Hi All,
We are getting very close to some exciting news about Battle Realms. It’s been 10 years since we’ve worked on this brand and you fans have been playing all that time. It’s incredible the world wide support we’ve seen for BR and BR:WotW all these years and now we want to open the floodgates to your comments.
We, here at Liquid, are taking stock of everything we want to fix or make better in new versions of Battle Realms and we’d love to hear your suggestions and bug reports. Because this matters so much to me, I’m going to give out a very special email for this. ed@liquid.to This was my email address when we were developing Battle Realms originally and we’ve resurrected it for this special occasion.
So please fans of the game (haters need not apply) please send me your well thought out critiques and known bugs and we’ll add them to our list of things to fix and improve on.
Obviously, we’re just going to ignore anything that’s full of hate or attitude so leave that at home. It’s a lot easier for us to hit “delete” than it is for you to type your rant. We’re looking for people who would genuinely like to see the next great Battle Realms RTS and want to lend us their knowledge from years of playing.
Thank you for your Support
Ed Del Castillo
President, Liquid Entertainment
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I Love and Like This Game ‘ Battle Realms ‘ Version Original and WOTW . is My Best RTS Game than all other Games i really .
My Opinion : Plz ADD New Clan at New Version .. I wait This New Version.
Answer : When This Version Would be Send ?
i love BR as much as i love new games that played nowadays and i missed the part where i played my very first RTS game, the Battle Realms. And we were expecting so much for your promise to resurrect our BR for its reputation for having the one of the first RTS the were succeeded on its time.. now you had all your chance to prove it again. All i can say for now is just some piece of advise. as we were moving towards
for better gaming and multiplayer interaction, you can make it online.. i see some RTS games nowadays are heading on that level.. i know, you dont want to let this opportunity to get stucked like the old BR. the get it online as possible. i recently played some of the RTS online , and i can share more.
I played this game since my elementary days and even playing this at present (graduating in college)!
My Suggestions : New Clan, New Heroes/Tech/Unit etc. XD, New System something like BR All-Stars (Dota-like map), Heroes can wear gears, consumables and etc., and ofcourse Playable online for free XD (item mall can give you profit anyway XD)
More Power Liquid!!!
Hello Ed,
I have waited very long time to see a new Battle-Realms-version coming. Three things were the most important things to Battle Realms: the marvelous stories, which awakes emotions in the players heart; the asian flair(clothes of warriors; buidings…); Decision about beeing evil or good. Don’t leave these out for next Versions.
My ideas for next version:
-other heroic stories(story of zymeth…); new heroes;
-actions in levels could have effect on outcome(End) of story: bind the player to the level (more oppotunities for the player). e.g. The player should decide or find who the betrayer is and kill him.
-graphic optimation
Oemer
Hello Ed,
Many BR fans have been waiting for a new Battle Realms. All of us are very excited on the new version and it’s really a good decision to ask fans about some bugs and suggestions.
Some of my suggestions/opinions:
-smoother graphics
-more secrets to be revealed
-new stories, clans, enemies and exciting challenges
-and if possible, a character/hero creation and customization
(on weapons, face, etc.)
More Power and I wish you Good luck!
Battle Realms one of the best games ever played. All fans need to get together and help. Battel Realms and Liquid Entertainment gets up and returns in glory.
- Ranks and levels of heroes -
- More clans -
- More units -
- Same unit Traning system -
- More advanced AI -
- Customization of heroes -
- Map Editor + random map generator -
- Longer campaign -
- Orders for winning battles in the map in skirmish -
Good luck !
this is the best RTS game i ever played , i still play it now with friends ,
we want the same old gameplay with new clans , maps , campaigns , more hero’s &
we want every thing to get better
thanks for this Ed we hope there is more information soon .
I absolutely loved this game more than any other RTS. I have been playing it since grade school and am now in college. It’s crazy how I have become bored with almost every other game eventually, but not this.
What I would love to see (this is just my personal opinion):
Technology has changed a lot since the last one, and hardware even more so. What I would love to see, are good graphics. When I say good graphics, I don’t mean realistic, I mean i would love to see liquid entertainments special design. (Example, the pc game “Brink” had a very unique graphic tough to it. Another being “Darkness II” which also looked beautiful, but in no way looked realistic.)
I would love to see (and i know some would disagree with me on this) mostly new units, and just a few of the old ones. I have been seeing these units for 10 years now. I really would love my next number of years with the game to be newer.
I really want to see the system of unit upgrading stay the same, along with currency’s. I think that these are unique and is part of what makes battle realm, battle realm.
