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Article #82506Re: PC gamers, know the roots of RTS games: TecnoSoft's HERZOG ZWEI on SEGA GENESIS / MD
From: John Doe
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 02:55
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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