How do YOU play the game?

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by LintMan:
Probably Wauthan's 4th kids is most similar to mine, though perhaps I'd be a 5th kid: He avoids the others as long as possible, building up a massive elaborate castle with every possible weapon and defense, up to and including strategic nukes. Only when provoked or there are no new "toys" left to research/build does he launch his attack and utterly decimate the other kids castles.

Yeah, that sounds exactly like me. I was also the kid, who, as a child in said sand-castle wars, came up with the idea of embedding seashells and twigs as internal supports inside my castle to provide it with increased structural integrity. The resulting castle ended bearing little resemblance to a traditional castle, as I incorporated advanced features at the time such as sloped armor.

Clearly, my defensive mindset was already firmly in place as a child.

[ June 07, 2004, 20:20: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Starfighter08]

Originally posted by Wauthan:
If sandbox players are thematic roleplayers then I'm the fourth kid in Prince Megahertz example. The one hiding behind a rock out of fear that his carefully decorated sandcastle might get ruined by hurled rocks and stomping feet.

For some reason I have very little drive to actually win games. I just want to create something I find interesting and see if it works. If it's really competitive I tend to go for the quickest win possible just to get back to empire building. I think I'm running about 22 mods on Dominions now for the sole purpose that I want the game to reflect my vision on how the factions ougtho behave. If they ever make a Civilization spinoff from this game consider one copy sold already.

It's greatly annoying that noone seems to be interested in creating the ultimate game for a player like me. It would be something like a Dominions/Master of magic/Alpha Centauri hybrid. But the future seems to be all realtime 3D hackfest were the fastest and most focused tactics win all the time.

You could consider two copies of that hypothetical game sold. I've been waiting for something like MoM2 for ages.

Btw, I'm a sandbox player too.