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Op Ed

[Feb 07, 2013, 9:29 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Tiny Little Frogs - RTS’s aren’t dying. They’re waiting. By Stardock CEO Brad Wardell.
The third phase games can be broadly described by the technology under them: 64-bit memory, massively multithreaded. And these 3rd phase RTSs will be breathtakingly beautiful to look at, have amazing scope and micro AI (sophisticated rules for units interacting with one another without human involvement) that is astounding.

Publishers aren’t approving these designs not because there isn’t demand. There is. The problem is you can’t make a game that only a fraction of the player base can currently play.

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Re: Op Ed

Feb 8, 2013, 22:57

Orogogus

I feel like a game with thousands of units is basically the Total Annihilation model, and we probably don't need more than a few of those on the market. The same way that the majority of FPSes aren't Battlefield, I wouldn't think gamers necessarily want every game to have thousands of high fidelity units. It's just a lot to manage, and going in different directions a la MOBAs, Tower Defense games, FTL seems more like a viable pathway than a glut of RTS games with 10,000 units with individually modeled bayonets or flak batteries fighting it out.

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Comment [quote="Orogogus"Feb 8, 2013, 22:57]I feel like a game with thousands of units is basically the Total Annihilation model, and we probably don't need more than a few of those on the market. The same way that the majority of FPSes aren't Battlefield, I wouldn't think gamers necessarily want every game to have thousands of high fidelity units. It's just a lot to manage, and going in different directions a la MOBAs, Tower Defense games, FTL seems more like a viable pathway than a glut of RTS games with 10,000 units with individually modeled bayonets or flak batteries fighting it out. [/quote]

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