This is purely out of curiosity, the more that vote the better!Personally I prefer sprites as counters look boring in my opinion.
I agree. Counters are boring...love the sprites. I'm old school in most ways, but in this one, I am not.
GO SPRITES!
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I agree. Counters are boring...love the sprites. I'm old school in most ways, but in this one, I am not.
GO SPRITES!
Played a bit of Advanced Third Reich, so them counters grow on you. Gives you the real feel of looking at a map.
In fact, I love them so much, I have begun applying them to uses they were not intended as. Instead of them damn red dots saying "You are here" on maps, I prefer a simple infantry counter. Instead of a car on my GPS, I prefer an armour counter.
The list goes on. Soon, all I can imagine in the real world are these counters. Nothing like reducing people to their representation.
In fact, I love them so much, I have begun applying them to uses they were not intended as. Instead of them damn red dots saying "You are here" on maps, I prefer a simple infantry counter. Instead of a car on my GPS, I prefer an armour counter.
The list goes on. Soon, all I can imagine in the real world are these counters. Nothing like reducing people to their representation.
I've always been using sprites, because I could not read counters.
That until I tried a game with counters last year, I got used to it easily and since then...
I ALWAYS use COUNTERS!
You should try it too, don't be afraid of the squares!
That until I tried a game with counters last year, I got used to it easily and since then...
I ALWAYS use COUNTERS!You should try it too, don't be afraid of the squares!
Counters are by far more practical and i love to use them, but i prefer sprites (not the default ones) because they make the game a little less plain.
I always loved counters more.
Sprites could appeal to me but as I remember from HoI1/2 the default set was usually too bland for me and sprites from spritepacks hadn't a unified look. Anyway now there's little guarantee that I could go away from using counters, I just got used to them.
Sprites could appeal to me but as I remember from HoI1/2 the default set was usually too bland for me and sprites from spritepacks hadn't a unified look. Anyway now there's little guarantee that I could go away from using counters, I just got used to them.
Sprites.
I had a bad experience with counters on wine. Although that bug might be fixed.
I had a bad experience with counters on wine. Although that bug might be fixed.
Counters are more practical but due to the lack of proper AI unit grouping they allow for a much more effective way of being able to judge exactly what number is in enemy provinces without having to invest heavily in intelligence. Whereas although sprites are less informative about your units the reverse is also true unless you have maxed out intelligence which to me is more realistic and as such I use sprites.
As such I use sprites as it makes the game more difficult, and, less full of towers of babylon late game.
As such I use sprites as it makes the game more difficult, and, less full of towers of babylon late game.
Counters = faster game
That's all that matters to me.
yup. I deleted the sprites folder from my computer and the game loads faster, uses less memory, and runs faster as well.
Sprites are for <= 12 year olds.
Counters
But I will say Dr. Rare's + BeBro's sprites make this a tough call. Counters win on information display.
But I will say Dr. Rare's + BeBro's sprites make this a tough call. Counters win on information display.
If you have a strongly held preference for Counters or Sprites, thats all well and good, but don't make silly comments like this. I doubt any of the sprite users here are anywhere near being under 12 years old
