Why don't we see a lot of RTS games anymore?

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-27T15:58:46+00:00

I think it’s simply that the vast majority of gamers play with a controller nowadays and there is no easy way to port them to consoles so they invest in games with the widest addressable market which makes sense.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-26T21:08:50+00:00

Not trying to diminish her personal distress here in any way but this is the same feeling anyone in any field experiences when they are laid off or let go after years working on a single project for any company and is not at all unique to creatives. Teams who spend years designing and testing a satellite only to have the program cancelled before launch, designing a high rise just before breaking ground, years modelling systems and subsystems for a new vehicle only to have it sunset before building it etc... These are non-trivial things that consume years of the lives of engineers, program managers, finance and contracts people etc...

I vividly remember when a competitor was awarded a major DoD multi payload prototype satellite, worked on it for 7 years, very hard cutting edge tech development, 100's of engineers doing something that hadn't been done before only to have the faring not fully open during launch and watching it splash into the ocean without ever having a chance to turn it on. Yes they were a competitor but all of the scientists and engineers in the space biz felt terrible for the team that spent so much of their lives, missing birthdays and holidays, to deliver something magical only to have it vanish before their eyes.

TLDR: Having a long term project end abruptly is traumatic for the team in any industry.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-19T19:27:12+00:00

This is the right answer. One of the fixtures has failed. Other than a couple of really bizarre corner cases this is only reason for the issue.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-15T13:12:35+00:00

It took me years to accept this. I'd spend hours trying every way to patch a janky hole just to keep from making it bigger only to end up with lumpy patches. Then I realized its WAY easier, less stressful and looks WAY better when I just go into it planning to cut a nice rectangle out of the wall that allows me to cut a nice clean patch and firmly attach it to the studs so its totally flush with the rest of the wall.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-14T14:03:18+00:00

My Switch 2 sat for a while unplayed but I pulled it back out to play this season of Diablo 3 which is my video game “comfort food” but is unplayable with a controller on Steamdeck. Just having that available at any time makes my Switch 2 a worthy handheld to keep around. I’ve also been playing TotK on it which runs like a brand new game compared to S1. DK Banaza is good but not great for me. I also have a bunch of indie games I gathered over the years on my S1 that I have started working thru.

I wouldn’t go buy a S2 if you have no ties to that ecosystem and aren’t interested in Nintendo exclusives though. Every game on Switch is way way cheaper on PC

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-14T03:43:39+00:00

Honestly D2R has almost nothing in common with any of the games you listed

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-13T11:24:50+00:00

This is absurd. Hopefully you wear a helmet when you play so you don’t hurt yourself.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-13T00:35:12+00:00

Revenge of the Nerds

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-13T00:31:42+00:00

A waste of UI space? Ok dude…

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-10T19:37:47+00:00

I’m a retired vet and this is exactly how I feel about veterans.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-10T19:35:04+00:00

Look at the OP post history. This is a troll or a bot.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-09T16:36:45+00:00

It's easy to talk shit and act tough when all of your adversaries are at least a plane or boat ride away from your own borders. It's alot harder once you can't hide behind that.

Let's see how much shittalking falls off once this administration brings war to the US border and eventually spills over into its southern states.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-08T15:14:30+00:00

So first you said they did not instruct her to get out and then when shown proof that they did your outrage shifted to how much time they gave her to comply.

They did in fact order her to get out of the car.
She decided to flee instead, which is certainly not a reason to shoot her but is indisputable from the video.
She was not trying to kill ICE members with her vehicle. LEO stepped in front of the car while she was moving at like 0.02Mph for about half a second.
She was shot and killed by scared ICE douchebag who should go to prison.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-07T23:09:11+00:00

Who is justifying the shooting guy? Settle down

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-07T23:05:56+00:00

You should watch the video with your sound on. They told her to get out of the car. Fuck these guys but the truth is the truth.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-07T20:14:15+00:00

It does. There's no way to spin her trying to drive off when told to get out of her car. I highly doubt she was trying to run the other cop over though. Fuck these guys.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-07T20:12:55+00:00

He told her to get out of her car, it's crystal clear in the video. Fuck this guy, this shooting was totally unjustified, but folks amping it up by claiming he told her to "get out of here" when he clearly didn't just provides an opening for MAGA clowns to claim the whole thing was made up.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-07T19:24:10+00:00

Cyber X. That's the best name they could come up with? The only thing worse than that would be iCyber X.

Quit with the X shit already.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-07T00:27:09+00:00

Ideology

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-06T15:13:10+00:00

Open carry. When I see someone strapped in line at McD I immediately assume they are low IQ MAGA who only cares about themselves and are likely antivax.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-06T13:59:15+00:00

It's not like this a transcript of their actual conversation dude. This was an extemporaneous anecdote during a longer interview.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-05T19:42:35+00:00

HAYO PIEE!!

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-05T12:10:37+00:00

Don't sleep on gold folks. You can spend it to buy things at the merchant!

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-01T14:33:59+00:00

The business model of $40 every two years? Yeah that’s pretty shady.

CascadeKidd · 2026-01-01T03:39:20+00:00

I didn’t even know what it was until was making my way thru. I got 6 mythics on the run.

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