Thread 2179973

Thread inspired by this >>2175383 thread. Post only the most cringe looking strategy units.
Starting off with Praetorian from Homm6. Tier 1 unit btw.

>>2179973 (OP)
looks fine

>>2179973 (OP)
>Tier 1 unit btw
Glad I dodged that bullet of a game.

>>2179973 (OP)
what's the problem with this design? It looks fine. Someone might even say it looks cool.
pic related is dogshit, just a zombie builder but with an ugly mace, child's toy shield and a kitchen pot on head

>>2179973 (OP)
>Tier 1 unit btw.
oh
I thought the weapon was a bit stupid, but otherwise it seemed salvageable, but not as a fucking tier1

>>2179983
>>2180095
My problem is that it has too much oversize decorations which make it look more ridiculous than anything else. Tone it down and it might be decent design. It has to be one of the few instances when I think the base unupgraded version looks better.

>>2180095
Overall I find Plaguelords unit roster somewhat lacking in comparison to other faction in WB3. I mean hydras are cool but did we need three different versions of them? And three different versions of beholder with only three other units to close the roster?
For the worst looking WB unit however I gravitate more toward Husk, a skeleton with mantis' head and arms. Although I'm not sure if it's not a case of design so stupid, that it actually turn around into being good.

They are ugly and annoying.

>>2180285
yeah anglos are gross

>>2180213
>I mean hydras are cool but did we need three different versions of them?
Might as well.
Not really necessary to be super concise and only have 1 type of hydra.
I would've chosen just one hydra and 2 other units if I had to pick either or though.

I would've liked if plaguelords had more humanoids alongside the slimes, beholders and hydras though.
Just the zombie worker, ghouls and plaguepriests feel a bit stiff.
There's a lot you could do with primitive plague ridden humans, ghouls and mutants, like a whole ghoul line up.
It's weird in Warlords 3 Darklords Rising, Antharg(called Anthrax there) is only present for on one map, and he doesn't have ghouls in his army, despite being the reason for their existence. Another faction on the map, which is like his subordinate does have the Ghoul unit though.
And on the first dwarf campaign mission, you start close to the jungles and there's a ghoul faction there, but they have a shrine for Bane lol.

>>2180314
would

>>2180441
yikes

>>2180441
zutt zutt

>>2180362
>in Warlords 3 Darklords Rising, Antharg(called Anthrax there) is only present for on one map, and he doesn't have ghouls in his army, despite being the reason for their existence.
What units he has there then?

>>2180822
>Giant Bats
>Scouts
>Heavy Infantry
>Giant Spiders
>Dwarf Mutants
>Heavy Cavalry
>Minotaurs
>Plague Carriers
He also starts with a lot of plague carriers, and usually you just start with 1 unit.

A bunch of units are technically tagged as "Human" in warlords 3, maybe only in the patch, so I think they were meant as more generic units you could slot into many armies.
Like Scouts, Light Infantry, Heavy Infantry, Light Cavalry, Heavy Cavalry, Archers.

Scouts show up in a lot of different armies, orc armies, elf armies, dwarf armies.
Elves sometimes have Light Infantry in addition to their specific Elven Infantry.

Of the units in his army setup, I'd say Plague Carriers & Dwarf Mutants are the ones that are perfectly slotted in there.
Giant Bats are kinda generic for evil armies.
Giant Spiders could be an intended mutant or just something that was a good enough to represent the concept, presumably the same with Minotaur.

>>2180362
>>2180975
Plaguelords' unit lineup overall seems to rather poorly use the Pestilence aspect. Undead with Death are no-brainer, beastly and barbaric Minotaurs perfect fit War, insects work well as harbingers of Famine, but Plaguelords have mostly hydras and beholders, which don't have such straight connection to Pestilence. And I wouldn't mind having hydras and beholders in a plague-focused faction, but when they're making 2/3 of the roster then it just doesn't feel right. I'd love if the devs leaned more on the aspects of decomposition, mutation and jungle.

>>2180441
We need more jungle-fever-pilled units.

