Whats SLG stand for? i see it on the store page as it is tagged so

[Bruudwin]

and the internet is helping somewhat? calls it simulation... but then it'd just be SIM right?

[Mew]

It stands for Simulation Game. It's supposed to be Strategy Game, but SLG has been used so much for so long to describe Strategy Games that it has become ingrained as the genre's name in Chinese video game circles.

[Bruudwin]

Originally posted by 梦幻 Mew:

It stands for Simulation Game. It's supposed to be Strategy Game, but SLG has been used so much for so long to describe Strategy Games that it has become ingrained as the genre's name in Chinese video game circles.

ah thanks! this thread is closed meow!

[Darklocq]

No, it doesn't stand for "simulation game" OR "strategy game". It stands for "simulated life game" AKA "life simulation game". See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_simulation_game
There are lots and lots of simulation and strategy games that are not SLGs. E.g., flight sims are sims but are not SLGs. Chess is a strategy game but is not an SLG or any kind of sim.

The term is mostly used for games like The Sims, and more city/civilization-level stuff (Sim City franchise and everything like it) that focus on semi-realistic management not just battles, but it also technically encompasses a-life and digital pets.

[Dennis Ma]

There are no strategy games , only simulation games in Japan. East Asia is affected by Japan.

[rabbyzero]

As it is a Chinese game, SLG need to be explained in Chinese gamers' view. SLG was an old term to label 2 kind of games in 1990s when Empire of Angels I/II was famous.
Empire of Angels was called war chess. Similar games were Fire Emblem series, Langrisser series. Empire of Angels was one of the most famous Chinese war chess games on PC platform. War chess was labeled as SLG.
The other type of games labeled as SLG were games like Civilization, KOEI Romance of Three Kingdoms series.
The difference between these 2 type of SLG games is the ability to generate new units. War chess rarely can spawn new controllable units, while the other can spawn new units with resources
Some series like Super Robot Wars cross 2 SLG types.
In Chinese SLG usually translates to Strategy Games. And the letter L does not fit in the words.