I guess my weekend is set

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:27 pm

I just got these in the mail. I'm almost regretting having accepted an invitation to a poker game on saturday night.

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:28 pm

a night watch re-runs and playing old PC games. sad.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:30 pm

lol...paying for media...

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:33 pm

Doombrain wrote:a night watch re-runs and playing old PC games. sad.

lol predictable, please try again

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:33 pm

lol, geoff paying for his internet.

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:34 pm

Grudge wrote:
Doombrain wrote:a night watch re-runs and playing old PC games. sad.
lol predictable, please try again

the truth is hard for you

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:40 pm

I'm not the one with a gamertag in my sig

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:41 pm

mate, i'm messing ffs.

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:49 pm

yeah, I figured

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:50 pm

take a break

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:03 pm

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:47 pm

Doombrain wrote:mate, i'm messing ffs.

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Post by **Hannibal** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:55 pm

How is Galactic Civ 2 btw, is it turned based and does it improve at all over MOO 2?

Post by **R00k** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:21 pm

I don't understand the appeal of turn-based games.

Post by **Pext** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:23 pm

they're fun.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:32 pm

But do you just find it tedious to have more control over gameplay?
Do you enjoy a stricter enforcement of the gamed details, or believe it makes it a more even playing field?

I'm comparing them to RTS's.

I played a lot of Risk, and Axis and Allies when I was in school and loved them. But when PC RTS games like Starcraft and AoE came out, I never looked back. Playing turn-based games on the PC seems dull to me by comparison.

I guess they are a different type of game - playing across the whole world with countries as chess pieces. But on a smaller scale, RTS games are the same thing.

Post by **shadd_** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:34 pm

R00k wrote:I don't understand the appeal of turn-based games.

yeah the thing that bugs me the most is having to wait my turn!

dumb games.

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Post by **R00k** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:35 pm

Now you know that's not what I meant!

Post by **shadd_** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:38 pm

R00k wrote:Now you know that's not what I meant!

*gets ready to run*

Post by **R00k** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:41 pm

*cocks weapon to prepare for firing*

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:54 pm

R00k wrote:*cocks weapon to prepare for firing*

Not until i shoot first.........

Post by ek » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:54 pm

*rolls a dice*

Post by **Foo** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:55 pm

R00k wrote:RTS games are the same thing.

i understand your point but I think that the finer elements of gameplay which differentiate turn based and realtime strategy games make all the difference.

Also, there is a huge swathe of society out there that doesn't factor the pressure of a time-bound game experience as enjoyable. As you mentioned, Chess. You couldn't have the kind of dynamics which chess features if it were real-time. Thus they are very distinctly different game experiences.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:56 pm

ek wrote:*rolls a dice*

*rolls a counter roll*

Post by **Doombrain** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:09 pm

Foo wrote:
Doombrain wrote:mate, i'm messing ffs.
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fuck off virgin

lol.