I think part of the issue isn’t that it’s mods specifically, I think part of it is with constantly reusing the base campaign levels in the same (ish) orders, creating new missions would absolutely be difficult, but I think it would help immensely and absolutely be worthwhile.

@sulljoh1

Ай бұрын

True

@rikwisselink-bijker

Ай бұрын

You mean recycling the campaign structure/scaffolding, but replacing the entire mission with something else?

@expepem189xl3

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah it defenetly is a problem, i got so tired of campaings over and over. Wish there would be different ones(

@yoboijam140

Ай бұрын

@@rikwisselink-bijker something along those lines, maybe a different world design/setting similar to what we have in melee maps, maybe a different mission objective, maybe different bonuses, alongside any new units, structures or abilities that the player unlocks. something I thought of was changing xil, the siege tank mission, to a full on army clashing romp for control of the planet, something like the map layout of into the void. Instead, you have the laser drill supporting for the massive targets as you fight through base after base, maybe you could even hire Mira’s marauders for a high number of minerals or ask tosh to aid in your advance in exchange for more jorium crystals or terrazine. Though this is a rough design idea, might need to be tweaked for actual game balance/challenge.

@Goldenfish300

Ай бұрын

I've started doing that for a mod I'm working on on and off, and yeah. It takes a long time to make, test, tweak, test, rework, test, etc levels. To replace all the levels in 1 campaign is something i'm expecting to take a couple of years or more for a single person.

Try out Impossible Creatures, its a wacky Relic RTS where you combine animals to design your army; the game even still has an active community which would likely appreciate the attention.

@nikitosha1000

Ай бұрын

YAHH! Also wanted to say that!

@silencearts33

Ай бұрын

Duuuuude this game was like a dream I remembered from my childhood, I would go insane if Grant were to give it a go 👀👀👀

@billiarn907

Ай бұрын

It's been so long since I've played that. I'd love to see how it holds up with GGrantG.

@WaterMelonLord100

Ай бұрын

Impossible creatures giving me PTSD, great game but the difficulty sometimes is crazy, maybe I'm just bad though

@bonbondurjdr6553

Ай бұрын

I would love for Grant to try out that game!

Hey y'all! Tychus mod maker here! I think you should do more Arcade showcases Grant! There are so many arcade custom games and little mini campaigns that you could just jump into and try. You could do ones you've never played before and are just starting for the first time with us. Something new and shaking up the Campaign forward content!

@sodamascolo600

Ай бұрын

As someone who hasn't played starcraft in years, I second this! I want to see "cool, short, and one off" Arcade modes, The cat and mouse game I would watch Incursus play was a lot of fun to watch. Mind you I would love to see some pub games with the modders that you have showcased their mods just play a casual game like this and talk about thier work ethic and how they got into modding. I am in pain to hear that your getting mod fatigue. I think these more crazy mods like the google translated mod was so much fun to watch as it was you just laughing the whole time! entaro my ombudsman! + if you could do more co-mingeling with other SC2 content creators would be fun as well.

@Thendoril25

Ай бұрын

I support this take, there are so so many Starcraft Arcade games that are fantastic, many still work like nothing has changed in years.

@felix-gj4ut

Ай бұрын

i know it would be difficult, but organizing little tournaments with other creators/ or with viewers with arcade games would be so much fun to watch once in a while to. Li

@tekaiku1369

Ай бұрын

I think grant didn't finish the marauder campaign if i missed it tell me

There was that "hey this game is bad, but if we go in with that expectation we can laugh at it instead" thing campaign that you suggested half as a joke, but I do think that could be something interesting to do for at least a few of the days

You could finish the Marauders! campaign. Or... There's an incredible custom Warcraft 3 campaign, called Exodus: The Violet Gate. It's fantastic, it has a great story, cool units, an interesting mission structure, and great terraining. Go ahead, and ask your friend Jayborino about it.

@JainZar1

Ай бұрын

This, seems like a nice pallet cleanser before the SC2 Bonanza.

@ref206a

Ай бұрын

I would like to second the Marauders! idea

@ref206a

Ай бұрын

It doesnt evade mod fatigue as much as id like, but at least its not the 3 base campaigns again

@lowfianimal8605

Ай бұрын

Seconding Exodus, although I am a bit scared that since there isn't voice acting in most cutscenes, Grant would have to do the voiceover.

@theangrysuchomimus5163

Ай бұрын

I wanted him to finish Marauders since he stopped making vids on it

You should do a short series on "how to make a mod/game" from concept to design doc to finished product. If you want something less moddy maybe a 'RTS through the ages' series where you play a little bit of several old and new RTS games while talking about why they're important and what they've done for the greater community, It could also have the appeal of drawing in viewers from other communities right before your big event.

@KaelDraykose

Ай бұрын

Wouldn't that also... be involving mods?

@juliustan1494

Ай бұрын

🙌🙌🙌

@nagirok1

Ай бұрын

first idea sounds fun

@Uforianer

Ай бұрын

First idea sounds amazing

@sulljoh1

Ай бұрын

I'd watch this

Since someone mentioned Impossible Creatures, I second that! That RTS is so unique that you don't just strategize your build, maximize your micro/macro... But your units too! You can build your own army from scratch by combining 2 creatures

I will say, one thing I would like to see is a "how does GGGrant strategise" video. Like, when you approach content you know a bit about, what things would influence your unit picks - making a balanced army, figuring out what units mesh together, what's a priority, what's done for optimisation vs funsies, that sort of stuff. Perhaps a showcase of a same mission, on roughly same difficulty (but maybe different mods), in 5 different unit compositions and show what needs to stay the same and which parts can move.

