Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: he's sort of half right

[quote name="FABIO"][quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Mischief Maker"]Sign that you're starting to take your hobby too goddamned seriously: [quote name="Tom ''Video Games are meant to broaden your horizons'' Chick"]Part of the sad story of Kohan II is that pure design is often trumped by flashy execution. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a perfect example. Although I think Kohan II is ultimately a better game, I like Dawn of War better.[/quote][/quote] That's a great quote. I picture Tom Chick starting up Dawn of War and sobbing, because he knows he's playing a game of inferior pure design, falling victim to flashy execution like a COMMONER. I hope that sometimes he uninstalls it after a long game, like deleting porn after a shameful jerk session, swearing <i>never again</i>. Of course later is the re-install and more tears, because watching little dudes cut orcs in half is twice as fun as whatever boring stuff goes on in Kohan.[/quote] The entire appeal of Dawn of War is it's visual presentation and the sense of absolute carnage going on. If you stripped away all the graphic bells and whistles you'd end up with a shallow and boring RTS.. Pretty much the only strategy is telling your rocket launcher guys to focus fire on vehicles, telling your melee guys to get into melee, and letting everyone else sit still and shoot. I guess that would make it sort of like Rise of Nations without all the neat tech trees and age advancements. The fact that Dawn of War is still pretty fun is a testament to just how great of a job they do with those bells and whistles. He's totally wrong about kohan 2 though. Not that I have or ever will play that game, but he's just wrong.[/quote]