Computer Gaming Yesterday

Computer Gaming Yesterday

A look into PC gaming’s past

The Best PC Games of 1999

The Best PC Games of 1999

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  • @Ballistic-vn6em
    @Ballistic-vn6emКүн бұрын

    Thanks for the video, i love this franchise

  • @terrencegartland
    @terrencegartlandКүн бұрын

    Someone with amazingly high actions per minute will beat someone with vastly more game knowledge who cannot move their units quick enough. The genre favored the hyper focus on APM and micro and increasingly gave people more units, even though the genre was far slower back in the 90s and early 00s. It's a clumsy way of doing strategy after XCOM showed how brilliant and fair turn-based can be.

  • @ReginaldArthurWolfe
    @ReginaldArthurWolfeКүн бұрын

    lol

  • @yaboiash5822
    @yaboiash5822Күн бұрын

    And guess what.. my name is Asheron lol

  • @JeremyJohnson27
    @JeremyJohnson27Күн бұрын

    Watched your video essay on the creation of Homeworld and really enjoyed it. Fantastic work there. I saw in the comments that you've changed your take on HW3 at this point - what do you think of it now after the June patch and mod updates? I'm hoping it's the start of a good direction... and I've still been having a lot of fun in War Games. You made a good point in your video that HW2 didn't really have a great campaign, either... Noah Gervais has a great video essay on the HW series and had a similar thing to say about HW2's story. Between all three, though, I'd still put HW3's campaign story in last place (so it'd go HW1 -> Cat -> 3 for me). It feels rushed and from what I've been reading, that's probably the case. BBI has been really responsive to feedback and I take that as a good indication that they'll be doing their best to course correct. There may even be new cutscenes (we can hope), or at least new story arc expansions in the traditional art direction. Here's hoping for the best. In the meanwhile, keep up the great channel.

  • @Kodiak1293
    @Kodiak12933 күн бұрын

    Lol, was one of the few to battle the original mistimoor being run by one of the creators. Atleast that was the story we were told. Never had so much fun having my ass handed to me. Was only 2 of us in the zone, me and a friend that I still keep tabs on. Right outside the castle entrance. He come across that bridge and made quick work of my pally and my buds ranger. We blasted guild chat for a long time, then the real fun. Finding a cleric who could get to us for a rez. Oh the fun and the stories.

  • @MrPrincepop
    @MrPrincepop4 күн бұрын

    Highly reccomend reading all of the Michael Stackpole Battletech novels! I played the hell out MechCommander back then.

  • @mirrannda
    @mirrannda4 күн бұрын

    All they need to do is take this game, improve the graphics and re-release it as DAOC 2. I'm sure many people would be eager to play it.

  • @bwhasse
    @bwhasse5 күн бұрын

    Homeworld is burning. There is nothing left.

  • @sfabok
    @sfabok5 күн бұрын

    has anyone ever interviewed the original character artist and discussed the development process? all of the original sneak peeks of the game have character models that ALL look absolutely different. Id love to know what happened behind the scenes that got us the most iconic character designs of all time

  • @Rubiktron
    @Rubiktron5 күн бұрын

    8:20 is that Linus Torvalds at the far right?

  • @sammy-gd7hw
    @sammy-gd7hw5 күн бұрын

    My favorite of all mmo's . Its the original that started it all.

  • @JimX218
    @JimX2186 күн бұрын

    My favorite game.... damn I wish they'd do a remake.

  • @galicredstone
    @galicredstone6 күн бұрын

    Yun-Fat of Thistledown here. AC was by fart the best game I've ever played. The community made it so. The game itself was wonderful, with unique features such as researchable-spells and deep lore. The Alliance system built wonderful freiendships both inside and outside the game. I miss it daily.

  • @true_xander
    @true_xander7 күн бұрын

    Herzog Zwei - The Count 2

  • @skudlugs
    @skudlugs7 күн бұрын

    EQ was tough but look at todays mmorpgs, wtf happened? your handed things! too easy = pointless, like life. I raged at dying in EQ, I mean RAGED! The loss was brutal but success was ohh so sweet!

