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[Jirotrom]

Are there any Go players on this forum that know of maybe any videogames that emulate the strategies one would display in the board game Go? I cant really think of any of the top of my head and wondered if anyone else on these forums could.

I apologize in advanced if this seems like a silly question, but think of it as like a battlechess game being made, but instead of being based around Chess, its based around Go.

I dont mean electronic games that are actually Go...I mean something that may be like Tactics ogre style or medieval total war style but focuses on surrounding your enemy and capturing...and uses turnbased strategy.

 

[Slightly Live]

There is a few old snes games i think and pc games but most are in japanese.

 

[Jirotrom]

thats what sucks...Im here in the US and Go isnt really big here...I had just recently discovered it. Its a difficult game that I want to play more and more.

 

[Haly]

thats what sucks...Im here in the US and Go isnt really big here...I had just recently discovered it. Its a difficult game that I want to play more and more.

Do you have any asian friends? Chances are that their father or grandfather can play Go and would be happy to kick your ass.

Also, Go programs are nigh impossible because unlike Chess, the amount of potential (good) moves in a game of Go increases with every turn.

Go here for some free Go software.

 

[Jirotrom]

Do you have any asian friends? Chances are that their father or grandfather can play Go and would be happy to kick your ass.

Also, Go programs are nigh impossible because unlike Chess, the amount of potential (good) moves in a game of Go increases with every turn.

Go here for some free Go software.

sorry...I probably was a bit confusing....I have tons of free Go software. I want something that may use some tactics from go not play exactly like Go. Kind of like games like FFtactics use the idea of the chess grid system. Is there a game that may use the line system of go, 19x19 board.

 

[McBacon]

The elipsis led me to believe this was another trick!



Im getting very interested in the game of Go...

dzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee

 

[tokkun]

There are plenty of sites that will let you play online against other people.

 

[womp]

The DS has a few Go games out for it. Japanese imports obviously.

 

[Haly]

sorry...I probably was a bit confusing....I have tons of free Go software. I want something that may use some tactics from go not play exactly like Go. Kind of like games like FFtactics use the idea of the chess grid system. Is there a game that may use the line system of go, 19x19 board.

Well there's Stratego. If I remember correctly the board is pretty big. As far as "surround your opponents with your army to capture territory on a 2-D 20x20 grid" goes, I can't think of any game like Go.

 

[Koren]

There's no real good go game program, you should practice against humans. Still, you can look at Igowin/Many faces of Go, Gnugo/cgoban and such software on PC. I've fond nothing really interesting on consoles.

You you'd better play online against other players. Yahoo games is a solution, but I'd say specialized website like KGS or IGS (the latter is the most well-known, but I prefer the former). There's also teaching, game analysis, and so on there.

Look at http://senseis.xmp.net/ , there's plently of informations here.

Edit:

sorry...I probably was a bit confusing....I have tons of free Go software. I want something that may use some tactics from go not play exactly like Go. Kind of like games like FFtactics use the idea of the chess grid system. Is there a game that may use the line system of go, 19x19 board.

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood you. Maybe there's answers on the link, still (or people that could help you there).

 

[Jirotrom]

Well there's Stratego. If I remember correctly the board is pretty big. As far as "surround your opponents with your army to capture territory on a 2-D 20x20 grid" goes, I can't think of any game like Go.

yeah basically the whole idea of surrounding your opponents and capturing them. I havent played any other game like it.

 

[thomaser]

The previous head of Nintendo, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was a go-freak, so they've made a few go-games over the years. The first for Famicom might be pretty easy to find, but then you'd have to have a Famicom... Let's hope they release a new one for the DS.

 

[Jirotrom]

what about dynasty tactics 2?
example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckeoHLdzmGc

 

[Ploid 3.0]

There should be quite a few go players on gaf, as it's how I found out about it and learned how to play Go. They had a thread on playing yahoo go years ago on a old version of gaf forums. I think one of the go players is Hitokage. Gaf is darn good at go, or one gaffer in particular. Don't remember who but the guy was good. Good luck in your journey to become the very best Go player, like no one ever was. I like chess, and go seemed like a whole other level as far as strategy go. Very nice stuff.

 

[Jirotrom]

Go is on a different level... It's definite been a difficult learning experience but enjoyable...I figured that since I enjoy games and I enjoy the idea of Go that hopefully there would be a game out there that incorporated its ideas.

 

[johnyqd]

The difficulty in making a game as you describe (taking the tactical properties of Go and applying them to another game) is massive. I imagine my games of Go as wars comprised of multiple concurrent and interwoven battles, only kept within the realm of strategically possible by the simplicity of the game.

I think even the best tactical rpgs would only be comparable to a 9x9 game in terms of strategy.

 

[Earthstrike]

Go is really unique. I think trying to find a game with some similarities to Go would be a relatively difficult task. Advance wars does come to mind, but I think its hard for even that to have any significant amount of transferability. I think the best you can do is isolate some of the the more important things in Go and enjoy each individually. Negotiation, reading situations and learning. Maintaining zugzwang /sente.

Believe it or not Connect 4 would come really close in terms of analysis, however you need to learn prefect strategy. Much in the same way Tic Tac Toe will always be a draw given two perfct players, connect four on a standard board is always a first person win. Being able to beat a perfect computer (that is learning and applying perfect strategy) should teach you a lot about the nature of sente.

Edit: OGRE BATTLE 64. That's something that comes really close to what you're talking about.

 

[Date of Lies]

check out the latest GAFcast, in it, one of the dudes describes a DS game that uses the same territory concepts as Go. It's japanese.

 

[Jive Turkey]

The only game similar to Go that I can think of is Othello...Though Othello isn't that similar.

As far as video games go...I don't really know.

 

[Mr Jared]

Ahg.. I used to be really hardcore about Go, but then a lot of my friends stopped. Anyway, you can always just play Go on Yahoo-

http://games.yahoo.com

You'll have an easier time learning and getting better there than playing on the super dedicated, Go client servers. As for PC and DS games.. AI for the games are typically really bad in my experience.

 

[Jirotrom]

check out the latest GAFcast, in it, one of the dudes describes a DS game that uses the same territory concepts as Go. It's japanese.

I'll check that out. Also would you say ogre battle for the PS1 similar Earthstrike?

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Does Clubhouse Games on the DS not have Go?

Actually, I think I remember people complaining that it didn't, so I don't think it does. Oh, well, it was worth a try.

 

[rollingstart]

yeah basically the whole idea of surrounding your opponents and capturing them. I havent played any other game like it.

Whenever I explain how to play Go to someone, they usually say "oh, so its like Reversi or Othello?", so I guess those can be compared to it.

I really only play Go online or against one of my friends (who is terrible at it).

 

[GaimeGuy]

The best course of action would be playing games yourself, although it may also be beneficial for you to play life-or-death problem sets.