Upsettingshorts wrote...
Gegenlicht wrote...
I'm thinking like a general when I play DAO.
Yeah, DA:O really forces you to maintain your supply lines. The logistical model they implement is truly a challenge, as General Warden has to make sure his soldiers are not only deployed properly but are also well fed and supplied.
Hey, I can THINK like a general all I want. The fact that it has no bearing on how battles are resolved is another matter entirely.
Upsettingshorts wrote...
Gegenlicht wrote...
You being someone who by admission likes history I'm amazed you can even mention Braveheart without spitting bileand acid. I know I loathe that movie with an intensity I usually reserve for militant non-smokers.
Are you implying that William Wallace never met and had an affair with the Princess of Wales?!
Hell, he might have. He also went into battle with an army of Scottish knights. Plate mail and horses and such, not a bunch of the extras left over from Beyond Thunderdome. Never mind what the movie does to the character of Robert the Bruce, the actual Braveheart.
Yes, I know, the movie proffers to present an alternate take on history in the opening voice over. But they're so far removed from real history, they might as well have called it Eragon.
And as a total sidenote, the comic book 300 was in turn inspired by the movie The 300 Spartans. The comic also DID stress phalanx fighting, though it didn't necessarily focus on it.