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RTS died when zoomers were like 5, nerd

RTS has been a dead genre since long before Zoomers started buying anything.

I don't think RTS was even big when RTS was big. SC1 and wc3's custom map scenes were way bigger.

A lot of the games that killed the RTS genre were even games from that custom map scene.

(That all being said, it didn't exactly die. Just it didn't grow the way Moba did)

fake news from anon. The problem is that we hit the supply cap/population limit/CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS so no more RTS... sad.

Just kidding, forget about all of those, we have Beyond All Reason: a free and open source RTS game set in space. Actively in development, cross-platform and has a unit cap way higher than any of the RTSs from the 2000s.

4chan; a place where millennials can yell at clouds in peace.

In what world is RTS dead? Strategy games in general have been making a huge comeback in the past five years or so. I would aks if this dude (because we all know it's a dude) lives under a rock, but he's on 4chan so we know he does.

idk I live in South Korea and Starcraft is still going quite strong.

Isn't AoE2 thriving?

??? RTS' require crackhead adhd attention splitting to be good at, not planning and concentration

By their own logic zoomers should be taking to them like fish to water

4x had been dead for a decade before their rebirth. RTS is not even dead. Total war warhammer has great real time tactic and several RTS have been out. Aoe4 came this year. I don't understand what people are missing.

Reminds me of how when Animal Crossing New Horizons released, there were loads of people who would change their console time to accellerate the game's time progression feature and then they were complaining about a lack of content merely weeks later

AoE2 has been going for 2+ decades and is still quite strong.

RTS isn't dead, it just became shittier, runs on smartphones and has lots of micro transactions now

Would kill for another Star Wars RTS in a similar vein of Empire at War

RTS has been on life support for a long time, but there are some community holdouts. People have mentioned AoE already, but check out Supreme Commander which is cheap on Steam and can be played via the Forged Alliance Forever community servers with a custom client, community bug fixes, balance patches, maps, mods, ranked ladder mode, co-op campaign maps, you name it.

I used to like RTS when i was younger, Starcraft, Age of Empires 2, Rise of Nations, Empire Earth, Warcraft 2&3, command and conquer red alert.... nowadays RTS just stresses me out. I think it's the multitasking. I do enough multitasking in my job I I'd like to let my brain rest when I'm done working. I also don't play Sim games like city builders for the same reason. I have had Starcraft 2 installed for years and am only like, 5 missions into the Terran campaign. I want to play it for thr story but the game play just doesn't grab me anymore.

Civ 6 is huge. Cities Skylines is great. Age of Empires is still huge and got republished. Company of Heroes is excellent. Total War never ends. Ridiculous.

RA2 Yuris revenge was best game ever. Even the cut scenes where the best cut scenes ever.

Shortly followed by zeus mater of Olympus.

Which they made new versions if those games. He'll I'd even go for a remaster with expansion pack.

They're attacking the Malon Trees!

We need Battle for Middle Earth 3.

Well, a Stronghold Remake (Remaster?) just dropped and it's exactly what I was looking for. It's probably the nostalgia speaking, but it's still a damn good game.

The genre was dead before Gen Z was alive. Maybe they lack those skills because they don't have any RTS. Ever think about that, anon?

The fact that I immediately recognised Red Alert 2 on the Paris map fills me with nostalgia.