Reply to comment

Rowdy Rob
Rowdy Rob's picture
Offline
Joined: 09/04/2006
RTS Games

Great video as always, Matt.

I spent a great deal of time playing "Starcraft" back in the day. Never completed it, but I had fun.

The problem with RTS games I have is that THEY ALL SEEM TO BE THE SAME. A different graphics set and plot, maybe, but I quickly grew tired of the genre. Which is weird, because I still enjoy FPS games and other "generic" genres.

One great thing about Starcraft (and as a consequence, every other RTS) is the feeling of "I better have everything in place, quick, before the enemy attacks." There's the suspense of not knowing what the enemy is up to, and are they going to pop up when you least expect it, and so forth.

Unlike an action-oriented game, though, if you fail at winning a level in an RTS, you must spend another hour or so to give it another go. After many "failed" hours, I lost interest. RTS games lack the quick thrill of an action game, the "try another path" approach of RPG's, and the immersion factor of a first-person shooter. As a modern version of "Chess," though, I can see a great appeal to matching wits with another human opponent in an online session, though, as long as the opponent isn't a jerk.

qoj hpmoj o+ 6uo73q 3Jv 3svq jnoh 77V

Reply

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <blockquote> <i> <b> <img> <div> <span> <a> <p> <span> <div> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <img> <map> <area> <hr> <br> <br /> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <table> <tr> <td> <em> <b> <u> <i> <strong> <font> <del> <ins> <sub> <sup> <quote> <blockquote> <pre> <address> <code> <cite> <embed> <object> <param> <strike> <caption> <iframe>
  • You may post PHP code. You should include <?php ?> tags.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Images can be added to this post.
  • You may quote other posts using [quote] tags.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.