According to the RTS blog post, the things that Claude did when told to make the game fun were these:
Every skirmish and Daily Op now opens with a choice, gives the side that’s losing a way back, and pulls the armies into the middle of the map. There are also two new ways to play.
Openers: pick Blitz, Industry or Air Wing before the clock starts.
Call-down powers: Barrage, EMP, Drop Pod and the Sky Hammer orbital strike.
Objectives and salvage: Uplink relays, supply drops and wrecks worth scrap.
Feel: combat juice, adaptive music, unit voices and an announcer.
Command: battle alerts, game speed, saved squads and touch placement.
New modes: Last Stand survival waves and an 8-mission Ops campaign.
Progression: heroes, an after-action report with awards, a career, 7 mutators and a Daily Op.
I can't say that any of these things have contributed to an RTS feeling fun to me. I mean okay music is important I guess. But it's a very on-paper way of looking at 'fun' that doesn't correspond to the je ne sais quoi lived experience of fun
Every skirmish and Daily Op now opens with a choice, gives the side that’s losing a way back, and pulls the armies into the middle of the map. There are also two new ways to play.
I can't say that any of these things have contributed to an RTS feeling fun to me. I mean okay music is important I guess. But it's a very on-paper way of looking at 'fun' that doesn't correspond to the je ne sais quoi lived experience of fun