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'Age Of Empires' Developer Dave Pottinger Says RTS Genre "Hasn't Changed Much, You're Still Playing The Same Game We Made 20 Years Ago"

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John F. Trent
Dec 30, 2024
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Dave Pottinger, who worked on Age of Empires, Age of Empires II, Age of Mythology, Age of Empires III, and Halo Wars claimed the RTS genre has not innovated within the last 20 years and even new games are fundamentally the same.

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