Play lord of the rings battle for middle earth, that’s an all time classic and would love to see you play it

@Raiggonaxes

Ай бұрын

This too!! "Ahhhh...ANEW HOARDE O' ORCS!!!"

@Caldaris

Ай бұрын

Would love to see this. Don't even need to go all out with mods. The Base games hold up rather well I'd say. Although would have to disable music because ContentID will have a field day.

@kobanader2591

Ай бұрын

Yoo i remember that game! The tornadoes were some cool effects for the time!

@erothrenmacarfime1981

Ай бұрын

Also has a Risk mode biiig macro

@rickwhite2422

Ай бұрын

He tried it, but it has too much copyrighted music

I'd say do some more play throughs of classic RTS games, you already did Dawn Of War and I think that did well. Homeworld is something I'd like to see personally.

@LastElf42

Ай бұрын

Or modern RTS too, Spellforce 3 series has that hero mechanic that SC2/WC3 has which I think will go well, though maybe a bit slower; Homeworld series as a blind run, Age of Darkness/They Are Billions storyline for that clutch defence feel we get from All In, BSG Deadlock or Battlefleet Gothic for that big capital ship stomp Grant loves from Empire at War. I think burning out of SC2 in general is the main pull and Grant does love him some stories while still keeping a lot of the same mechanics he's used to.

@sokite323

Ай бұрын

I was hoping the Dawn of War would continue, quite sad when it didn't.

@talia6159

Ай бұрын

I would be ecstatic to see you playing some Supreme Commander, or do some coverage on Sanctuary when it finallyy comes out (that one isn't relevant for your immediate issues though 😅)

@lilrock007

Ай бұрын

I love Homeworld Cataclysm and Dune 2 building of a dynasty (really old and I don't think you'll get many views though). There are many thoughts on here that can make things work... I just wanted to say Dune 2 because I love it and still play it today

@Jaybirderino

Ай бұрын

I vote for classic RTS too! Any of the Command and Conquer games (not C&C4 or later of course), Homeworld, Dawn of War 2, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (though the game is a bit easy...), a full Byte Lynx playthrough? I wish I could add RUSE to the list but you can't buy it anywhere iirc

You know what I would like? If Grant could work with some creators to make a Starcraft D&D(Starfinder, Jammer, whatever) inspired campaign. Have someone like Subsorian host, and get people together for a good time listening to you guys bumble around a battlefield or something. Alternatively; go back to old mods where you've had a video that was just "I could not do it" (like that one WoL one where you got minerals for every kill) and replay them, talk about the good and the bads, reattempt them, as they originally were, not as the fixed versions. I've always been curious why you never used the highground on the left in that particular video I referenced.

@randomguy6822

Ай бұрын

I honestly wouldn't mind just seeing Grant play some TTRPGs in general, but it might not be the right thing for the channel, as most gamers probably aren't interested in them as much.

I think it's okay if you choose other RTS as a mean to pause and entertain. Either as campaign playthrough or some custom games with mods on with your friends or "mods" (no pun intended). - Red Alert 2-3 / C&C 3 - Other Warhammer 40K Games - Crossfire Legion - Total Annhilation (and successors e.g. Supreme Commander) - Rise of Legends - C&C Generals

@user-md1lu2cl2n

Ай бұрын

I would really like to see Grant playing Supreme Commander, I was thinking about it since his video "why next RTS would fail")

@Cairnth

Ай бұрын

Seconding Rise of Legends, fucking love that game

@PlasticiTea

Ай бұрын

Omg, Total Annihilation mention, I love you! ...in all seriousness though, TA or either of the Supreme Commanders would be an interesting change of pace!

@tietdrifter2041

Ай бұрын

Can I second two suggestions? :p ROL and SupCom and SupCom 2. While I LOVED TA, its almost literally Build and kill all...the...time... I think TA has one protection mission and one "get this" mission.

@Idaho86

Ай бұрын

I vote SupCom. I play it to this day on/off. One of the greats.

I honestly enjoy random Archipelago runs

@bluesbest1

Ай бұрын

He posted the All-In mission Chat wanted him to do because it came up absurdly early on in the run, but he hasn't posted anything else from it. I'm looking forward to it as well.

@calebreinhold6987

Ай бұрын

In a quasi seconding of this idea actually using the cross game portion of the archipelago set would be interesting and different.

@Beautiful6064

Ай бұрын

I do enjoy these cause it makes you think on your feet with stuff that you may or may not have

@jst1606

Ай бұрын

I honestly enjoyed the hellion/wrath only one more than just about anything else

@genderdruid1443

Ай бұрын

adding to this as someone who plays a lot of Archipelago and has been involved in it's development, there's a ton of interesting settings and options that haven't been explored with Archipelago from what I've seen (I haven't caught all of the streams so I might have missed stuff), fun modification settings like control ai allies, kerriganless HotS, and Spear of Adun everywhere, difficulty modifiers like unit upgrade caps and reducing the number of random locations, and of course the whole multiworld aspect which is the big selling point of Archipelago for a lot of people (find a friend or multiple who play other supported games or even another starcraft player and make it a co-op experience)

I know at one point you said you weren't a huge C&C fan, but it'd be fun to play through Red alert 2 and 3. The missions are ridiculous and the story is absurd. Time traveling, Tim curry trying to escape the capitalists in SPAAAACE, etc. It's a complete 180 from SC2. A pallet cleanser so to speak.

