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[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

what's the last good RTS?

there's a bunch of stuff that doesn't get made anymore and we lost things like Dragon Age: Origins interesting mechanics into MMO-style garbage because EA wanted console sales.

innovations in the business model from mobile game slot machines have been ruining regular games for a decade or more, etc.

[–] MeetMeAtTheMovies@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago

Capital doesn’t ruin video games because of an excess of diversity though, which is the point

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really like Eugen Systems' RTS'. Steel Division II for WW2, Wargame: Red Dragon/WARNO for cold war, Act of Aggression for a more traditional base builder RTS in the vein of Command and Conquer.

I'd like to see somebody take on real modern warfare, where $200 drones can take out $20M tanks, in their style.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’d like to see somebody take on real modern warfare, where $200 drones can take out $20M tanks, in their style.

Cult of multiplayer balance would immediately declare lack of balance and spam game forums until devs would make every potential build equally boring.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 4 points 20 hours ago

I'm imagining the final state of game balance is the most doomer depiction of warfare imaginable - both sides have real people, but all of the shooting is done by drones of all kinds, making the game basically just a human suffering simulator.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago

Pioneers of Pagonia