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Episode 430: Classic Year in Review: 1998
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Definitely wasted a chunk of my free time in middle school with the original Battlezone. I'm personally surprised that more games didn't steal that interface, although Sacrifice clearly had the best go with that type of strategy-shooter. I found Battlezone to be charmingly breakable - you could traverse much rougher terrain than the wingmates you created, so I'd sometimes just stage solo flank attacks from behind their power generators. Is that still possible in the remaster? -
Loved this episode! I don't usually play games that are so heartstring-yanking, but I liked the discussion about the tension between what the game says in its narrative vs. its mechanics. That was very insightful and productive. Hoping this discussion thread will have some "trolley-car problem" jokes
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Episode 422: Command: Modern Air / Naval Operations
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
This is pretty much the opposite of the kinds of games that I like to play, but I am very glad that this Game/Simulation was covered. It's interesting seeing what's out there, even if I'd never want to master something so involved. -
Dungeon of the Endless?
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Episode 414: Classic Year in Review: 1997
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Wowzer. 1997 was the first year I was allowed to buy games with violence. For me, that meant Warcraft II, Age of Empires, and Total Annihilation. -
Tropico 2 is definitely the odd game out of the series, given the different period and mechanics. Good point! Pirates are usually pretty awesome, though. Honestly, survival strategy could probably be its own podcast, given the popularity of survival mechanics. Also, there goes the 85 hours I spent on Dungeon of the Endless when I was doing archaeological fieldwork and living out of a motel room with only my laptop.
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04048 started following Three Moves Ahead 398 - Taking the L
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Three Moves Ahead 398 - Taking the L
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Thea: the Awakening rewarded play, regardless of whether a game was a win, loss, or abandonment. I'd probably play a lot more RogueLikes if I got goodies for sticking it out. -
Episode 390: Medieval II: Total War
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
That I don't know, and I was being a snarky doofus in my last post. Apologies if any offense was taken. Back on topic, I think that a lot of games don't really get into how effective mass arrow-fire can be after the history of roleplaying games nerfing ranged weapons. After all, having melee troops is pointless if you don't have a way to get the into melee before being killed by projectiles. Perhaps the fire-arrows in M2TW are overpowered and weren't as historically-important as they are in the game, but their overpowered nature probably derives in part from the player's inability to tell their shield-carrying troops to "hold their damn shields over their damn heads" while advancing under fire. -
Episode 380: The Best Strategy Games of 2016
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Yes. Yes you should. It's like E.A. Poe + H.P. Lovecraft + tactical rpg + heroin. I'm 50 hours in, getting adventurers sent through the meat grinder, and I couldn't be happier. -
Episode 390: Medieval II: Total War
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Of course archery is powerful, why else would England put so much effort to mandating longbow practice? -
Episode 376: Underrepresented Theaters and Conflicts
04048 replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Meh. It's Bruce's on the podcast to be contrariness, I think. That's part of being Bruce. -
There's a lot of good games that could be made, besides sequels to Bloodlines. There need to be some games exploring White Wolf's spirit world.
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BattleZone (1998), Sacrifice, & other hybrids
04048 replied to 04048's topic in Strategy Game Discussion
Battlezone Sacrifice Brutal Legend Hostile Water: Antaeus Rising Kingdom Under Fire Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War Yeah, that's definitely enough games for an episode... -
BattleZone (1998), Sacrifice, & other hybrids
04048 replied to 04048's topic in Strategy Game Discussion
Never played Antaeus Rising. Could be good for a lark. There seems to be enough games of this type for an episode? -
Listening to Ep#274 (mail call) and Rob's fond reminiscing of Sacrifice, I was reminded of another similar game of that mold. I got a copy of Battlezone with the Gateway PC I had as a kid (along with some non-strategy games) and played the heck of it. Admittedly, the orders interface wasn't great, as it relied on moving from the WASD to the number keys, but trying to shoot and command at the same time was rarely a good idea in-game anyway. The setting was also pretty ridiculous, but it does make me wonder why there haven't been that many similar games, or ones that used a similar interface...