what’s the release date for this? (I can’t see it anywhere obvious on the Introversion website)

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]]> By: Someone http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/08/21/multiwinia-king-of-the-hill/#comment-80317 Someone Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:58:23 +0000 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/?p=2357#comment-80317 Why is the FPS so low in the gameplay part? Why is the FPS so low in the gameplay part?

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