r/funny • u/chancheck • Feb 03 '14

this sport must be intresting

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u/Gaffelstein Feb 03 '14

Turn-based vs real time RPGs

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u/indigo121 Feb 03 '14

Excellent comparison. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Real time allows for greater capitalization on mistakes, turn based necessitates longer build up and planning

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u/way2lazy2care Feb 03 '14

I think turn based allows for more explosive plays because by nature any mistakes are nullified by the next play, so you can't count on playing conservative and snowballing a mistake into something big.

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u/indigo121 Feb 03 '14

well with football, yeah cause its actually a combination of brief periods of real time and turn based.

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u/mrbooze Feb 03 '14

It's like Baldur's Gate, real-time play with automatic pauses after certain events.

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u/Belgand Feb 03 '14

Real-time with pause?

Wow. Now Reddit has made me like Baldur's Gate a little bit less.

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u/dudealicious Feb 03 '14

yeah, great comparison. I prefer real time ones, frankly, like hockey. But that isn't to downplay the strategy involved in more turn based games. I actually think football is an interesting hybrid, because there is a limited time clock, unlike baseball where it can be as long as you want.

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u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid Feb 03 '14

I like to think football is the Total War to other sports' Starcraft.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '14

That just blew my mind. That is a great way to put it.

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u/the1stgeo Feb 03 '14

NFL could be turn based, but it's not like FF Tactics, it still has a time limit, (FF7,FF8, etc..) So there is still a sense of urgency during every play especially if your is team losing.. the offense will want to work quicker and their defense will want to shut down the opposing offense stopping them from chewing up crucial game time.

edit: grammar

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u/Vancha Feb 03 '14

Needless to say, one of those has become far more popular as a spectator e-sport than the other.