If there is a genre out there that has sat pretty stagnant, it's probably the RTS. In most cases you're put on a flat map, given a bunch of soldiers, told to build something and then told to defeat someone by some general in a room. Personal stories are out the window, and becoming invested in what is actually a war that kills thousands of people is almost impossible thanks to your God-like disconnection from the battlefield. In short, while the rest of gaming has moved onto epic storylines and truly powerful tales, the RTS, which is a genre ripe for telling epic stories, has pretty much done nothing.
Square Enix and Gas Powered Games are hoping to change all this with Supreme Commander 2. By bringing together Square Enix's well known love of story driven gaming and Gas Powered's epic RTS heritage the two are hoping to make an RTS like you've never seen before.
VGChatz's Taneli Palola: "There's no question that during these years the overall popularity of the genre took a significant hit, as most games within it specialized even further by adding new elements from other types of games into their gameplay loops and consequently became increasingly niche as the years wore on.
However, this doesn't in any way mean that the period was devoid of great games. Quite the contrary, in fact. Arguably some of the greatest RTS titles ever made came out around this time, and much of this was because many developers were increasingly familiar and comfortable with adding new twists and gameplay elements to the familiar formula. As such, even when the genre's popularity dwindled, many studios were still creating excellent and groundbreaking titles almost every year, just for a smaller audience than in years past."
those were fun years red alert star craft command and conquer well when westwood studio made good games before EA brought them like bioware...
Aside from C&C 4, the other C&C's from EA were all good/great. The genre nose dived once Moba's rose in popularity, even Petroglyph Games (ex-Westwood employees) haven't had a hit since Star Wars: Empire at War (2006), all there games got abandoned after launch.
DSOGaming writes: "Remember Supreme Commander 2? You know, the strategy game that came out in 2010 and featured A LOT of units on screen? Well, for those three people that still remember and play it, modder ‘purplelf’ released a new mod that allows gamers to play the single-player campaign in co-op mode."
Neil writes "The Xbox Games With Gold scheme for March 2016 is nearly in play, bringing four new free games for Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners. But is the program actually worth getting excited about? Are the Games With Gold titles for March 2016 actually any good, or is it just another waste of your precious download limits?
Well, March is most definitely going to be a bit of a slow burner, but it'll finish on a note that is higher than anything we've seen before."
Can't wait to get stuck into Sherlock again, it got lost in my backlog but having it on digital will encourage me to venture back in.
LOtF is a Dark Souls rip-off, in the good kind of way, albeit far easier ...that said its a pretty decent, yet short power fantasy light RPG with good visuals.
Now that's free its even better! Give it a try!
Never felt like playing full price for Lords Of The Fallen, but I will definitely DL that game and play it. And since there seems to be a lot interest in Sherlock Holmes, I guess I will try that as well.
I'm playing it right now, it's actually a very fun game. Very rewarding when you figure out how to kill an enemy for the first time.
Awesome, i'm so psyched for this game. Need more Supcom 2 news...
Any RTS fans should check this puppy out, and even Demigod while you wait, they just released more more Demigods via update, it's a great game with a lot of replayability.
Cheers BIoodmask, keep up the good work.
This game is preety bland and boring. Age of Empires 3 is so much better, but Microsoft closed Ensemble. After the millions of gold account money, they still closed a studio.