4X eXtravaganza - eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate

[thewhaleshark]

@Apsup

Putting it other way, generally most things require tech research in 4X games, so tech tree has all the mechanics of the game in it, and player has to pick and choose and know what to take out of there and put in the game. And in way stuff outside of tech tree is just smaller subset of stuff in the whole tree.

I feel this too. Complex tech trees are, quite honestly, not different from points-based MMO builds - the difference in a 4X game is what you have to do to get the points to level up that tree.

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I believe this leads me to conclude that Diablo II is a 4X game.

This might be my new “a Poptart is a sandwich” argument.