MARS' Art Showcase Options

[MARS]

Here's a little showcase of the signatures I found on my hard drive. Comments and constructive criticism are welcome!





















This post has been edited by Rayburn: 2 Jun 2009, 20:56

[MARS]

Good evening, everyone.

Tonight, I want to present the fruits of a little product that I've been working on since the last weeks of December. I often write down notes on imaginary game concepts and one of them has to do, tangentially at least, with Rise of the Reds. Inspired by the various '4th general' ideas people have been posting, I tried my own take at the idea, but with a twist: Instead of imagining an additional general who would have to exist alongside the official three - whose future content is fully known to me, thus limiting possibilities - I imagined three alternative generals for the Chinese faction. These are still rooted in the ROTR setting and follow ROTR design rules, but they are to be seen in the context of each other only, as if Jin, Mau and Chen were not available. To define their unique themes instead of merely modifying those of the aforementioned, I have taken some inspiration from the original Zero Hour, with its Infantry General Fai, Tank General Kwai and Nuclear General Tao. What I have tried to do in my concept, is imagine new generals based on themes similar to the original ones, without falling into the same trap of bland overspecialisation. The product of this attempt are three alternative generals who could, in both gameplay and story, be considered successors to the old classics. Attached to this post, you can download a document presenting the three alternative China generals in detail:

Naval Assault General Zhang, spiritiual successor to Fai as an infantry specialist with an additional element of amphibious and counter-guerilla warfare
Iron Dragon General Li, spiritual successor to Kwai as an expert on tank warfare with an added focus on air support and advanced military hardware
Scorched Earth General Gao, spiritual successor to everyone's favourite maniac Tao, who enacts a defensive, area denial oriented nuclear doctrine

Each of these hypothetical generals is presented with a unique portrait (modified from Generals 2 art assets), profiles, detailed backstories and a comprehensive description of their unique units, upgrades, powers and bonuses.
Feel free to read and comment on my little thought exercise here in this thread. Finally, my special thanks go out to the dear BritishTeapot for proof-reading and helpful feedback and The_Hunter who verified the technical feasibility of these ideas in SAGE.

This post has been edited by MARS: 27 Feb 2017, 21:12

Attached File(s)

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