What made it ahead of its time?

Have modern games caught up, or is it still unsurpassed in some way?

Hello, I've been playing rts games all my life, and though its my favorite genre, i feel like all games lack some things, especially map size and scale.
Why do you guys think that is?

Some key (hot) takes of mine:

-Stronghold Crusader would be great, if it had larger maps and better unit organisations, behaviour and quality of life concerning popularity, recruitment and stickpile management.
We might atribute those to technological limitations.

-Aoe 2 de did great by ramping up the scale i think, but still the siege mechanics are rather abstract, and I dont like how the economy has an individual assignment structure, rather than systemic engine like in stronghold.

Would it be stupid to try and imagine a game, which would take place on a 2d isometric 10x10km map, with systemic/engine economy, maybe around 50 players, and customisable unit battalions?
I get that the map tiles themselves would need a lot of memory allocated, not even saying anything about the unit sprites and event handles during battles or sieges.

I feel like either we are not at a point where this is technologically feasable for a pc, or rts game studios are set on a certain philosophy of what is an rts game and how does it feel like to play it.

I would be happy to answer your thoughts on the matter, and if this topic was already discussed, please refer it to me so I can familiarise myself with it. :)
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I know that any physical pc games that get released still come on dvd. But have any physical pc games been released on blu ray? Like back when the technology was still new, maybe some company got a bit to ambitious and thought they would be the industry leader in BD-Rom games

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I have a few computers throughout my house, and recently I upgraded my "console pc" to a intel b580 and an Amd 5700x. The "monitor" for this setup is a 70" 4k tv. I mostly run games in 1440p, but recently I decided to throwback and play ubisofts steep. While the b580 is a capable card, it is not considered 4k ready by any stretch of the imagination, but lo and behold... steep runs 80+fps at 4k native. While I understand steep is from nearly a decade ago, am I the only person who literally cannot tell a graphical difference between that game and modern ones? What has happened. 60fps 1440p on entry level cards should be a damn near mandatory performance level in 2025. If we could do it a decade ago why in the world has that changed.