Old/Obscure Strategy Games
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How about Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring published by Sierra back in 2003? That was when Sierra had rights to the books and not the movies but EA had rights to the movies and not the books. Now, EA has both. This game is a lot like Warcraft III only with LOTR characters and senarios. I really like it except for one thing. About 2/3 of the way through just about any player vs CPU match where you are playing the "good guys", the CPU starts using some invisible unit that I have not yet figured out how to kill. Then it sends swarms of other units that overwhelm my guys. Otherwise, a great game.
The Settlers (or Serf City depending on where you're sitting in the world) is worth a mention on the basis that the developers have managed to re-market the SAME GAME about thirty times since its original conception. It wasn't even original in 1993, FFS.
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I enjoyed Total Annihilation. That was rather amusing, especially making the units sing via the cheat. And the expansions made the AI pretty good, along with mods.
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Mine:
Total Annihilation, Warzone 2100, Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion, Fate of the Dragon, Kind of strategy, business strategies Transport Tycoon: Deluxe, Industry Giant, Locomotion. All I can think of for now, I love RTS games, always have.
Total Annihilation, Warzone 2100, Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion, Fate of the Dragon, Kind of strategy, business strategies Transport Tycoon: Deluxe, Industry Giant, Locomotion. All I can think of for now, I love RTS games, always have.
Among things not named (how I wanted to be the one suggesting MOO/MOO2...)
Master of Magic (yes, it's MOO except fantasy with a civilization-esque game map)
Colonization (civilization except 1492-1800ish)
Dark Reign 2 (I think it counts, if it doesn't, oh well)
Jagged Alliance and Jagged Alliance 2 are very good tactical games
I could say "myth/myth2" but I fucking hated them and I don't see how Bungie was put on the map by a game that was "pick a formation and watch your troops win or lose if you picked the right one" because micro was impossible (or maybe I was just really really bad a long time ago).
Birthright was awesome, but GOOD LUCK FINDING IT. I still have it and it has glaring flaws, but I still really enjoyed it, especially the set-up scenarios.
Command and Conquer isn't exactly obscure, but C+C:Tiberian Sun is a less-appreciated-than-it-should-be game, if you ask me.
Entrepreneur/The Corporate Machine were very interesting too...and I'd say they're strategy games.
And pretty much anything by SSI I recommend, including Warlords Battlecry, and I don't remember if they did Mission Force: Cyberstorm (1 or 2).
Master of Magic (yes, it's MOO except fantasy with a civilization-esque game map)
Colonization (civilization except 1492-1800ish)
Dark Reign 2 (I think it counts, if it doesn't, oh well)
Jagged Alliance and Jagged Alliance 2 are very good tactical games
I could say "myth/myth2" but I fucking hated them and I don't see how Bungie was put on the map by a game that was "pick a formation and watch your troops win or lose if you picked the right one" because micro was impossible (or maybe I was just really really bad a long time ago).
Birthright was awesome, but GOOD LUCK FINDING IT. I still have it and it has glaring flaws, but I still really enjoyed it, especially the set-up scenarios.
Command and Conquer isn't exactly obscure, but C+C:Tiberian Sun is a less-appreciated-than-it-should-be game, if you ask me.
Entrepreneur/The Corporate Machine were very interesting too...and I'd say they're strategy games.
And pretty much anything by SSI I recommend, including Warlords Battlecry, and I don't remember if they did Mission Force: Cyberstorm (1 or 2).