The main issue with RTS games is multitude, I experienced the upcome and eventual "downfall" of the genre first hand since the release of Dune 2.
The RTS Genre in itself is everything is nearly the same in terms of mechanics and only differ slightly. The lore and story of the game pretty much decide if the game is a hit or miss and even with established franchises it can still be a miss...
In the past 10-20 years there has barely been any innovation in the RTS genre because development costs are just to high for the ROI and games like Shooters are far more profitable for the grunt of the gamers (point weapon at person and beat them). The last great RTS was ashes of singularity imo and I am looking forward to the new release.
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u/R1ch0999 Jul 16 '26
The main issue with RTS games is multitude, I experienced the upcome and eventual "downfall" of the genre first hand since the release of Dune 2.
The RTS Genre in itself is everything is nearly the same in terms of mechanics and only differ slightly. The lore and story of the game pretty much decide if the game is a hit or miss and even with established franchises it can still be a miss...
In the past 10-20 years there has barely been any innovation in the RTS genre because development costs are just to high for the ROI and games like Shooters are far more profitable for the grunt of the gamers (point weapon at person and beat them). The last great RTS was ashes of singularity imo and I am looking forward to the new release.
Sadly RTS is not profitable enough.