  • @user-gn1jj1yf1w
    @user-gn1jj1yf1w7 күн бұрын

    I still play Dark Reign to this day. The only bit that troubles me is ports of it messing up advanced mechanics of units like the sniper, or that there is no modding community to further it today. Sniper units not being able to sit idly without auto-fire on passing units is annoying especially when you want to have them mask in and wait for enemies main force to pass before flanking or taking on specific targets. It's mechanical end was glorious. The ability to set paths and routes for your units to follow or set into an indefinite routine of patrolling was great and ahead of everything around it. Advanced controls for agro, ranges of target acquisition, and damage before returning to heal was also epic. Having phasing, temporal rifts, teleporting, seismic waves of destruction, terrain masking units, adopting enemy appearances for your units to sneak them about, desiccators(currency is water, destroying it is a chad move.) and things to depower or steal tech from their bases too, and land and air as well as hover units made it pretty replayable into the indefinite future. The only bit missing from it's war was naval or space anything. Which looking back would have been a fine expansion should the IP have wanted to advance something. Honestly I think Starcraft only got ahead of it for shinier graphics honestly. Why Zerg burrow when you could Phasing facility transport five units across the map unseen to unload them in a surprise, phase tank the same as burrowing critters, and even make your units look like trees and things to hide? Where Starcraft did a single feature in a moderate ability Dark Reign went all in and explored out various angles. As for Dark Reign 2... we wont talk about that 3d mess. It was neat but it's graphics and cinematics still leave me wanting. That game was so far ahead of it's time that it goddamn near set the bar for the next decade or more. Issue was that not many knew of it or it's release I think. Timing of it's advertisements and lack of convention interfacing let it wither on the vine. I remember picking up a 5$ cd of Starcraft prior to it's release at a computing convention in Ohio. Dark Reign on the other hand was about 20$ and was gotten from a game store with little or no fanfare shy an interesting package at the time.

  • @ByronC900
    @ByronC9007 күн бұрын

    I had been trying to find the name of the game "Cyberstrike" for a LONG, LONG time. No one seemed to know what I was talking about. Thank you so much for this lol.

  • @krisdog88
    @krisdog887 күн бұрын

    I played the HECK outta this game. My first level 50 Highlander Paladin, Dafydd, was my absolute favorite. I've been trying to find an MMO that gave me the same same feeling, and it just doesn't exist. Someone, please, take the original ideas and gameplay style and make a new game. (Or don't - I don't have the same kind of time I used to !!)

  • @cory8619
    @cory86198 күн бұрын

    Teek server going STRONK

  • @Nikitos253
    @Nikitos2539 күн бұрын

    A crackhead could write a better campaing than what we got

  • @Lurch150
    @Lurch15010 күн бұрын

    I would love to see a HW1 total conversion mod for HW3, the modding scene would be a huge asset for the franchise and community. ..... you liked the story? Really? How? Why? Are you feeling ok? Are you confused about HW?

  • @Lurch150
    @Lurch15010 күн бұрын

    Alex Garden could be the true visionary behind the success of HW which is why HW3 was poorly received. That said, I think most HW fans approve of DoK so maybe Robb Cunningham still has what it takes to make the franchise work. It would be interesting if they could get Alex involved like old times, but it looks like he's moved on to much bigger and better things. Big fish in a little pond.

  • @apokal17
    @apokal1711 күн бұрын

    Надеюсь, через годы вы сможете снять такой же подробный ролик о создание Homeworld 3. И ответить на сакральный вопрос, возникающий после прохождения игры "Почему?".

  • @Arkham_UK
    @Arkham_UK11 күн бұрын

    Great video i enjoyed that. Nice work! 👍 The one thing about will wright i loved was that he competed in the canonball run in the 70s. That boy's free as a bird.

  • @computergamingyesterday
    @computergamingyesterday11 күн бұрын

    Yes! Also an early battlebots competitor. He is an interesting guy.

  • @suddenimpulse030
    @suddenimpulse03012 күн бұрын

    You have lost any and all credibility by posting this.

  • @williamcase426
    @williamcase42612 күн бұрын

    I'm gonna play this in vr

  • @williamcase426
    @williamcase42613 күн бұрын

    Believe in the Homeworld 🙏

  • @roblunquest3311
    @roblunquest331113 күн бұрын

    Everquest and DAoC was my childhood. Btw DAoC Eden is a healthy server going on now. Check it out!

