Modern strategy games are complex, but chess is beautiful...

Compare this to a modern strategy game like Company of Heroes 2. There are dozens of different units of different sizes with a multitude of capabilities for different situations. Units are designed to counter each other, but given the random variations in the game due to things like cover, elevation, and the realism of random factors of combat, any unit can overcome another.

The players don’t know where the enemy is unless they are actively doing recon, and the other players’ units are definitely not known as requisition of new units is to either surprise or counter the enemy.

Jump back to quoted post6 Oct 2014, 11:16 AMnigo

Modern strategy games are complex, but chess is beautiful in its simplicity


nice article:


http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Viewpoints/Big-Smile-No-Teeth/Profile/Articles/2014/10/05/Modern-strategy-games-versus-chess/

Jump back to quoted post6 Oct 2014, 11:27 AMsteel

How did you even find this. I can't even find this kind of article on a that site which is a Malaysian site... To make it even worse, my dad works at this company as well.

Jump back to quoted post6 Oct 2014, 11:32 AM_underscore

I could be wrong about chess, but beyond the well-known strategies it seems to me that it mostly rewards the player with the patience and/or capacity to mentally trial and error a good number of moves ahead. I guess this is intellectual in a way but certainly not what I'd ever describe as 'deep'.

On the other hand there are stories of grandmasters who are able to beat many opponents simultaneously, implying much less time to think. However this sort of intuition (situations triggering memory) develops through vast experience just as it would in any activity.

Jump back to quoted post6 Oct 2014, 12:51 PMsneakking

CoH2 might be more "modern" and "complex" but it certainly doesn't have a deeper meta