How to prevent repetitiveness in a Turn Based Strategy games which becomes counter productive and less enjoyable
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Dale
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Having early off-ramps to victory would help resolve it.
For instance, in Old World, we put in the "Double Victory". When you reach a point in the game, where your victory points are at least 50% of required for victory, PLUS you are more than double the victory points of the next player, then you are offered an early Double Victory. This is recognition of being in such a dominant position in the game, that you're just steam-rolling.
The other way I can think of to help reduce repetition, is to have unique mechanics in each period of the game. For example, Civ7 attempts to address this with the Ages system, where each of the Ages has unique mechanics, and new things for the player to interact with.
For instance, in Old World, we put in the "Double Victory". When you reach a point in the game, where your victory points are at least 50% of required for victory, PLUS you are more than double the victory points of the next player, then you are offered an early Double Victory. This is recognition of being in such a dominant position in the game, that you're just steam-rolling.
The other way I can think of to help reduce repetition, is to have unique mechanics in each period of the game. For example, Civ7 attempts to address this with the Ages system, where each of the Ages has unique mechanics, and new things for the player to interact with.
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When you have reached such a point in the game, you can declare yourself to have achieved the victory in that game. This option is only connected to your own subjective measurement.
Another solution is to have an early victory option, as it is the diplomatic victory in Civ 3, skipping nearly the complete era 4 of the game. The same could be done for example with the "space race" victory to transform it to an early victory option (per example a "Blitzkrieg option" triggered by building victory monuments in several former capitals of other civilizations). Such options should only be accessable to the human player, as the AI players become never bored of such a game.
Another solution is to have an early victory option, as it is the diplomatic victory in Civ 3, skipping nearly the complete era 4 of the game. The same could be done for example with the "space race" victory to transform it to an early victory option (per example a "Blitzkrieg option" triggered by building victory monuments in several former capitals of other civilizations). Such options should only be accessable to the human player, as the AI players become never bored of such a game.
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