RTS

RTS games often require much time. They are, in some ways, the pinnacle of PC gaming. As a hobby, an RTS require the management of people, resources and time in the way indicative of a real-life intelligence. However, they often require time that a working professional cannot always give. However, the modern RTS game seem to have the benefit of guiding the gamer through the mechanics. For example, Dawn of War is able to guide the gamer through a series of ever increasing meetings. Have played - Megalomana. As an Amiga RTS game, it was superb. Quirky, detailed and with an intricate system of battling. Playing - Empire Total War. It seems difficult, to say the lea...

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So what's this all about?

It's a Sunday afternoon here on Britain's lovely Northern coast. Outside it's sunny, if a little cold, and inside here I am typing away at this new blog. What does it intend to do? It intends to look back on some classic gaming moments in my life, look at my gaming habits now, as a professional in his late 20s, and review/complain/eulogise about some of the current games I'm playing. So! Looking backI remember playing a hideous Amiga game - full priced at £20, which was utterly unworth the quality of the game - that was a mash of riding on a 2D boat avoiding monsters dropping stones, generic sea-side arcade sidegames, and a chess board that shot snakes and eyes at you. The instructions didn't really explain what was happening, there were no continues, and only three lives. Hours were spent...

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