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On The Ascent And Descent Of The RTS

Posted by simoniker on from the peaking-over-troughs dept.

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."

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  1. Related: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    News.com.com.com is running a related story about RTS

  2. Re:Innovative RTS Games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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