@liamholt5623

Ай бұрын

Im currentlt running through the story of Red Alert 2 again after many, many years and I have come to the realization: Not being able to A-move changes the dynamic of the entire game.

@akolyadin

Ай бұрын

​@@liamholt5623 I don't have the game on hand, but from memory ctrl+shift+lmb was an attack move command

@user-kf1ry1tz9r

Ай бұрын

What about Tiberium Sun?) I think that would be more interesting

@jarynn8156

Ай бұрын

I concur, Red Alert 3 in particular would be fantastic to see Grant's reaction to

@sulljoh1

Ай бұрын

GG has right click bias 🤣

Idea: blackmail mindhawk so that he finishes the reversed SC2 campaign for you to play XD

I'd say check out the "Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends" (or just "Rise of Legends") campaign, if you are down with abandonware. It's pretty neat, multiple heroes who keep levels in each campaign, relatively seamless transition between each faction story, a "fight for territory" mission selection system, though that has the downside of potentially missing content by only having a skirmish if the tile has already been conquered, it still makes for multiple branching possibilities in a way that doesn't feel contrived like the binary exclusive missions in SC2. The actual RTS gameplay is pretty interesting too, very unique factions, with modular cities, faction-unique production buildings and research mechanics, and even territory bonuses and attrition damage.

I would watch a full guide for the sc2 campaigns. Play every mission and tell/show us all the things you've learned over the years, the strategies, the stuff about how each mission works, tips for less hardcore players, etc.

@lordskyline9766

Ай бұрын

Yeah, kinda like a celebration and retrospective of everything you have done since the OG deathless run

@air1fire

Ай бұрын

​@@lordskyline9766exactly what I had in mind. A celebration of StarCraft

@krullachief669

Ай бұрын

Oh now this is cool. And is really fun.

@Salveta96

Ай бұрын

Also lore for the free spaces, a full cutscenes and all that, like a story recap

@NNDTirish

Ай бұрын

I would love to see a walkthrough of how to get all of the achievements in SC2. Even if it’s only one mission per day, it would be amazing.

Finish the age of mythology campaign (Norse + Titans) on the archives!

@EduardoRibeiro-eu2po

Ай бұрын

Yes please

@manolgeorgiev9664

Ай бұрын

Since he didn't drop those when he was playing the game, I assume the files corrupted or there were recording issues. I doubt he has those just laying arownd.

Here’s some ideas I’m throwing in : - Re do the randomizer, but with infinite re rolls and units can be picked from any categories. Just have something very chaotic and fun, even if it ends up not being the most difficult thing you’ve ever done. - There’s a mod called Wings if Valerian. The level difficulty is surprisingly high. You get to fight enhanced enemies with special abilities, and you get fun units to use as well. I personally really enjoyed it (even if it’s a bit over my skill level, got quite a few resets) and I believe people might like to see you give it a try. - There’s also the marauders campaigns. You stopped playing it all of a sudden and I noticed a lot of comments wondering what happened with it. Is it because it was less viewed? Well, if you ever want to return to it, I believe there will be at least quite a few people who will want to watch it. - I’m not sure of the name of that one; Heart of Yuri (?), it’s a heart of the swarm campaign entirely based around mind controlling units. You have a custom heroes with custom abilities, and special evolution missions iirc. I really enjoyed that mod as well, you have lots of tools to steal the enemy units. Hope you’ll find something you like!

@QueDawg111

Ай бұрын

Sons of valerian was really fun there's also the wings of merge or whatever, heart of Yuri is with wings of communism as 2 of my fave mods

@WonderlandGhost

Ай бұрын

Marauders was because they use music in it that led to a copyright strike I think

Would it be possible to do like, casual interviews of people like Winter / Lowko / PiG /Scarlet and talking about Startctaft: 1) When you first played it 2) When you first finished the campaigns 3) picking a main then and now. And just do a bunch of reminiscing of the memories made along the way? The IP has been around (for some of us our whole lives) for a long time, and that impact is not insignificant. especially you. Must be some good "podcasty" type discussion around it. Wade into the nostalgia, warm up old hearts, in order to prep this audience for the GGGMMMSSS

@TheGuillermoroca

Ай бұрын

Some collabs sounds good

i think we all would be fine with another raynors flying circus pertpetual randomizer run.

@yessir6919

Ай бұрын

Unli rerolls to enable reroll once before every mission? Dude, say less!

@boodotcom7399

Ай бұрын

Unlimited rerolls + the ability to unlock any unit at any stage = sometimes OVERPOWERED units. Did multiple runs. Got a Primal Ultra and Torrasque once. Didn't know that they benefit from each other's weapon and armor upgrades.

@ericjeon2727

Ай бұрын

And someone can make that “story thus far” in the comment section again.

@fulguratingbean9489

Ай бұрын

I liked using the Perpetual Randomizer to play the game with different factions. I would activate infinite rerolls and reroll units until they were of the same faction, for example, reroll everything until it's a Primal Zerg. My favourite ones have been Nerazim (Dark Archons are just fun in Wings of Liberty), Tal'Darim/Mengsk Royal Guard (which somehow fit together well) and Infested (Infested units are so weak that it practically turned into a puzzle game, although I allowed Defilers, Infestors, and Brood Queens as they fit the theme)

@kylerd5663

Ай бұрын

Melee only randomizer run? but not all zerg melee, at most only half...😆

You kinda have that unfinished Dawn of War: Winter Assault Chaos campaign + "Order" camapign + Dark Crusade + Soulstorm + Dawn of War 2 + Chaos Rising + Retribution + Dawn of War 3 that in fact doesn't exist and is just bad dream ;) Unless I missed some bigger announcement after you said you're taking hiatus from it due to massive influx of SC2 mods.

