FPS or Grand Strategy?

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FPS or Grand Strategy?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:47 pm

Which do you prefer?

(And please don't move this to Games, it's not a game and I won't be able to see it if you do.)
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:03 pm

Okay, this should be in Video Gaming. I can see that one.
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Re: FPS or Grand Strategy?

Post by Don't Panic » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:12 pm

Real time strategy is my genre of choice, especially the command & conquer series.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:14 pm

Don't Panic wrote:Real time strategy is my genre of choice, especially the command & conquer series.
I got over FPS with the original Doom. I haven't looked at the RTS games much, but I did like Ages of Empire.
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Re: FPS or Grand Strategy?

Post by Don't Panic » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:18 pm

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Don't Panic wrote:Real time strategy is my genre of choice, especially the command & conquer series.
I got over FPS with the original Doom. I haven't looked at the RTS games much, but I did like Ages of Empire.
Tiberian sun is available free from the EA site at the moment, as is the original game, neither are bad, but both are very dated, red alert 2 is the most fun of the lot, although c&c3 and ra3 are both worth the money.
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Post by normal » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:23 pm

I only liked the first Red Alert game. It's one of the games I've spent most time with in my life. The graphics were too good/cheery in the newer games
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Post by drl2 » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:36 am

I dabble in both, but with the strategy games I usually just play the solo levels and don't do the online stuff, because I can't dedicate the kind of time it takes to compete with those teenagers who play them 16 hours a day.
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Post by Seabass » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:40 am

http://www.totalwar.com/shogun2/videos/3315

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Re: FPS or Grand Strategy?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:42 am

So, do we have one where we invade Farmville?
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Post by Animavore » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:44 am

FPS all the way.

I put a deposit on Killzone 3 today. Yer woman behind the counter grabbed a copy from a press behind her and scanned it in. They already have the game, dammit! I want it now! America already has it. Why are they making me wait 'til Friday?

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Re: FPS or Grand Strategy?

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:44 am

Gawdzilla wrote:Okay, this should be in Video Gaming. I can see that one.
Moved. :tup:
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Re: FPS or Grand Strategy?

Post by Ian » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:23 am

I'm a Civilization fan. Nothing else like it to stoke one's megalomania. :tup:
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Post by Cunt » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:40 am

FPS at the moment, Call of Duty (MW) and Bad Company.
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Re: FPS or Grand Strategy?

Post by Don't Panic » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:41 am

Ian wrote:I'm a Civilization fan. Nothing else like it to stoke one's megalomania. :tup:
Yes, that is fun too. :plot:
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Post by Azathoth » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:42 am

turn based strategy preferably but I'm not averse to real time
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