It springs from a fan favoritebut not a mass hit, and that could be the biggest battle the game faces. “There definitely is a market there for acomplete and fully featured RTS, but the question is whether a newaudience will find the game? If not, then there won’t be much chancefor the genre.”Ĭossacks 3 is not Doom - the hugely popular first-person shooter thatwas remade successfully with modern graphics.
“Cossacks 3 is a modern remake, which means the appeal will benostalgic,” said Chronis. Even when the games are playable, few compare to the latestgraphical updates, so gamers may want the same old favorite with a bitof an update. Video game remakes often tend to stand out, especially on the PC, inpart because the older games often may not be playable on the latesthardware. On the other hand, mobile RTS titles like Clash of Clans siphoned offmainstream users, added Chronis, “so the genre never really left us - itjust got compartmentalized.” A New RTS Audience “On the PC, MOBAscrystallized that trend with new blood, giving many RTS players thenew competitive experiences they were looking for.” “Yet the big trend in RTS games remained competition - as seen withStarCraft in Korea,” he told TechNewsWorld. “When the jump to 3D was made, we saw some action on persistent basesand customizable units, and Creative Assembly has done well leveraginghuge unit numbers with its historical Total War series,” said GeorgeChronis, video game industry analyst for DFC Intelligence. MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) and ARTS (action real-timestrategy) feature similar game play but typically shortermatches than found in most RTS games, which required an hour ormore of game play.Īnother problem was that the same technology leaps that benefitedshooters and action games may have hurt the RTS genre, which typicallyrelied on overhead isometric views. “The RTS genre is alive and well, actually, but it’s evolved intoMOBAs,” said Joost van Dreunen, cofounder and principal analystat Super Data Research. One hurdle facing an RTS comeback is that the gaming market hasexpanded dramatically in the past decade. Science fiction and fantasy genregames - particularly when releasing around hit movies in that samecategory - likely have a higher probability of being a truly breakoutsuccess,” he noted, “but if this game plays as well as it looks, itshould still do surprisingly well.” Gaming Evolution “Certainly, if it does that, other game companies may take interest - butthe industry hasn’t been excited about RTS games for a while, and itwill likely take a breakout success to change that,” said Enderle. GSC Game Works’ approach to being historically accurate could appeal tohistory buffs, but the game may not reach a wider audience, given that science fiction has become the de facto setting for countless action games. “In addition, there are a lot of folks worldwide that like period games.” Don’t Know Much About History If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the VRT noticeboard.The material “may be an issue for the Western markets but should playwell in Europe and Eastern Europe,” Enderle told TechNewsWorld. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2009020610021884. This correspondence has been reviewed by a Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page.
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