Eric

Exactly. I was thinking Space Engineers. Two other, more appropriate games to compare than the ones they chose.

Perhaps these writers are really so clueless about games that they just don't know.

Never heard of it before, but it looks cool. Like Minecraft with a purpose.

It's hard for games to get much visibility or publicity if they aren't on a major game store.

I have a couple on this list(Dune, Northgard). And a few others I still want(They Are Billions, Cataclismo, Starship Troopers). Northgard is fun, but I feel like it lacks much depth. It didn't seem to have much replayability for me.

Sins of a Solar Empire (Rebellion & 2) is still one of my favorites I keep going back to. Great real-time space conquest game with epic battles.

Company of Heroes 3 isn't bad. I think the campaign is far more interesting than the skirmishes. It's a good WWII game with classic tactical ground combat. I like more battlefield awareness, so I'm not a big fan of the ridiculously close zoom distance, but there are mods to fix that.

Beyond All Reason is a great, free, open-source game like a modern Supreme Commander. It's a good mix of future robot units and large scale battles. It really deserves far more attention than it gets.

I don't think I'm a very frenetic RTS player, so I think all these could be considered "slower" games.