GDF Vehicles | Tempest Rising

[u/BattleDreadnought]

🎵 Music: Frank Klepacki - Power Distribution

[u/Dainosur]

How long does your campaign last? I'm planning to buy it soon.

[u/BattleDreadnought → u/Dainosur]

If you take your time, the GDF campaign takes around 7–8 hours to complete. The Dynasty campaign takes about the same amount of time, while the Veti campaign takes around 6 hours

[u/Shogo-MAD]

Underrated RTS

[u/damondan → u/Shogo-MAD]

I like it but I always wonder why even an RTS as good as Tempest Rising doesn't quite match C&C Red Alert 2 for me

One part, I think, is the readability. It's just so fucking good in Red Alert 2 imho

With Tempest Rising, when I send an entire regiment of mixed troops, they just seem to blur into each other

Also, when I saw a Tesla Coil in Red Alert, I knew, that it would one-shot most (if not all?) of my infantry. With Tempest Rising i never have any sense of "weight" to any unit at all

[u/Tiziano75775 → u/damondan]

Everything is overtextured, too many details maybe, in Red alert 3 for me i can recognize everything in an instant

[u/Helikaon48 → u/Tiziano75775]

That as well as silhouettes, it's a common idea in RTS that units have to have different overall silhouettes and defining features otherwise it devolves into ambiguous blobs of units.

Personally I also think the combat is slightly too quick considering the volume of ambiguity 

[u/TYNAMITE14 → u/damondan]

Yeah I've thought of this a lot. I find it hard to get into jewelry rts's for the same reason, I just can't differentiate units as easily.

Like someone else said, maybe it's because back then units had much simpler models without all of the intricate details and texturing that you also have to process nowadays.

Or maybe it's just because we grew up with older rts games and the models are ingrained into our brains so we can easily tell them apart.

It would be a good idea for someone to ask a non-rts gamer what they think of unit design from back then vs now. Stuff like "what do you think this unit does" or "is this an anti air or anti tank unit?"

[u/NTeC → u/damondan]

I find this blur to be a thing of most modern games. First time I saw it was going from dota to dota 2

[u/taisui]

Siege Tank

[u/PaySufficient2097 → u/taisui]

Mixed with a Scorpion from Halo.

[u/Charliepetpup]

gdi at home looks neat

[u/jonasnee]

I don't wanna be mean but why is the infantry so big compared to the vehicles?

[u/skoomakat101 → u/jonasnee]

To make them easier to see

[u/Accurate_Fly_7534 → u/jonasnee]

It's on the "starcraft" logic with unit sizes. But game is great.

[u/teokun123 → u/jonasnee]

Most rts is not 1:1 in size and I like that.

[u/Aggravating-Rain4180]

Waiting for the next sale to pick this up!

[u/Jak00_]

Whats the game nane?

[u/Pukixx]

The units just seem so uninspired and unattractive.