Games that have a hex shaped playing field

[weirdami]

ChaosLord wrote:
I hate hexmaps and have banned them from all games I have ever made.  /quote]

why?

[weirdami]

ChaosLord wrote:
@weirdami

Because:
1. Hex games are 20x slower than square games.
2. Square unit gfx always look better than hex unit gfx.
 

Isn't the reason people use hex fields is so the characters can look like they are going diagonally?