I would love to see more classes, if an exact number was to be thought of, I would say 2-3.
I would love to see new building, and a SLIGHT new learning curve/core game concept. (Enough for it to be new fun and exciting, but not so much that it is really no longer Battle Realms.)
What I really would not want to see (Again, I mean this as just a personal opinion and I mean to offend no one.):
Bad graphics. I mean play stronghold one and two and then look at stronghold 3. It was awful.
Less than 3 story lines. What I mean to say is that lets say in the new BR there are a total of 5 Clans to choose from. I would be sad if I could only be able to play a story line of just one or two. This also ties into something I would like to see. I mean that lets say that Liquid Entertainment’s team writes one big story for the (hypothetical number) 5 clans and then you can play each of the clans stories that are all tied, yet slightly different. Just a thought/opinion.
All and all I think that no matter what you guys do, I think I will love the game. I am so happy to hear about the possibility of another one coming out anywhere in the future. I also apologize if I mistook the post. Thanks for everything, Liquid Entertainment!
-Harrison W.
htwagstaff@gmail.com
Battle Realms, a game i loved to play. Some things i would like to see in the next version.
-Maybe a New Clan
-Better Skills for Some of the Units (especially for all Wotw units)
-KEEP THE UNIT Training SYSTEM !
-Better Grafics
-More Stuff for the Heros
-More Simple Editor
-More campaign
-Keep the old campaign
-Make the AI more fitting into their lvl
-May some more units
How come I heard of this just recently!? You, sirs, must be informed of this: AN ENTIRE LEGION AWAITS YOUR INSTRUCTION! We have been waiting for a sequel since… FOREVER.
*cough*
But with all of this hype, I do hope you guys stay within the good design Battle Realms has been known for, and loved for. As for the suggestions, here are a few:
1. I agree with the previous posts. Keep the unit training system, continue the storyline, like post-Kenji era, more units, etc.
2. Make the editor more user-friendly. Make it more editable (like a mod API or an SDK) so the community can get involved, like what Blizzard did for Warcraft 3. Community engagement in a game is a fool-proof formula and it extends the lifespan of the game altogether, though it will have some problems like trolls, etc.
3. Keep the flexible resources thing (forgot what it’s called) where you can use water for a ton of things such as watering rice, training, putting out fires, etc. IMO I thought it was very unique and should stay.
4. I would also suggest like 1-2 additional abilities to current units so that there would be more room for versatile and unique strategy.
That’s all for now. I shall probably e-mail more suggestions and report bugs while I play through this entire thing again, just for you guys. I am a VERY BIG fan of Battle Realms and I am more than willing to help out in any way I can for this series. More power to Liquid Entertainment!
Sincerely,
Anime
i’ve remember first time played BR , such a great experience really but i think the new one should have a big graphic update , more stones to throw and other things from that kind(like burning a forest that will kill the soldiers hided in it ) , having bigger armies , make more combinations when training units (and enable training half-blooded units : for exemple when playing with an ally , you should have the possibility to train your soldiers in his barracks and have a new unit type … ), also i always had an image in my mind , hundreds of samurais running down a valley and being attacked and bombarded by musketeers and canoners , (i don’t know if i’m understandable my english is very poor but you should take a look at battle in TA to understand what i’m talking about ; explosions and all that stuff ) …
i think it’s a too long wishlist xD
1. please add another campaign example
zymeth journey =)
2.arange lotus bugs please
3.i think its unfair if when nightvol dead he cant respawn again
4.make kenji more strong like zymeth , that can be train at a tower
5.hope more ninjas for skirmish
thats all thanks =) GB .
Thanks … Thanks a lot about these amazing news.. it does really make me happy to know that you are still thinking about releasing a new version of Battle Realms, and I feel that it is gonna be a great game !
Be sure that if it released, I will be among the first ones to buy it !
I got this game in elementary school and am now almost done with college. It is one of my absolute favorite RTS games of all time. I was really excited to hear that you would be rereleasing the originals, as well as a new one! Some suggestions:
- keep the old clans, and add some new ones
- expand the story; the original story is awesome and I love it, continue to add to the BR universe in that way; also, please don’t contradict previous lore like some games do when they get an expansion
- keep the unit training system; it is one of the things that makes BR so unique
- please let us play the old campaigns in the new game (like you id in WotW)
- it would be nice to have a campaign for each clan; or at least a choose your own campaign in which you could side with any clan
- please make the game available for both PC and Mac
- balance the AI
- more units; keep as many of the old units as possible, bc we love them; if you get rid of a unit, please incorporate into the lore why this has happened and how the clan has evolved over time
Thank you for not only reviving this incredible game, but for consulting with your fans as to what we would like to see. I look forward to the new release with bated breath. Thanks again!!
