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The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 89 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (21 children)

I disagree with this premise. I think games like age of empires and StarCraft had mass appeal and success. They brought in audiences who don't normally like games, and broadly were well received by young, old, and different genders. Especially age of empires 2.

Modern RTS games are just (mostly) sloppy, unfinished, cashgrabs with no vision. They suffer the most from the transition to 3d as well. If a major studio actually put work and time into a polished, 2d, isometric, RTS that wasn't solely focused on being an esport, I think there is a major vacuum for them to fill.

[–] Renacles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Are we going to pretend Age of Empires 4 doesn't exist? The last expansion outsold every single one from AoE2.

[–] peanuts4life@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn't realize that it sold so well! That's good to hear it is successful. I'm not over the moon with the game, but I did get 30 hours or so out of it, and don't think it's bad at all. My biggest annoyance was that it felt too similar to AOE 2, which I saw as the superior game at launch. Still, that's a bit of bias from an old gamer, lol. I think it's fun!

[–] Renacles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The game had a really rough launch, I'm not surprised you got that impression if you played it back then.

I'd give it another shot, everything from gameplay to graphics has been overhauled since.

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