Titan Quest’s Engine and Units can be Used to Create Amazing RTS Game

[MosheLevi]

Medierra,

I have to say that Titan Quest is the best looking game I have seen in a long time.
The graphics is just amazing.

I was wondering if there is any chance for IL to create a Real Time strategy game (even with some RPG elements).
I play mostly RTS game and I have to say that if you take Titan Quest and use the many units that it has to turn it into RTS game, then you will have the best looking RTS that was ever made.

You have so many cool units in Titan Quest with great animation that you probably can make 10 civilizations with 50 units for each.

The nice thing is that you already have the engine, and units with their animation, so all you have left to do is set an economy system, buildings that train units, and balance the different civilizations.

I really hope that one day I will see IL come up with RTS game.

Any comments from IL?

[Darkarbiter]

I have to say RTW looks nearly as good and displays far more units on screen with less lag (or even m2tw). It's very different and I wouldnt exactly class TQ IT as effeciant.

[MosheLevi]

RTW doesn’t look even close to TQ.
M2TW looks better than RTW but still cannot match to TQ.
I own RTW and M2TW and played both of them for many hours.
The problem with these games is that you cannot control individual units.

I have 21 inch monitor with settings set to max, and TQ looks as good as COH or even better.

RTS game with TQ engine will get a high score on graphics and effects.
If the game play follows then it can be a game that everybody would like to own.

[PinkFrog]

I can't help it: time to pimp my mod!

http://www.titanquest.net/forums/mod...on-flames.html

I tried the best i can to pull as much "rts" as possible out of the engine. I think the ai of the units is not optimised for big battles. And obvioulsy just like it is, the engine doesnt really support complex orders and unit-selection. But hey... it's fun anyway.

Take care...

[medierra]

I would love to work on an RTS using the TQ engine, but at the moment there is little chance we would get the funding for such a project.

I'm very excited about our future plans in the RPG genre though and maybe someday we'll be able to expand and work on our own RTS. In the meantime, we at least get to work on Relic's RTS - Dawn of War.

[MosheLevi]

Originally Posted by medierra

In the meantime, we at least get to work on Relic's RTS - Dawn of War.

I didn't hear anything about that one.
Are you referring to past Dawn of War projects or future projects?

[Abnil]

Originally Posted by MosheLevi

I didn't hear anything about that one.
Are you referring to past Dawn of War projects or future projects?

they are working on the 3rd expansion called Soul Storm for Warhammer 40k : Dawn of War.

[cigarettes]

Very nice this blog =)

[MosheLevi]

Wow, a third expansion to Dawn of War?

This game came out in 2004 and the third expansion will be out in 2008.
No offense but isn’t this cow dry already?
Isn’t it time for Dawn of War 2?

I hope they at least improve the graphics and add some new features.
I have the game and 2 expansions and I will probably buy the new one too, lol.
However, it is time to see Dawn of War with the engine of COH.
That would be a great game.

Oh well, good luck with this project.

[Abnil]

Originally Posted by MosheLevi

Wow, a third expansion to Dawn of War?

This game came out in 2004 and the third expansion will be out in 2008.
No offense but isn’t this cow dry already?
Isn’t it time for Dawn of War 2?

I hope they at least improve the graphics and add some new features.
I have the game and 2 expansions and I will probably buy the new one too, lol.
However, it is time to see Dawn of War with the engine of COH.
That would be a great game.

Oh well, good luck with this project.

That's the reason that IL is doing the expansion instead of relic. Relic is currently working on Dawn of War 2.