Achron - Time Travel RTS

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[nugnugx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqerUDPguO0

[EIRRMod]

Thats a fairly old vid - but I really liked the concept!

I wonder when it'll come about.

Try these vids:
http://achrongame.com/site/gameplay-videos.php

[Ununoctium]

oww my head

[Malevolence]

Thats a fairly old vid - but I really liked the concept!

I wonder when it'll come about.

Try these vids:
http://achrongame.com/site/gameplay-videos.php

I think the alpha is out for pre-order people to muck about with last I heard.

[Grundwaffe]

Ah, he needs money.

[EIRRMod]

oww my head

HAHAHAHA Yeah I thought that too.

"Ok, hes defeating my army in the FUTURE, so I'll send it back, from the PRESENT and then I'll have more units from the PAST in the PRESENT FUTURE."

Its totally gonna just fuck with your head....

[Hicks58]

Looks like fun tbh.

If I had the spare cash lying around I'd pre-order it and give the Alpha a whirl.

[MittinsKittens]

I want to know one thing. How do you win?
No really, 2 really good players would never win...because you be going back into the past every couple seconds trying to out do each other..
Like, Player A is trying to destroy Player B's base, so Player B pushes a load of troops back a couple mins and then try to destroy a little of his base before he can build certain units ect :3

[brn4meplz]

You can only go back so far. Also the further back you go the more energy it will cost you. From a strictly advantageous standpoint the first person to go back in time is at a disadvantage.

Winning an RTS isn't about being at the top of your game, it's about making less mistakes then your opponent and capitalizing on the ones he does make. An opponent is defeated when his mental capacity can no longer support the quick decisions he is forced to make. Given the spectrum of decisive points you can traverse in a time themed RTS there is a larger pool of things to consider and mistakes to be had. A better player will prove to be a better player.

They've got the time mechanics down, now if they can just make a good RTS.

[MittinsKittens]

You do have a point
I do want to try this, but I reason wish they improved the graphics/look of this game, its the biggest turn off for me at the moment, style and graphical wise, it looks like its trying to compete with Total annilhation...

[EIRRMod]

I have the alpha, and its not too bad - the graphics and pathing is pretty bad, but hey... its an indie game

The important game-element in the game, is the time-waves, things need to synch up, and they are in ~30 second waves.

So, if you got attacked in the PRESENT, you could go back in time 1 minute, teleport an army in to reinforce you (assuming they are at a teleporter say) - and after the past propogates into the present, the fight then become different =)

After playing the tutorials, Id have to say this game would be VERY addictive for tactical reasons.

It'll be an awesome LAN game, but the sequel (if it ever happens) will be what makes it big.

[Mysthalin]

It'll still be a mindfuck.

Which is why I'll love it.

[brn4meplz]

Same here Myst. I'm not content just beating my enemies. I like to leave them in a gibbering husk of humanity. Unfortunately CoH isn't stressful enough to bring players to task in that regard.

[Hicks58]

I have the alpha, and its not too bad - the graphics and pathing is pretty bad, but hey... its an indie game

The important game-element in the game, is the time-waves, things need to synch up, and they are in ~30 second waves.

So, if you got attacked in the PRESENT, you could go back in time 1 minute, teleport an army in to reinforce you (assuming they are at a teleporter say) - and after the past propogates into the present, the fight then become different =)

After playing the tutorials, Id have to say this game would be VERY addictive for tactical reasons.

It'll be an awesome LAN game, but the sequel (if it ever happens) will be what makes it big.

Well, there isn't an NDA on the Alpha, so give us some juicy details EiRRMod, you know you want to. :p

[MittinsKittens]

^^^
or better still, Give us a few videos of you playing it, and show how revolutional this really is...

[Malevolence]

Or best yet - upload a torrent of the installer to the high seas.

yarrrrrr

So be a douchebag to the poor indie developer, then? Got it.

[Spartan_Marine88]

So be a douchebag to the poor indie developer, then? Got it.

Nah, if you like it after playing it then buy it, shouldn't have to "pre-order" (give free moneys) to try the thing. Hell its how i found out that Mount and Blade was one of the single most Bad-Ass awesome moddable games out there took my close to 3 months to hunt down and buy a hardcopy from the store. (BTW it was indie too)

[MittinsKittens]

Or best yet - upload a torrent of the installer to the high seas.

yarrrrrr

I was tempted to ask, But I thought the board might have rules against illegal stuff banter on here so Downgraded the asking to a video

[Spartan_Marine88]

I was tempted to ask, But I thought the board might have rules against illegal stuff banter on here so Downgraded the asking to a video

Nothing illegal about what we were talking about.

[Ununoctium]

EiRRMod can time travel and he should share with us.
hopefully it sucks so he can go back to being a mod slave