I believe so

That too, but then pretty much any game these days has kids in it (GTA5 is a good example despite it being a game for teens and adults).

I guess those can be improvements in gameplay but nothing that defined the genre for the next few years like the Heroes did (with MOBAs).

There was an RTS that released a few year after WC3 called Armies of Exigo which did something completely different in terms of having different levels on maps, having caves below…

They also lack any sort of diversity, yes you have numerous different heroes with a series of skills and abilities, but at the end of the day the whole gameplay idea remains the same, there is little room for experimentation since each base has a fortified set of buildings and minions which prevents you from doing any…

Besides Heroes, not much else actually.

I love games that have a “childish” style to them as long as they are competent games.

I think it was free for everyone, PS+ subscribers or not, I could be wrong though.

Ok? so what should I play then?

Ill be honest, never in a million years I would have played or payed for the first game, but then we got it for free in late 2014 on PS4 so Im glad we did because it was a lot of charming fun.

Although Ive been sort of disappointed with multiplayer only games lately (Battlefront, Evolve) so I might wait a little and…

And thats exactly the problem in a way, RTS sort of killed itself by promoting twitchy, fast gameplay over prolongue combat with interesting units and strategies.

We live in an age where people want to play something quick for a few minutes, either because they lack time or interest.

This is why MOBAs and Call of Duty…

I agree with you completely, I liked the slower paced nature of some of the earlier RTS games too like WC2 and Age of Empires. However people quickly found strategies and build orders to increase production of resources and units and this eventually was something the developers worked into the game, thus alienating…

Although not the best of examples, Halo Wars and Universe at War were 2 console examples that I think worked well, but not perfectly.

I do understand not being able to transition from PC to console hurts sales, but then RTS was never attempted to become a staple genre on consoles despite numerous attempts.

However…

Even when SC2 came out and I played it day one, I felt like the game brought too little to the table, it was mostly a visual upgrade to the original (and not for the better).

The story was terrible, some of the units were nice, but in general it didnt feel like the game wanted to push forward in terms of what it could…

The problem with MOBAs is that they are basically, RTS trimmed down. Instead of armies of 200 units, you only command 1, everything about most MOBAs today is still based on how RTS worked from the top down view, to the movement, the base and minion set up, if you played RTS you can see its DNA through and through.

Now…

Honestly, RTS was having problems as a genre in the early 2000s, after games like WarCraft 3, Age of Mythology and Homeworld 2, there seemed to be little development into gameplay, mostly on graphics.

There seemed to be a few RTS around in the late 2000s with Age of Empires 3, Universe at War, Halo Wars and others, but…

Shame its not the same for RTS, literally no one is making them anymore, instead making more and more MOBAs due to how popular that genre has become.

MOBAs should have never been developed if it meant the death of RTS.

I loved Defiance a lot when it came out, even got the Collector’s Edition which was great!

Sadly I feel as if the game arrived too late on the last generation’s life cycle and its success was quickly stolen by Destiny a year later.

I wish I would have played the game a bit more, but I moved on to PS4 and I honestly…

Kiki’s Delivery Service is one of my favorite, it also feels like a growing up movie too.

Well its not bigoted since its true, silly Creationists.

Im so sad I never played this, it came out too late in the last console generation’s life cycle and I wasn’t buying games for the 360 anymore so I skipped this.

They should definetely make a sequel or a remaster!