On The Ascent And Descent Of The RTS

Thanks to GameSpot for their guest 'GameSpotting' editorial discussing the perceived decline of the real-time strategy genre. The author argues: "While there have been unusual bright spots on the RTS gaming scene, the overall look of it is pretty grim. Most games offer very little when it comes to revitalizing the genre, and eventually they even fail in rekindling old interests that faded away when we let go of Command & Conquer and Warcraft." He finishes with a call to arms, citing Command & Conquer: Generals ("[a] dearth of interesting strategies") and Age Of Mythology ("[offering a] rote formula") as examples of this lack of innovation, and urging: "Only you can stop the market from regurgitating the same old titles, and maybe even encourage it to make a few nudges in the right direction."

Comments

big hitter required

[DrSkwid]

The RTS world needs a big hitter to put it back in the charts.

But no innovation?

Bullfrog has looked after us well.

How about Dungeon Keeper & Black and White.

Both are as RTS as they come but did an admirable job of putting the raw mechanics of '5x = 1y' behind the theme.

It was a sad day to learn that Dungeon Keeper 3 put on hold indefinately

I don't think that the Total War series really fits into the RTS genre considering the time spent in the turn based portion of the game.

I've been hankering after some RTS action recently but don't feel like revisiting.

Re:Total Annihilation was one of the best games ev

[Recoil_42]

Actually, it IS his decision to make, and *drumroll please*, [b]hes made that decision.[/b]

Expect the "spiritual succesor to TA in 2005-2006, after DS2 (Dungeon Siege 2) is released.

Apparently its already started, although its really low-key till DS2 is released.. they're mainly making it almost as a hobby for now.. adding bits here and there at their leisure.

how can you be assured i know what im talking about?
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