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Re: . . . .
Posted By: Bry <bmulheran@gmail.com>Date: 2/21/12 10:51 a.m.

In Response To: Re: . . . . (Leisandir)


: Impose limitations on the right team and you're sure to get interesting
: results. A good strategy game could, potentially, be created for a
: console. I still hold that the difference in interface between console and
: PC is significant enough that it's wasted potential to develop an RTS
: exclusively for that platform. Turn-based could work just fine. I don't
: think there's any other genre in which the gap is so vast. While I prefer
: shooters on PC, I don't think they lose a lot when ported or developed for
: console. There's just too much about how we build RTS gamed that doesn't
: jive with a controller.

Well you see, the first RTS I played was C&C on the Playstation, followed by Red Alert.
It wasn't until about a year later that I played them on a PC and, to be honest, the mouse didn't actually add a whole lot over what could be done on the console, other than the massive benefits associated going from the PSOnes 320x240 graphics to the PC's 640x400.

That was the main difference, how much you could see on screen at once.

Other than that, it all actually worked rather well, even though all they basically did was port mouse control onto a pad, with minimal interface changes.

Since the days of C&C and Red Alert, RTS games have become more complicated, and that is where things start to become more difficult to apply to a controller.
To this day though, I still enjoy the simplicity of the old school early RTS games, and have C&C on my PSP.

Sky Sanctuary - Bry's Tumblr of Many Many ThingsĀ™


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Why can't Halo Wars be on the PC too?Seraph XXVII 2/19/12 2:58 p.m.
     Re: Why can't Halo Wars be on the PC too?Quirel 2/19/12 3:23 p.m.
           Re: Why can't Halo Wars be on the PC too?FyreWulff 2/19/12 6:34 p.m.
                 Re: Why can't Halo Wars be on the PC too?Quirel 2/20/12 12:17 a.m.
                       Re: Why can't Halo Wars be on the PC too?FyreWulff 2/20/12 7:59 a.m.
                             Re: Why can't Halo Wars be on the PC too?FyreWulff 2/20/12 8:02 a.m.
                                   . . . .Leisandir 2/21/12 7:12 a.m.
                                         Re: . . . .Bry 2/21/12 8:46 a.m.
                                               Re: . . . .Leisandir 2/21/12 9:14 a.m.
                                                     Re: . . . .Bry 2/21/12 10:51 a.m.
                                         Re: . . . .FyreWulff 2/21/12 4:57 p.m.
                                               Re: . . . .Leisandir 2/21/12 5:52 p.m.
     And Halo 3... And ODST.... And Reach! *NM*Leviathan 2/19/12 4:13 p.m.
           Re: And Halo 3... And ODST.... And Reach!Seraph XXVII 2/19/12 8:15 p.m.
                 I support this *NM*Nikko B201 2/20/12 4:41 a.m.
           Only if they have mod support. *NM*Quirel 2/19/12 11:35 p.m.
     Better questionrolandk73 2/20/12 1:46 p.m.
           Re: Better questionRevenant1988 2/21/12 9:45 a.m.



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