[:plant:] "If _I_ were a game designer"

Originally Posted by Timberwolf8889

Like people have said before, I'd like to see an RTS game where winning isn't memorizing the tech-tree and all of the hot-keys but instead involves troop placement and, you know...strategy! I guess that's why people play Civ IV instead of Starcraft but I'd like to see the story and the pacing of an RTS game like Starcraft with more strategy-minded combat (kind of what the Total War games tried to do with varying degrees of success).

You should try Company of Heroes. It's almost exactly what you describe. Civ 4, on the other hand, is the most tech-tree-centric game you will ever play, so judging by this post you might want to stay away from it

Jam it back in, in the dark.