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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
RTS has become the cash cow of the gaming industry because they are dumbed down for more casual game players. Games like Starcraft 2 are good and fun, don't get me wrong. But because of this, there is less development into "fringe" games, some of which were very successful in the past. You rarely see simulations anymore, such as Falcon 3.0 and many of the other great Jet Fighter sims. Sub simulations suck these days as well. There were games like Wing Commander and Privateer that are no longer being made because "RTS is where the money is at". Only well established game designers like Sid Meier and Wil Wright do more off the wall stuff. Spore wasn't even that great, but fun. The Sims is unique and a fun game as well. Name something else in the PC world that is unique though...it's really rare these days.
Gone are the days of the Apple ][ when small outfits could put out a game and it was amazing. Red Storm Rising, Ultima, Wizardry, Karateka, F-19 Stealth Fighter....games like these are no longer made.
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/sigh yeah one of my major is complaints is a complete lack of a true flight simulation /space flight simulation game these days. My favorite: X-wing vs TIE Fighter and the later X-wing alliance. Those games were great! I can't imagine how awesome a modernized version would be! but not even a whisper of this from lucas arts :(
And yes, you're correct, there is a LOT more actual strategy in games like Civilization. The name of the game in Stracraft is who can build up the fastest and overwhelm your opponent with numbers. that part of the game is going to lose appeal with me quickly if they don't fix it somehow.