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I'm waiting for the clock to come down on The Long Journey Home because
- Looks kinda like No Man's Sky
- Thematically a love child of Tharsis and FTL
- All built around the gameplay of Lunar Lander...
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(May 29th, 2017, 20:34)antisocialmunky Wrote: I'm waiting for the clock to come down on The Long Journey Home because
- Looks kinda like No Man's Sky
- Thematically a love child of Tharsis and FTL
- All built around the gameplay of Lunar Lander...
I've got that one pegged to keep an eye on; something about previews suggesting kin to Star Control II. Let us know how it shakes out.
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Played Overwatch on the free weekend and decided to buy it.
Even though I'm bad at FPS its still good quick fun, short games mean you can play a couple then leave without much time commitment.
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May 31st, 2017, 02:55
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I'm always surprised how people on this forum play all kind of games except RTS or similar sub-categories
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(May 31st, 2017, 02:55)AdrienIer Wrote: I'm always surprised how people on this forum play all kind of games except RTS or similar sub-categories
You say as I was just getting back into Starcraft, watching the latest ASL and getting ready for BW:Remastered 
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Ok maybe it's just the posts in this thread that are about everything but strategy 
I'm liking Normandy 44 Steel Division so far, but I don't know how many people I know are going to play it
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I somehow lost in RTS around the age of 18, quite completely. Last thing I spent any serious time playing was Starcraft 2 just for old times sake, but mostly kept thinking "why am I doing this". I have since bought Wargame, and a bunch of other stuff off sales, but never could get into anything.
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RTS hasn't really existed for a while, with Starcraft being the exception that proves the rule. I watched a video by a LOL streamer (talking about the differences between it and HotS) and he brought up an interesting point: RTS is about managing micro and macro, and that's too hard for the average player. As such, it split into two genres with wide acceptance: macro-focus moved to the 4X genre (especially now that it's more accessible to the mass market) while micro-focus created the MOBA genre. I know I've had trouble getting into SC2--even just the campaign has had trouble grabbing me, much less the MP (which I think I tried the tutorials for back during my first attempt where I got through the demo content, but nothing more). Part of the problem is that when/if I make another run at the game I'm going to have to relearn it for certain.
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The Eugen games (RUSE, the Wargame series) have been flying the flag for RTS too. I would argue that RTS is about managing micro and macro *quickly*, which means that 4X is not an exact replacement for that side of it. Still, fine by me as I'm better at games the longer I can spend thinking about them.
As to what I've been playing recently:
Twilight Struggle (MP online tournament)
XCOM Long War (inspired by the SG here)
Axes and Acres (uses simple rules with difficult goals to achieve a great strategy experience; adapts its difficulty to your skill level)
June 1st, 2017, 04:59
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(June 1st, 2017, 04:41)rho21 Wrote: The Eugen games (RUSE, the Wargame series) have been flying the flag for RTS too.
Have you tried the new one Steel division ?
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