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this bothers me too - the game basically just becomes APMs and memorizing the correct research order, which was not the point to begin with

My friend you definitely know your RTS games! I respect anyone with knowledge of the classic RTS era... I mean, the 90s were kind of the classic era for all modern PC games but still. I always disliked any RTS game where you had to click 5987795265276529726 miles an hour to have any chance in multiplayer. Games like you mentioned and Age of Empires for example, you pace yourself. You form groups of offensive and defensive units, control areas of the map,,, watching this game made me feel like you literally would need some monster energy or game fuel to be able to play it lmao. Just constantly clicking without even blinking. I did play this game and it was one of my favorites, hell, the demo alone was insanely fun. But I always liked the campaign, 1 of the best campaigns of a RTS game right there with TA and Tiberium Sun and Red Alert 1 and 2. Hearing the announcer has to be annoying playing this game online, like god damn. If you were born in the 80s or earlier (87 here) than you were part of a lucky group that got to play the ORIGINAL Total Annihilation Boneyards online service. That had to be the best time ever in RTS multiplayer, as it was literally arm vs core across a global landscape, every win/loss for each side mattered, it was like a global multiplayer campaign! There was a map that showed the progress of all online games in the world, and the more that arm or core won, the more global areas in the TA universe that side would own. Ive seen some similar things in other games but, nothing the same in the RTS genre. Its hard to explain to people who werent there to experience it.

@@Moneytakerbaby I was born in '88, so I grew up with all the great RTS games, except for Age of Empires 1/2 and the original Dune II. I've been a big fan of the original C&C games since TD '95. :D Warcraft II, Starcraft, Total Annihilation... Those were the days! And Boneyards! Don't forget Gamespy, too! Man, this is taking me back, haha. Thing is, people are so used to modern features in multiplayer (e.g. everything "all-in-one") that everything we experienced growing up? It's all completely alien to them as a concept. Seeing kids (e.g. born in ~'00) see these old games and be utterly baffled by them is hilarious and depressing, since it makes me feel old, heh.

@@KimPossibleShockwave Hah im glad you can relate dude! I think we kind of have an advantage because we can enjoy old games like TA completely offline, I love staying up super late and playing when everyone else is asleep anyways, its a great escape. And yeah omg, Gamespy was a huge service. The other one was MS Zone, which was though Microsoft, it was just through a website, easy to use. That honestly lasted for years and years, over 10 years after TA game out!

@@Moneytakerbaby I used to love building massive bases against the AI in that TA map where each base was a massive square with raised walls (four in each corner -- I think it was called Grid or Gridlock? It had long bridges between and the rest of the map was oily-water for naval). ...Then I'd just build like thirty nuclear missile silos to wipe the entire map out in one hit, haha. (Never could win Krogoth Encounter, though! Hard as balls. that scenario!). Man, those were the days. :( Truly a magical time. Just seems like, outside of Indie and "Retro" games now, gaming is just copies of Aeon of Strife games (DotA, League of Legends, et cetera) and cookie-cutter first-person shooters (Like Call of Duty 245643). sigh :(