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I played Total Annihilation as a kid. Finding Beyond All Reason was amazing. And spectating 8v8+ with tens of thousands of units is something else. It's unfor

I played Total Annihilation as a kid. Finding Beyond All Reason was amazing. And spectating 8v8+ with tens of thousands of units is something else. It's unfortunate that large scale RTS isn't a more popular genre. Instead it's all Fortnite/CoD/WoW

InsomniacL 3y ago
if you haven't seen already, check YouTube where the mods enable larger lobbies. There are some really good casts of 40 vs 40 players or more! Here's a recent 25 vs 25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnU_IPWPmY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnU_IPWPmY
- paulddraper 3y ago
  Oh I have. Those are wild.
m463 3y ago
I still play the CNC games every once in a while.
dumpsterlid 3y ago
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tobinfekkes 3y ago
I still play Total Annihilation. I am not a "gamer" and don't play any computer games anymore, but boy do I still love Total Annihilation. My cousin was a tester for Cavedog in the late 90s and gave us a copy before it was big. I still have some CDs! Love to see Beyond All Reason continuing the spirit.
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
It feels like Starcraft 2 was the last traditional RTS; I suspect part of that is because other developers think their game wouldn't have a chance without competitive multiplayer as tight as SC2's. That said, there's still some RTS games in the indie space / on Steam, like Homeworld: Deserts of something. But that one was ultimately disappointing overall.
- Buttons840 3y ago
  The popularity of Starcraft confused me until I realized it was a really a "user interface game" rather than a strategy game. I mean, Starcraft 2 is still a strategy game, but if you were to propose changing the UI to enable more strategy, they wouldn't do that. The UI is the game, and once I understood that I understood Starcraft players better and was able to appreciate the game better. It's hard for anyone to do a better Starcraft because it's a UI game based in technology of the time. We aren't going to get better at traditional computer screens with a fixed aspect ratio and a mouse. That is Stracraft. Also, you mentioned Homeworld, and Homeworld 3 will be out in a few months.
  - wredcoll 3y ago
    That reminds me, somewhat tangentially, of working with a personal trainer in a gym and made some comment about a particular type of movement being done in a more "efficient" way and the dude was just like "that's not the point", and playing starcraft more efficiently is likewise not the point.

InsomniacL 3y ago

if you haven't seen already, check YouTube where the mods enable larger lobbies. There are some really good casts of 40 vs 40 players or more! Here's a recent 25 vs 25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnU_IPWPmY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnU_IPWPmY

paulddraper 3y ago
Oh I have. Those are wild.

m463 3y ago

I still play the CNC games every once in a while.

dumpsterlid 3y ago

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tobinfekkes 3y ago

I still play Total Annihilation. I am not a "gamer" and don't play any computer games anymore, but boy do I still love Total Annihilation. My cousin was a tester for Cavedog in the late 90s and gave us a copy before it was big. I still have some CDs! Love to see Beyond All Reason continuing the spirit.

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

It feels like Starcraft 2 was the last traditional RTS; I suspect part of that is because other developers think their game wouldn't have a chance without competitive multiplayer as tight as SC2's. That said, there's still some RTS games in the indie space / on Steam, like Homeworld: Deserts of something. But that one was ultimately disappointing overall.

Buttons840 3y ago
The popularity of Starcraft confused me until I realized it was a really a "user interface game" rather than a strategy game. I mean, Starcraft 2 is still a strategy game, but if you were to propose changing the UI to enable more strategy, they wouldn't do that. The UI is the game, and once I understood that I understood Starcraft players better and was able to appreciate the game better. It's hard for anyone to do a better Starcraft because it's a UI game based in technology of the time. We aren't going to get better at traditional computer screens with a fixed aspect ratio and a mouse. That is Stracraft. Also, you mentioned Homeworld, and Homeworld 3 will be out in a few months.
- wredcoll 3y ago
  That reminds me, somewhat tangentially, of working with a personal trainer in a gym and made some comment about a particular type of movement being done in a more "efficient" way and the dude was just like "that's not the point", and playing starcraft more efficiently is likewise not the point.