7deadc No.338
Seeing as this board actually talks about games (unlike /v/)
What do you guys think the future of classic style rts games are?
With the exception of a few games like world of goo, the market really hasn't seen any big old school rts games in awhile.
fdafd1 No.339
I think the market is dying out for competetive RTS games as they're getting overshadowed by easier to understand ASSFAGGOTS, but the "for fun" genre of RTS games isn't going anywhere anytime soon. I'm looking forward to the new Cossacks game that was announced in december.
http://nichegamer.net/2014/12/gsc-gameworlds-new-game-is-actually-cossacks-3/ 08faf4 No.342
>>339 This guy gets it.
ASSFAGGOTS require less of a time commitment, both to git gud and to play a round of, so they appeal to people with shorter attention spans (i.e.: fucking well everyone these days).
New Cossacks sounds mint, though: thanks for sharing that one.
fdafd1 No.346
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfRqrxGQQg4The guys behind Wargame, RUSE and Act of War (Eugen Systems) are making yet another extremely blandly named RTS title called Act of Aggression that I'm looking forward to.
7deadc No.680
Actually from what i can see from the time i posted this is there seems to be a re-surge of rts games coming
9aae96 No.686
Did anybody play Grey Goo? I was interested up until release, when the full price was revealed and apparently some people were experiencing performance problems, so I decided to wait.
Re: ASSFAGGOTS
I really don't think they actually require less of a time commitment to play. They have a far lower skill ceiling and the gameplay is stale, but they require a huge time investment on the part of the players. Because of the focus on team-based competitive play you're expected to play even a losing match out the full duration with baddie pubs or face consequences. You're expected to know the ins and outs of what is regardless a shallow game yet with a steep knowledge curve, so you end up studying shit that isn't meaningful and gets turned on its head at the next patch.
I play FPS primarily but each round is shorter, with most matches lasting 15-20 mins each and drop-in/drop-out play. A match of League on the other hand requires you to play anywhere upwards of 30 minutes for a single match, you will probably lose a lot, and over all it just feels really unrewarding.
At least with classic RTS it was considered bm to let a match drag on any more than it needed to. in Dota/LoL it's almost considered necessary because you "play to win".
800112 No.918
>>686I got it and honestly i liked how it went back to a more mid 2000s rts gameplay and i'm really hoping to see more games go in that direction
PS. wait till the price goes down
a6b322 No.1028
>>918
Does it still have an active-ish playerbase? Do you see potential for growth in it? I've been interested in it after seeing that it was being developed by former Westwood devs (though honestly statements like that don't mean anything anymore) but the hope is still there.
d1ce8d No.1029
Custom games for Dota 2 are out (in "beta", but still). Pretty sure there's already been some people that tried to add base building and other classic RTS mechanics. Won't take long until somebody tries a full-blown clone of BW or WC3. Kinda ironic when you think about it.
bb3462 No.1043
>>339
Cossacks 3? No way. I've been a fan since the 90s. EW was one of my first video games. I'm looking at some of the media and it looks pretty cool. I can't wait to play it. I hope they won't mess it like what happens to most modern games.