I don't feel bad when I lose any unit, but at the same time I don't got sending any of them to there deaths for no reason.
Do you feel bad when losing units in strategy games?
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I'm a pretty competitive SC2 player so I'm normally concentrating too hard to really think about it when playing online.
In the campaign though, I do a bit, especially on the missions where you can't make units and are just given an allotted amount, e.g. Nova's mission.
In the campaign though, I do a bit, especially on the missions where you can't make units and are just given an allotted amount, e.g. Nova's mission.
Wesnoth.
Oh yes, fuck yes I hate it.
When your lvl3 unit gets killed by a bunch of small fries- You wish god will burn them in eternal fire of hell.
And generally I always try to minimize my losses in every battle, you never know what lurks around corner- gotta be prepared.
Oh yes, fuck yes I hate it.
When your lvl3 unit gets killed by a bunch of small fries- You wish god will burn them in eternal fire of hell.
And generally I always try to minimize my losses in every battle, you never know what lurks around corner- gotta be prepared.
Well I don't feel an emotional response about losing them, usually. Unless I'm REALLY into a game of Age of Empires 3 or Civ Rev/4 (which I occasionally am). I do however feel bad (sometimes a little emotional) if an entire division of my army is massacred. But then it's game on.
I always make sure I've got enough medics for my marine pushes in Starcraft 2. I kind of feel bad for them since they're the butt monkeys/cannon fodder of the terran war machine.
Depends on the game; in SupCom, I am more than willing to send hordes of units to their deaths. Hell, I'll even nuke my own units if it places me in a more strategically viable position.
However, there is a game that is the complete anti-thesis of this philosophy. Men of War; never has a game made me care for little sprites so much. MoW is the perfect example of narrative through gameplay, because for any given battle, you receive only a set number of troops. So, despite exposition or personal stories, you find yourself caring for you men, empathizing with their struggle, and trying you damnedest to bring them home alive!
However, there is a game that is the complete anti-thesis of this philosophy. Men of War; never has a game made me care for little sprites so much. MoW is the perfect example of narrative through gameplay, because for any given battle, you receive only a set number of troops. So, despite exposition or personal stories, you find yourself caring for you men, empathizing with their struggle, and trying you damnedest to bring them home alive!
Not at all.
Not a fan of strategy games. When I do play them my tactic is usually to build as many as possible of whatever unit I quite like and then just zerg my enemy and hope that he dies before my units do. As long as one of my guys survives to finish I'm happy.
Not a fan of strategy games. When I do play them my tactic is usually to build as many as possible of whatever unit I quite like and then just zerg my enemy and hope that he dies before my units do. As long as one of my guys survives to finish I'm happy.
I feel bad when I lose units in games like X-COM where you have a small number of them, and they get noticeably better as time goes on. That said by midgame I would often hire three of four times the number of soldiers I needed just so I could fire the ones that didn't meet the HP, Strength, Willpower or Psionic requirements meaning they weren't cheap. Plus you need to keep a unit alive for at least a month to do psionic training by late game and without psionics, you're screwed.
yeah, thats why i never beat pikmin 2. i just couldn't bring myself to put them in harm's way for my profit after i found all 5 types and basically all of the surface treasure.EBHughsThe1st said:
as for starcraft. sometimes for gits and shiggles, i just spam marines and throw them into a meat grinder for the hell of it. no guilt at all (only in single player)
In a game like FFT or Ogre Tactics or any other turn based strategy RPG yeah because you only have a handful of guys and they all have special abilities and upgrades but in a Real time RPG then no.
Not unless the game lets me name my units. Once the unit has a name, I get a little *twitch twitch Grrrr* when something kills them.