Let’s see, as someone who still plays the original as well as more mainstream current games
-update the graphics a little bit, doesn’t need to be special just round the edges a bit
-keep the same unit setup, maybe specialized units like fire throwers that can go invisible for short amounts of time or something.
-it would be cool if wood could be used, maybe for ultimate buildings or defensive ones
-pick your clan or maybe do a warcraft type thing where you play through each race’s stories in chronological order
-I’d like to see buildings play a bigger role, like the level with the keep, it would have been cool if you could use things in the keep or put archers in the towers
-I’d like to be able to have peasants to dig out or raise ground level or flatten ground
for defensive purposes and to make building easier
-rice/water based technology improvements in addition to zen upgrades, training, armor/etc
-it would be nice not having to activate each unit’s special power’s individually
maybe have the spells get a mini bar with a +/- on it to turn on an additional unit’s ability
-hero leveling and maybe a talent tree, people love talent trees
I’m also a big fan of choosing permanent race upgrades like in starcraft 2
-keep weather, perhaps have flooding or random lightning?
if you insist on having rocks, make some way to drag them back up a hill or not kill your own units so easily by a backsliding rocks
-build bridges and walls and gates
I am from germany, so sorry for mistakes. I ve played Battle Realms for years and I have some proposals. I bought a new PC and I couldn’t play BR very well because of a graphic mistake. I don’t have a minimap and I can’t play when it rains in the game or there is snow. This is one mistake, what you could improve. I wish you would create a lotus-campaign (Zymeths journey). Maybe a new Clan, but this isnt very important. Maybe better graphics and new units. And please again a german version ^^ I have many friends, who play BR and they want a new version too. I would be one of first persons, who will buy it
Hello Ed,
I myself go by the name light and am a part of the community which is deeply devoted to game which we love. As i have associated myself with many pros for many years (5-6years) we do have issues with the balancing of clans.
Apart from the suggestions above of optimization of game graphics and introduction of new clans i would like to suggest few things:
1)please make the clans sort of balanced ,like for example current scenario is that dragon is very weak on comparison to super powerful Lotus. Lotus has devastating battle gears and very strong units. In 1v1 dragon and wolf have no chance vs lotus in mid-long game, its an out right lose-lose scenario for these two clans.
2)introduction of unique units in campaign(like in starcraft 2) for example there can certain units which can only be obtained in campaign and no where else(skirmishes,multiplayer etc) like peasants can build a certain building which spawn a unique unit, this would lure gamers interest in campaign.
3) Some new elements to be added in the game like introduction of flying units etc
I hope we can see a better and advanced RTS. looking forward towards the new enhanced game in battle realms universe.
-light
… i was going to reply to this…. but uh. yeah
Ed Del Castillo, do you want make new BR 2 ? or fix bugs in BR WOTW ?
in BR very much bugs:
Multiple Clans
- “Superpush” (Hold Shift and push boulder) [all clans]
- Upgrading on an unfinished building using hotkeys [all clans]
- Choosing a specific clan while you are being showed to others as Random.
- Infinite Horses (Get pack horse with Peasant, send it back to Stables, and when horse IS disappearing, get an unit onto it. Horse will be invisible, but you gain the +1 horse number in Stables) [Dragon, Serpent, Lotus]
- Horse Stuck (If your Stables’ entrance is next to the side of map, the unit trying to get up onto the new horse will fail, because horse gets stuck between Stables and the map’s side.) [Dragon, Serpent, Lotus]
- Horse is being infinitily tamed (Send an unit to Stables, but before he/she would get up onto horse, send him/her to do something else.) [Dragon, Serpent (Lotus horse is always tamed after Stables, not bug)]
- Shifting rice bug (I don’t exactly know how to do it, but it makes Peasants not going back to hut for putting the rice package down) [all clans]
- Peasant gets stuck at water gather point (happens only sometimes and only if you use Shift) [all clans]
- By pressing a team key twice, your screen doesn’t go to the team’s location (only happens if any of the team’s units are sent to tower) [all clans]
- Commanding an unit, you get the sound what you get at setting a rally point, but the unit is not working (don’t know what it happens by, lol) [all clans]
- Town Square rice / water bug (Start upgrading it, then repeatedly press Cancel. You get 75 rice / water back as many times as you pressed Cancel.) [all clans] But this bug is fixed by CrowAzar, setting the refund amount to 0, so you don’t get any resources back. Mostly all players use this “patch” (mod) now.
