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Total War is a great intro into strategy games. Rome was one of the first games to get me into strategy, that along with Submarine Titans. They are very easy to learn.
Supreme Commander is something to invest in with it's massive unit battles. Other than that Company of Heroes is fine, as well as the Dawn of War series.
Edit: Crud, I forgot about Warcraft 3. Amazing game that I have poured hours into. Probably one of the first strategy games I ever was decent at.
Supreme Commander is something to invest in with it's massive unit battles. Other than that Company of Heroes is fine, as well as the Dawn of War series.
Edit: Crud, I forgot about Warcraft 3. Amazing game that I have poured hours into. Probably one of the first strategy games I ever was decent at.
No topic on recommended strategy games is complete without the obligatory mentions of Command & Conquer (everything up to Red Alert 2, anyway...), StarCraft, and WarCraft.
Lately I've been quite fond of the Company of Heroes games as well. I think the first game (and its expansions) are generally better than the sequel, but CoH2 is still a damn fine game regardless.
Another one I really liked was World in Conflict, which you can pick up pretty cheap these days on both Amazon and Steam. It's fairly short, but I thought it was a lot of fun. It also has some of the most visually awesome artillery barrages and air strikes I've seen in a strategy game.
If you like squad-based strategy games, you can't go wrong with XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Jagged Alliance 2 - especially if you download the fan-made 1.13 patch for it (just as a heads-up, it's a fairly large download since it's been under constant development for years at this point). Avoid Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and Jagged Alliance: Crossfire though... they're pretty unimpressive.
If you like space combat, I can't recommend Homeworld or Homeworld 2 more highly. Gearbox is putting out remastered versions of both soon-ish too, so that's hopefully going to be pretty cool.
Lately I've been quite fond of the Company of Heroes games as well. I think the first game (and its expansions) are generally better than the sequel, but CoH2 is still a damn fine game regardless.
Another one I really liked was World in Conflict, which you can pick up pretty cheap these days on both Amazon and Steam. It's fairly short, but I thought it was a lot of fun. It also has some of the most visually awesome artillery barrages and air strikes I've seen in a strategy game.
If you like squad-based strategy games, you can't go wrong with XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Jagged Alliance 2 - especially if you download the fan-made 1.13 patch for it (just as a heads-up, it's a fairly large download since it's been under constant development for years at this point). Avoid Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and Jagged Alliance: Crossfire though... they're pretty unimpressive.
If you like space combat, I can't recommend Homeworld or Homeworld 2 more highly. Gearbox is putting out remastered versions of both soon-ish too, so that's hopefully going to be pretty cool.
Heh, I'd actually kinda forgotten about Submarine Titans. I loved the hell out of that game back in the day.Elfgore said:
Total War is very much worth it, it's not exactly like Civ but you'll feel right at home with its similar turn based structure, also the real time battles are beyond epic.
For real time strategy I highly recommend giving the Command and Conquer series a go, if you don't mind going retro, start from Tiberian Sun and move on up till Red Alert 2 (DO NOT PLAY CNC 4, YOU WILL HATE LIFE ITSELF). Its a one of the easier series to get into since you can get by with just building bases and spamming units. Next up I highly, highly recommend World in Conflict, got one of the best campaigns I've experienced in an RTS and just an overall amazing game.
Other than that, here's a quick list of really worth playing strategy games:
Divinity Dragon Commander (fantastic mix of turn based strategy, card game and real time play and action. Also, dragons with jetpacks)
Company of Heroes (absolute must play)
Dawn of War (first one remains the best, second one is very different but still pretty darn good)
X-Com: Enemy Unknown + Within (great turn based series, highly recommend it)
Rise of Legends (interesting steampunk RTS, old but worth a go)
Supreme Commander is great if you got friends to LAN with (avoid the second one though, was uber disappointing)
For real time strategy I highly recommend giving the Command and Conquer series a go, if you don't mind going retro, start from Tiberian Sun and move on up till Red Alert 2 (DO NOT PLAY CNC 4, YOU WILL HATE LIFE ITSELF). Its a one of the easier series to get into since you can get by with just building bases and spamming units. Next up I highly, highly recommend World in Conflict, got one of the best campaigns I've experienced in an RTS and just an overall amazing game.
