4x video game hardware
Alright, so lemme tell ya ’bout these 4X video games, ya know? Them youngsters talk about ’em all the time. Sounds fancy, but it ain’t that hard to understand once ya get the hang of it.
What’s this 4X stuff anyway?
Well, they say it stands for four things: explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate. Sounds kinda mean, that last one, but that’s how them games work, I guess. You gotta go around, look at new places, make your place bigger, get all the stuff ya can, and sometimes, well, ya gotta fight off them other folks.
It ain’t easy, making these games
Now, someone told me makin’ these 4X games ain’t like makin’ them shootin’ games. You gotta think about a whole lotta things, like, the maps, where all the good stuff is, the little people ya control, the cities, and how the other computer fellas think. It’s like jugglin’ a whole bunch of eggs at once, and ya can’t drop none of ‘em!
- Maps – Gotta know where everything is
- Resources – Gotta find the good stuff
- Units – Gotta control your little fellas
- Cities – Gotta build ‘em up big and strong
- Opponent AI – Gotta outsmart the computer
And all that stuff gotta work together, smooth as butter, without messin’ up. And if ya wanna change somethin’ later, it shouldn’t be a big ol’ headache. Sounds like a real pain in the neck to me!
Turn-based or real-time, what’s the diff?
Some of these games, ya take your turn, then the computer takes its turn. Like checkers, ya know? Others, everything’s happenin’ all at once, like a real-life fight. There’s even some that mix the two. Heard tell of one called “Total War,” where ya move your armies around on a map, and then when ya fight, it’s like watchin’ a real battle.
Fancy graphics ain’t everything
These 4X games, they don’t always got the prettiest pictures, ya know? They ain’t like them fancy shootin’ games with all the explosions and what not. It’s more about thinkin’ and plannin’ than lookin’ pretty. The hard part for the computer is keepin’ track of everything and makin’ sure the computer fellas ain’t dumb as a doorknob.
What’s comin’ up next?
Them young’uns are always makin’ new games. There’s a whole bunch of new 4X games comin’ out soon, both the turn-takin’ kind and the real-time kind. They say some of ‘em are gonna be the best strategy games ever. We’ll see about that, I reckon.
So, what did we learn?
So, that’s the lowdown on 4X games. They’re about explorin’, expandin’, exploitin’, and sometimes exterminatin’. They’re complicated to make, but they ain’t always pretty. And there’s always new ones comin’ out. Now ya know, just like them fancy city folk.
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