RTS vs RTT

RTS vs RTT

Giuseppe Rionero

Member #1,976

March 2002

Can someone explain to me what's the difference beetwen a real-time-strategy game and a real-time-tactics game. Or is it just an empty distinction?

Cage

Member #1,277

March 2001

AFAIK, there is no difference. If there was, my guess would be the difference between, say, Earth 2140 and Ogre Battle, respectively.

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Shade

Member #1,152

April 2001

the only 2 categories in stategy-games I know are TBS(turn based strategy, eg civilizations) & RTS(real time strategy, eg C&C)

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Thomas Harte

Member #33

April 2000

Well, as far as I'm concerned, most games make me apply both tactics and an overall strategy in real time (although sometimes I only realise best strategy long after the event), but on the other hand I'm often not doing it as me but as some game character, so I suppose I am role playing.

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Korval

Member #1,538

September 2001

People who call RTS's RTT's do so because of the military definition of strategic vs tactical engagement. At the strategic level, a single being/tank/whatever doesn't exist. A strategic commander deals with units consisting of dozens if not hundreds of people/tanks/whatever.

The tactical level, however, deals with the level of a single being/tank/whatever. At the tactical level, you represent a unit and decide how to go about killing or otherwise damaging the enemy with a given set of forces.

Combat in Civilization is at the strategic level. You don't care exactly how each person in the unit performs or exactly how the cavalry unit decides to attack the riflemen defenders. You simply attack with an army and see what happens.

Combat in most RTS's is at the tactical level, which is why some people like to call them RTT's.

Giuseppe Rionero

Member #1,976

March 2002

That's quite interesting. So, strategy means a macro perspective and tactics means a micro one. A similar distinction also exists in chess and politics.