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Old 08-06-2010, 05:08 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Brokinarrow View Post
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.
That's one reason that Total Annihilation (TA) is my favorite RTS of all time. Supreme Commander (SC) was the more recent version of that.

What made TA and SC good was that you pretty much started with your most powerful unit. You can't Zerg Rush or overwhelm your opponent early in the game because the starting unit was powerful. It could build, but it could also stop pretty much any minor early attacks. This gave you a chance to build up defenses a little and made it so that you could build up your tech trees a little bit before truly getting attacked in any way that could kill you.
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