Top of the morning, all
I’ve been a big fan of strategy gaming ever since I received my first PC, as I mostly enjoy games that require a lot of thinking, deduction, and logic. At first I was all about RTS (Real Time Strategy) games. I cut my teeth on such games as Warcraft, Starcraft, Age of Empires, and so on. Later, I played Empire Earth so much that I developed a repetitive stress disorder in my mouse hand. Lately, and by that I mean in the last year, however, I’ve moved more and more towards turn-based strategy games. I am currently playing Silent Storm (which is great), Hearts of Iron (which is semi-real time, and also extremely hard), the occassional game of Risk (I’m remembering why I came to hate that bloody game), and, of course Axis & Allies. I’ve become frustrated with RTS games because of the computer’s ability to do fine manipulations of his troops and resource in many places at the same time when the human cannot, the dozens of hotkeys one usually has to memorize in order to be extremely efficient, and the fact that in my experience most games involve little strategy and are more about who can press buttons and crank out troops more quickly. I’m simply finding that in turn-based games there is more time for genuine strategic planning and execution, and thus a more enjoyably cerebral gaming experience.
So my poll is this: Which do you prefer? Real-time, turn-based, or no preference so long as you can conquer the weak? Addition posts with comments, opinions, favorite games, and silly stories encouraged.
Sic semper tyrannis!
Geoff