Match Recording

[Grandy]

Related to spectator tools - match recordings.
It would be really great if there was the ability to not only spectate live games, but old games!
Dump all the game data as you go along, compress it, and have it played back again later for you to observe obviously a bit more to it than that, but it would be an awesome feature to have.

[Kirotera]

Kinda like how CSGO does it

[Cozy]

This is one of the things that I think Starcraft 2 does great. You can tick a box which let's you save replays to a directory, or you can save individual replays by looking at your match history and saving from there. They also have a "resume from replay" function for when games get disconnected. It's a really useful, considering their servers don't seem to hold up very well.

[Grandy]

This is one of the things that I think Starcraft 2 does great. You can tick a box which let's you save replays to a directory, or you can save individual replays by looking at your match history and saving from there.

Would be nice - the way I see it, with a setting enabled it could generate auto timestamped folders per day of playing, with recordings for each match in there

They also have a "resume from replay" function for when games get disconnected. It's a really useful, considering their servers don't seem to hold up very well.

Let's hope Telos servers keep up eh I don't think I've ever actually seen this functionality built into an FPS or MOBA game before - I guess people are more 'into' the game during a match, so a feature that allows repeats isn't much in demand.

[Cozy]

I guess people are more 'into' the game during a match, so a feature that allows repeats isn't much in demand.

What do you mean by "into the game"? People are "into" a game of sc2 too. Or do you mean everyone else would rather replay the match, or give a win to whoever was ahead?

[Grandy]

It's hard for me to articulate - I think it's that because first-person games are very immersive - you get the muscle memory going, you get into the mindset, the environment and the current tactics - even pauses in an FPS game are rare let alone returning to a game at a later point. I think this is because you will not be the same player if returning at a later point than you will having had the time warming up and into the rhythm of the game. I think that's why we don't see more FPS games offering this feature.

Not to say that RTS games are less immersive, they are just immersive in a different way.. the most you are given is an overview and moving in and out of the game feels more natural I guess.

[JustinPierce]

I have some relatively big plans for match demos/recordings, so they're definitely on the roadmap. Another benefit that I haven't seen mentioned is that it'll make recording quality trailers a lot easier (I can have full control over the camera), which could be a big boost to marketing/community growth.

Resuming a live match from a demo is probably less likely. In RTS, comp matches are usually 1v1, so it's simply more practical since you don't need to reorganize the same 10 people to resume. RTS games have a lot of details that build up throughout the match (building up bases, resources, units, etc) whereas with FPS games, it's easier to get the match mostly back to where it was by setting a few variables like score... though I guess it will be more complicated for AoT. Not going to rule it out, but it seems like a significant time investment for something that'll be rarely needed.