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[quote]it's basically "follow this buildorder as precisely as possible (or rather, better than your opponent follows his) and you win"[/quote]Might be true but even simple RTS have very big "decission trees."
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[quote]it's basically "follow this buildorder as precisely as possible (or rather, better than your opponent follows his) and you win"[/quote]Might be true but even simple RTS have very big "decission trees."
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Coming up with the best strategy/build order is a skill of its own.
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Coming up with the best strategy/build order is a skill of its own.
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However, the more newbie-guides, livestreamed games, tutorials etc there are, the less does that skill to invent matters. In starcraft everything is very planned out already.
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However, the more newbie-guides, livestreamed games, tutorials etc there are, the less does that skill to invent matters. In starcraft everything is very planned out already.
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How
many
new
players
would
figure
out
on
their
own,
how
to
[url=http://wiki.
teamliquid.
net/starcraft/images/c/c7/Walling_As_Terran.
png]wall-off?[/url]
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How
many
new
players
would
figure
out
on
their
own,
how
to
[url=http://wiki.
teamliquid.
net/starcraft/Walling]wall-off?[/url]
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It is superobvious standard play now, but in our LANs nobody did that until we had seen it on the internet.
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It is superobvious standard play now, but in our LANs nobody did that until we had seen it on the internet.
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So imo one reason why SC feels so "stupidly follow this builder precisely" is because others have already done the thinking.
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So imo one reason why SC feels so "stupidly follow this builder precisely" is because others have already done the thinking.
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What about classic puzzle-style games?
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What about classic puzzle-style games?
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Or is that the kind of games you are explicitly not looking for?
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Or is that the kind of games you are explicitly not looking for?
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http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/ - free remake of [b]Oxyd[/b]
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http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/ - free remake of [b]Oxyd[/b]
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You control a black orb-thing and activate lasers, switch switches, blow up walls, push stuff etc. to complete the level.
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You control a black orb-thing and activate lasers, switch switches, blow up walls, push stuff etc. to complete the level.
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Some levels are more about precisely controlling the ball, not falling into water etc. But most require thinking.
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Some levels are more about precisely controlling the ball, not falling into water etc. But most require thinking.
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pictures: http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/screenshots.html
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pictures: http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/screenshots.html
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http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds - free remake of [b]Boulderdash[/b] and [b]Sokoban[/b]
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http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds - free remake of [b]Boulderdash[/b] and [b]Sokoban[/b]
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Dig dirt, collect diamonds. Avoid digging in a way that rocks fall on head.
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Dig dirt, collect diamonds. Avoid digging in a way that rocks fall on head.
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Some levelpacks change the game, and then it is about pushing boxes around.
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Some levelpacks change the game, and then it is about pushing boxes around.
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(Another levelpack is something with a snake, did not play that)
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(Another levelpack is something with a snake, did not play that)
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pictures: http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/screenshots.html
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pictures: http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/screenshots.html
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hm thanks. picture worked for me, link to site now.
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