@CascaDEER

Ай бұрын

I think Winter Assault stopped working properly after changing a monitor back then and Grant didnt bother going back

@chae7684

Ай бұрын

​@@CascaDEER there is a mod for soulstorm that adds the first 2 games campaigns to it along with cut content and quality of life improvements

@Blazieth

Ай бұрын

Honestly, I'm in on this one. If he doesn't want to go back to wrestling with Winter Assault, Dark Crusade, Soulstorm, or Dawn of War 2 are all fantastic options.

Small funny sidenote. You've played so much starcraft that even showing a different game, KZread still considers this Starcraft

You do still have a few incomplete challenge run missions. Like the WoL zeratul missions zealot-only, and SC1 protoss finale marines-only.

I remember you talking about doing a vanilla run with a focus on story and getting both your opinions and our opinions on story stuff, mission by mission, cutscene by cutscene. Stuff like did we like the Tychus introduction, do we wish there was a second pathway for the first build mission in each campaign, do we like the power fantasy of Kerrigan or did we prefer Nova more backline support style. The issue with this is that we just don't have the time 26 days means we have to do 3 missions per day + all the story content like convo's and it means that each mission wont get the focus it deserves. Like say what you will about Zero hour but as a kid it was scary dealing with so much zerg and heading out to rescue those boys out there, I took me years to do supernova on anything higher than casual, and I still don't have the lost vikings achievement. Still maybe a focus on vanilla stuff would not be bad, perhaps a focus on popular community gamemodes like probes vs zealot or run ling run. Tho that stuff may have been covered by twitch already (and frankly I have no clues on that side I only watch youtube and never really live content, VODS are more my style)

@LadyMapi

Ай бұрын

This. Heck, Grant, you could just pick your favorite campaign and do a vanilla run of that one specifically.

@ArcangelBarchiel

Ай бұрын

I like this idea too. Maybe you could do a edit of the cutscenes and the ingame scenes and doing your analysis and comment of Starcraft lore.

@Mimikium778

Ай бұрын

yeah this is probably way better than the idea i had

Honestly I would love to see some sort of Warcraft 1 and 2 content, or a Warcraft 3 challenge run, something like basic units only, so footmen, ghoul, grunt, archer only, or you doing attempt(s) at speed runs of all of the different campaigns.

I would LOVE to see you give Impossible Creatures a try! Customize your units. Hilarious humor. Your main base is a flying train.

@QueDawg111

Ай бұрын

Never heard of it, looked it up looks awesome

Interviews with mod developers, particularly those whose contributions might not be as well known to the community, could be a good way to fill time, build hype for the summer, and show people just how much work goes into creating a fully polished mod. Maybe even make some videos in the editor to show what that process looks like.

Command and conquer red alert 3, for a over the top setting RTS.

@bobbycookie

Ай бұрын

Oh my god, yes and throw some tiberium wars or Red Alert2 and we're golden

@sulljoh1

Ай бұрын

Generals was fun

My suggestion would be the "no Starcraft month". A month where you play other games. For example Manor Lords, an RTS that focuses on city building. Or Warcraft mods like Element Td or Campaign Mods. I'm sure we would watch other games too.

When I was a kid, I used to play a ton of a Czech made RTS Original War. It has great setting, unique story and gameplay. It came out in 2001 so yes, it is dated but I have never played anything like it since. The new Stronghold remaster is well made, it still plays like the original, which is a good thing but it looks better. I know that switching genre is bad for many reasons for a content creator, but I honestly enjoy your storytelling and energy and I wouldn't mind seeing you play something different maybe, something you enjoy and/or are passionate about. I am sad that arcades streams won't be happening anymore, but I understand. You really looked like you were not having a good time the last few times. I would be happy to see you happy, it makes your content so much better.

In my opinion it would fun to see some good ol' Supreme Commander: Forced Alliance as an either one time thing, or a whole series for it's campaign. It's basically one of the (if not the one) OG realscale RTS games of the past with a still very active and dedicated online community.

Random archipelago went crazy

Go back to checking out weird/unknown strategy games ? Well not go back, but you did it once with lynx, so doing it again would be cool

@CascaDEER

Ай бұрын

I think the issue with trying out games blindly is that people tend to yell at him in the comments for playing differently then they would

@paddathurpadane6828

Ай бұрын

My recomendation for this is the dungeons series 2-4 are great games and 1 is its own thing you dont need to play

I love the RTS content and can't wait for the summer! How would you feel about chatting with your modders to come up with a short list of classics (or more modern games) you might not have tried (or want to play again), like Chrono Trigger, The Last of Us, Final Fantasy X, Undertale, Diablo 3, etc., releasing that list as a poll to viewers, and stream / record a playthrough with a strong emphasis on "no backseat gaming" unless specifically asked? Love the content, Grant! :)

If you ever need a really dumb april fools level joke video there's always the Spore civilisation stage.

0:19 You could say (GMS)³, because GGGMMMSSS. Wasn't there a continuation of one of the Chinese to English mods? Either the Purifier Mod or the Eyeser Swarm? Also wrangle Jayborino and Synergy for the 3 races Co-op if it's complete, though from what I saw on the Internet, it's not. Modded Community Challenge runs is fine, puts people's jank builds to test. The Wings of Liberty Overhaul is also nice. Randomizer Marine Tiers only is also viable. For outside of SC 2, you could play modded Dawn of War Soulstorm, like Ultimate Apocalypse and The Crucible. A warning though, it's hard-as-balls and sometimes forces you to lose your first fight before making the second one manageable. Also prone to crashing if too many units are on the map when you finish the fight.

