> From: Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 19 May 2002 at 22:04, The Fool wrote: > > > ?? "(and the best players can hit in ~20 mins on most maps)" is > > ambiguous. > > The 500 unit limit. Sure, it includes maybe 200 odd resource, > factory, construction and support units, but also swarms of light > units and by 20 mins quite likely some heavy ones as well. > > > > (In TA's case, you can speed up and slow that timeflow down, but at > > > watever rate the game dosn't stop and wait for YOU to catch up). > > > > Final fantasy games also fit this description (the battles anyway). > > I've only ever played FF7. I prefer games more along the style of > Fallout or Planescape:Torment.
Every single one plays / works differently (with the exception of 3jp and 5jp). I suggest FF6, or Chrono Trigger Or Xenogears (which is kind of disturbing in some ways). Chrono Trigger and Xenogears are masterpieces. > > > Please don't get the idea I don't like TBS games. I do. I'm a big > > > player of Laser Squad Nemesis right now (turn-based, both sides > > > submit orders and they they're acted out at the same time). I'm > > > killer at several other, older TBS games. It's just that I also like > > > RTS and RPG's. Personally I want to someday make a massively multi-player game based around mechanics similar to Final Fantasy Tactics, but with more of a dynamic world that grows / ages. > > So what you are saying is that there is a significant time lag between > > orders given to the first unit (which then starts deploying) and > > orders given to the last unit (which then starts deploying) > > (presumably before restarting this cycle (unless it's the strategy to > > waste units/resources)). > > No. In LSN, turns are 10 seconds long. You both give your units the > orders, and then E-mail them to the game server, which figures out > the interactions and E-mails the results back, after which you send > another turn, etc. It's strictly tactical small unit battles. I was referring to my current understanding of Total Annihilation. > www.lasersquadnemesis.com > > I subscribe, and will be more than happy to challenge you if you want > a game. No $$. (I think I've made this point before).
