Dave Pottinger, who worked on Age of Empires, Age of Empires II, Age of Mythology, Age of Empires III, and Halo Wars claimed the RTS genre has not innovated within the last 20 years and even new games are fundamentally the same.Fandom Pulse is a reader-supported publication.
I really enjoyed reading this. I do think I'll stick to the series personally though. I enjoy the historical settings.
Actually, you know what? I just watched the video and it looks pretty cool.
Astute. It's better to try something new with an unestablished franchise rather than risk tanking an existing one.
"If it isn't broken, don't fix it" combined with "We want to experiment."
If only other companies adopted such a mindset.