  • @Spartan265
    @Spartan26514 күн бұрын

    I was pretty young when it came out as I was born in 93 but I still got to play it a bit because my dad played it. Between playing it and watching my dad play it it started my love for MMOs. Good times. Things were simple then.

  • @Fr0st1989
    @Fr0st198914 күн бұрын

    imagine having standards this low

  • @Fr0st1989
    @Fr0st198914 күн бұрын

    nah

  • @youMatterItDoesGetBetter
    @youMatterItDoesGetBetter16 күн бұрын

    Still the best digital boobs of all time.

  • @LucasRizzotto
    @LucasRizzotto17 күн бұрын

    The HW3 community is extremely toxic, prepare to get a ton of hate because you like a game.

  • @tristanglock4925
    @tristanglock492517 күн бұрын

    I'm glad someone likes this game and while much of any review is subjective I can't understand many of your praises of the games story. the characters are stilted have no real growth simply changing in an instant when the story deems its time for their growth moment without doing anything to set up or reinforce this moment. The story also fails to payoff on many of the things it sets up. The initial threat that sends Imogen out into the galaxy and many of her character flaws are forgotten about by the third mission and never come up again. (the friction you mentioned between her and intel at its climax amounts to about 15 words of dialog and that's the conclusion of that arc that really never went anywhere to begin with.

  • @connernickerson5509
    @connernickerson550919 күн бұрын

    No, it is not. A hollow, depthless experience that sounds like it was written by a team of small children. Overpriced, overhyped, flashy garbage. My wallet is OVERFLOWING with cash due to all of these horrible games!

  • @bohemianempire1745
    @bohemianempire174519 күн бұрын

    NUH UH!

  • @contrarian4sshole
    @contrarian4sshole19 күн бұрын

    Nah, it sucks ass

  • @integer_main
    @integer_main19 күн бұрын

    I sure u get copy of this game for free from publisher by level of "critical view" not of a person who just wasted $60+ on overpriced downgraded unfinished lied spy filled EULA game

  • @robinfox4440
    @robinfox444019 күн бұрын

    The complaints about this game so far come down to: 1) Disliking the story, not realizing that HW2 kind of set this one up to fail. Outside of HW1, none of these games have had the most groundbreaking or compelling of plots. 2) Hating that it's different and refusing to adapt, even when there are now control schemes that let you customize things and even switch it to more of a HW2 experience. 3) Very minute details around ship control that are arguably not really worth sweating about.

  • @AggravatedAstronomer
    @AggravatedAstronomer15 күн бұрын

    1) You can just tell a new story instead of shoe-horning a bad direct sequel where it doesn't fit. You also don't have to write a groundbreaking story to write a decent or compelling one. You have contrived a false dichotomy to justify low standards. It is also short. $60 entry fee for a 10 hour campaign is steep; the comparison with prior titles, even as recently as Deserts of Karak, is not favourable. The campaign would have a lot to deliver at this price point and length, not forgetting that in any case, Homeworld is built on having a strong campaign, it's in its DNA, a core part of its identity. Both of these things make the campaign's mediocrity a bitter pill. 2) The word "different" is doing a lot of work there to cover over changes that are for the worse. A lot of tactical depth has been stripped back. There are few meaningful choices you can make in terms of fleet composition, or tech (such that there is any), or how to use abilities, or choose targets - No targetable ship subsystems. Abilities were added but each unit just has... one. And you have to keep telling them to use it, manually. And you should always be using it. Over and over. That is shocking design. Unit variety is also extremely limited in comparison to HW2, a 20 year old game - made worse by the fact that you don't even get to use the more interesting of these units in the other game modes, which is truly bizarre. Just shooting themselves in the foot. Despite only having two factions to worry about, they are utterly unbalanced such that the game is a non-starter for competitive MP, certainly not helped by the anemic unit roster. 3) Ship controls are absolutely fundamental to the game. If you don't get them right, it falls flat very fast. Bad unit pathfinding will dramatically frustrate your ability to enjoy the experience and remove your ability as the player to affect outcomes properly. Path-finding around large structures, formations derping in various ways, ships maneuvering inconsistently such that they stop firing, it's a long list. Hardly minute.

