My Thoughts On Turn Based Vs Real Time With Pause Combat In CRPGs

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  @numbonvalium · 11 months ago

  I prefer turn-based, much easier to keep track of what is happening.

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  @RamblingRob2 · 11 months ago

  Before I even begin, i want you to know. This video will decide our friendship.

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• ZA

  @zach.hanford · 7 months ago

  I love the world of Pillars of Eternity enough that I was willing to deal with and learn RTWP, but man do I wish I was better at it. <br><br>RTWP to me feels like putting on an album but listening to all of the songs simultaneously, whereas turn based feels like listening to the songs in order.

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• ON

  @OneArmedWolfshinobi · 11 months ago

  Well.. I guess you just ignited even more chaotic war between two factions now

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• JE

  @JeysieC · 11 months ago

  My take is always: Pick whichever your combat system is actually designed to work best with. Even though I prefer turn-based, my gripe with Pathfinder specifically initially wasn&apos;t that it was RTwP, it was that they took a system designed to be used by taking careful turn-based actions and hacked RWtP on top of it. If you play something like the Dragon Age games actually designed from the get-go to work with RTwP, it&apos;s fine even if it&apos;s not my preference.

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• PE

  @Pedone_Rosso · 11 months ago

  I also like both systems,<br>but I tend to play real-time-with-pause<br>at a lower difficulty level then I do turn-based.<br><br>Turn-based allows for much more control,<br>so that the space I have to go through<br>in order to advance past a combat encounter, so to speak,<br>can be much more narrow than it needs to be<br>in the &quot;messier&quot; alternative.<br><br>For me, on the other hand, real-time-with-pause<br>has the advantage to usually make game-play enjoyable<br>even when the systems in play are a bit on the shallow/simple side.<br><br>Thanks for your videos!

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• ZE

  @Zettern96 · 11 months ago

  I much prefer turn based. In realtime with pause I just end up controling my main character and leaving my partymembers on autopilot. I just can&apos;t keep track of everything.

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• C.

  @C.Malefac · 11 months ago

  Prefer RTwP because it&apos;s faster but love em both

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• XO

  @XoRandomGuyoX · 11 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaIWJsgrs60&amp;t=164">2:44</a> &nbsp;That sort of brings to mind the kinds of AoE shenanigans which are a major strength with turn-based combat: you see an opportunity and can make the utmost out of it. &nbsp;Generally speaking, the tougher a battle might be the more I lean towards turn-based. &nbsp;But for easier scenarios a real time system is just faster.

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• JO

  @JoeyZaZa1012 · 11 months ago

  honestly i have no preference but you make very good points morti, definitely got me thinking and that&apos;s why i like coming here! thanks bro

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• RO

  @Roanix1 · 11 months ago

  &quot;I&apos;ve finally solved it&quot; got a genuine, solid chuckle out of me

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• JA

  @jazzanarchy · 11 months ago

  I&apos;ve been watching crpg channels like yours so much and they convinced me to try old crpgs. I started with BG1 but I was hitting a wall. I tried Fallout1 because I knew it was turn bases and I wouldn&apos;t have to manage so many characters. When I went back to BG1 it all made a lot more sense.<br><br>For the record, I have played some modern crpgs like DOS:2.

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