@silencearts33

Ай бұрын

GMS³ is perfect ✨

@Gnowimaster

Ай бұрын

Does someone still work on the 3 races coop? it's been ages till the last update 😞

@thomassevy4930

Ай бұрын

They did finish the 3 player coop. But I would love to see them do it on Grant's channel. WoL through Nova. It was so funny, and I would love to see them do it again.

@eterickstonely8548

Ай бұрын

I second all of these.

@yessir6919

Ай бұрын

@@thomassevy4930 Dude, I said 3 Races.

The Archipelago randomizer has been updated a bunch since you last looked at it Grant. Could be worth checking out?

@air1fire

Ай бұрын

It hasn't, he's played it last time on Friday on stream ☺️

@Nidrog

Ай бұрын

@@air1fire this is what i get for being KZread only lol ah well that is good to know at least!

@Envy_Dragon

Ай бұрын

@@air1fire in fairness, it HAS been updated a bunch, just not on the public branch where people can access it without needing to compile everything with bash scripts + run a python client

I really enjoyed your theoretical Kerrigan vs the empire video, and I feel like there is a good bit of room for more ideas like that.

I’m not sure how much you’re already aware of it, but UEDAIP is an excellent SC1/Brood War mod that completely revamps the campaigns. Stuff like auto mine and auto repair are included, the UED is almost an entirely different faction from vanilla Terran, and every mission has something unique going on. Some maps have been expanded/reworked, units have been added and changed, it’s really quite a unique experience at this point

Hey, grant, just take a break, you have been giving us great videos every day for two years. If you really want to play something, you can show bit of multiplayer

@air1fire

Ай бұрын

A problem with breaks on youtube is that the algorithm forgets about you is you stop posting videos. You take a month of a break and return to half the views :( But maybe uploading some streams would work, like the F2 Crew playthrough that isn't on youtube.

@timothypeterson4781

Ай бұрын

What air said. KZread would screw him.

@TheGuillermoroca

Ай бұрын

This idea is also good

You can finish Real-Scale Mass Recall. You didn't post "The Iron Fist" and "Queen of Blades" campaings.

@hangover89

Ай бұрын

hell yeah

@rosameltrozo5889

Ай бұрын

This, i mean why didn't he jst continue those after coming back?

@CalebStearns

Ай бұрын

@@rosameltrozo5889 Probably wanted a fresh start after coming back, anytime he takes a break and is in the middle of a campaign, he usually discontinues it. I would love to see realscale Iron fish finished than see Queen of blades done.

I've been playing Nebulous: fleet command a lot recently, its a very cool homeworld-style RTS with an emphasis on individual, hand-crafted ships, sensor warfare and limited, powerful resources(you don't get to mine or produce anything in a game) leading to a really unique game.

There's pretty old, but very good RTS called Original War. It look like SC1, but it's mor a mix between RTS and RPG. In campaign you can only get units through scripted events, so when they die, you lose them for good. But units can earn XP and level up in 4 categories: combat, research/healing, driving/building vehicles, building. XP and levels gained by units are saved mission to mission, so units you level up at the beginning can be powerhouses in the later stages of campaign. Also good mechanic in this game is that you design vehicles, eg. vehicles are modular, you can swap every part at will. The only downside is that I heard that English dubbing is... not the best, to say the least. I've played non-English version, so I cannot confirm this nor deny.

since its the summer of starcraft you could browse the hive for some warcraft campaigns, so we dont get tired of sc2

I really want to play Wings of Jim Raynor now

@Beautiful6064

Ай бұрын

He does speak his own downfall sometimes ahahahhaa

Fallaner´s Wings of liberty I know... its just another wings of liberty mod.... BUT.. it has custom lines, full voice acting, its own portraits, lot of lovely lore, a new approach to the Story I also got a bit of a mod fatiuge, but it put a very fresh wind to modding by showing how much can be done with modding the story itself.

In a similar vein to the already mentioned Impossible Creatures, there's also Paraworld. It's about saving an alternate timeline where dinosaurs are still around, so all of the factions have dinosaurs as units. Imagine for a moment an armored triceratops with a fortress on its back.

We are your loyal Grantlings. We support you. We first came to this channel for StarCraft content, but we stay because of the kind and jovial nature of its host. Your positive outlook and humor help us escape the frustrations of life and feel like part of a community. You could post a tutorial on how you tie your shoes and many of us would watch it, intrigued and excited to see a GGG perspective. Then you could post shoe-tying speed runs and challenge runs and somehow they would be entertaining and make us feel good. We support you. This is your opportunity to do whatever you want. Post retrospectives on the classic titles that got you into gaming and shaped you. Or post a guide on how to enjoy paella. Or a masterclass in mspaint. Or just read out the best KZread comments you've ever received. Or post a video where Jayborino impersonates you and F2 A-moves while insisting he is GGG and nothing is amiss. Or none of the above. Do whatever makes you feel good, even if that means no significant uploads for a month. We support you. ❤️

You could do a full C&C walkthrough, maybe some Tiberian Sun + Firestorm, Red alert 1-2-3 (maybe), Generals + Zero Hour, C&C Tiberium wars + Kane's wrath. Maybe you need some "mindless" RTS now.

