Perhaps it's only a tenuous link, but if we...

2011-06-28T14:46:44.321-04:00

Perhaps it's only a tenuous link, but if we're also talking about data wrangling for the player, the UI and amount of information it provides can be crucial, and the information about enemy forces is also important. "Fog of war" games play very differently from open information games, and games like X-Com even make that a mechanic, with night missions and information gathering tech. I'm not sure that's micromanagement so much as macromanagement, but it's at least related.

Good to see you posting again, by the way.

I need to try some of these games out. I feel lik...

2011-06-27T18:56:08.757-04:00

I need to try some of these games out. I feel like my genre-hugging has left me very out of touch with a lot of games.

Comments on That's a Terrible Idea: Measuring Micromanagement In Design

Perhaps it's only a tenuous link, but if we...

I need to try some of these games out. I feel lik...