PC gamers in the mid-to-late 90s apparently started turning up their noses at turn-based strategy games in favour of the new hotness of the Command & Conquers and Warcrafts of the day

A review of X-Com Apocalypse from the time:

"to be honest, the new real-time combat is so good I really can't see why anyone would want to play the much slower (and often infuriating) turn-based tactical game"

:kitty-cri-screm:

spoiler

That's like preferring Diablo over Fallout

        • ssjmarx [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Early MMORPGs

          What if we hooked up their credit card directly to the cabinet, and also continued to sell them arbitrary bits of code for a premium markup?

          Modern MMORPGs