Why rts is no longer popular? What do you think makes rts popular? What direction are the recently released rts games going?
Rts is no longer popular because it has nothing innovative, there are no tournaments to attract new players. Rts currently has nothing innovative that is different from other new game genres. In terms of graphics, many new games will attract players, but the graphics in rts are only a secondary factor. The main factor that makes rts boom is the novelty of gameplay and tactics. At that time, the rts game line carried two golden keys combined together: tactics and gameplay. Many people can remember tactics, but the headache is tricks. When games today are gradually abandoning tricks, making the game simple and only having tactics, people just want to play chess more than playing rts. Tricks are what you have to optimize for tactics to work, and tactics are just the basics in rts.
RTS games differ from strategy games or chess in the ability to make the set tactics work, not just using counters to win. Games that use counters to win will cause everyone to get stuck in a rut and the game will gradually decline. Tournaments will now make the audience know most of the scenario in advance, no longer the sudden changes that are more like playing chess.