RTS Needs Its Own Bioshock (Feat. Tempest Rising)


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This has been a thought process in my head for a year or so now. Finally got it verbalized.
We got new C&C videos in the pipeline, covering the Brotherhood of Nod from TibDawn, to TibSun, to Tib Wars.

Let me know in the comments if you want more of this kind of content. Timestamps below:

00:00 Intro
01:34 Part 1 – How did RTS die?
04:44 Part 2 – How did Immersive Sims die?
07:04 Part 3 – What did Bioshock do for the Immersive Sim genre?
09:07 Framework #1 – It streamlined the genre it sought to revive
10:19 Framework #2 – It innovated in a logical progression of the genre
11:28 Framework #3 – It had its own identity
12:24 Part 4 – Can that be replicated for RTS? The Tiberian Dawn Problem
16:39 Part 5 – Can Tempest Rising Become RTS’s Bioshock?
20:30 Conclusion – RTS needs its own System Shock