High School Craft (하이스쿨 크래프트) is an obscure, retro indie real-time strategy (RTS) game featuring a lighthearted premise where a faction of model students battles rebellious delinquents to rescue a school nurse
kinda like this game is slow and simple and reminds me of total annihilation a little. its got some cool sound effects to the worlds to. its on steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/756810/MAX_2_Mechanized_Assault__Exploration/
Hey so...this is probably a rare question but ive been wondering about this for a long time.
old-games is one of those sites i come across a lot if im looking for a old game and they have a ABSURDLY slow download speed if you dont pay, however recently due to a friend i decided to look up a game called Far Gate and wanted to download it.
NOW, downloading it from Abandonware is way faster by a long shot and its got a lot of extra features like patches and no cd crack, however it WARNS about the crack being potentially infected, but no comments seem to point to this.
So i guess the question is, does anyone have experience with stuff from old-games when they actually pay for their services aside from just a faster download ? Since they say they got customer support type stuff going on ?
Do they actually try and help you out getting games from their site running or do they make sure that all the games are actually easily runnable out of the box ?
I just finally found this RTS game I couldn't remember the name of for over 20 years. I bought it from the $10 & Under PC game aisle at Hastings video rental store where I purchased all of my games. I didn't think it was any good at the time, but I do think it is an obscure RTS.
Horde: The Northern Wind, is a real-time strategy game that is very similar to Warcraft II. It is set in the world of Semirechye (Russian for "Land of the Seven Rivers"), a medieval fantasy setting loosely based on Slavic folk tales. The player, who takes on the role of a tribe leader, must build up settlements, explore and interact with his neighbours, and eventually uncover the main plot of the game.
The game was suppose to be a successor to Warcraft 3, but didn't have a good reception. It has a full campaign with 3 factions. I played it awhile back when I only had access to an old laptop and it was very fun. Its free to download on abandonware.
Platform(s): PC Windows
Genre: RTS / Base Building
Estimated year of release: Probably between 1998–2006 (played around 2006–2011).
Graphics/art style: Isometric view. Dark, gloomy medieval forest atmosphere. Not colorful or cartoonish. The graphics felt smooth/pre-rendered rather than flashy 3D.
Notable gameplay mechanics: Started with almost nothing. Gathered wood, stone, and gold using workers. Built houses and defensive structures (possibly wooden archer towers). There was fog of war, and I remember exploring the dark map being scary as a child. I rarely attacked and usually stayed in my base until the AI attacked me.
I also remember ambient forest sounds (especially birds), and when ordering workers to chop trees there was a distinct axe-chopping sound. I vaguely remember small boats/rafts that could move units across water.
The game was in English, had save/load, and was not fantasy (no orcs, elves, magic), not sci-fi, not World War, and almost certainly not Roman-themed.
I played it on a Toshiba laptop around 2006–2011.
The closest visual atmosphere I’ve seen so far is Highland Warriors, but it’s definitely NOT Highland Warriors.