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KKnD2: Krossfire

Classic RTS economy and build-order optimisation with some multiplayer mind games.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
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EXECUTION4 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    4/10

    Click speed and unit micro matter in classic RTS fashion

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    4/10

    Human skirmishes reward scouting and outguessing build choices

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    2/10

    Maps and tech are known; fog hides little long-term

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    7/10

    Build orders, economy and unit counters decide most games

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
1998
Developer
Beam Software
Platforms
PC, PS1
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
IGDB users
73/100
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyActionScience fictionWarfare4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)