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:

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That's like preferring Diablo over Fallout

  • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    I like RTS way more than turn based strategy but i basically only play StarCraft because it's the only RTS with an active 1v1 ladder

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I always prefer TBS. RTS games feel a lot more based on reflexes and fast action to me, while turn-based games let me focus on pure strategy.

      • Acute_Engles [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        RTS can be about speed and reflexes certainly but it's also about managing your own effective actions as though they are another resource. Flying a dropship into the back of your base while pushing the front seems tough when viewed but realistically unless I'm a pro gamer god I'm probably only really controlling the army at the front and using the dropship as a distraction. Forcing you to split your attention.

        For a single player experience I quite enjoy TBS but playing against humans it's so much more fun to me to play RTS

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I grew up loving StarCraft but I really dislike base building. The best 1v1 RTS for my money is Wargame: Red Dragon, though it suffers from a tiny playerbase.