Scook Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Ok, so why are hexes so much more important to use than tiles? Please keep your answers to a paragraph or less, no reason to expound too much, just something concise. If you like tiles more that hexes, please feel free to express that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck_TAR Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I like COLD beer better that warm beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Depends on the beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzgndr Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timskorn Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Unless its Pabst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Tequila is good either room temp or cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HimAgain Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I prefer a good bottle of Scotch. As for hexes or squares, now that's a dilemma. Angus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Sutro Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Some beers, such as Guinness, are meant to be served just below room temperature. In general though I prefer most beers served cold and in a frosted glass (or out of a cold bottle). Usually I prefer hexes because they do not distort the distances on the map. Most "square" grids are actually distorted octogons, because the corners are usually treated as sides (which is what Strategic Command 2 does). Also I think hexes look better. In general though I can live with either, especially in a game like Strategic Command 2 that emphasizes "gameplay" over "simulation". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaric Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 for player vs player games it is better tiles on my own point of view as you need 3 frontline units for each "reserve" unit to be under cover, more space available lead to more space for maneouver and out-maneouver enemy, On The Other Hand for plays against AI, computer opponents it will be better hexagons, frontline reduced to 2 units for each "reserve" unit, less maneouver available, so, less effort to the computer opponent to make his movements, aside all i personally think "strategic command 2" is a great wargame not matter it use tiles or hexagons, with best regards, alarick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hexagons are neat looking always were. A little over used over the past 15-16 years of PBEM gaming. I think Tiles are in a way a nice refreshing additive. Civilization uses Tiles and its most popular Empire Building game that ever was created. So it's neither here or there, Territories-Hexes-Tiles...It's how good the game is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Ward Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 In a game where the turn length varies so much it doesn't really matter to me whether it's hexes or tiles. The game is pretty damn fun so the tiles can't be all that bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill101 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Tiles or hexes? If forced to choose I'd choose tiles as they look better but it doesn't really matter, it's the quality of the game that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_j_rambo Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I prefer Hexes. Mostly because the way distances are seen on a computer screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xwormwood Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hexes all the way. Tiles and movement over the edges of a tile look ridiculous. And yes, i like SC2 and even more CIV 4. But still: if i want to play a strategic wargame, i want to play it with hexes, not with tiles. I need only to look at a screenshot of CEAW and feel instantly the urge to buy this game, because everything looks so neat and right. Can't say this for SC2, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timskorn Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I think the Oval needs to be looked into more. Underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arado234 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I prefer hexes from my Third Reich days although in some ways tiles make the game much more fluid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Sutro Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I think the Oval needs to be looked into more. Underrated. Timskorn: Just for that, I'm changing my vote to decagons. Three cheers for base ten! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Originally posted by Timskorn: I think the Oval needs to be looked into more. Underrated. No no no then we run the risk of a counterattack by the Venn Diagram Brigades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Vectors. Anything else is cluttered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzgndr Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Beer "gebraut nach dem deutschen Reinheitsgebot" is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombra Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Hexes...movement and distance feels more natural to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerGmbH Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Well I would prefer Tiles, but not ISOMETRIC map style, No REAL CHESS Form Tiles. THIS would be the Original! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua22 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Originally posted by powergmbh: Well I would prefer Tiles, but not ISOMETRIC map style, No REAL CHESS Form Tiles. THIS would be the Original! I'm not sure what you mean, could you give an example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrashb Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Hexes give more accurate movement (eg., diagonals in tiles should consume 1.4 or so in movement capacity, but don't). Only an issue with large-movement units, like ships, planes, and motorized armour. Having said all that... the tiles/hexes ship has sailed, and tiles won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justanotherwargamer1 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 If it isn't broke, don't fix it. Hexes work, have always worked, and Civ would look better with hexes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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