Starcraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch

Re:Starcraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch by bagacrap on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @11:38AM (#15644836)

Is there an RTS that will replace it (besides bw)? RTS may be a relative niche but that doesn't mean it's disappearing. Lots of traditional sports persist indefinitely without ever reaching the popularity of (either kind of) football. To some extent, the less popular the sport the purer it remains as it's less likely to be subsumed by profit motives.

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Re:Starcraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch by oneweekwonder on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @03:45PM (#15647429)

Little bit tongue in the cheek but littlewargame can be a contender :)

http://www.littlewargame.com/

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Re:Starcraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch by plopz on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @12:25PM (#15645390)

I think SC2 is in a pretty good place right now. The craziness of 2010-2014 was fun and exciting, but ultimately untenable for an RTS.

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Re:Starcraft II goes free-to-play seven years after launch by gozur88 on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @02:45PM (#15646811)

I see a lot of new RTS games produced, but what I don't see is any reason to play them. They're pretty much the same as what we already have with different graphics and different tech trees. Different, but not better, or at least not appreciably so.

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