New Steam RTS is basically a surprise Command and Conquer sequel
New Steam RTS is basically a surprise Command and Conquer sequel
Command and Conquer may be missing in action, but a new Steam RTS serves as the spiritual return of Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn, and the other ‘90s classics.
I realise I should link the game to allow people to skip the clickbait title
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Nice one, I miss playing those games. Any idea of format?
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What do you mean by format? I played it at PAX.
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How’d you like it?
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It's modern enough but old school. I had barely sampled C&C back in the day (this game, I'm told, is a lot like C&C3), but I played a ton of StarCraft, and the mission they gave on the show floor was definitely great for showing off the unit escalation and rock paper scissors of it all. If you're looking for another one of those, there's a good chance they nailed it. For me, however, I think I'd like to see a different take on the genre, at least for multiplayer. The fog of war would instill a sense of dread in me that no amount of scouting could ever alleviate, and while winning a game of an RTS is super empowering, losing felt so awful that I'm not sure I want to do it again. They're seemingly not changing anything drastic and just making another one of those, which is fine, because there aren't a lot of those. I'm much less interested in playing games with a mouse these days, but somehow this game has full controller support listed on the store page. I know AOE2 got updated with clever controller options, but like I said; they're not rocking the boat with this game, so it's surprising that they somehow have controller inputs working. When I played the demo, it was on a mouse and keyboard.
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