General What Killed Command & Conquer? Can It Ever Come Back?

[Al]

Once upon a time, Command & Conquer was the RTS franchise. Then EA happened. The C&C Remastered Collection was a solid nod to the past, but it didn’t bring the series back to life. So, is C&C just dead and buried, or is there still a way forward?

Would a new C&C need to evolve to survive, or should it double down on what made the classics great? Is Stormgate the closest thing we’ll get to a proper revival, or are C&C fans doomed to keep hoping for something that’ll never come?

What went wrong, and does Command & Conquer have any real chance of making a comeback?

 

[blitzmaster_84]

The answer is actually very simple, although people like to complicate it. Greed and impatience killed many classic franchises, and Command & Conquer is not an exception. Instead of improving the formula gradually, somebody somewhere decided to chase the trends. And that's the same thing companies are doing everywhere now.

 

[malediction]

Generals 2 and EA killed te franchise really. They were workingf on C&C Generals 2 and they tried to change it to free to play causing a community rtevolt. Really bad times, man. Really bad times.

 

[quietoffensive]

Command & Conquer are chasing the trend and that's what kills it. Instead of respecting the formula, they start to experiment with different things. But the fans just wanted deeper strategy, not weird redesigns. If the series ever returns, they just need to respect the original version.