Poll: Calling master strategists
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TOTAL WAR IS AMAZING!
seriously, i still get up att around 6o'clock at the weekends just to get as much game-time on it as possible.
seriously, i still get up att around 6o'clock at the weekends just to get as much game-time on it as possible.
Not in ones like ENDWAR, for the xbox 360.Mostly Harmless said:
Those games start off similar to do everything the quickest, but theres nothing really you can do quicker than anybody else. theres no building involved in this game.
you just say "deploy tanks" into your headset and some tanks come.
The game of conquest on it can be described as the one where you have to be the quickest, but once youve captured the majority of the objectives, the enemy get the go-ahead to use WMDs on you and just one could totally destroy most your army and tip the balance.
The other games like raid, seige and battle, all involve serious tactical planning to destroy the enemy.
thanks for listing those, i was looking for some new strategic games to play.
of those games, i have the most difficulty with the age of empire games. i'm ok, but i have difficulty building an army and working on my economy at the same time. i focus on my economy, and the opponent attacks before i've finished my army.
chess is the game i consider myself to be best at, and i can play pretty well. i have learned to play since the age of 4. too bad i cant play anyone in real life any-more...
of those games, i have the most difficulty with the age of empire games. i'm ok, but i have difficulty building an army and working on my economy at the same time. i focus on my economy, and the opponent attacks before i've finished my army.
chess is the game i consider myself to be best at, and i can play pretty well. i have learned to play since the age of 4. too bad i cant play anyone in real life any-more...
For me it was between Total War and AOE. I chose Total War in the end because a huge problem i thought with AOE was that by the time you got to the latter ages i developed a huge problem of the AI spawning a constant stream of enemies towards my invading armies, so i constantly spawned armies back at them- and in the end tactics wise it looked like a badly planned WW1 battle where everyone dies.
In the end i found the only way to defeat more challenging eniemes was to either bombard them to oblivion with cannon gallions, or likewise bombard them to oblivion with a small army of trebuchets which could quickly take out enemy buildings before the enemy could spawn more units from them.. Not saying that A0E is a bad game, its good- but its not exactly a tactical game. Coming to think of it, Rise of Nations had exactly the same problem.
In Total War you had to use tactics if you wanted to win, flanking maneuvers are often necessary to win a battle, the various unit advantages/disadvantages are more sophisticated that A0E, and rather than control individual units you controlled more realistic formations of troops.
Never really been a fan of chess, admittedly because i was never that good at it. I don't think you can compare Chess to the strategy or tactics used in war games.
You can't exactly use forests to ambush any enemy bishop, nor can you demoralise a bunch of pawns by launching severered heads, rotting cattle and flaming arrows at them. You carn't guard your knights flank by use of say a river or a cliff, you have to reley on other units to do so, and you can not exactly hide that covering unit in a forest... and watch in sheer delight as your cavalry smash into the exposed reward flank of an enemy spear formation. Nor can you use ranged weapons against your enemy, you carn't use hills to your advantage... I could go on and on lol XD Oh, at least you don't have an economy to worry about.
In the end i found the only way to defeat more challenging eniemes was to either bombard them to oblivion with cannon gallions, or likewise bombard them to oblivion with a small army of trebuchets which could quickly take out enemy buildings before the enemy could spawn more units from them.. Not saying that A0E is a bad game, its good- but its not exactly a tactical game. Coming to think of it, Rise of Nations had exactly the same problem.
In Total War you had to use tactics if you wanted to win, flanking maneuvers are often necessary to win a battle, the various unit advantages/disadvantages are more sophisticated that A0E, and rather than control individual units you controlled more realistic formations of troops.
Never really been a fan of chess, admittedly because i was never that good at it. I don't think you can compare Chess to the strategy or tactics used in war games.
You can't exactly use forests to ambush any enemy bishop, nor can you demoralise a bunch of pawns by launching severered heads, rotting cattle and flaming arrows at them. You carn't guard your knights flank by use of say a river or a cliff, you have to reley on other units to do so, and you can not exactly hide that covering unit in a forest... and watch in sheer delight as your cavalry smash into the exposed reward flank of an enemy spear formation. Nor can you use ranged weapons against your enemy, you carn't use hills to your advantage... I could go on and on lol XD Oh, at least you don't have an economy to worry about.
Chess is most definatly the game that requires most strategy and fast thinking.
Second one there is Total War Series most likely. As you cant reinforce troops during a battle (Unless you have reinforcements nearby) and you have to use those troops effectively during the battle to win.
Second one there is Total War Series most likely. As you cant reinforce troops during a battle (Unless you have reinforcements nearby) and you have to use those troops effectively during the battle to win.
Then what do you mean?Zaydin said:
My personal favourite would be RA1 or 2. Those were just great, and the music was some of my favourite stuff.
Chess is the most strategic game for me out of those.
That's because while each piece is clearly defined and bound by simple yet restrictive rules, the combinations on the board are almost incalcuable.
In every other game there are usually two or three optimal overall strategies that work on almost every situation, such as quickly teching up, massing ovet the enemy or expanding while harassing. In chess no such optimal strategies exist.
That's because while each piece is clearly defined and bound by simple yet restrictive rules, the combinations on the board are almost incalcuable.
In every other game there are usually two or three optimal overall strategies that work on almost every situation, such as quickly teching up, massing ovet the enemy or expanding while harassing. In chess no such optimal strategies exist.
As some of the smaller nations ,hearts of iron 2 can be a proper challange as you try to juggle your economy ,research and millitary and try to keep the populace from rebelling as your enemies eat away at your land,however sucessfully turning the tide is incredibly satisfying
