For the first time ever, the RTS-genre gets a chance at being in the spotlight So tell us games are you going to play or are looking forward to ???

  • simple@lemm.ee
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    18 hours ago

    I Highly, highly recommend Against the Storm if nobody has played it yet. Fantastic city builder roguelike with a gorgeous atmosphere and interesting world.

  • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Victoria 2 was the gateway that finally got me into Paradox Games. Most people seem to think it’s better than Victoria 3. It’s only $4.99 right now (75% off). Victoria is an economics/trade simulator with simulated populations/demand. So your goal is to try to make a lot of money on whatever resources you choose–lumber, cotton, etc, while also providing enough to meet the demand of your population/grow various populations.

    After I played that, Crusader Kings 3 got its claws into me.

    Victoria 2 is easy to recommend. However, it’s tough to recommend Crusader Kings 3 and other modern Paradox games with their shitty DLC model. I’ve frankly pirated it all.

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      9 hours ago

      Wholeheartedly agree with your take on CK3. Considering how greedy they are with their DLC policy, you‘d at least think they‘d be able to get proper multi-core optimizations into their engine so games don‘t grind to a halt lategame…

      I did the Lingua Franca achievement in CK3 before mods etc. were allowed for it (essentially a world conquest challenge), and lategame was crazy slow while my CPU was snoozing.

      Also it feels to me like the more DLCs they add the more forced/unpolished it gets, the features don’t fit in nicely, but that‘s just my personal opinion. Also lots of oversights in text when I last played.

      It‘s a great game regardless which honestly should be pirated, or the base game bought and pirate the rest. The DLC policy is just batshit insane. Don‘t they even have a monthly DLC subscription for some games? Like fuck off lol

  • solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 hours ago

    I think any fan of the genre should check out

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/334920/ZeroK/

    Active development, amazing and customizable controls (seriously, is you’ve ever been frustrated fighting controls in an RTS, they’ve thought of solutions), and an extensive campaign that serves as a unit tutorial (not the most engaging story is my only regret).

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      17 hours ago

      I keep hearing about ZeroK and Beyond All-Reason. What are the major differences between the two and how do these compare with Sup Com FAF, TA and such?

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        16 hours ago

        Zero K is uglier but has a full campaign, more units, and is less micro intensive.

        BAR has better graphics and tiers of units ala classic TA (zero K is flatter), and more active multiplayer.

        They both have Total Annihilation as a distant ancestors.

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      21 hours ago

      When it comes to controls, the number one thing I’m looking for is controller support, but I don’t see the tag there. I don’t suppose they’re supported and just not listed?

  • ZeroOne@lemmy.worldOP
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    12 hours ago

    Who are those assclowns disliking this ? Seriously (It’s just me expressing my excitement)?<br> Anyways I’m looking forward to these RTS & Strategy games:

    • Tempest rising
    • Dying Breed
    • Red Chaos
    • D.O.R.F
    • Global Conflagaration
    • Menace
    • Falling Frontier
    • emb@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      I upvoted the post, but the caps and mulitple exclamation marks tempted me not too. Feels a little overbearing.

      But overall, I guess I’m more glad to see the excitement than I am annoyed by the yelling.

  • Lad@reddthat.com
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    21 hours ago

    Call to Arms: Gates of Hell - Ostfront looks good. RTS with direct command.

    I literally just bought the regular CTA game 2 days ago lmao