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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

RTS just fell out of favour and isn't popular as a genre anymore. StarCraft was the only one that endured, and even that was a niche interest. If the genre had any appeal then someone else would have taken up the mantle (as we saw with MobA's).

Subscription gaming was going to happen regardless.

[–] Pika 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I miss my RTS topdown style games, I could never get into WCII but like, I agree its a dying genre

[–] imaqtpie 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Beyond All Reason is building some pretty good momentum. It's more of a TA/Supreme Commander style RTS, so a bit different compared to Warcraft. But it's a modern RTS in active development and growing userbase, which is pretty rare over the past decade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] imaqtpie 1 points 1 month ago

You know what that means. Time to build a new rig 😅

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

wdym lol, AOE2DE has 22k playing right now, which is Diablo 4 tier player count, slightly behind rpgs like Skyrim or Cyberpunk 2077