Paper 2: Phn tch v so snh nhng im hay d ca mt s game cng th loi Nu tng ng vo my tnh, hn cc bn cng tng nghe n hai

ai ci tn Age of Empire v StarCraft. y l hai tr chi cng thuc th loi chin lc thi gian thc khoa hc qun s vin tng do Blizzard v Ensemble Studios sn xut. V lch s ra i, Age of Empire c th c xem nh l anh c ca th loi game chin thut thi gian thc khi ra i ln u tin vo nm 1997. Tr chi ngay lp tc khin bao nhiu game th trn th gii ng ngi khng yn v s hp dn ca n. Khng lu sau l s c mt ca em th Starcraft vo nm 1998 vi s lng bn quyn c pht hnh ln n 11 triu bn (tnh n nm 2009). Cng thuc th loi nhng tnh cch ct truyn ca hai game ny li c nhiu im khc nhau trng thy. AOE III m phng li cuc chin khai ph Chu u ca Chu M vo nm 1500 v 1850 trc cng nguyn ni ting. Tm nn vn minh ca Chu u cng c th chi trong phin bn ny. Tri li Starcraf li l cu truyn xoay quanh ba chng tc u tranh cho s thng tr mt ni cch xa di Ngn H c gi l Koprulu Sector: Terran l con ngi lu vong t tri t c kh nng thch ng vi mi tnh hung; Zerg l chng tc ngi ngoi hnh tinh m cc game th thng gi l qui vt lun b m nh v vic ng ha cc chng tc, v Protoss, mt chng tc ngi my vi cng ngh tin tin, lun c gng u tranh bo v nn vn minh ca mnh. n y ta cng thy r im khc nhau c bn gia Starcraft v AoE, s a dng trong cc lp nhn vt dn n tnh nng, k thut cng nh cch thc giao tip khc nhau. i vi AoE, cc bn lin quan u thuc mt chng tc l con ngi nn hu ht cc k thut, cch thc tn cng phng th ca mi bn l bnh ng, cn vi Starcraft, do c s khc bit v mt chng tc nn cch thc tn cng cng nh k nng ca mi bn l khc nhau. iu ny cng c th hin r trn mn hnh menu hin th ca c hai tr, cc thng s Starcraft c phn phc tp v a dng hn hn.

V c bn, AoE yu cu cc game th phi pht trin cc quc gia thuc a Chu u t mt nhm dn nh c nh thnh mt ch hung mnh, cc tin b ca mt quc gia da trn s pht trin mt cng ngh v qua cc cuc chin tranh chinh pht. Trong AoE, cng vic c phn chia kh cn thn, bng cch thu thp cc ti nguyn nng cp, xy dng c s vt cht v khi nhn dn bng vic pht trin, to dng khi nhn dn bao gm c qun i v nng dn t nhng ngun ti nguyn thu c. T nhn dn, ta s hnh thnh nn mt binh on hung mnh s dng cho cc cuc xung t, giao chin xy ra trong trn chin tranh ginh lnh th. Tr chi ch kt thc khi ch cn duy nht mt ngi chi hay mt i chi cn ng trn bn . y cng l cu trc c bn ca cc th loi game thi gian thc. Cch chi Starcraft kh r rng qua ba cng vic chnh l qun l ti nguyn, xy dng c s cn c, dn quan chin u v thm mt phn l m rng bn . Qun l ti nguyn l cng vic khai thc khong sn t nhng ngun c sn nh m, ly g ri a v nh chnh. Ngi chi c th xy thm nh quanh cc khu vc tng din tch lnh th cng to ngun ly ti nguyn. Trong khi hoc

sau khi c iu kin cn thit, ngi chi c th dn qun tin nh cc phe cn li, mc tiu cui cng l nh chnh ca i phng. C AoE v Starcraft u thuc th loi multiplayer. y l iu c bit c ngha vi s thnh cng ca game trong khi AI ca game kh km ci khi phi ng u vi nhng ngi chi giu kinh nghim. AoE v Starcraft h tr chi qua mng LAN, kt ni dial-up. iu ny khin hai tr chi ny tr nn hp dn hn do tnh ng i, i khng v n thua gia nhng ngi tham gia chi. Mt im khc bit na gia Starcraft v AoE l Starcraft c thm tnh nng m rng, to mi hay chnh sa bn . Ngi chi hon ton c th t thay i v t ra th thch ring cho mnh v ngi cng chi. So snh v mt cng ngh c s dng, ta s khng thu c nhiu kt qu. Hai tr chi ny c sn xut trong cng mt giai on nn yu cu cu hnh my dnh cho hai tr ny hon ton tng t nhau. y cng l mt iu kin game th c th t cm nhn c cht lng v tnh hp dn ca hai tr chi ny cng mt lc.