Kane is Real Pt. 13: No Bases is here to stay & ex-Westwood returns to its roots

The new RTS gameplay of C&C4 did not arrive without due reproach, but it seems that despite all the scalding criticism, this style of play is setting a new trend in the industry: NO base building or resource harvest, just build units freely till you reach your pop cap limit, which was about an average of 10 tanks. Also, to gain access to the most powerful units, you had to level up RPG style.

This style of gameplay was trashed by Adam Isgreen, former Westwood employee and now one of the leads at Petroglyph ( considered a heritage of Westwood due to the large number of ex-Westwood employees who went there). And they are making a new game. Guess what the concept is. It's basically the same as C&C4, except you don't build you just control a square of tanks. It's an online game. MMORTS. The trailer is cheesy. Yep no base building. Resource gathering? None. Just a squad. Tanks. Destroy. RTS. The new direction.

OR should I say Westwood is coming back to its roots? C&C Online Community Manager posted a question on the forums and on Facebook what does C&C mean to you? ( presumably so that the next C&C game will not pull a 360 on fans and shock them to bits again). Most replied MCV, FMV, base building, resource gathering, great story,etc. But now we know that for the folks at Westwood C&C was all about one thing: tanks, tanks , TANKS. Commanding and conquering TANKS. Thats why in the early games, infantry was so useless. Because you were meant to build tanks can you not see that dammnit? Tanks SQUISH infantry. SQUISH. SQUISH. Oh no I forgot to press X in time ( to scatter my infantry) SQUISH.

Looks like all along Adam Isgreen was just upset that he wasn't the first to show the world RTS without bases. After all, all you need is tanks.

Whatever, I've levelled up to the max and I'm still playing C&C4 daily.

Head over to End of Nations to check out the new Petroglyph game. CHEESY STUFF. But like C&C4, could have the potential to be lots of fun. Time will tell.

Tanks versus a huge tank. The core of Westwood's philosophy.