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Competitive games for gamers with slow reflexes (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by wolf@lemmy.zip to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml

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Back then I played Warcraft 3 ladder games and I hit my skill ceiling quite fast because my micro was simply too bad/slow. I still very much enjoy real time strategy games. Is there any real time strategy game that is played competitively with an active community where micro is not that essential? (Ruling out Star Craft 2.) Besides real time strategy games, what other games are out there being played competitive with an active community and where clicks-per-second are not too important?

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[–] joonazan@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Prismata is the best 1v1 turn-based competitive game. It even looks and feels somewhat like Starcraft.

It isn't very pooular, which I blame on bad tutorial and monetization decisions. It used to have just a series of missions for learning the game but in an attempt to make it palatable for a wider audience, the developers replaced it with a story and way too easy tutorial missions. The monetization is random loot boxes which doesn't fit well, as the game itself has no rng.

Unlike Starcraft, Prismata can be mastered simply by playing. (I went from bronze to gold in SC2 by not playing the game for years. It helped me focus on actually important things instead of getting my build order timings just right.)

[–] wolf@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, the game looks very interesting, although I had hoped for a game where players don't have perfect information, I'll check it out.