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The time related gameplay elements shown in the videos struck me as extensive, entirely unprecedented and exciting. Wow!
by davidbnewquist 18y ago
The time related gameplay elements shown in the videos struck me as extensive, entirely unprecedented and exciting. Wow!
- mechanical_fish 18y agoNot entirely unprecedented: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=244594 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=244594 But, of course, Chronotron is merely the time traveler's Donkey Kong, whereas this new thing is Starcraft. For people who are bored with regular Starcraft and have a desire to play n-way simultaneous Bughouse Starcraft: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess
- davidbnewquist 18y agoGood points, good links. True, this is a time traveler's Starcraft/Warcraft/Command and Conquer, etc. On the Achron website they state: "The company's innovation will create new sub-genres of games, starting with the game Achron." Achron is in the MTS sub-genre of RTS, to be pedantic:) However, the scope of differences in here make the term "sub-genre" seem unfair. The new time related gameplay will demand a huge new strategic skill-set from the players. I don't think this will be true for Starcraft II. And you won't be able to learn this skill-set by playing any of the "old-school" RTS games.