Starcraft is the other - enough said. I remember the good old days, about 8 years ago. I believe that the RTS genre is suffering a similar fate. Since the dawn of time, young people have enjoyed variety in their lives. It can be seen in sports, it can be seen in music and it can be definitely be seen in the computer games industry.
All game genres come in and out of fashion like clothes.
Personally I believe so, and after looking back over the past few years, I think the RTS genre is almost broke. Games that look glossy and stylish - but contain very little strategic substance. As a whole these two games are relatively the same thing. Harvesting spice, infantry and mechanized vehicles, each side has its special abilities etc. The bottom line is that Westwood have changed little since 1992 in their RTS games and ideals.