>>2181376
>but when they're making 2/3 of the roster then it just doesn't feel right.
Yeah.
Like if I had to choose 2 less hydras to get 2 other units I'd take that.
>beastly and barbaric Minotaurs perfect fit War
Beyond just war I like Sartek's theme of halfbreeds.
Like even Griffins in lore are a Sartek creation, that may have been established later than w3 though.
On the 2nd map of the main campaign in warlords 3, he has Gnolls, Centaurs, Minotaurs and Griffins to represent that.

If he wasn't killed in lore then I could've seen a Chaos/Sartek/War faction in wbc3 with a mix of those more alongside humanoid martial units, instead of a minotaur faction.

*pokes u*

>>2181646
nice pajamas

>>2179973 (OP)
those guys kicked ass though

>>2180044
one of the best parts of H6 was that T1 shitters weren't shitters

>>2181646
You can't flim flam a thin man in jim jams

>>2181604
Speaking of Sartek, I always loved how his skull alone is powerful enough to be considered titan unit. Such a cool thing.

>>2181646
I wonder if they made the model first and then decided on the faction color later and didn't have time or didn't care to adjust the model. It's the only explanation for this eye-sore.

>>2181778
Pajamachads are a class unto themselves

>>2181783
I mean it's kinda generic but is it really that bad?

Heroes 5 fire elemental has to be the dumbest looking fire elemental of all time. Alien worm with purple tuba arms.

>>2181891
That thing somehow looks like it was programmed to feel pain.

>>2181824
rolling

>>2181783
>>2181826
>you know what the sneaky hit and run faction needs?
>A fucking gundam

>>2181401
Does she count?

>>2181891
he grew arms

>>2181783
My favourite part is how he can rip out other Nod's vehicles weapons and attach them to himself. Funky fellow.

>>2179973 (OP)
it's crazy how ugly and unpleasant this shit looks

>>2181991
I guess too light-skinned, but damn, my dick.

>>2182640
It's ugly, no doubt about that, but in a way I like it more because of it. It's just fittingly for bloodthirsty monster to look monstrous. I think I might even like it more than Homm3 manticore, which in comparison look just like lion with few extra parts. Also if that's worth anything, mythological manticore also has more human than lion face.

>>2181991
Lenora was best girl.

>>2181991
Desert hottie is nice and all, but I prefer my flygirl:

>>2182857
it doesn't look monstrous, it looks poorly modeled

the animations are terrible too

>>2182164
Heavenly forge desing is both kino and cringe.

>>2183174
Yeah that's pretty fair

>>2182614
That's the Avatar that can do it.
The Redeemer on the other hand can cause people to go insane and start killing each other with that red bulb on its back.

>>2181960
You can't sneakily hit and run the whole time if you want to win. Usually you do it to disoriented and weaken your opponent for long enough for you to finish him off with your big guns.

>>2182920
>>2182954
Some true patricians in this thread.

>>2180044
Looks like Xavier: Renegade Angel character. Who is he suppose to be anyway?

I find this swordman design just off without a shield. I mean I do like the soldier in Warcraft 2 and they didn't carried a shield until 3 but they are at least more cooler looking. I think they wanted to go with a renaissance kinda look with that guy (Warhammer Empire style), but he just looks silly, at least give him a shield.

>>2180166
Personally I just don't like the spear and shoulders, I think the helmet looks cool

>>2186037
Especial that small sword make him look like a scared school boy. He's a cheap low tier unit so I guess you could forgive him looking somewhat puny but they still could have gave him even wooden shield. And to that he's wearing like appears to be a plate cuirass so it's not like he's too broke to afford shield.

>>2180285
Good old brummy accents

>rainbow mane and tail
What the fuck were they thinking.

This fucking thing from germoid censored version of Generals where it replaces Terrorist. On a side note, i have noticed a new trend in C&C modding where devs started censoring this unit

>>2186862
every unit in that game looked like shit, even the us ranger ended up looking more like a star wars rebel. the voice acting hard carried the whole thing

>>2180314
These are the worst because they never existed IRL. They literally just wanted to put a black woman unit in the game.

