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It reminds me of a Age of Empires campaign I played at a LAN from a long while back, where the game went on for 20 hours and ended in a stalemate between an ato
by ModernMech 7mo ago
It reminds me of a Age of Empires campaign I played at a LAN from a long while back, where the game went on for 20 hours and ended in a stalemate between an atomic age player and a very primitive age player. The atomic player had total control of the map, they were carpet bombing the entire thing with nuclear weapons. But they could only create them so fast while the primitive player was running around on horses, just surviving enough to prevent the other player from winning. The only reason the game ended was because I tripped over the power cord to one of the computers.
To me, that's what modern warfare looks like.
- probably_wrong 7mo agoI don't remember Age of Empires having an atomic age?
- webstrand 7mo agoAh, you mean Empire Earth. I loved that game, it had a great soundtrack.
- vbarrielle 7mo agoSounds like it indeed. The balance was... interesting, a single tank could not win against a dozen cavemen.
- hackable_sand 7mo agoI don't see how a single tank could win against 12 cavemen, but I digress. It's a video game.
- rbanffy 7mo agoWeapons are designed with an opponent in mind, and guarded against the expected threat models from that opponent. Everything breaks down when the opponent does not what you want them to.
- ModernMech 7mo agoRight right Empire Earth! My memory is a little fuzzy it must have been 20 years ago.
- buildbot 7mo agoEmpire earth slapped so hard. Both 1 and 2. Honestly now that I’m thinking about it, going to set aside some time this weekend and play it again!
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