That is really all that RTTS has ever been. How you advance your stats has changed over the years but essentially it is just play games player locked into your RTTS character. They have made lame attempts at "storylines" and implements archetypes and perks and such but you still need to play he games.
On the plus side from what has been posted here it sounds like you will be able to create multiple players next year. But I don't expect a major overhaul for RTTS this year.