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Totally off topic, but RTS is a weird split genre. I really like the economy / base building part, but care less for unit control. I’m more of a macro player t

by dartos 2y ago

Totally off topic, but RTS is a weird split genre. I really like the economy / base building part, but care less for unit control. I’m more of a macro player than micro. I think a lot of players fall on one side or the other.

thebruce87m 2y ago
Did you ever play settlers? I loved building the towns.
- dartos 2y ago
  Settlers of catan? Weirdly enough, I’ve never played it
  - MaKey 2y ago
    Probably this one or one of its successors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Settlers_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Settlers_II
    - thebruce87m 2y ago
      That’s the one
fragmede 2y ago
thankfully, the genre has been dissected so there are games like revolution that focus on the warring armies aspect, and games like sim city that focus on the building aspect. and then there are factory games, which is a whole genre unto itself.
- seedboot 2y ago
  The factory must grow.
- eru 2y ago
  Sim City is older than RTS, or at least older than the genre defining RTS of Dune 2. Herzog Zwei release at about the same time as Sim City, and definitely didn't have any influence on it.
Buttons840 2y ago
Clearly we need a team game where you can control the economy and I can control the armies. And if we start to lose we can curse and blame each other.
- 10u152 2y ago
  You can do this is Beyond All Reason - which is the best RTS I've played in years even though it's free/beta.
  - Buttons840 2y ago
    Even better. It's open-source. I've contributed a few small bug fixes myself.