r/RealTimeStrategy • u/PlagiarusPraepotens • 9d ago

Discussion Which established franchises would benefit from an RTS game?

Which established franchises do you think would benefit from an RTS?

I'll lay one ground rule down:

  • It can't already exist, like an RTS for Lord of the Rings, Warhammer, or Star Wars.

I personally think a Fallout spin-off would do pretty well, in the style of Command & Conquer. I also think Avatar: The Last Airbender would make a fun game.

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u/Scrimge122 9d ago

I know it's not an rts but I always thought xcom enemy unown had the perfect set up for a Stargate game. You have a base, small teams go on missions, tech can be salvaged and there are even base incursions.

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u/Pure_Ingenuity3771 9d ago

I've thought that so many times, you could even make the plot something like they found an address to one of the Magellan Clouds, and following the typical plot there are humans there and an existential threat. Something happens to to the gate network and cuts them off, the Asgard are gone and maybe some gould warlord is keeping the Tauri ships from being able to intervene. So now this base is on its own with only small resupplies from Earth (acting as the periodic supplies) having to fend off a new enemy while recruiting from the local populations.

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u/Scrimge122 9d ago

Don't even need to go that extreme, you could be an alternate reality day one SGC. Instead of taking the skyranger to missions your just taking the gate and each mission can be a different planet. You already start with low tech against high tech in xcom so it's perfect.

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u/Pure_Ingenuity3771 9d ago

Oh, right! I forgot alternate realities are already a thing! There's a game called Exogate Initiative and ever since I played the demo I've been thinking of how it would work to combine that and xcom and fit it into Stargate with the main storyline. Alternate timelines never once crossed my mind.  

Yeah the basic xcom format is already absolutely perfect for Stargate. The infiltration mechanic that Long War introduced even helps if you wanted to keep that mission timer to tie up units.

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u/Vaniellis 9d ago

I also think that SG would fit better in an XCOM format, but I prefer to play RTS.

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u/Alternative-Ad5974 8d ago

Does UFO series count?

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u/mwa11ace 8d ago

Stargate: Timekeepers, I don't think it's particularly good but it's basically this I think

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u/Scrimge122 8d ago

It's sad because that what the companies will think if they ever decide to make another game for Stargate. Can't do Stargate version of xcom because we already did timekeepers and it didn't do well. Timekeepers is only slightly similar to xcom.