@bobbycookie

Ай бұрын

I agree but the C&C games are far from mindless RTS, generals has such depth in its systems and unit synergy. And RA3 when played at master level is very micro intensive

While I know you specifically mentioned mod fatigue, the WoL Contingency Contracts mod I feel would be absolutely perfect for streaming, letting chat vote on what contracts you have to take, and then trying to figure out what wacky solutions you can up with would be great fun I think. And just for clarification the contingency contracts mod is basically a mishmash of many other mods put together, allowing you to set up each mission in a completely different way, and it all operates on a overarching budget, so if you find one mission to be particularly hard you can splurge and spend a bunch of your money to play as the Mengsk faction with an orbital command center drop on the top bar and units that get stronger the more kills they get, which allows you to combat some of the contracts which allow enemy units to have a chrono effect on them or playing deathless, there’s so many different modifiers I couldn’t possibly list them all, it’s a really great and well put together mod!

My proposition? Play Original War. It's an old and unique RTS that contains time-traveling, building your own vehicles, recruting monkeys to destroy your enemies and the best part - every unit you have is a unique person, if they die, then well... they're dead. Good luck Grant!

Would love to see either some classic RTS games from early 2000s such as battle for middle earth, early homeworld campaigns or maybe something like you continuing dawn of war

@QueDawg111

Ай бұрын

Yes I agree with this!

Original X-com, probably a port for sanity sake? It's on the lower end of tech stuff. It, might be too drastic of a change, it's also probably a lot of paperwork management as well as tactical squad action ™

I would like to see tips or strategy videos for beginners/medium players or even advance strategies. You can also do retro-spective videos in which you talk about previous videos, future videos, or even similar games like you used to.

A RTS I keep revisiting is Dune 2000, played it a bunch younger and more recently with GruntMods. The campaign difficulty is all over the place though with some being real tough but the mechanics are fun (hard unit counters, destroyed buildings doing chip damage, infantry being strong but vulnerable to some units/being run over by larger vehicles)

5 things came to my mind: 1st: You could do the rest of the "The Marauders" missions. You did like 2/3ish. 2nd: WoL with Allies. 3rd: Since Zealot only didn't work. How about Stalkers/Dragoons/Adepts only REAL SCALE. (And yes, I see it could be boring seeing someone macro like 150 Stalkers or so to avoid the attack range of something like a carrier. 4th: Raceswapped Zealot/Marine/Zergling only. WoL Zerg edition, HotS Protoss edition etc. Mainly Zealot to redeem them, since they weren't able to finish a campaign/their campaign. 5th: I honestly don't know but like NCO Marine only?

@eaglepeakalpha

Ай бұрын

Seconding the race swapped basic unit only campaigns

@NandolfBlockbuster

Ай бұрын

Oh god the Marauder campaign, it suddenly stopped and that made me kinda sad.

Uhhh sorry if my suggestion sucks but just gonna mention anyway. WOL Contingency Contract, essentially WOL but with some mods mixed together like Nightmare, Tactical Arsenal, and even base campaign like HOTS and LOTV. There's also something unique at the end of each mission line( like Safe Haven for colonists or All In for Char missions). On top of that, it is a 'make your difficulty' mod. You can choose how much you want to suffer by adding more 'risks' and make your life less torturing by adding supports.

@Samissa806

Ай бұрын

I did enjoy the mod, but he specifically said "no SC2 mods because we had a bunch of them recently"

@boodotcom7399

Ай бұрын

Oh that so? Well looking to Impossible Creatures like the other comment mentioned. Sounds funny and interesting.

Throwing my own voice behind Impossible Creatures, but also, Original War - that game is basically meant to be played deathless, it's right up your alley, Grant!

There are some classic RTS games from my childhood that I would love to see you cover. Games like Paraworld, the steampunk dinosaur RTS; Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, with its unique RISK-style campaign and dope world and character design; and the Battle For Middle-Earth games.

I think it would be cool to see you play through the Homeworld Remaster, especially giving us design insight. Besides that, generally games, with which you have a good bit of experience with. would be interesting to see, as you can tell us about your history with it without having to start from zero when it comes to the gameplay/story. Grant anecdotes are always great! 💖

Something I'm testing out at the moment is a Wings of Liberty challenge run where I can only attack with static defense. The latest mission I've completed is Welcome to the jungle after quite some puzzle working. It's quite a bit of fun and challenging on brutal and coming up next is probably The Dig. Due to how difficult the challenge is I've made some relaxed rules. I can play no build missions to unlock what will be needed such as the Ghost. Raven turrets are fine but seeker missile is not ofc. Medics are also fine as they don't attack. If a bunker is destroyed i don't have to prevent its units from attacking because that would just be obnoxious. Though if I do move then they must be moved into a new bunker to attack.

Hey Grant, love the content and I'm seeing some really great suggestions, there are plenty of custom campaigns not using any of the base campaigns as a base. There is also so much arcade content that I think would be really cool to see you play through and might help all of us find new and exiting ways to enjoy sc2. I reccon if there is a big influx of sc2 content coming then maybe best to limit the amount being shown atm. A few games I would highly recommend checking out: Empires of the undergrowth is being fully released in the next week and a half, adding the rest of the story mode but you could always just start going through the content as the stuff that is already there is not getting changed (as far as I'm aware). You play as an ant colony trying to survive, tons of interesting level designs for each campaign mission as well as arcade type content made by the developers. Buggos is an indi RTS that I feel deserves a bit more love than it has gotten. You play as a swarm (a bit like the zerg but more beetle like) trying to take over a human planet, simple graphics, easy to understand gameplay with quite a large tech tree for many different builds, a more relaxed game of swarms taking over humans. Airships conquer the skies is a game about conquering empires with a steampunk setting with flying airships as the main unit. You can design your ships with total customizability and use them against opposing empires. I think it would be cool to see some other RTS games that don't get the attention they deserve! If not one that I suggested then any of the ones others have.

