As you say yourself, RTS games are a natural progression of simpler strategy games. Yes, they're more complicated, but isn't that exactly the kind of progressio

As you say yourself, RTS games are a natural progression of simpler strategy games. Yes, they're more complicated, but isn't that exactly the kind of progression you'd expect? Or, to rephrase, exactly how do you see games progressing within a genre if not by adding at least some complexity?