Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is another mix of RTS and 4X that puts you in the star war between three different species. That’s exactly what Northgard is: an exceedingly successful real-time strategy board game with lovable cartoon Vikings in the main role. Just like in a board game, there are different victory conditions that you and your competitors can strive towards – and most of you have surely already experienced how heated a game night can get. The game is not lacking in battles, but they are not the primary competitive element. It’s more about resource management than fast fingers: You have to keep production chains intact, satisfy needs, and build up reserves for hard times. You’ll slowly spread out on a strange island, face unknown dangers and challenges, and have to make sure that your population survives the harsh winters of this region.
Northgard feels like a mix of real-time strategy game and 4X title, and its pace is definitely slower than the golden genre representatives from the 2000s – it’s more The Settlers than Age of Empires and implements this principle excellently. The still-ongoing wave of Viking popularity in today’s pop culture has spawned many games – including a modern representative of the RTS genre. An important aspect of a truly great RTS game is finding a place for both groups. It is often difficult to reconcile these ideas. For others, however, this is mind-numbingly boring and fast-paced battles against human opponents, where speed and precision are as important as tactical understanding, are their RTS essence. Firstly, should micromanagement or macromanagement be emphasized? Secondly, how mechanically deep can the game be?įor some players, the RTS genre is at its best when you can spend an hour calmly building an army in an AI skirmish and then have it wipe out the enemy with a single attack move. The big split manifests itself primarily in two questions. It’s also more fragmented than the anti-Roman resistance groups in The Life of Brian – and that’s saying something.
The RTS genre may be a small niche in the overall gaming ecosystem today, but there aren’t many communities that are more passionate. Which are the best real-time strategy games of all time? Ask that in the right circle and you’ll trigger an explosive debate that can go on for days.
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