"werent editors accessible?" me in the past as half life wasnt old. "cool, the half life map editor on a disc!" opened it, closed it after 5 minutes, never opened it again :D
The most influential rts was starcraft 1. Even when wc3 came out and was very popular, it could never take down the level of popularity of sc during the 90s and 1st decade of 2000s. I remember when people wanted to play an rts they would go to sc, on the other hand wc3 was seen just as "dota", I legit had friends who never touched wc3 gameplay and only knew it as dota.
And Dota/LoL is way bigger than Starcraft ever was. Without WC3 we would probably never had MOBAs. WC3 is one of the most important games ever made, it is not even the question
@joking3862 the topic is RTS. Not a map editor. No question wc3 map editor was important. But the title says "most influential rts" which implies we are talking about rts genre and its mechanics, not about a map editor.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: all roads lead to Warcraft III. Trace it long enough and it is the pinnacle. Yes, it would not exist without many games before it (still roads leading to WC3) and MANY would not exist after it without it. Most impactful game in PC gaming history.
People have a reason to name games like star1 and dawn of war 1, and maybe I won't fight them over that, but both of those games were half as innovative and artistically well crafted as War3, people don't realize but war3 is still technically influencing video games, perhaps not the most influential RTS, but as far as I personally see it, Warcraft 3s overall influence is second only to games like doom or quake for the fps genre.
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starcraft was influential in its own way, but if you actually watch the video and do some research you see the story is about the wc3 world editor, which was way more powerful than the editor in sc1, it was influential in inspiring many games out there that are being played today, games like dota and league of legends, which are huge today
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"werent editors accessible?" me in the past as half life wasnt old. "cool, the half life map editor on a disc!" opened it, closed it after 5 minutes, never opened it again :D
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The most influential rts was starcraft 1. Even when wc3 came out and was very popular, it could never take down the level of popularity of sc during the 90s and 1st decade of 2000s. I remember when people wanted to play an rts they would go to sc, on the other hand wc3 was seen just as "dota", I legit had friends who never touched wc3 gameplay and only knew it as dota.
And Dota/LoL is way bigger than Starcraft ever was. Without WC3 we would probably never had MOBAs. WC3 is one of the most important games ever made, it is not even the question
@joking3862 the topic is RTS. Not a map editor. No question wc3 map editor was important. But the title says "most influential rts" which implies we are talking about rts genre and its mechanics, not about a map editor.
You should look up "influential" in dictionary. Influential ≠ popular
I've said it before and I'll say it again: all roads lead to Warcraft III. Trace it long enough and it is the pinnacle.
Yes, it would not exist without many games before it (still roads leading to WC3) and MANY would not exist after it without it. Most impactful game in PC gaming history.
People have a reason to name games like star1 and dawn of war 1, and maybe I won't fight them over that, but both of those games were half as innovative and artistically well crafted as War3, people don't realize but war3 is still technically influencing video games, perhaps not the most influential RTS, but as far as I personally see it, Warcraft 3s overall influence is second only to games like doom or quake for the fps genre.
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Battle Realms not mentioned
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BTW, that sponsor game, Unicorn Overlord is amazing.
Beautiful graphics and gameplay if you are into turn based games like Tactics Ogre or even Fire Emblem, I'm playing it right now on Switch.
Starcraft Broodwar is. It's not even debatable.
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@puy0puy0 Compared to the first professional video game? I don't think so.
starcraft was influential in its own way, but if you actually watch the video and do some research you see the story is about the wc3 world editor, which was way more powerful than the editor in sc1, it was influential in inspiring many games out there that are being played today, games like dota and league of legends, which are huge today
Nah, It's either Command and Conquer or WC3