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I read some opinions about it in forums via searching in google. Now im bringing the discussion to this forum.
Do strategy games make you smarter? (While you may think it is about board games as well, such as chess, im referring to video games solely)
Now I will mention one opinion here - Smart people are attracted to this games, the games itself do not make you smarter then you were before.
I believe that they do, and I will explain: Such as math, using your brain is training the brain. You either use your brain or lose your brain. Just like body training some people start with a better basis than others (I mean that when they don't train their body looks better than other people who don't train) and some people react better to training than others. The fact that you are weak now doesn't mean you can not train and become strong.
Same with the brain - by using it and taking it to its limits we make our brains process inforamtion faster, we can improve our memory, we can analyze better events, art and so on and reach deeper, more informative conclusions on our own.
In strategy games you use your brain - To be successful and efficient you need to know what to build, when to build. You need to decide why would you even build it (decisions and conclusions).
You need to manage yourself so you will not go bankrupt, so you can keep supporting your military and not get into financial deficiency which will stuck your whole progress.
On the world map you need to decide if you are going to conquer, why are you going to conquer, what is the best place to conquer strategy wise, how much money do you need to support this conquest (training the military).
And let's not forget the intel network - spies. You need to put spies all over the world so you could see if there is an oncoming attack, or to check your neighboring factions army status, cities' technology and garrisons.
This also connects to the conquest aspect - should you even conquer in the current status of the rival faction?
There is also the diplomacy aspect, but I found it very buggy (in Rome Total War)
I am sure others of you could find different aspects as well.
Share your opinions!
Note: The entire post refers to the gameplay of the Total War game series, as I found it the most challenging and interesting strategy video game.
Do strategy games make you smarter? (While you may think it is about board games as well, such as chess, im referring to video games solely)
Now I will mention one opinion here - Smart people are attracted to this games, the games itself do not make you smarter then you were before.
I believe that they do, and I will explain: Such as math, using your brain is training the brain. You either use your brain or lose your brain. Just like body training some people start with a better basis than others (I mean that when they don't train their body looks better than other people who don't train) and some people react better to training than others. The fact that you are weak now doesn't mean you can not train and become strong.
Same with the brain - by using it and taking it to its limits we make our brains process inforamtion faster, we can improve our memory, we can analyze better events, art and so on and reach deeper, more informative conclusions on our own.
In strategy games you use your brain - To be successful and efficient you need to know what to build, when to build. You need to decide why would you even build it (decisions and conclusions).
You need to manage yourself so you will not go bankrupt, so you can keep supporting your military and not get into financial deficiency which will stuck your whole progress.
On the world map you need to decide if you are going to conquer, why are you going to conquer, what is the best place to conquer strategy wise, how much money do you need to support this conquest (training the military).
And let's not forget the intel network - spies. You need to put spies all over the world so you could see if there is an oncoming attack, or to check your neighboring factions army status, cities' technology and garrisons.
This also connects to the conquest aspect - should you even conquer in the current status of the rival faction?
There is also the diplomacy aspect, but I found it very buggy (in Rome Total War)
I am sure others of you could find different aspects as well.
Share your opinions!
Note: The entire post refers to the gameplay of the Total War game series, as I found it the most challenging and interesting strategy video game.
