Fantasy General (1996) is
one of old Turn based strategy game with hexed grid in game field. To be
honest, its gameplay is not as solidly great as -say- Heroes of Might and Magic 3 in my humble opinion that is. Perhaps
the reason i don't enjoy it because there's rule book/manual about it that i
don't bother read it before play the game. But my main interest to this game:
the units that consist of 4 races/category (Mortal, Magic, Mech, and Beast).
And today i want to show some of them, reader.
Steamphont
Admit it! You feel very excited to
see an elephant with cannons, right? You can see that there's no one who either
rides the elephant or operates the cannons. Then surely, the elephants are
well-trained to operate the cannon. Sadly, Steamphont is quite-low tier of mech
cavalry. I presume because their major parts is still organic/biologic, that
are considered flaw. Still, Steamphont is serious threat to any peanut
plantations around the world.
Elf Knights
Elf are renowned for archery and
magic. Equestrian? Nope. You lost me, Fantasy General. At least not riding on
horse. Moose are more appropriate, perhaps? Anyway in status screen, he looks
refined (and horseless) and charismatic with decent armor padding. But in
field, he looks like Santa Claus's elf which is certainly unsuitable. Yes, they
help Santa on Christmas. On the other time they ride horse to battle? No. Again
you lost me, Fantasy General.
Gripper
If Bowlers aren't introduced to
enjoyment of dark-elixir drinking and boulder throwing, they become savage and
slowly turns into grippers. They just want to grab someone/something and crush
the within their hand so bad. "Why they don't punch? That hands are big
and strong enough to deliver big damage via punch instead of grab tightly"
you said? They're too vicious to think about that. They are light infantry but
that doesn't mean you can treat them lightly.
Fire Archers
"What did you mean we only
need to use fire arrows instead of whole set of fire archery like this? Stand
aside, wuss!" said fire archers. I believe their armor, skin, and their
guts are made of asbestos. No i don't complain their earnestness of way of
fire. As a Pyro, i'm happy for them. Fire archer's tier is higher than rifleman
and pistolier. Suggesting that to beat firearm
you have to be adept at fire arm, i
mean weapon that's entirely on fire.
Ogre
Centaurs
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to
introduce such enigmatic brute creature: Ogre Centaurs! The combination of
Centaur's elegance and speed with Ogre's brawny strength! Come to think of it,
they resemble Motaro from Mortal Kombat 3, right? So the mixture between Ogre
and Centaur is quite working, unlike...
Ogre
Griffons
This abomination is ludicrous,
IMO. Sure it looks and sounds better
if he is 'Winged Demon'. But, no. Fantasy General is truly rebel. By the way, i
don't think Ogre can "mix naturally" with either Griffin or Centaur.
So i assume they're result of diabolical mambo-jambo by powerful overlord. For
more sensible lore.
Rhino
Knights
"Rhino can't be knighted?
Say that again to my face! I dare you!" said Rhino Knight. Rhino Knights
don steel plating over their already thick skin. Not only they're practically
perfect bio-ram, they're charismatic and charming as what you expect from
knighted ones. Female rhinos totally want to marry them. It's true.
Serpent
Riders
Nothing wrong with either the
serpent or the orc rides it. Playing Heretic in my childhood, makes me
reject these cavalries as serpent riders. That's all. Also serpent rider's tier
is lower than rhino knight's and ogre centaur's. But that fact doesn't make the
Orc riders feel downed. They're spirited enough to joust any pawns of good side
before them. They just have to be consistent to whether use spear or jousting
lance. That's my only advice.
Balloon
Hangers
Demoman_laughlong01.wav. Excuse
me! Seriously, though. The idea of bloke with rifle, that's strapped with balloon
is just stupid. I mean it's magically
stupid! Even tactician in era pre-world war 1 will immediately reject this idea
for being too ridiculous. But you have to admit the dedication of the idiot
riflemen to go through special training to aim accurately and resist air sick
during deployment. Also you can shout "I can fly!" and have fun with
this method until Ogre Griffons come to clobber you. Leaving you practically helpless.
Flamer
What is faster than Pyro? That's
right! Pyro on horse, which is best description for Flamer. Actually you can
rename any units in Fantasy General so you're more than allowed to rename anyone
with anything in your imagination. There's another positive feature on Fantasy
General. Anyway, there's certainly high qualification for flamer's horse. Horse
that's not afraid of fire only, won't cut it. It has to be pyromaniac as well
as the flamer himself. Flamers could be another Spy's worst nightmare.
Spirit Riders
Spirit rider is so full of spirit.
He has the mighty beard and moustache of rider of Rohan. But i'll be frank,
he's very less interesting than flamer (judgment ambiguity, i know). But he
makes up with his very high spirit. Chargeeeeeee!
Mastodon
The article start with elephant and end with elephant. I mean the
wild and hairy ones: Mastodon. It's certainly stronger than regular elephant
what with its bigger body size and bigger tusks. Fortunately for the mastodons,
there's no Legolas in game. Otherwise he alone can kill one of them then Gimli
comments "That only counts as one!"
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