Game Speed

Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2013, 04:17 AMIpKaiFung

Give it a higher skill cap? there's no such thing as a skill cap, in any game.

Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2013, 04:17 AMIpKaiFung

Personally I don't find SC2 that exciting to watch, with the current game involving huge maps and macro wars.

CoH is a very cinematic game and the possibility for comebacks makes it a great game for viewers.

It might make the game shorter but I find CoH has great pacing with its constant engagements.

Give it a higher skill cap? there's no such thing as a skill cap, in any game.

Of the millions of games of sc2 that have been played, has anyone ever changed the game speed? That seems to be an utterly useless feature.

Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2013, 05:43 AMIpKaiFung

whatever game or sport you are partaking in you are always learning, always improving your game. So even though the rules of draughts are a lot more simpler than chess both games involve outwitting another human player and then you have a whole other bunch of skills that you need to develop outside of simply learning the rules of the game.

the term "skill cap" or "skill ceiling" is only used when talking about video games. Do you know why that is? it's just a bullshit term used to poorly legitimise their choice of game.

so what if the game is easy to play? do you have fun playing it and can you easily get people to play against? that's all that really matters and the quicker people can accept it the better.

Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2013, 12:25 PMkafrion

If company of heroes was on fast like 2x or 4x it would be like benny hill in ww2 , no thnx . Also on starcraft skillcap i would say that fast gamepace and apm dependent gameplay actually reduces skillcap since it reduces the importance of decision making and strategical thinking which is what should determine the outcome of a strategy game . Time constraints should be there only to reward the one who thinks quicker and has more experience , not to reward fast reflexes or fast execution time . The winning factor should be outwiting not outclicking your opponent .

Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2013, 09:49 AMIpKaiFung

To win in RTS you still have to have good decision making, make good reads and outwit your opponent along with the executional requirements of unit control. What makes all the games out there different from one another is their emphasis on either the mind games or the execution.

If you prefer execution heavy then SC2 and SC:BW are there and then you have a game like CoH with very low execution requirements but still has a heavy element of mind games.

Ultimately you need to be good at both aspects to win in any game and I find people give too much value to the execution and often the neglect the important part of RTS the strategy part.

Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2013, 13:45 PMRaz

Yeah, but you can't drive a formula one race if you are operating at sloth speeds no matter how sun tzu your strategy is.

Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2013, 14:49 PMkafrion

pretty sure Michael Schumacher or the rest of the reds never read the art of war and they were just fine MVGame

Also in motorsports you actually have an entire team to provide the physical and intellectual conditions you need to win , in strategy games you have one guy , heavy execution and mindgames simultaneously are a hindrance to each other

Strategy games are meant to be intellectual competitions first and foremost . Not clickfests .