Ender's Game

and the defeat of the Buggers

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Hi guys,

Today I read a post by Craig, or rather a review linked by the post by Craig. Being so interminably lazy I couldn't be bothered to go back and find the URL other than remember the site was "squadleader" or something like that.

Anyway, I only read the first paragraph of the review and it resonated deeply with me.
For anyone who's read one of the few truly philosophical science fiction series' based on Ender's life etc, does anyone else feel that this game accomplishes what the author describes in Ender's Game? That is, the true strategic and to an extent the logistical management of troops?

I may just be rambling on my own here, but I must say that one of the reasons I wish to get this game (unable to atm because of imminent university semester start) is due to Ender's Game.
Anyone else?

Thanks,
Sib
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
I definately see where you are coming from, but wasnt Ender more about controlling individual engagements? I dont think he oversaw the whole war effort. But if 'the game' did cover whole interstellar conflicts, then it probably would look like Sins!

Remember - The enemies gate is down!! (or was it up :p)

Roo

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
It was whole things

Actually, he was given whatever ships were close to the Bugger dudes, same with his buddies.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
I definately see where you are coming from, but wasnt Ender more about controlling individual engagements? I dont think he oversaw the whole war effort. But if 'the game' did cover whole interstellar conflicts, then it probably would look like Sins!

Remember - The enemies gate is down!! (or was it up :p)

Roo

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Apologies for double post.

I just meant that he wasnt responsible for 'running' the Empire like we do in Sins in terms of economy, diplomace etc.

Great book though. Only read Ender's game, you guys recommend the rest of the series?
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
It was down :-P . Subsequent books are written in a very different, more philosophical tone, some of them being better than others, but all in all I would definitely recommend the whole saga.

Regarding the original topic, I'd say that the scale of "The Game" in the book would be somewhere between Sins and Homeworld, more akin to the latter. He did not manage the logistics of the troop movements to the front line, if it can be so called, but the tactics of the engagement. "Micro-management", if you will. However, I think that scale was much bigger than in games like Homeworld, because the nature of the weapons and technologies present forced very long range confrontations.

By the way, I am aware that some of the things I just said are not completely accurate, but I don't want to spoil the book...
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
I see moliner's point; thank you!

Concerning the rest of the series - it's not a necessary follow-up to Ender's Game (I've only read up to Xenocide at this stage and will continue further), but the philosophy in it combined with everything else makes for an absolutely fantastic read. Just great.
But that's just an opinion from a guy having read only three of the books :P

Thanks for the input!
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
I actually read book five first, which is basically a retelling of book one from the persepctive of a secondary character (Bean), and actually prefered it to the origional telling when I finally got around to reading book one. I think it's a bit more complex, which I liked. Plus, reading about a rediculous genius child who's smarter than even Ender, who is himself a rediculous genius child, is always fun.

Anyway, I see the similarities, although the scale of Card's fiction is larger.

-HD