Real-time/turn based

[Guest]

Sorry, if this subject is under a different post.
I have just been reading the posts under the Fallout 3 'speculation' part of the site. Am I just missing the obvious or can a game quite easily have both. THe example that immediately comes to mind is X-Com Appocalypse the third game in the series (following 2 turn based games) before each combat the playe has the option of real-time or turn based. The real-time option has a pause facility and plays in my opinion very well, as does the turn-baseed option.

Wouldn't a system along these lines keep everyone happy, those who want real tme can have it and those who lke turn-based can keep it. To allow thngs such as covering fire in a turn-based game you have the option of reserving action points at the begining of each turn which can be used for snap/aimed/burst shots during the enemy turn.

 

[JR Jansen]

Sigh (nt)

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[Roshambo]

I'll second that. (nt)

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[Saint_Proverbius]

RE: I'll second that. (nt)

*gets the rope*

I've never seen a RT/TB combo game where one didn't fuck up the other. Even then, it's usually TB that gets the most raping.

 

[Roshambo]

Exactly:

Nobody has been able to successfully combine and balance TB and RT.

*waits for some naive idiot to come and say "Oh, but BIS can!"*

 

[Guest]

RE: Exactly:

>*waits for some naive idiot to
>come and say "Oh, but
>BIS can!"*

The most hilarious "but BIS can!" arguments are the ones where they claim that real-time and turn-based gameplay can exist simultaneously. Only a god who can fundamentally change reality could achieve that. I guess temporal reality has no meaning on them.

-Xotor-

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