31st January 2003, 11:46 PM
Sure, but that really kills the mood of the game. It's not cheating in my opinion, but really, the whole mood of the game is really boosted by the real time of it all. I mean, looking forward to halloween was supposed to really be SOMETHING. Just skipping to all the holidays just makes it too "gamey" if that's a word and less of an event that you really want to stop in and play. I mean, this is a game that's supposed to be playing whether you are there or not. That's a large part of the charm. In the case of Rogue Leader, clock editing doesn't change the mood at all. In fact, the whole thing about waiting for the right time was actually kinda annoying there, so time switching is pretty much done straight off the bat.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)