- Unit on tower does no reloading effect if the target is dead or is out of range. [all clans]
- “S bug” (Hold S (hotkey of Stop) while meele combat to block attacks and gain stamina back) [all clans]
Dragon:
Double Whirling Spear (Hold Shift, Hold B, stop holding Shift. Spearman will do whirling twice.)
Serpent:
- Smoke Bombs (2 bugs):
- Rapidfire bug: You can shoot more than 4 Smoke Bombs from 1 Cannoner, without getting new Smoke Bombs from TG. You also shoot these bombs without reloading effect, plus the normal cannonball after Smoke Bombs is shooted without reloading effect, too.
- Stackability: You have clearly stated in BP3, “Smoke Bombs are no longer stackable”. That is wrong, they still are.
- Musketeers on horse have no reloading effect if the target is dead, or if you press S between two shoots (needs a good timing)
Lotus:
- Yin bug (Send an Unclean to Forge while upgrading Blade Acolyte’s damage, and when Unclean is at the building’s entrance, repeatedly press Cancel. You will get back a yin as many times as you press Cancel. Same goes with Diseased in Blade Garden and Infested in Training Yard.)
- Shadow Steed’s burning does not effect if some specific units are standing on them (didn’t test all units, but it happened to me with Staff Adepts)
- Brothers can enter Watchtowers (Set Crypt of Brothers’ rally point to it)
- Tausil and Lythis Brothers can gain stamina from horses (select peasant and Brother together, and click on an untamed horse)
- Death Sentry cannot be shooted if put on rice field. Also if it’s on water, you have to use F (force attack) behind the skull because units do not aim for it otherwise.
- Unclean stucks sometimes before putting DS or Goo (no reason of it, just random, from my conclusion)
Wolf:
Totem bug (After you put a Totem, press N (hold position) on Ballistaman, and he will shoot now totems as normal shoots. You can also just put new and new totems fastly which will make this bug even more immortal, because this way Ballist doesn’t reload.)
i really enjoy this game ever since i started playing it back in 2002 until today. Some of my concerns regarding a new version of the game:
-improve graphics
-continue story line perhaps now as lotus side
-new class/heroes/skills/
-limit the number of skills a unit can get per group. ( ex. having 40 musk with sniper) Personally if only 10-15 musk can obtain sniper it will make the game much interesting that idea should also apply to other units/classes within the game.
-Stack-able skills smoke,sniper,Soul chill, amount other skills are require and should have a cool down per group/unit.
-Stable Servers, Gamespy,direct IP should not be the only options aside from using third party programs to play the game on the internet.
-Create accounts within the community with levels to keep users from name changing often- it can also lead to ranking system that could show the amount of won games/loss games.
-have CO-OP games with story line mode to play with friends or random users as Q.
-fix worldmaster_F.exe it constantly crashes every 10 minutes or so.
-If and the servers are stable extending the amount of players from 8 to 12 max and have extra slots for spectators only. so it doesn’t take up a player slot.
-new and unique animations are needed, most of them are old and so 2002.
-Fixing sounds, while playing if more than 5-6 sounds are mix at the same time, the client keeps the sound in the background at random.
-Yvaine skill rarely crashes the entire game for everyone.
-windows option for client as well for higher resolution
-new ping mode instead of X or eye it should be changed to something more useful as attack/retreat with commands as (x)attack -(v)retreat
-AI configurations should have more options as for being more intelligent while in-game. Regardless of the AI customization they are still easily controllable in-game.
-Making the new game not only for PC but for MAC users as well.
-Tutorial needs to explain the different colors of marks an enemy gets when you hover the mouse over your enemy. Gold,silver,bronze. As well as more in deep concepts of the game overall ex. UI friendly/shortkeys.
-new songs for each class.
-Higher resources/new resources/extra population aside from 40, perhaps to 60.
-(Priority)Not sure if I’m correct on this but server side…is hard get a game going with someone with a router that has to be fix ASAP. games now days does not block a person with router to play online with others. too much of a hassle to configure router/firewall just so your friend can play online with others.
if there is anything in my list that needs to be explain further. Please let me know!
