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Article #290779Re: Console gamers, know the roots of RTS games: Rainbird Software's Carrier Command (1988) on Atari ST and Amiga floppy!
From: Walter Mitty
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:50
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 13:50
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riku <ri...@none.invalid.com> writes: > On 17 May 2006 15:09:25 +0200, Neil Cerutti <lead...@email.com> > wrote: > >>And none of this discussion changes my opinion that RTS games are >>just a glorified twitch-click-fest. >> >>The speed and accuracy with which you can control the game is far >>more important than any strategy you can imagine in every one >>I've tried. > > Unless, of course, you slow down the game speed (and pause the game if > you need time-out for decision making in very hectic situations), in > which case speed and accuracy with your mouse hand is not an issue in which case you are a cheat and might as well play a turn based game. > anymore. Naturally, this may not work with online RTS games, but then > turn-based strategy games are probably not that suitable for online > gaming in the first place. Well, maybe for play-by-mail mode. Why arent they? They are eminently suited for online play. In fact more so than real time ones since lag is rarely an issue.
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Subject: Re: Console gamers, know the roots of RTS games: Rainbird Software's Carrier Command (1988) on Atari ST and Amiga floppy!
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:50:25 +0200
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