Other than that, here's a quick list of really worth playing strategy games:
Divinity Dragon Commander (fantastic mix of turn based strategy, card game and real time play and action. Also, dragons with jetpacks)
Company of Heroes (absolute must play)
Dawn of War (first one remains the best, second one is very different but still pretty darn good)
X-Com: Enemy Unknown + Within (great turn based series, highly recommend it)
Rise of Legends (interesting steampunk RTS, old but worth a go)
Supreme Commander is great if you got friends to LAN with (avoid the second one though, was uber disappointing)
Tally up another point for XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Jagged Alliance 2. They're more tactics than anything else (no resource management or building of structures during the actual "gameplay"), but provide very good slow-paced strategy gameplay.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is another one, especially if you're a fan of sci-fi. It's got a lot of 4X elements but it's still largely a real-time strategy game, and there's so much you can do with it. It has a relatively active modding scene, as well, though they're not always compatible with the latest patched version of the game.
And, of course, Warcraft III. From my perspective, it's probably one of the best introductions to RTS games you could find, so long as you can get past the silly dated graphics (I personally think there's a lot of charm to the style and that the game looks great even today, but there's no denying how much it has aged). It's got an extensive campaign (even longer with the Frozen Throne expansion) that does pretty well to ramp up the difficulty curve even for new players. For instance, I rarely play strategy games myself and have had to cheat multiple times throughout the course of the original Starcraft, but I managed to complete the first human campaign of Warcraft III only needing to retry a single mission (sans cheats, of course). It apparently gets very difficult later on as well, but it still actually gives the player a chance to learn the game mechanics and follow the story, which is nice.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is another one, especially if you're a fan of sci-fi. It's got a lot of 4X elements but it's still largely a real-time strategy game, and there's so much you can do with it. It has a relatively active modding scene, as well, though they're not always compatible with the latest patched version of the game.
And, of course, Warcraft III. From my perspective, it's probably one of the best introductions to RTS games you could find, so long as you can get past the silly dated graphics (I personally think there's a lot of charm to the style and that the game looks great even today, but there's no denying how much it has aged). It's got an extensive campaign (even longer with the Frozen Throne expansion) that does pretty well to ramp up the difficulty curve even for new players. For instance, I rarely play strategy games myself and have had to cheat multiple times throughout the course of the original Starcraft, but I managed to complete the first human campaign of Warcraft III only needing to retry a single mission (sans cheats, of course). It apparently gets very difficult later on as well, but it still actually gives the player a chance to learn the game mechanics and follow the story, which is nice.
I'd recommend checking out starcraft 2. It has a pretty good tutorial now, fairly easy to get into and has a ton of depth if you find you like it. It's also mostly free as long as you don't mind playing only one faction.
But also look up at various games and try and hone in more on what you prefer, strategy is a very broad genre. Starcraft and civ are both marked as "strategy" but it's similar to comparing curling to hockey because they're both done on ice.
But also look up at various games and try and hone in more on what you prefer, strategy is a very broad genre. Starcraft and civ are both marked as "strategy" but it's similar to comparing curling to hockey because they're both done on ice.
While I want to say Dungeon Keeper 2, it has really slow pacing. If you are okay sitting through a slow tutorials for a while, it is a great strategy game and not a hard one. You play an evil dungeon master trying to escape from the underworld by setting up lairs (towns) and commanding battles. Like Sim City meets RTS, but not near as complex as that sounds.
Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 are both great RTS. Blizzard usually releases quality.
As for TW:Shogun 2 I have a friend who primarily plays RTS games who claims it's the best of the genre. Never really explained why just keeps assuring me I have to own it. Naturally I never bought it XD
Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 are both great RTS. Blizzard usually releases quality.
As for TW:Shogun 2 I have a friend who primarily plays RTS games who claims it's the best of the genre. Never really explained why just keeps assuring me I have to own it. Naturally I never bought it XD