I realy loved this game and espacily on the net with others it’s realy an amazing game hopefully that you make it better this time but I think that you have to made up a better story or something cause the orignal story is kind of lame but what I fear now is that the could be much better and need to have better equipment I’m not saying that is bad but I think if you could make it like a medium kind of graphic to be better and support the on-line play and thanx .good luck
oh,, please!!! i am very excited with the new BR.. this is my favorite game.. i play this game over and over again and im not tired of playing this, i am also graduate in college..
i like the comment of others like new clan and new heroes and new upgrade.. please!!! im looking forward to this new BR.. more power to liquid entertainment..
My Fave Game of ALL time please make a great new BR with new clans new units and definetly new heroes and graphics should be done up not that i have anything to complain about now but yeh a graphic upgrade would be nice
Better cutscenes are needed
I love what you guys did with the living world game mechanic eg. Horse taming etc. and want more expansion on all the intuitiveness of the BR world this was the selling point to me back in the day and also keep the gore the same level just because it was so funny seeing a peasant get ripped into chunky gore by a totally ripped wolf sledger
people all over the world love and miss Battle Realms.. so pls don’t disappoint us mr. Ed. After your team done doing the BR II, We are all ready to make an additional advertisement for Battle Realms 2..
We can advertise\
at
youtube,,. Facebook,,.. other online advertising companies,
so that much much more people can see that liquid entertainment,,. brought back the legendary Game into much much more improvements… You can defeat any bigger and popular games like call of duty,, & dota by remaking the legendary favorite Battle realms.. so why you take this so long to decide to make a new version .. anyways thnx very much for the news.. this makes everyone’s dream came true…
without knowing this great good news from the pres. of Liquid ent. We are really disapointed.. We are asking our selves for many years,, “how happens that a very Great game like this, does not have a part 2?? only the expansion and battle packs.. ” … Every people know that Battle Realms has all the potential to call this game ,, one of the best game of todays new games…
We are all hoping that this project will continue until you finished the part 2.. Battle Realms is Liquid’s trademark game.. and you have this kind of greatest game ever created.. so don’t miss the chance to make improvements to this game before other companies copy the game’s features that makes the BR game unique to other games today.
More power LIquid and Ed.
Oh I also have my suggestion…
It must be cool if you make the campaigns very long.. but the excitement will rise to each level,, until in the very last part…
IT will be very remarkable if you make a scenematic intro or trailer that tells the initial beginning of the battle realms world…
It will be helpful if you make the last parts of campaigns very very dificult , that needs a very well battle plans and technique.. if the last part was very very hard, and yet very exciting, that all players will rise their excitement up to their head.. then they will do anything in order to finish the campaign.. even it takes a lot time to accomplish..
also add into the campaign,, the history of each heroes..and the history of 3rd to 4th tier units.. it will be remarkable if every heroes have their brief cinematic history ..
Also, each clan must have their own campaigns..
and I wish that BR 2 has a boat or naval ship.. or naval warship..
And it will be helpful if you add day and night conditions.. and other natural phenomenon that will add excitement to players.. like typhoons..forest fire.. high tide, low tide.. full moon, new moon,, starlight, volcanic eruptions..rock slides .. various wild animals in the wilderness.. and much more…
I wish also to have 2 new clans.. to leave us something new techniques to discover…
also improve the battle STYLES of each units.. the battle styles in BR 1 are awesome but we want new improvements
keep how the ranged unit engage the melee attacker..
also keep the way that units react to their bar life status..
keep ofcourse the traning SYStem,.. the unit chemistry.. THat’s one of the reason why BR is unique so pls keep that..
-also new heroes maybe.. or just improve the heroes ability and skill ,, add some function that only the zen master can perform that action..
-also.. keep the strenght of the serpent.. HEHE.. or improve serpent to become more powerful
And also please Mr. Ed,, improve the multiplayer server , so that people can battle to their frnds,, And that really really makes the game very exciting and always fresh..
Tnx very much…
BR.. The Best in The World.. can only b found at Liquid Ent. with the President Mr. Ed Castillo.. Thank you!!!
Honestly mr Castillo just enable widescreen resolution and improve the balance of the clans and add some stuff that from your 10 year long experience should be added. In the end for us who loved the original is more than enough. But don’t disapoint us but not releasing it.
helloooooo ED.
I have played battle realms every month some times every year since its been out. Hard to believe that’s ten years.
things it needs.
i want this game to be eternal soooo….
-it’s going to need a kick as world editor, one that allows the users to create in all aspects. even to create their own clans.
-a way to train units into actual zen masters
-the star system used in halo wars or a similar system
that’s it if you make an editor capable enough we could make our own campaigns and our own clans.