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Author |
File Description |
Nephrati |
Posted on 12/10/10 @ 11:12 AM (updated 01/02/13)
File Details |
Ruleset: |
AoW: SM - Unofficial Patch 1.4 |
Map Size: |
L |
Levels: |
2 |
Single Player?: |
Yes |
Co-Op vs. AI?: |
Yes |
PBEM/Hotseat?: |
Yes |
Multiplayer Online?: |
Yes |
# of Wizards: |
6 |
# of players: |
3 |
Skill Level: |
Expert |
Password Protected: |
No |
Ahoy!
When you download folder, you will find two versions of "Herbststurm". As I updated the map, you now can download the old (english)version and the new file (english as well).
A violent controversy among the Elvish half sisters Earwen and Eonône causes a war in the once idyllic country.
Eonône, mistress of life magic, forges an alliance: the so called "Griffins Federation". Under her guidance a powerful commander, General Nemlosh, and an old Paladin, Elias Brethil, gathered. The alliance now fields their troops against the drow elf.
Earwen sends out ambassadors, in order to win supporters for her campaign. The call was heard: Recently, Amirah Rani, highest shaman of the Orcs and Maeva, leader of the North Men, have arrived...
Herbststurm may begin!
-Nephrati
Notes:
The map is designed for single player modus. Please activate "allied victory"!
It is possible to play in co-op modus as well, I recommend to choose Amirah and Maeva then.
Advanced players should generally play without trading gold, mana and spells, since this intervenes too much in game equilibrium. Do not use "Call Hero" as well (each player has already got some extra spells in addition).
CPUs, particulary Eonône Eldar, will need some time to do all movements and fights within the first turns. Sometimes it helps to save game and re-load it again.
Enjoy the map and have fun!
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Author | Reviews ( All | Comments Only | Reviews Only ) |
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rat_peddler |
Posted on 01/21/11 @ 06:43 PM
Playability: 4
Fun in a masochistic way.
Balance: 2
NOT! Not enough resources to get any troops. Mana limited as well.
Creativity: 4
I like that it is designed for mutiple human vs. AI. Some nice longer term quests.
Map Design: 5
A little hard to fully rate as I only saw about 1/2 half of it.
Story/Instructions: 5
Nice messages and events to give the map an atmosphere.
Additional Comments:
Tried it twice. The second time with CPU Lords. I think BNW would be the way to go as you could level of your lower units to have a better chance. |
RogerRabid (id: Roger the Rampant) |
Posted on 03/01/11 @ 01:31 PM
Playability: 5
This is definitely one of my favourite maps to play, although still not as complex and brilliant as Descent to Undermountain, for example. I love the fact that you are constantly being harassed by independent units, and the good races have very strong forces too. Also the lack of gold makes you think long and hard about whether to recruit units or to build structures.
Balance: 5
The balance is great, because it is supposed to be a tough map so you need strong AI opponents, and that's what you have. I think I would probably have made the orcs a neutral race, which would give you two neutral races starting at opposite corners of the map, which would be ideal for two human players.
Creativity: 5
Beautiful map, plenty of wow factor, but the real strength lies in the playability (and replayability) of this map.
Map Design: 4
There are a couple of things that are not ideal. The fact that so many towns are called "Namenlos" is frustrating, as somebody has already commented.
The razeable seeing waters have been used in a couple of places, which could lead to the game hanging when you are a long way in.
I don't like the fact that the events where you are offered units fail to check whether you have enough gold to buy them.
We found when playing this map by email that in the later stages there were quite a few choke points which would be blocked by the enormous armies or watch towers of the AI-controlled dark elves, especially underground, which was a little frustrating. Overall though this map is absolutely outstanding, and I love it.
Story/Instructions: 5
It has a story, it has instructions, it has atmosphere.
Additional Comments:
Great map, highly recommended! |
cyancurve |
Posted on 09/13/11 @ 04:13 AM
Very nice map, thank you for sharing. Only 2 gripes from me
1)Item forge is disables. I realized this at turn 25, damn!
2) not enough sites for item trasure hunting.
Again, those gripes are just mine. I usually like to play super hero games to beat difficult maps.
Please keep the good maps coming!
Playability: 5
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Balance: 5
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Creativity: 5
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Map Design: 5
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Story/Instructions: 5
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Additional Comments:
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HGDL v0.8.2 |
Rating |
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4.6 | Breakdown |
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Playability | 4.7 | Balance | 4.0 | Creativity | 4.7 | Map Design | 4.7 | Story/Instructions | 5.0 |
Statistics |
Downloads: | 2,589 |
Favorites: [] | 2 |
Size: | 2.77 MB |
Added: | 12/10/10 |
Updated: | 01/02/13 |
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