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G2ThaUNiT on 25 July 2024
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LegitHyperbole said:
G2ThaUNiT said:

Yeah I've read theories that the Strategy community was very sizeable in the 90s/early 2000s, but the community didn't really grow much beyond that while the rest of the industry shot past it like a rocket lol. So while the community never left, it just pales in comparison to the rest of the games industry. Became a "dad" genre, which ironically is how I got into Strategy games

I definitely remember as a kid, Real-Time Strategy was always one of the biggest genres in gaming. Whether it was Age of Empires, StarCraft, Warcraft, Command & Conquer, Homeworld, Total Annihilation, Rise of Nations, Empire Earth, or even a Star Wars game called Galactic Battlegrounds, there were so many major RTS releases that would make headlines and are still recognizable names to this day. Hell, StarCraft literally became the sport of South Korea for well over a decade lol. 

But there's definitely other sub genres that take a ludicrous amount of time like you mentioned. If you're playing Civilization, pretty much any Paradox Interactive game, then you're going to be spending hours upon hours on a single game, and that's if you're well acquainted on how the game plays.

So there certainly will be certain sub-genres that will forever remain niche, but it is nice knowing that the genre still thrives in many ways, albeit primarily through certain franchises lol. Civilization VII is getting a full reveal next month and it will be on consoles day one, so I'm willing to bet it will bring down the skill ceiling to where it's as approachable as possible.

Unicorn Overlord is currently my GOTY, so I highly recommend!

Yep. I still play Starcraft and Age of empires 3 from time to time and they are still fun. Civ 7 hitting consoles day one is a bad sign if ya ask me, they'll focus on the wrong things but hell, I wouldn't mind if they managed to make it more accessible in QoL and visual features but keeping the complexity and yeah, looking forward to Univorn Overlord when I can get around to it, Got a 7 hour demo installed so I'll definitely not be wasting my money if I don't gel with it. 

Same! Age of Mythology is probably my favorite Age game, but as far as mainline games go, AoE 3 is my favorite. Which is a pretty unpopular opinion lol. But StarCraft holds up beautifully! I would be playing Warcraft 3 religiously, my favorite game of all time, if Blizzard hadn't royally fucked up the remake! I still have my original boxed copy but it's pretty worthless since the license key was used 2 decades ago

Oooof. That is a huge concern for me with Civ 7. I wasn't a huge fan of Civ 6. The graphics and presentation were definitely made with mobile in mind. Gameplay was fun enough, but it was so obviously streamlined for mass market appeal. Holding out final judgement for the full reveal. I wish Sid Meier would make an Alpha Centauri 2, but I honestly don't know what level of development he does anymore these days.