Poll - Your favorite Real Time Strategy series?

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Kenryoku_Maxis said:

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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Wow, I'm completely shocked to see Age of Empires winning.

And that's my vote as well. I've loved it ever since I stated back on AOE2. And I loved it even more when AOE3 came out, eventhough a lot of the 'hardcore' fans hated it and just stuck with AOE2. Which in my opinion, is why the series is on life support. AOE: The Asian Dynasties was probably the best point of the series in my opinion.

In what era should AoE 4 take place? World War 1?  Any good ideas?

 

I actually think AOE should start over.  Meaning, go back to a pre-colonial time setting.  Perhaps even pre-Roman time such as the Persian/Greco Wars or even redo the concept Age of Mythologies was going for, but with a more realistic setting with realistic units/world.  People seemed to be turned off by the move forward with AOE III and its late 17th Century pre-Industrialization setting, though it did give a lot more gameplay options (and a LOT more units/races to control).  Going back and starting the series over at an earlier time might just revive the series, as well as set it apart from nearly all the other RTS series out right now which are mostly set in modern/SciFI futuristic settings.

What if they went all "Alpha Centauri" and really innovated the RTS genre?