Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Been playing for a full year now!

So I've been a host now for close to over a year.

I stopped playing for a time because only a few maps were in development at all, and they were getting a bit tiresome to play.

Now there are a lot of new maps available for playing with!

My new favorites

[BK's] Gem TD 3.0 (the 3.1 version is a hack w/cheats) A sparkly game similiar to Bejeweled, uses Gems in the Tower Defense format.
HoSK (Heroes of Sorrow Knight) 0.93 A game similiar to DotA but has a beautifully done custom hero system.
Underdrawing's TD 5.0 A creepy tower defense map, has some interesting features that were seen in BK's Gem TD. But advanced coding brings this map to the pinacle of fine Tower Defenses. Frustrating for beginners.
Uther's Party Ultima-V Starting Cinematic: "Is that a sword? Luxury! Is that a horse? Sloth! Is that a helmet? Vanity! It's Hammer Time!" Feature fun game with lots of little mini-games that players compete in, various modes like berserk and drunkenness which effect how the game is set up. My only complaint is that it doesn't have more games to play per hosting session!

My Old favorites
Force Majeure Vampire Hunters 2.79 †FMVH† an oldie from WC3 but still a goodie in my opinion, although some features changed between versions, oddly enough a lot of the old programming that was originally done but didn't work in WC3 now works in the current version of Frozen Throne. Very well put together map.
Werewolf - Translyvannia 1.10 Another oldie that's still capable of hanging around as a goodie. Older than Dark Deeds 6 but the new version just came out this month!

Nightmare Difficulty
These are games that border on 'impossible to win', they challenge your skills, mindset and strategy. Playing a new game in a foreign language usually places it in this category even if the game itself is not all that hard to natives of the tongue.

Zillievgrad 6.0 this game is either in German or French or both. No English version available.
MacBeth 1.5 English game based on Shakespears MacBeth, you need to take MacBeth's castle, or Defend it. A nightmare to play, requires intense concentration and strategy.
Tank Wars 6.0 this game is strictly in German, it takes several play-attempts to get a grip of.

Worthy of Mention
CardShuffle One of the few real card game maps out there. You draw cards and summon monsters and spells to your defense.
Mage Warz A game that transforms your wizard into a new form to defeat the wizard you are facing.
DotA popular game with a lot of custom work, they hold league games, very finely balanced game with multiple developers. Part of the fun of DotA used to be that some things were somewhat imbalanced. Beware of any self-proclaimed DotA-Pros.

Signing out,
SilverSong@Azeroth, Lorderon & Northrend.