simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAge of Empires designer believes RTS games need to finally evolve after decades of stagnationwww.videogamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareIncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoCan you elaborate what you mean by cold takes and why that’s something you wish more of?
minus-squaresolarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThey have quite a few posts that are primarily about design philosophy. It’s clear they put a lot of time and effort into it. One of my favorites that has driven a lot of innovation in you can interact with the game is https://zero-k.info/mediawiki/Cold_Takes/3_-_Fight_your_opponent,_not_the_UI One that I find myself coming to a sort of grudging agreement with is (veterancy for units isn’t good): https://zero-k.info/mediawiki/Cold_Takes/15_-_Experiences_With_Veterancy
Can you elaborate what you mean by cold takes and why that’s something you wish more of?
They have quite a few posts that are primarily about design philosophy. It’s clear they put a lot of time and effort into it. One of my favorites that has driven a lot of innovation in you can interact with the game is
https://zero-k.info/mediawiki/Cold_Takes/3_-_Fight_your_opponent,_not_the_UI
One that I find myself coming to a sort of grudging agreement with is (veterancy for units isn’t good):
https://zero-k.info/mediawiki/Cold_Takes/15_-_Experiences_With_Veterancy