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I wouldn’t say the RTS genre has been destroyed per se. We have Stelaris for example and Hearts of Iron 4 some time ago. There is also RimWorld and Wargame. Ban
by pmalynin 8y ago
I wouldn’t say the RTS genre has been destroyed per se. We have Stelaris for example and Hearts of Iron 4 some time ago. There is also RimWorld and Wargame. Banished, comes to mind. Oh and of course They Are Billions, great game combining Starcraft and age of empires.
Anyway, I think the genre is alive and kicking — mainly driven by smaller developers. It’s a shame that EA killed off C&C but they only have themselves to blame.
- Reedx 8y agoWell, most of those fall more under the more general umbrella of "strategy". Stellaris is 4x, Rimworld is a management sim, Banished is a city builder. RTS is stuff like Starcraft/Warcraft, Age of Empires, C&C, Company of Heroes, Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander. I haven't played They Are Billions yet, but yeah, that looks like an RTS or really close to it. So maybe it's not quite dead, but hanging on by a thread! There's also Offworld Trading Company from a couple years ago which is RTS minus combat.
- thrower123 8y agoParadox grand strategy games are real-time, but it's bending the definitions of the genre to a ridiculous, meaningless level to consider them RTS games.
- pmalynin 8y agoMy point more generally was that hard core strategy games are still coming out and are beloved
- manfredo 8y agoRimworld isn't an RTS so much as a sandbox game in the same vein as Dwarf fortress. Wargame has a ridiculously niche player base. Like, 3k players on most days.