I think it'd be great to see a few videos of you taking on challenges either with or against your Community. The first thing I think of is doing a 1v1v1 tournament where you yourself are a participant. 3 matches, winners of each going into a final. Or do a lottery and do some Brutal++ Missions with winners from the community.

I mean, there's plenty of options. You could take a break, play a mod that isn't going to be featured during your Summer Shindig (maybe such as mine the Divergent Timeline mod hehe), or even a non-Starcraft 2 challenge run like Age of Mythology on the hardest difficulty or something. Could also maybe do a tour of non-SC2 game campaigns, such as Homeworld, Impossible Creatures, Rise of Legends or even Supreme Commander.

@randomnine1863

Ай бұрын

Real scale was very good, so supreme commander sounds great

Replaying some randomizers, maybe with added randomization, would be a lot of fun. Or combining some elements when possible, like real scale and randomizing? The most fun I've had watching were the challenge runs like the marine, drone, zergling and zealot only runs

When in doubt: make a podcast. You said it yourself, you have so many amazing modders. I get that they are busy, but this is the perfect time to invite them in for a 1-on-1 talk, have them talk about their stories, their design priorities, tease their mods a little bit to get people hypped up for the summer. It won't be a daily thing, obviously, but twice-a-week interviews would help you, help the modders and help the community to get to know them a bit.

I always wanted to know how to make that "chat trolls grant" thing in detail, but I don't know how easy is to explain it (or even if you would like to do it), and don't know if it is very streameable or how many people would be interested in that. There goes my idea :) Love your videos Grant! Whatever you do!

Why not run the Homeworld 3 campaign as a palette cleanser before the big SC2 Bonanza?

@Th3hun13r

Ай бұрын

I was going to suggest the original homeworld to test the water as the first is such a classic. The controls hold up so well after all this time and the story is just so good

@Mortjep9531

Ай бұрын

Considering how awfull it has been reviewed by former fans, i don't think it will do well. Would rather see grant maybe try something entirely different for once, but i doubt that is going to happen.

@1VIA1Alido

Ай бұрын

@@Mortjep9531 I think it's better to start off with it and then move backwards specifically because it's not great storywise.

@sagacity1071

Ай бұрын

Please no

@TheHalogen131

Ай бұрын

@@1VIA1Alido If it's worse than the predecessors, then why bother?

arcades, coop, custom coop, heroes of the storm etc... possibilities are endless!

@thomassevy4930

Ай бұрын

I would love Heroes of the Storm video. Grant with his friends or his chat. Yeah.

@Georg-bb9nx

Ай бұрын

How about Coop+mutations and try to beat those solo. You can even do this interactive and let viewers vote for commander, map, mutators...

Arcade stuff can always be fun. Might be worth a browse and see if something qualifies for a video that you have not really checked out yet.

I like when you spotlight forgotten or obscure RTS, and hearing you walk about why you think they didn't succeed, and parts that you wish would be carried over to newer games. Maybe set up some community matches in those older games?

My first suggestion would be the same game you were playing in this video! You could also play Homeworld 3 or its prior entries. Desert of Karak hold a special place in my heart.

I would love to see you play through the campaign of the game Warzone 2100. It's an older RTS from my childhood that is now free. I've never heard you mention it so I assume you never played it. I think it brings a lot of neat/unique ideas for RTS games and I've always wondered what you would think of the design decisions of the game. For example you design each tank unit you want to produce by selecting a turret/cannon, body/chassis, and wheel/propulsion types. Your design impacts the cost, speed, and durability of the unit as well as the weapons. There is also a lot of emphasis on spotting and weapon trajectory. Also, some missions are direct continuations of previous missions, leading to interesting multi-mission decisions. It's not the prettiest game since it is older, but I really do think it is interesting, and it gave me quite a challenge when I tried to replay it.

Maybe a retrospective on old RTS games? Not even full playthroughs, but showcases to show off just how far the Genre has come.

I've had a concept for a mod, but I'm not the right person to make it: Wings of Liberty - Wrong Scale. Example units: Marines are colossus sized and shoot Jim's penetrator round rapid fire, but cost a ton and have a turn rate limit. Battlecruisers are scourge sized and shoot for 1 damage, but come in droves. Mid-sized units can go either way, whichever seems like more fun. This could be made deeper with more effort, making small/large evolution missions for each midsize unit, but that would be a lot more effort.

You can play something like Star Wars RTS or Supreme commander(totally not because i like those games)

hey take a break but if you dont want to, there are still plenty of old rts that might be worth visiting just for the sake of seeing the evolution of rts

I seem to remember first coming to this channel from a mod that let you play Wings or something in Co-op. I know scheduling is hell but interacting with another person does provide a whole lot of opportunities for stuff. you could do a challenge run that is possible alone at a lower difficulty but isn't possible at a higher difficulty until you have a friend (I don't know if there is also an archon mode mod for anything but that provides a similar idea). And lets you move the selling point away from the mod and onto something else

I personally don't have mod fatigue, but then again, I guess I'm late to the party - been subbed for only a little over half a year. I loooove the mod series, especially with those mods that I couldn't enjoy myself due to lack of skill or imagination, but watching you doing all kinds if crazy shit with em is a blast 😄

Age of Mythology challenge runs, or just anything else with Age of Mythology?

You could try the godsworn game, but it is in early access. It is similar to age of mythology but based in time around the northern crusades in europe.

