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Re: Combat is entirely deterministic. And yeah, the game is great. by Bananadine 01/08/2012, 1:24pm PST
It has to be deterministic (or close to it) for the simulation to be very helpful, but even so, it's got enough subtlety in it that to a beginner, it may as well be mostly random. Which makes me wonder whether the simulation is training wheels that fall away as you become an expert player--still an essential feature for supporting those players who only do the campaign and then stop, and for helping to train would-be experts, but no longer necessary once you've actually learned the rules. But then, there are probably still many times when you really need to know whether the rocket explosion will just barely kill your guy or just barely not kill him, whether the hallway that the enemy sniper is looking down is just narrow enough for your unit to run across without being shot or just wide enough to be impassable, etc.
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Frozen Synapse is worth trying by Bananadine 01/08/2012, 10:25am PST NEW
    Combat is entirely deterministic. And yeah, the game is great. by Gutsby 01/08/2012, 12:51pm PST NEW
        Re: Combat is entirely deterministic. And yeah, the game is great. by Bananadine 01/08/2012, 1:24pm PST NEW
    This genre bugs the hell out of me by fabio 01/08/2012, 3:28pm PST NEW
        I felt the same way about those other games. by Gutsby 01/10/2012, 5:04am PST NEW
            LSN by fabio 01/10/2012, 8:56am PST NEW
                Yeah that shit isn't in Frozen Synapse. by Gutsby 01/10/2012, 10:34am PST NEW
        Re: This genre bugs the hell out of me by Bananadine 01/10/2012, 11:17am PST NEW
 
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