Episode 185: Conflict Resolution

Matt & Geoff are joined by TroytlePower to discuss when a
game is considered to not have combat, what "combat" means, and
where its presence or lack serves the gameplay experience.


The recently released Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
maintains a constant sense of tension, danger, and violence
without any sort of direct combat mechanic. When genre
conventions are subverted all the time and there's more than one
binary choice through obstacles in a game; why are we Fighting in
the first place?


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