CFD!'s Nate Andrews returns with another week of noteworthy game music:
"(Soundtrack Spotlight is a weekly CFD! feature devoted to all things VGM. Every week we celebrate the best in game music, highlight new releases and forgotten tracks, and bring you the best in auditory awesomeness.)
"Having played an embarrassingly scant amount of the original StarCraft, the release of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty was very much a non-event for me. While I’m sure one day I’ll find the time necessary to fully play and appreciate the two games, for the time being I’ll just enjoy the dulcet tones of their soundtracks."
Even though fans have been clamoring for a StarCraft 3 for years now, it seems like Blizzard really has no reason to spend time making one.
They sort of ran the story as far as it could go.
Also, it seems like blizzard is more busy with mediocrity at this point in time.
The problem with Blizzard is they have franchises that don't need sequels. People are happy playing the games that they previously made. What they need is new games, none of this business of trying to transport the old audience into a new version of an old game which only ends up nickle and dime'ing users.
Illogical Games has just announced the official release of Star Discord, the one-man indie dev's charming StarCraft lookalike on mobile.
RTS; it's a beloved genre...but it's in dire need of originality or it risks being consigned to a small pool of fans.
In my opinion, they have evolved and become more complicated. Way back in the day with command and conquer games, they were easier to pick up and play. I’ll actually go further back to a $70 Super Nintendo game called “Metal Marines”. Not sure if I’m off the mark, but these cellphone, real time strategy games become overwhelming quickly to me. There’s too much going on at once and it turns me off. Not sure if there are any on consoles to be honest. If there is a RTS that is on PS4, I’m open to the recommendation
Metal marines... what a game, and Herzog Zwei too.
Ensemble Studios and Westwood closing spelt absolute disaster for RTS games, with exception of blizzard, no one made any real good ones. Microsoft and EA ruined two top franchises before closing the studio. such a shame
Over complicated. Dawn of War 1 was almost the perfect rts, its all been downhill since.
Some games are worth their weight in the music sphere even if it's a game you wouldn't normally enjoy. :)
Assassin's Creed 2 had a great soundtrack, too bad the game was a bit disappointing.
Guild Wars to me had a great soundtrack, but come to think of it, Morrowind and Oblivion soundtracks were great too since it was the same composer Jeremy Soule.
I also loved Warcraft 2 and Mirrors Edge(thanks to the recent posts that got me thinking about that game again haha). Also Ultima is not Ultima without stones. :P