For outright new games, there's Starship Troopers: Terran Command, and Homeworld 3 finally dropped, so maybe a playthrough of that whole trilogy. There's also Dawn of War as that was left behind some time ago, could be re-visited and it has a highly active modding community, could try out their QoL stuff and do multiplayer missions. Someone also mentioned a short series on "How to make a mod/game", that has always been discussed in the background of your many videos but having a nice overview also sounds interesting.

You could do coop campaigns solo & explore the unique factions & upgrades those add. The nova coop campaign lets you give ghosts a nuclear spidermine, the WOL coop campaign adds enough upgrades to make the diamondback viable & spawns suicide bots from the factory every time a bio unit dies. I say if you want a one-off episode & you're REALLY not interested in doing coop campaign solo serieses, you could boot up the final mission of a coop campaign to spoil their tech tree for yourself, spot what would be an interesting build to look at for the first time & go do a video of just a mission that showcases that whacky build. The 7 player hots campaign especially has 6 new tech trees & they get kinda whacky

I also dumb :) (If I could I'd love to help)

@Shezestriakis

Ай бұрын

We all dumb here.

How about some Age of Mythology? Some skirmishes against AI or the small additional campaign with the two dwarfs.

I used to watch almost all of your new mod playthroughs, but lately, I think the fatigue really set in and I don't have as much time. However, I really enjoy your SC1 content and I did watch all episodes of the Psionic Yell. I do really look forward to your grand SC summer plans. I really don't know what I would recommend to you maybe just take it easy for the next month and prepare yourself and the audience for the summer madness.

Lings of Wiberty is a custom campaign I don't think you've done it might fall in the category of stepping on the toes of the Summer stuff though. It replaces every unit in your faction with a weird unit. It required weird strategies to get through. Alternatively it could be interesting to see you learn a new type of strategy game, maybe go further from your usual to like a Paradox game or Dominions 6. IDK if youtube would like either of those ideas though.

Give the Starcraft 2 - The Crystal Shards campaign a shot! It's got achievements, unlockables, progression systems, and theory crafting. Would be a fun one to watch!

You could play another one of those Chinese mods, I'm kind curious to see how the pervious factions are implemented into the game. If you don't want to play another mod, here are some other RTS you could play: • Homeword (the original, not it's poorly received 3rd instalment) • Sacrifice (a cult classic RTS 3rd person RPG hybrid) • Creeper World 3/4 (Has some tower defence elements, but your towers can lift up like Terran buildings, also your enemy is a liquid) • Particle Fleet (a spin off of the above, has a ship/unit designer) • AI war (RTS against a vastly superior foe, your job is to trick the AI into think you are a low priority threat, so it doesn't crush you with overwhelming might)

Perpetual randomizer you can never go wrong with. But if new games are what you're looking for then Zero-K is a game made by a guy that makes a community post about game design every week or so, so that could be fun. Dune Spice Wars is also a high quality game that has a good campaign. It's got quite some flaws, but I'd say it's worth. Cube Chaos isn't really an RTS but it's super fun. It''s a hidden gem that favors mechanics over graphics and is probably the best game I've played when it comes to rewarding players for creativity. Words cannot do it justice. When I discover a new way to use a Cube (which happens a lot) it's like re-discovering fire.

There's a lot of classic RTS that it'd be fun to see you play through, even if it's just indulging in nostalgia. Talking about what you like about them, what you didn't.

Hey Grant, I remember you talking about doing a run on the Homeworld 3 campaign in one of your videos a couple of days ago and I would like to see that. I know it's meant to be bad but it could be fun to mess around with (Have not played myself, so no judge please). Plus then we could go from something "bad" to the actual "good" stuff, kinda like a mini reset button / be more appreciative for what modders create. Just an idea but I'll always watch you while having my dinner so I personally don't mind either way XD.

Maybe Supreme Commander? Maybe Homeworld? Maybe Spellforce 3? (For all I love the first two Spellforce games, they are way too slow to make good videos.) *Maybe* Godsworn, though it's a bit rough round the edges at the moment for obvious reasons. Age 2 is timeless but that would be a *huge* project and it already has a lot of relatively well known youtubers. ...Or if you want something *Really* different but still RTS... AI War 2. It's a *very* different RTS to what you've been playing, but... maybe that's what you want? Hope you find something that you enjoy, anyway, whatever it is. :)

@rjawiygvozd

Ай бұрын

Can also be Beyond All Reason if you look in the Supreme Commander direction. I'm not sure about the state of single player and AI in that game though

I wish Cataclismo was out, would be one I'd enjoy watch you play. I am excited to play that in July.

KKND2 is an old rts similar to command & conquer, I remember playing it as a kid and there were random ultimate vehicles/mechs on the map you could capture. It would be interesting to hear your commentary on what you think.

Main SC campaigns, but STATIC DEFENSE ONLY. Cannon rush objectives on every single level. I'd watch it.

I would really enjoy a series were you explain the dynamics of playing an RTS.(keybindings, unit counters, economys) Your channel alway has interesting tips and tricks between jokes and fun facts. A more focused version on the little nitty gritty on playing for beginner would be quite interesting. For each SC race and RTS in general. This way the game would be ''solved'' on your channel if it really dips that hard in popularity. Another interesting idea for me at least would be: How too comment matches. What is a interesting comment? How to pace etc.

There is a starcraft 2 arcade game called Before Darkness Falls, its a 3-player survival game where you recruit specialists and outfit them to defend against zerg and infested on specific missions. It's phenomenal.

Maybe go back and play empires of the undergrowth?