Re: PC gamers, know the roots of RTS games: TecnoSoft's HERZOG ZWEI on SEGA GENESIS / MD

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From: John Doe
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 02:55

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"pigdos" <N...@nowhere.com> wrote: 

> 
> To tell the truth, there's very little strategy involved in RTS's.

It's there, extremely deep strategy, it just isn't realized. The
problem is the interface, some/most people enjoy arcade strategy.
But you can turn a typical RTS game into a strategy game by
automating the interface. 

> 
> It would seem to me they are more tactical than strategic. At the
> most you're controlling maybe a thousand units on maps that are
> maybe 25 square miles in size, so the conflicts rarely involve
> forces larger than battalions. 

You don't have to control a thousand units.

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Subject: Re: PC gamers, know the roots of RTS games: TecnoSoft's HERZOG ZWEI on SEGA GENESIS / MD
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