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What happened to the turn based RPG and RTS genres? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by Buttflapper@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Buttflapper@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (10 children)

To be fair, BG3 is one of the most remarkable games I have ever played. Like ever. I have struggled to find other games like that which I really enjoy. Divinity original sin 2 I haven't tried yet but I'm tempted to. Just really struggling to find stuff that's decent and enjoyable I guess

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (7 children)

The graphics are much simpler than BG3, but Owlcat has done some fantastic work with their Pathfinder games.

Wrath of the Righteous is much more polished and expanded than Kingmaker, but they're both great. They both have the option to play in turn-based like BG3, or real time with pause like the old BG games.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wrath of the Righteous is hands down a better game than Baldur's Gate 3 in every observable metric except for graphics and I will gladly die on this hill.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Graphics and voice acting, but only because they randomly stop speaking and go to pure text during dialogue. BG3 also doesn't have Blackwater...

100% agree with the rest. I really hope Owlcat gets inspired by the more dynamic elements/environments from Larian's games though.

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