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Who else here has a boner for TURN BASED STRATEGY
Spluff:
--- Quote from: StaedlerMars on 11 May 2008, 03:12 ---Turn based strategy allows for a lot more detail to economy, politics, technology, instead of just focusing on war.The reason that they're not both employed often is that it's probably too much for a person to handle both aspects in minute detail.
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Also theres more a lot more strategy in the battles. Unless your playing a Total War battle, combat in RTS is simplistic and boring.
Caspian:
I wouldn't say it's boring. In fact I'd argue that combat in SC and RA2 is a good deal more entertaining then in any turn based you care to name. Also, it's not THAT simplistic, there's certainly a lot of strategy in RTS. Perhaps you're just crap at them :-P
I liken it to playing chess vs sparring/fighthing with someone. Chess is more strategic but there isn't any sort of the visceral thrill you get from having a fight. Whereas Chess has plenty of "Oh man, this coutergambit is going to own him, ohhhhh yeah", it's not as satisfying as doing a reverse hip throw on someone. I guess it depends on what kind of person you are, though.
Spluff:
I'm talking about the actual combat - you just mass units and click on the other units and let them fight to the death. There's nothing to it. There's little to no flanking, manoeuvring etc. in RTS battles.
StaedlerMars:
It really depends on how much effort you put into it. Sure you can just point and click, but there's also other ways of doing things, usually more effective. However, the point and click is the same for most games. It'll get you through things, you could just do a lot better.
Caspian:
Exactly. There's the rush marine/zerg/conscript/base unit attach which is pretty brainless, but when you get things like artillery, units with special abilities, taking into account their defences etc there's a fair bit of strategy.
Thinking about it, my attacking style in TBS relies solely on getting numbers in quickly, whereas my RTS one is a lot more thought out.
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