Seeing StarCraft’s successor in action has unlocked my RTS instincts

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Seeing StarCraft spiritual successor Stormgate in action takes me right back to the heady days of waking up early on weekends at University to watch the GSL, South Korea’s top-tier pro StarCraft II league. Yeah, I’m that guy. Coming from Frost Giant Studios, a team built of ex Blizzard veterans responsible for some of the best RTS games of all time, the Stormgate gameplay debut at the PC Gaming Show already has me eager to try it for myself.

We get to watch a 1v1 multiplayer match between Stormgate’s lead co-op designer Kevin ‘monk’ Dong and StarCraft II icon Dario ‘TLO’ Wünsch. If I wasn’t already in my element, TLO’s presence secured it – his unique strategies and enthusiastic demeanor have cemented him as one of my favorite RTS pros of all time. That’s without even mentioning show host Sean ‘Day[9]’ Plott, himself one of the most prominent faces in StarCraft.

Today’s match only gives us a look at one faction, the ‘Human resistance,’ with the obvious comparison point being StarCraft’s Terran race. We see the two main resources in action: Luminite, the golden primary resource that is gathered up by the Humans’ B.O.B. worker units, and Therium, glowing green crystals that are deposited in specific refineries and used for more advanced construction and research.

Therium can actually spread and enrich as it’s left unmined, making it feel almost more akin to Command and Conquer Tiberium than the Vespene Gas geysers of StarCraft and showing that the team behind Stormgate isn’t merely chasing past glories but aims to evolve and grow the genre for a modern audience.

Of course, as exciting as resources are to any strategy fan worth their salt (mines), they’re merely a means to an end, so we get to see what you’ll be using them