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Real time (a la Sins of a Solar Empire) or turn based (example: GalCiv 2) which do you prefer?

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Real time (a la Sins of a Solar Empire) or turn based (example: GalCiv 2) which do you prefer?

Epic battles and snap decision making or long term planning and cunning tactics?

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If you had only enough money to buy one game and you were faced with a Real time strategy and a Turn based strategy, which would you go for?

For me, I massively enjoy both however I would lean toward RTS simply because of the more large scale warfare and action.

I just want to know, out of pure curiosity, which type of strategy the majority of you out there prefer.
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Reply #76 from Sins Forums Top
ImperiumGalactica 1/2 were the first space RT4X games.
Reply #77 from Sins Forums Top
was it RTS with dogfights, capvcap in real time and all that jaz?
I cant see them "coining a new game genre" if its not new...
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Reply #78 from Sins Forums Top
i do have one question about "real time" how long are you planning for a multiplayer game to be? is research going to take months? how slow are ships? these are some questions i havent found the answers to yet (im a bit new on forum).
Reply #79 from Sins Forums Top
I think it varies greatly depending on how big of a game you set up. If you have only 1 system with 3 planets then things will probably move along pretty quick. But if you have 12 systems with 9 plants each then the game will be much much longer. As to exactly how long that is, well, I dunno. I think the range is supposed to be from about an hour on up. But again, I really don't know.
Reply #80 from Sins Forums Top
I believe a short game could be 15 minutes, a mid sized one at least 1/2 an hour and the really huge ones can last half a freaking day.