Back then I played Warcraft 3 ladder games and I hit my skill ceiling quite fast because my micro was simply too bad/slow. I still very much enjoy real time strategy games. Is there any real time strategy game that is played competitively with an active community where micro is not that essential? (Ruling out Star Craft 2.) Besides real time strategy games, what other games are out there being played competitive with an active community and where clicks-per-second are not too important?

  • 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡English
    6·
    1 year ago

    You might like Total Annihilation and its modern descendants, like BAR or Zero K. There’s still some micro depending on the variant, but the focus is much more heavily on macro, along with making the units smarter.

    Apart from that, the Civ games are turn-based, but scratch a similar itch as RTS games

    • markopi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Zero K has a great interface that really minimizes the need to fiddle with individual units. “Line move” should be part of every RTS.

    • wolf@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thanks, will have a look into Zero K. I like the Civ games, but I am not aware of any competitive community around them?!? (AFAIK the randomization and impact of starting conditions makes this very hard)