Disclaimer: This a rant thread to let of some steam after rage quitting. Just keep that in mind if you chose to proceed.
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I love strategy games, especially those turn based ones. I really do.
But I just get so very angry at them sometimes:
Example one:
WW2 scenario: Mission: Invade Island, you have superior Groundforces, Elite tanks (high experienced veterans from the recent campaigns you won) but your Navy sucks big time and your airforce is Meh! - Oh and you have only a couple of month time (Limited f*cking turns).
Hell no! This is a suicide commando. All the tanks in the world won't help if the tranports are sunk by the enemy navy before they even reach the shore.
General Command s*cks big time for doing that. Haven't you read Sun Tsu, I'm a General as well, why is nobody asking me, I have fought so many victorious battles for you and now this? THIS is how you honor my patriotism, my superior strategic genius? In the first half of the campaign no less? I've analyzed the situation on locatoin, I have estimated we just don't have the right troops but you ignored me. So guess what, I'm off, I retire - I no longer want to be on your f*cking side or in this war, go kill my boys if you want but I'm not going to have this responsabilty. Go f*ck yourself HQ, I'm going to join Colonel Kurtz if necessary. I'll be fishing...
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Example 2:
You know some month ago there was a Frozen Synapse humble bundle?
There I'm not a general but a Sentient Artifical Intelligence named "Tactics" but I'm not allowed to chose them the way I like.
I loved that game but I stopped playing after I'm supposed to kill 5 snipers with my 3 shotgun vats (soldiers), while the two yellow "allies" have fun shooting civilians. Even 5 shotguns vs. 3 Snipers would be ridicoulus.
My vats are moving target practice things, it's just pathetic. That's not how I like to play tactical games. They have sniper rifles... But I'm not allowed to have them. It's not that I didn't have them before. The previous level had them, they even had a grenade launcher.
- Why can't I chose the weaponry myself - Come on! I'm not that stupid. Let me at least unlock those guns I prefer? Nooo, I'm not entitled to do that. Nix (the guy who wants me to fight for him) wants me to use sticks and stones against Armored Deathrobots of Doom so that's the situation.
You know what, please tell Nix I'm out of this. He can do his stupid revolution on his own, I'm going to format my memory banks and tell that strange Cyber Emo with the most ridiculous hair cut ever - you know - that guy from the intro sequence that he may kill me know. Please tell him I clicked my mouse often enough and that I really want to die now! They conviced me, good job. As a sentient AI I herby invoices my demand for termination. format c:
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You know the worst part?
I hate f*cking time (turn) limits. I want to plan a serious strategy here. I don't want to be forced half prepared into battle just because my turns are running out. I don't have to beat the enemy, I have to beat the turn counter as well. That s*cks...
And there aren't even some cheat codes available (or known to me) where I can skip that level. So no more enjoyment for me, just because I'm no masochist and I like having a fair strategic battle with a decent setting around. *Arrrrrgghhh* Even Wesnoth had stupid turn limits. I hate them. I hate them so much! So very very much! Damnation to all who invented games with stupid time limits.
So, that was necessary, now I feel better...
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I love strategy games, especially those turn based ones. I really do.
But I just get so very angry at them sometimes:
Example one:
WW2 scenario: Mission: Invade Island, you have superior Groundforces, Elite tanks (high experienced veterans from the recent campaigns you won) but your Navy sucks big time and your airforce is Meh! - Oh and you have only a couple of month time (Limited f*cking turns).
Hell no! This is a suicide commando. All the tanks in the world won't help if the tranports are sunk by the enemy navy before they even reach the shore.
General Command s*cks big time for doing that. Haven't you read Sun Tsu, I'm a General as well, why is nobody asking me, I have fought so many victorious battles for you and now this? THIS is how you honor my patriotism, my superior strategic genius? In the first half of the campaign no less? I've analyzed the situation on locatoin, I have estimated we just don't have the right troops but you ignored me. So guess what, I'm off, I retire - I no longer want to be on your f*cking side or in this war, go kill my boys if you want but I'm not going to have this responsabilty. Go f*ck yourself HQ, I'm going to join Colonel Kurtz if necessary. I'll be fishing...
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Example 2:
You know some month ago there was a Frozen Synapse humble bundle?
There I'm not a general but a Sentient Artifical Intelligence named "Tactics" but I'm not allowed to chose them the way I like.
I loved that game but I stopped playing after I'm supposed to kill 5 snipers with my 3 shotgun vats (soldiers), while the two yellow "allies" have fun shooting civilians. Even 5 shotguns vs. 3 Snipers would be ridicoulus.
My vats are moving target practice things, it's just pathetic. That's not how I like to play tactical games. They have sniper rifles... But I'm not allowed to have them. It's not that I didn't have them before. The previous level had them, they even had a grenade launcher.
- Why can't I chose the weaponry myself - Come on! I'm not that stupid. Let me at least unlock those guns I prefer? Nooo, I'm not entitled to do that. Nix (the guy who wants me to fight for him) wants me to use sticks and stones against Armored Deathrobots of Doom so that's the situation.
You know what, please tell Nix I'm out of this. He can do his stupid revolution on his own, I'm going to format my memory banks and tell that strange Cyber Emo with the most ridiculous hair cut ever - you know - that guy from the intro sequence that he may kill me know. Please tell him I clicked my mouse often enough and that I really want to die now! They conviced me, good job. As a sentient AI I herby invoices my demand for termination. format c:
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You know the worst part?
I hate f*cking time (turn) limits. I want to plan a serious strategy here. I don't want to be forced half prepared into battle just because my turns are running out. I don't have to beat the enemy, I have to beat the turn counter as well. That s*cks...
And there aren't even some cheat codes available (or known to me) where I can skip that level. So no more enjoyment for me, just because I'm no masochist and I like having a fair strategic battle with a decent setting around. *Arrrrrgghhh* Even Wesnoth had stupid turn limits. I hate them. I hate them so much! So very very much! Damnation to all who invented games with stupid time limits.
So, that was necessary, now I feel better...