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German term or phrase:	Echtzeitstrategiespiel
English translation:	real-time strategy game
Entered by:	Alessandro Zocchi

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11:33am Jun 15, 2007

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German term or phrase: Echtzeitstrategiespiel

xxx hat alles, was ein gutes Echtzeitstrategiespiel braucht...

This is from a newspaper quote reviewing the video game. So far I have real time strategy game. Is this acceptable? Can anyone advise me on this?

Courtney Sliwinski

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Stephen Sadie: 11:40am Jun 15, 2007: courtney: why PRO??
Courtney Sliwinski: 11:42am Jun 15, 2007: Sorry, default settings!

real-time strategy game

Explanation:
...or RTS game...

See link below

Good luck und ein schoenes Wochenende

Ale

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Alessandro Zocchi
Italy

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Thanks for confirming!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

real-time strategy game

Alessandro Zocchi

4 +1

real-time strategy game

Oliver Walter

3 +1

real-time strategy game

Julia Lipeles

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5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

real-time strategy game

Explanation:
...or RTS game...

See link below

Good luck und ein schoenes Wochenende

Ale

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_strategy
Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echtzeit-Strategiespiel

Alessandro Zocchi
Italy
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks for confirming!

Notes to answerer

Asker: This is what I though too... Thanks for the link. I will keep this question open for comments!

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

real-time strategy game

Explanation:
Seems correct. See the refs.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_strategy
Reference: http://compactiongames.about.com/od/realtimestrategy/Real_Ti...

Oliver Walter
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

English

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

real-time strategy game

Explanation:
Real-time strategy game is fine in my opinion (real-time as opposed to turn-based).

Check out Wikipedai's definition:
Real-time strategy (often abbreviated as RTS) is a genre of computer wargames which take place in real-time, where resource gathering, base building, technology development and direct control over individual units ("harvest, build, destroy") are key components[1], which distinguishes it from related strategy wargame genres, such as turn-based strategy and real-time tactics.

Real-time strategy titles do not involve "turns" like turn-based strategy video or board games (such as chess). Rather, game time progresses in "real time". It is continuous rather than turn-by-turn and all players may interact with the game environment at any time. This is in many cases a very distinct form of play, as mere seconds of distraction could give the enemy an advantage (contrasting to turn-based where the opponent cannot counter until the player is done). While the word "strategy" originally referred to high-level war planning of armies, campaigns, and entire wars (including logistical concerns such as economy and unit production), in real-time strategy games it is possible to give orders to individual units or persons. So, for some more recent games it might be more appropriate to call the gameplay "tactics" or "strategy/tactics hybrid".

Julia Lipeles
United States
Native speaker of:

English,

German

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German: Echtzeitstrategiespiel

English translation: real-time strategy game