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Albiino-I · 07-02-2006, 07:53 PM

Fall of the Lion
Current version: 1.00
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Still to add:
- An extra level, only available if the secret bonus' in rest of the maps are collected.
- Couple of mini games; small puzzles in some of the maps.
- Custom models / skins.
- New triggered abilities for the heroes.
- Fully voiced dialog and unit soundsets.
- Three new ingame music tracks and cinematic ones.

After Warcraft III's release, before the expansion set, when the modding community was yet small, one man made a campaign which I played through in awe. Luthien was one of the first who achieved anything notable with the world editor, his first campaign, Fall of the Lion. Now after a long time - now that I have the skills to do this - I have made a remake of it. Only glitch in the 'Fall of the Lion', was its level design, it looked pretty horrid even back then, but the story was the one that inspired me. My goal is to show this same story, in a new, shiny shell.

I have re-created all the maps in the original campaign from scrathe, but used Luthien's triggering-work as a base and then added lot by myself to make it even more interesting. This is only the beginning though, there's still more to it. I plan to add the last map in the campaign as a bonus map which can only be played if all the hidden secrets are found in the rest of the maps, I'll also add couple of custom models / skins and after the rest is finished, voice the whole package.

Now I hope you forumers here try it and tell me what you think of it and hopefully someone is so kind and tests it for any bugs.

Enjoy!

**Captain Griffen** · 07-02-2006, 08:33 PM

It's ok, but nothing great at the moment.

Level 1:

- Cinematics boring. Little animation, and camera stationary. Big no-no there.
- I saved the clerics, and my reward was to have the whole town guard run off to get healed, leaving the town undefended...? Curious reward.
- Very bad idea to have a mission to track down and destroy all orc forces, then have orc forces spawning out of nowhere (they even did it right on top of me).
- Blackrock clan does not include trolls, who aren't orcs. Indeed, I do not believe trolls even exist in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Albiino-I · 07-03-2006, 04:25 AM

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- Cinematics boring. Little animation, and camera stationary. Big no-no there.

Well the story isn't mine, the script was written by Luthien and I was aiming for a Blizzard style in the cinematics. They are there just to get the story forward, the action is left for the player to play. But the camera changes often? And what do you mean with little animation?

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- I saved the clerics, and my reward was to have the whole town guard run off to get healed, leaving the town undefended...? Curious reward.

I seriously have to do something for that, it annoys me too. Thank you.

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- Very bad idea to have a mission to track down and destroy all orc forces, then have orc forces spawning out of nowhere (they even did it right on top of me).

I'll make them spawn more smoothly and realistically for the next version, not just appear in the middle of nowhere. Thank you for that too.

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- Blackrock clan does not include trolls, who aren't orcs. Indeed, I do not believe trolls even exist in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Those are just a replacements until I find a proper orcish counterpart for them, Warcraft didn't have a good model for that case.

Thank you for your review, I'm glad you didn't encounter many bugs and thanks for pointing out those glitches, I'll get back to work on them. But do try the rest of the campaign too, it will get better, I promise.

Whitehorn · 07-03-2006, 07:27 AM

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I do not believe trolls even exist in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Are you serious?

**Captain Griffen** · 07-03-2006, 08:21 AM

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Well the story isn't mine, the script was written by Luthien and I was aiming for a Blizzard style in the cinematics. They are there just to get the story forward, the action is left for the player to play. But the camera changes often? And what do you mean with little animation?

What I mean is that you could do with some camera panning, rather than changing between stationary views.

Good campaign though.

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Are you serious?

No, it was late, and I wasn't really thinking straight. Forest Trolls, of course, existed in Lordaeron.

Albiino-I · 07-03-2006, 01:43 PM

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What I mean is that you could do with some camera panning, rather than changing between stationary views.

Good campaign though.

I'm not going to touch the cinematics anymore, they shall stay as they are for I personally like the simple style. I'm going to make them skippable later though.

Thank you for your compliment, it is appreciated.

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No, it was late, and I wasn't really thinking straight. Forest Trolls, of course, existed in Lordaeron.

They still weren't part of the horde back then, in the time of WC1, so I'll replace them with orcish spearthrowers at some point. The models aren't the main concern right now.

Has anyone else played the campaign yet? Flood me with reviews!

