The maps are by no means based off the movie, though many people that play the maps in the community already have never read the books. The movie is a laugh compared to the book if you ask anyone who have read any of the books. If it was based off of just a movie it would be difficult to get the depth into it. This also isn't a hardcore gamer map or a casual, it is actually more or less the way people play it, at times its casual and at times its hardcore competition depending on who's in the game. It is a decent size community with a ventrilo server where you are having fun even when not in the game, with many games being memorable among more than just yourself. It is a game that involves some micro, some strategy, alot of variance in how you can play it out, while yet still starting out the same way every time. It is a game I think if any of you who will post 1 disadvantage of it actually logged on and played a game or 2 with a few people in ventrilo, you would not only like the game but the people playing it, which makes it even more enjoyable. I'm also a firm believer of you shouldnt knock on something until you experience it, though that is easy for me to say because I am a very easy going person, and like many things. Example i play pretty much every type of map out there except a few (dont like tugs) :/. Same with music though. If anything is a major downfall of this gameset is it the fact that new players get targeted first many games if they are mostly all decent players, however all games have a problem with new players, you can't just not target them. There will be other maps i'm certain that are LotRish however like there was in sc1 where you can fit it into space age stuff and give different names but at the same time LotR is very easy because it is something people can relate to. I may base my map off the book and not the movie, but even people who don't read the books can relate to the maps because the movies are quite popular also. Ask anyone and they'd tell you Aragorn is a pimp and you don't want to lose him as a hero, easier to learn what is less or more important in game if you know something already.
Sorry for all grammer and my super paragraph, I get carried away :)
Well i'm a person who started playing sc1 lotr back in 2002-2003. But yes lotr maps were definately in sc1 long before they were in wc3. I did not like the wc3 maps even though they had units more similar to what the lotr world would be though. As far as trying to fit a map to what the units already are, models take up space if I'm not mistaken? I'm not too familiar with editor either and I see no point in adding many unneeded things if it will just make a map with MANY units lag more. However I do know that Tolkien books are in general pieces of literature that have effected so many things including all of these games that we all play, and on top of that Sc1 was the game that changed rts games. Why then shouldn't they be able to go together? I myself hate star trek, i enjoy star wars but i wouldn't find it anywhere near as epic as an lotr setup. There is so much more history in it alone. and many units in tolkiens work are the foundation of many games
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The maps are by no means based off the movie, though many people that play the maps in the community already have never read the books. The movie is a laugh compared to the book if you ask anyone who have read any of the books. If it was based off of just a movie it would be difficult to get the depth into it. This also isn't a hardcore gamer map or a casual, it is actually more or less the way people play it, at times its casual and at times its hardcore competition depending on who's in the game. It is a decent size community with a ventrilo server where you are having fun even when not in the game, with many games being memorable among more than just yourself. It is a game that involves some micro, some strategy, alot of variance in how you can play it out, while yet still starting out the same way every time. It is a game I think if any of you who will post 1 disadvantage of it actually logged on and played a game or 2 with a few people in ventrilo, you would not only like the game but the people playing it, which makes it even more enjoyable. I'm also a firm believer of you shouldnt knock on something until you experience it, though that is easy for me to say because I am a very easy going person, and like many things. Example i play pretty much every type of map out there except a few (dont like tugs) :/. Same with music though. If anything is a major downfall of this gameset is it the fact that new players get targeted first many games if they are mostly all decent players, however all games have a problem with new players, you can't just not target them. There will be other maps i'm certain that are LotRish however like there was in sc1 where you can fit it into space age stuff and give different names but at the same time LotR is very easy because it is something people can relate to. I may base my map off the book and not the movie, but even people who don't read the books can relate to the maps because the movies are quite popular also. Ask anyone and they'd tell you Aragorn is a pimp and you don't want to lose him as a hero, easier to learn what is less or more important in game if you know something already.
Sorry for all grammer and my super paragraph, I get carried away :)
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Well i'm a person who started playing sc1 lotr back in 2002-2003. But yes lotr maps were definately in sc1 long before they were in wc3. I did not like the wc3 maps even though they had units more similar to what the lotr world would be though. As far as trying to fit a map to what the units already are, models take up space if I'm not mistaken? I'm not too familiar with editor either and I see no point in adding many unneeded things if it will just make a map with MANY units lag more. However I do know that Tolkien books are in general pieces of literature that have effected so many things including all of these games that we all play, and on top of that Sc1 was the game that changed rts games. Why then shouldn't they be able to go together? I myself hate star trek, i enjoy star wars but i wouldn't find it anywhere near as epic as an lotr setup. There is so much more history in it alone. and many units in tolkiens work are the foundation of many games