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31 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 11 Dec 2023 \ on: Any SNES Gamers Here? gaming
My older brother had an NES, but most of my childhood gaming was on SNES. Turtles in Time and Maximum Carnage were two of my favorites.
In college I discovered New Horizons, which holds up as a great maritime game. It's an open world Age of Adventure naval trade and exploration game. I highly recommend it to any SNES fans out there.
I never tried or even heard of Turtles in Time and Maximum Carnage. Maybe I should try to find ROMs and check them out.
By New Horizons, do you mean Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons? I never got into the simulation games on the SNES, but my friend who loved sim games wouldn't shut up about it. He kept telling me to play the Uncharted Waters series, Sim City, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4. But I never gave in to his shill, my loss.
The first time I actually played an Uncharted Waters game was when I was in highschool and I played Uncharted Waters 4 on the PC. It was so fun and I finally saw why my friend from elementary school would not shut up about Uncharted Waters 2. It was also the first time I learned about arbitrage.
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Yes, I always forget the Uncharted Waters part of the title for some reason. It really is one of the best games I've ever played on any system. I really don't even think of it as being in the simulation genre. It's much more of an RPG, at least in my mind. If you've ever played Mount & Blade, I think the dynamics are somewhat similar. Also, Sid Meier's Pirates was an attempt at a very similar PC update, but in my opinion it was not nearly as good.
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I know the series by its Chinese name, which is written the same as the Japanese name in kanji, 大航海時代. It means the great age of sailing / sea voyage.
You are right that this genre isn't really a simulation game. I wouldn't call it an RPG either, even though you choose a character in the beginning, but you're managing your fleet with an overlord UI. I would categorize it as a turn based strategy game. I actually have played quite a few turn based strategy games, most notably the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series and the Civilizations series.
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Your gameplay style sort of dictates whether it feels more like a turn-based strategy or RPG with turn based combat. I always played avoiding combat as much as possible and focusing on exploration and trade, so it felt more like an RPG.
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You are right again. I kept thinking when in map / management mode, it's also turn based, but I was wrong. Only the combat was turn based. Playing in the map and entering towns/cities were all real time.
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