Real Time Strategy or Turn Based?

[cappyys]

I am a new member, but I do like RTS games...a lot more exciting.

[blind illusion]

A mix is always cool but RTS is funnest

[TDog9631]

I'm better at turn-based, but I like both. Although my strategy in RTS tends to be "amass massive army, swarm the enemy, blow everything up."

[Redbobster]

some may say that turned based is more strategic and requires more skill and therefore makes it more fun but there are a few RTS games out there that are really hard and need a strategy to win like supreme commander two and evolution RTS. I like RTS because its just more action and you have to think fast which adds more of a challenge.

[Angrus]

I quite like turn-based (ever since Ogre Battle 64 for the N64)... RTS are cool, but I always feel like I could have done more... whereas with a turn-based game, you have all the time you need to strategize your best possible strategy if you want.

[sittingDUCK006]

I like RTS but i also like turn based strategy. Depends on the game and friends im playing with.

[ZappierVirus]

I lean to turn based, but it depends on the game.

I like how Tower Defense games are a mix of RTS and TB. The "turns" are the times you build and improve defenses, while the RTS part is the waves.

[s4sutler100]

Turn Based
Gives me time to manage my options.

[kiujazi]

It depends on the game. I enjoy a lot of both. For RTS I have stuff like Dawn of War, Starcraft and Battle for Middle Earth 2. While Turn based games are pretty much endless.

Both have their pros and cons. Turn based offer a lot of time to sit and think (at the same time single player RTS games usually do as well thanks to a pause button) while RTS games are about having a general strategy, implementing it, and just working on the fly with your resources.

[Odazz]

For me it depends on the mood I am in, but I generally prefer TBS because it allows for more thought behind every action and if you mess up it's on you, not on a misclick or a tap of a wrong hotkey. Yes they are lower risk overall because of the amount of information readily available but they are more chess like so a newer player can still beat a more experienced player if they outsmart them but in an RTS there's no way a newplayer will ever match an experienced players skill simply because of APM.

[Adeptus]

Well, I prefer TBS because of my abysmal reflexes... Although RTSs with active pause are OK.