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Re:Screeps – the world's first MMO sandbox strategy game for... by seren on Thursday November 13, 2014 @04:20AM (#8600624)
It is to emphasis the contrast with an MMO, where most of the time, your progress is directly linked to the time spent playing, often doing the same repetitive tasks ad nauseam.
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Re:Screeps – the world's first MMO sandbox strategy game for... by louisrochal on Thursday November 13, 2014 @04:34AM (#8600658)
If that's it, they are mistaking "MMO" with "RPG", but I see the point. Maybe because to improve, you don't have to train by launching an other game that will last 30 minutes.
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Re:Screeps – the world's first MMO sandbox strategy game for... by artchiv on Thursday November 13, 2014 @05:05AM (#8600749)
Every MMO, regardless RPG or not, will require you to invest time to repeat some actions and pay attention to it as much often as you can. See Travian for example. Screeps will not, if you manage to write decent scripts.
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Re:Screeps – the world's first MMO sandbox strategy game for... by louisrochal on Thursday November 13, 2014 @05:16AM (#8600775)
Yep I totally agree with that. The "wasted" word is still an error in my opinion. Can't wait to try it though !
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