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[shadow_archmagi]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/03/27/epochal-achron-meta-time-strategy/

So, yeah. Is this not awesome?

[JoshuaFH]

I watched the first video, and was thoroughly confused.

[Yanlin]

I can't wait to see what happens when it breaks. Buffer overflows from paradoxes...

[qwertyuiopas]

I doubt they would let it overflow.
Maybe give a "would have overflow" error, but they probably have it limit the actual information.
Or, they could use a format that doesn't have a size limit.

[andrea]

already heard about that, already watched the video, already confused.

also, in the future i can see lots of headaches.

[Tormy]

Hm...pretty interesting concept. However, I am really worried about the (gameplay) balance. 
Either way, thanks for the link, OP. This game might have a huge potential, we shall see. 

[Puck]

There's a longish thread in "other games" about achron

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=33175.0

[pokute]

PIME TARADOX!!!

Now all we need is a game based on dividing by zero.

[Jude]

I don't think I'd be able to play that

[Akroma]

reminds me of that one MtG card

I forgot what it was called but it said something like


Take an additional turn 2 turns before this turn

If this causes [card name] to never have been played, you [some effect. I think it was "You lose the game"]

[viskaslietuvai]

Finally! A game made for the insane.
If you're not insane, congratulations! This game will make you insane.

I can see very few people having the innate ability to think about an RTS in this fashion. Learning to play this game seems downright hazardous. The developers probably don't believe in bilateral symmetry so they walk around with half a mustache and mismatching socks.

[qwertyuiopas]

Actually, once you have seen the videos, it looks easy to understand, although it would be a bit harder at first than starcraft.

[pokute]

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KEKEKEKEKEKE ZERG RUSH!!!

[qwertyuiopas]

But wouldn't a zerg rush be ineffective if the defending player can just send firebats and siege tanks back in time to counter it?

Edit:
And then micromanage the tanks to shoot the long range units for optimal carnage with the least loss?

[Jude]

It seems like you can only go about a minute or two back in time. That would make it a lot less confusing...although not to the point where I think I'd play it.