>>2186829
It's the reason why I always went with griffins instead even tho their building had more expensive requirements. Overall I'd say most Homm4 models are kinda ugly. To that their animations are also pretty choppy. I think the worst offender in this regard are satyrs. The way they're swinging around it's almost like stop motion animation.

>>2187655
>These are the worst because they never existed IRL.
Nothing new for AoE2.

>>2188204
men with axes that they also threw existed and are well documented

professional warrior black women with machetes never did

>>2188364
>>2188204
Unit design were more simple back then, but I feel like a modern version of franks with an axe throwing unit(proper francisca) would've been like a charge attack melee unit, with the charge being ranged, but then moving over to melee.

>>2188204
Imo Mamelukes are the worst offenders.
>Bactrian camel
>Throws swords

>>2181891
even tho I liked homm5 quite a lot I've got to admit many of its creature designs were really off putting; this and the air elemental, for instance
>>2188190
>Overall I'd say most Homm4 models are kinda ugly
that whole game was a horrid shit fest, anon. only salvageable aspect is the music, but it was made by based Romero so it really isn't a surprise

>>2188364
They threw small hand axes, not an enormous 2-bit axe.

>>2193162
One thing I can't forgive Homm5 is how it turned Dungeon from a faction of power-seeking warlocks with ranks filled with various monsters, some man-made, into a rather generic dark elves castle. Like four out of seven units are dark elves, that's over half of the roster. Later games dropped it down to two elf units, but still Dungeon was presented mainly as dark elves faction.
Also I don't like how tier 2 and 6 look so similar. Not completely but if someone would tell me the right is the upgrade version of the left, I'd believe it and I actually a couple times mixed up the two.

>>2193435
That's a very good example. homm5 Dungeon was a shameless Warhammer rip-off, even having some ridiculous cold one knights that seemed to be about to slip off their saddles
it had some good gameplay ideas (alternative unit upgrades, secondary skills for the main skill roster, faction mechanics like creature artifacts in Academy, rune magic for Dorfs and warcries for Orcs), but it could have had better art. Unisoft didn't gave much of a fuck about the series beyond exploiting the good reputation of homm3 and it really shows

>>2181891
Look at this stupid fucking retard

>>2193435
>>2193613
For me Dungeon looks great. I love the audiovisual design and art style of Heroes 5. The icons, UI, portraits, the appearance of units, cities, maps. It all feels so full of soul. Nowadays, they don't make games like that anymore; everything is clear and nothing blends into a single mess like in the Olden Era. Heroes 5 is a very underrated game.

>>2193948
>and nothing blends into a single mess
How's that bad for you? Or did you simply want to write "everything" instead?

>>2181696
Fittingly enough, the word "pajamas" comes from Persia

>>2179973 (OP)
>>2180166
I dislike pauldroncore but this is far from the worst example of it.

Post unit with dumber and more impractical looking weapon. I dare you.

>>2180044
kek

>>2198668
lol
I feel like I can almost get the logic of it
extra damage against big creatures, it's like a barbarian type "monster hunter", so it has a weapon that looks like it can deal various types of damage, piercing spear point, slashing axe blades, and then a blunt mace.

but it's design by a 6 year old with crayons and just so cartoony, like how are you gonna use the blunt end of that weapon

meanwhile there are halberds with a blunt backside, which would cover all those bases, but aesthetically it doesn't fit barbarians.

in warlords 3 it may be even dumber there's just a mace point on both ends, at least for the overworld sprite. Portrait may have been a sword, but portraits and sprites often lacked overlap in w3.

>>2201435
w3 Reaver sprite for reference

>>2198668
Homm5 angels are definitely out there.

>>2213009
If you have the strength to wield that fucker why wouldn't you?

>>2198668
>Post unit with dumber and more impractical looking weapon.
Berserkers in Disciples 2 holding their axes by the bottom ends of the handles.

>>2213009
i'm more bothered about the kpop twink face aesthetic rather than the sword

>>2216477
It's a literal angel, what did you expect?

>>2181646
Someone post the Pontus: Total War cover

>>2188204
>>2193137
What were they thinking

>>2213009
Angels are cool. Flying boxes are utterly bizarre though.