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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
... Ah, but those wargames _still_ have clunkiness in their turn based models that is eliminated by real time execution.

The "clunkiness" can often be replaced by other problems, though (e.g. Star Fury).

Stop thinking of computer games as being the same as board games; they are not, at all. There is a huge amount of stuff possible with computers that is simply impossible with board games.

It's possible to needlessly overlook strengths in both ways. Yes computers can do things board games can't. But that doesn't mean computer game designers can't take advantage of many solutions and concepts from interesting board games. The point was that it's frustrating to see games with lots of potential that suffer from some needlessly limited game mechanics.

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