[zxexz]

An RTS where you could only swap between FPV views of each of your units would be fun. Or at least different. Savage II but there is only 1 player per team, and no overhead view. And you can wrench control from a bot at any time.

[GreyZephyr]

Battlezone and battlezone 2 [0] were great for this. Many hours lost, even if bz2 was a buggy mess on release. It was also one of the first faves to really have a missing community.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1998_video_game)

[Tarq0n]

Sacrifice is a brilliant RTS where the commander (a summoner mage of sorts) participates at the ground level.

[nvlled]

So that's name of that game, I've been trying to remember that game I played briefly as a kid, which in my hazy memory seemed quite fun. Thanks, will give it a try when it goes on sale.

[tmtvl]

And there's of course the spiritual sequel, Bruetal Legend. The main campaign can be played more as an action game, but if you get into multiplayer the RTS elements really come through.

[cheschire]

It's just written Brutal Legend if you can't type the ü. The dots you see in the name are not equivalent to an umlauted u, but instead it's just röck döts.

Since rock dots don't affect the pronunciation of the name, you wouldn't expand to add a letter (which would affect the pronunciation) if you can't type the decorative dots.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut

[evrimoztamur]

Isn't this Mount and Blade?

[schnitzelstoat]

With the RTS mod you can get pretty close, yeah.

[entropicdrifter]

It's simultaneously an RTS and a third person action game, during combat in singleplayer campaigns. You command your troops in real-time, but you have a limited POV.

Realtime Strategy doesn't necessarily require that you have a top-down perspective or a specific set of controls, right? Pretty sure Brutal Legend is also technically considered an RTS

[totetsu]

It was the dream but any game that tried was always disappointing.