User blog:Ranger-X/Watching Vs. Playing

Which is more fun? Watching someone else (especially someone with more skill than I have) play War Commander or playing the game myself? Sadly, it is the former and here is why. When I say War Commander, I mean the old Facebook game I used to play years ago. I am not talking about the Rogue Assault mobile version, which I believe is superior. I am going to compare War Commander to my favorite real time strategy game (made in 2003): Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour. I will build a table comparing the two. Also note that I will not count spending money or gold to speed up production or repairs, because I consider that cheating.

About earning new technologies. The only Command & Conquer games that player closest to War Commander are C&C 4 Tiberian Twilight and Tiberium Alliances. In C&C 4, players start at level 1 and can max out their tech trees at level 20. In Tiberium Alliances, you earn research points for destroying rogue bases and spend those points on better tech. Unlike War Commander, you can earn new technologies at your own pace. In WC, you need to wait until the next special event (or more recently, Shadow Ops) to earn new tech. I prefer the former case where you can earn technology on your own. The table I made sums up which games I have more fun playing. War Commander is one of those games that I enjoy watching other people play for entertainment. For the fast-paced RTS games (like Command & Conquer), I prefer to play the game myself and I sometimes watch videos to get new ideas.