17th November 2003, 1:13 PM
Quote:If it's not that rare then please, show me some examples. Empire shares some similarities with Wars, but far less than Gran Turismo shares with F-Zero.
WHAAAT???
F-Zero and Gran Turismo has almost nothing in common, while Empire has so much in common with AW! Oh, sure, there are differences... Empire just has units that can attack one square, you build in all cities, no resources (instead units take different amounts of turns to build)... but the main gameplay themes are nearly identical.
And Empire dates to 1971 as a boardgame... :)
Quote:So far all you have managed to accomplish is find a few similarities between the Wars series and this so-called generic "wargame", without actually proving a single word of yours. There is no PC strategy game that predates Famicom Wars that is "just like" it. If there is, prove it. You have yet to do that.
I am very seriously starting to doubt that you have really played much in the way of wargames before, or you'd understand what I meant. Same with AW -- its a very clear decendent of the wargame line that started to add more strategy-game ideas... eventually that subgenre moved to strategy games, but the wargame heritage is clear too (just look how Empire, a game we'd now call strategy, is called a wargame in those old reviews that site has linked...).
Quote:Oh right, so you're saying that you did not put words into my mouth and then argue with those words? You're a liar, ABF, and I'm not afraid to say that. You rarely ever respond directly to anything that I say, instead choosing to make up something in your mind and then responding to that. I don't know if you're aware of that or if you're just plain crazy.
I do the exact same thing you do: read a statement and take it to mean what I think it means... nothing more...