CrossTronic · 07-03-2006, 09:58 PM

I worked on the first stage of the campaign today. It was fun, but eventually I found a huge pile of orcs and couldn't see how I'd ever defeat them with my meager force. In order for me to get on to the next level, what is the "solution" to defeat the large army? Picking them off a few at a time didn't seem to be getting me anywhere, and a direct onslaught only resulted in defeat. Thanks.

Albiino-I · 07-04-2006, 03:44 AM

Use Uther's Healing Light a lot - you won't manage without in this level - and slay the small orc groups one by one, they shouldn't stand a chance. If you face the orcish raiding party which spawns after certain amount of time, you can either face them head on or run back to the town and have the town guards kill them. And everytime you can, heal all your units back to full health.

I hope that helps, good luck!

Nasrudin · 07-04-2006, 10:36 AM

I've actually found it easy, until I had to face the granite golem. It could be destroyed in one match, but hurl boulder leave you defensless for too much time. I used cheats because I didn't want to get back to heal every time.

Albiino-I · 07-05-2006, 01:13 PM

Some people find even the first map very difficult while others play through the whole campaign with ease. I'm going to add two different difficulty levels, but what do you people think so far? Should I make the enemies slightly weaker?

Callahan · 07-05-2006, 05:14 PM

I tried the 2 first mission.
It could be funnier,heros don't have custom abilities
the gameplay is too basic,too classic.
The objectives are simple.

Albiino-I · 07-05-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Callahan

I tried the 2 first mission.
It could be funnier,heros don't have custom abilities
the gameplay is too basic,too classic.
The objectives are simple.

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Still to add:
- An extra level, only available if the secret bonus' in rest of the maps are collected.
- Couple of mini games; small puzzles in some of the maps.
- Custom models / skins.
- New triggered abilities for the heroes.
- Fully voiced dialog and unit soundsets.
- Three new ingame music tracks and cinematic ones.

The campaign aims to be much like the Blizzard ones, I've tried to replicate that style in every aspect and that's how Warcraft gameplay is. So if you're waiting for a total conversion that changes Warcraft into something totally different, then I have to dissapoint you. I hope to make this as entertaining as possible though, so your words have been heeded.

CrossTronic · 07-05-2006, 08:04 PM

I have made it through the first two scenerios. I found the first one a little frustrating, because I continued to run around the map killing orcs, and they kept on spawning--sometimes in places where I had previously wiped them out. The first time I played it, I ran into a party of about 50 orcs after about half an hour and had no chance to defeat them. Perhaps if the player knew how many "kills," or how many minutes he had to defend, there would be more purpose or at least some indication that progress was being made. The first few times I played, the quest seemed never ending, and a little dull, since much of the time was running around and around the map looking for stray orcs.

Some other constructive criticism about chapter 1: If you rescue the clerics prior to having the conversation that introduces the quest, the next time you see the "head cleric," he has the explanation point above his head, but he doesn't say anything. Maybe you could eliminate that.

I also think you could do away with the hint about the town's soldiers using the clerics services. That becomes apparent; plus, it is explained from the rescued clerics, themselves.

I notice now that the guards run away to get healed but now return to defend after their healing. Has it always been that way, or did they originally run away never to return? Also, do you intend for the town guard not to fight back when attacked on their way back from the cleric healing?

It would be helpful if the player received an audible, "Our allied town is under attack," when the main force was away from the town and Orcs attacked.

As was mentioned earlier, there needs to be a way to escape the cinematics when all you want to do is replay, and you've seen them before.

The second chapter I completed in 5 minutes. That probably needs to be stiffened up a bit. Plus, the route that I took offered no optional quests. I left the map about half unexplored before the cinematics took me to chapter 3. If there were still quests available, perhaps there could be some dialogue from the rescued character that there was still business left to attend to, if the party was willing.

That's all for now. Thanks for your campaign and for being open minded about constructive criticism. I hope to one day reach your level of design.

Also, concerning level 3. I have scoured the map and have killed every orc and destroyed all of their buildings. I found Medevih and reported back to the conjurer. I even let the computer sit for 30 minutes to see if any new enemy appeared. None did, yet I still have not completed the quest. I haven't been able to find any more things to do. Am I missing something? Thanks.

Albiino-I · 07-06-2006, 04:07 AM

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