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What happened to the turn based RPG and RTS genres? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I remember fondly the days of playing Heroes of Might and Magic II, never played HOMM3 or anything after, but as I looked at the latest and most "recent" heroes games... they're all rated/reviewed SO harshly. Apparently, they never gained steam like the earlier titles. RTS seems to have the same issue, tapering off. Starcraft is basically dried up and dead, and we never got another Warcraft unfortunately. Even WC3 Reforged was a total flop/disaster, people were hoping one day to get Warcraft 4. Would've been nice, honestly.... But it never happened. as of today, I can't find a single RTS or RPG I actually enjoy that isn't some old 'classic'.

What happened to these genres?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I started replaying the original ffVii on my steam deck, now. Using several 7th Heaven mods that really make the game look and sound like it didn't come from the PS1 Era. It's a slow start, but so far it's still shaping up to be the great game I remember playing 25+ years ago.

Plus, unlike the remake, it's all one game instead of 3+ take your money releases across two or three console generations.