The guy who gave a negative review to Battlezone 98 Redux after playing 8k hours

My god I love BZ98. For me, the remaster was frustrating. The most annoying thing was that certain things, like the combat AI, had been improved in ways that broke the balance of the single player campaign. I doubt players with the subject’s level of mastery would be bothered, but it significantly reduced my enjoyment.

It remains a rare gem, though. There are so few RTSs that place you in the world there isn’t even a name for the genre. The only others I can think of are Brutal Legend and Sacrifice. But BZ98 was the one that I discovered first.

> There are so few RTSs that place you in the world there isn’t even a name for the genre.

I've never played the game under discussion but could someone expand on this?

Why is the genre so rare/unnamed? What is meant by "place you in the world"?

The genre is RTS+FPS and it's super hard to get the design right.

RTS players usually like being above the fray, FPS players like not having to think too much ahead.

Battlezon 98 did manage to deliver an amazing experience, but the AI was poor so competitive multiplayer is where it was at. Then obviously in the 1998 world of gaming there is only skill, and skilled players could wipe you off the map well before you have had the chance to learn anything and improve your skills...

I guess this experience can now only be found in some ARMA mods and other mil-sim type games, with well-organized private games, and this is not everyone's favorite universe, nothing sci-fi or fantasy themed that I know of.