  • @robinfox4440
    @robinfox444012 күн бұрын

    @@AggravatedAstronomer I've sat on my thoughts and mulled over this game for over a week now, and you're right. HW3 is a massive, massive let down. I can't defend it any more.

  • @AggravatedAstronomer
    @AggravatedAstronomer12 күн бұрын

    @@robinfox4440 I feel you. I wanted so badly to love it. I got it for free due to a technical mixup and somehow I still can't forgive it. I kept hoping the missions and story would improve but it got steadily worse in so many ways. I realised I was just forcing my way through it and not enjoying my time with it.

  • @tropictiger2387
    @tropictiger238720 күн бұрын

    Is being a shill worth it?

  • @mr.fantastic7756
    @mr.fantastic775620 күн бұрын

    Yeah, unsubscribed 😐

  • @EdoCotequinho
    @EdoCotequinho21 күн бұрын

    still best game ever

  • @tezzy5584
    @tezzy558421 күн бұрын

    They made a "Homeworld" game that has nothing to do with Homeworld. Bizarre.

  • @robinfox4440
    @robinfox444019 күн бұрын

    Homeworld 2 is practically the same. You spend two missions near Hiigara and there's the conceit that Makaan is occupying Hiigara, and that's it. The rest is chasing after McGuffins and plot devices until you attain Space Jesus status.

  • @joelcorrone6271
    @joelcorrone627112 күн бұрын

    HW2 is the same though, I enjoyed it tbh.

  • @tezzy5584
    @tezzy558412 күн бұрын

    @@joelcorrone6271 Zero comparison to be made. It's insulting to Homeworld 2 to put them on the same level.

  • @joelcorrone6271
    @joelcorrone62719 күн бұрын

    @@tezzy5584 But HW2 has nothing to do with the homeworld. No more than this game does.

  • @tezzy5584
    @tezzy55849 күн бұрын

    @@joelcorrone6271 Objectively false.

  • @lemonsquidsec
    @lemonsquidsec22 күн бұрын

    Yes. The answer is yes.

  • @nonyabisness6306
    @nonyabisness630622 күн бұрын

    terrible game terrible gameplay terrible story terrible game modes.

  • @joelcorrone6271
    @joelcorrone627112 күн бұрын

    Hard disagree.

  • @nonyabisness6306
    @nonyabisness630612 күн бұрын

    @@joelcorrone6271 that's fine. but you gotta realise at this point you like a piece of shit. the vast majority of people dislike it and virtually no one bought it.

  • @nothing3065
    @nothing30652 күн бұрын

    Terrible story Great gameplay Great visuals Great audio Great coop multiplaer

  • @nonyabisness6306
    @nonyabisness63062 күн бұрын

    @@nothing3065 "Mostly Negative" :D

  • @Zuron
    @Zuron23 күн бұрын

    Putting aside the writing, the campaign is about 10 hours long, and they're planning to flesh out the game with 3 (paid!) DLCs within the first year. Those should be included to begin with for me to consider getting the game. HW3 is not even close to being viable as a competitive RTS. I could see the casual co-op multiplayer experience as the only possible saving grace here.

  • @briandfox16
    @briandfox1623 күн бұрын

    I am enjoying the game a ton. The story isn't amazing, but none of the stories from the previous games were amazing, or original for that matter. I think they are just remembered through rose colored glasses because homeworld was such a different RTS experience for its time. I mean Homeworld 1 is a Battlestar Galacticta story, and Cataclysm, HW2 and HW3 are Villains in motherships threating the universe vs. a Hero in a mothership saving the universe. The gameplay experience of Homeworld 3 is actually more similar to Homeworld 1 than any of the other titles. The only big difference is that the pace of Homeworld 3 is noticeably faster than Homeworld 1, but there is nothing wrong with that, and you adjust to it quickly.

  • @Scrubwave
    @Scrubwave24 күн бұрын

    Actually, no.

  • @1dastardlydad573
    @1dastardlydad57325 күн бұрын

    Damn, I miss this game so much. Particularly prior to the weapons being changed into groupings… The character creation is simply the best when it came to skill builds.