What's your favourite RTS?
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A lot of voting for AoE 2, but I tried to play it not long back and it's aged, doesn't feel as good as nostalgia is telling me it should be. Warcraft 3 on the other hand hasn't aged much at all (although it was always more limiting than AoE)
For futuristic, Supreme Commander is great, I play it all the time. Haven't got round to Supreme Commander 2 yet, but I'll need a new system to run it. If you haven't played either, I'd recommend playing Total Annihilation first. It's simpler, much older, but awesome. When you've mastered that (won't take long) move onto Supreme commander, and let the blitzing commence
For futuristic, Supreme Commander is great, I play it all the time. Haven't got round to Supreme Commander 2 yet, but I'll need a new system to run it. If you haven't played either, I'd recommend playing Total Annihilation first. It's simpler, much older, but awesome. When you've mastered that (won't take long) move onto Supreme commander, and let the blitzing commence
Here's an obscure but original RTS :
Giant robots race, future nano robots that can travel through wires, and a generic race, it's really nice.
[HEADING=3]But my favorite has to be the Blitzkrieg series[/HEADING]
Son if you haven't played Blitzkrieg you need to stop bragging over what you know about RTS games.
Just look at this mission where you as the Red army need to hold your ground and counter atack agaisnt the entire german army(historical battles in campaign, but people still play multiplayer)
Giant robots race, future nano robots that can travel through wires, and a generic race, it's really nice.
[HEADING=3]But my favorite has to be the Blitzkrieg series[/HEADING]
Son if you haven't played Blitzkrieg you need to stop bragging over what you know about RTS games.
Just look at this mission where you as the Red army need to hold your ground and counter atack agaisnt the entire german army(historical battles in campaign, but people still play multiplayer)
@Gindil: E.G. the quite-British Settlers-alike. 2D, very green, you had to get your people to reproduce by putting them in the same hut.
My choices:
1. Age of Empires (1 especially, but also 2+3+mythology)
2. Rise of Legends
3. Homeworld
4. Celtic Kings: Rage of War
5. Hegemony: Philip of Macedon.
6. Majesty
7. ParaWorld
My choices:
1. Age of Empires (1 especially, but also 2+3+mythology)
2. Rise of Legends
3. Homeworld
4. Celtic Kings: Rage of War
5. Hegemony: Philip of Macedon.
6. Majesty
7. ParaWorld
Dawn of War 1, as you might guess if you look to the left--until they nerfed the orks anyway, but even then I got a lot of mileage out of that one. Others might be...well, ARE... better than DoW but that one had a combination of so many things right that it was just pure easy fun.
If you want excellent storytelling then play Starcraft or Warcraft 3.
If you want badass gameplay, then Command and Conquer is your next stop. Except C&C4.
If you want badass gameplay, then Command and Conquer is your next stop. Except C&C4.
1. Stronghold Crusader
2. Age of empires and Rise of Nations
4. Starcraft
Those are the ones I like. I was lucky to find Stronghold Crusader I got it for Christmas and it was really old when I got it.
2. Age of empires and Rise of Nations
4. Starcraft
Those are the ones I like. I was lucky to find Stronghold Crusader I got it for Christmas and it was really old when I got it.
I can't stand traditional RTSs any more. I had a blast with Dune II, and I put more hours into Warcraft II and C&C than I care to admit. But then, around the late '90s, they'd refined the formula about as far as they could, innovation came to a halt, and every traditional (base-building, resource-harvesting, unit-training) RTS since has been pretty much the same fucking game. Barely distinguishable from reskins of each other, with original ideas few and far between.
The only traditional RTS I could really recommend (to anyone who's played at least one of them post-Starcraft) is Supreme Commander - the only one I've played in the past decade which has attempted to improve on the established formula, rather than just rehash it. Then again, I never played Total Annihilation, so it may not be as novel as I think...
EDIT: Oh, and Company of Heroes wasn't half bad either.
Luckily, there are devs out there who aspire to more than just tiding people over between Blizzard releases. Take a look at
Dungeon Keeper / 2
Ground Control / 2
Darwinia
Sacrifice
Rome / Medieval II: Total War
Commandos / 2
Black & White
Brothers in Arms (ok, may be a bit of a stretch...)
The only traditional RTS I could really recommend (to anyone who's played at least one of them post-Starcraft) is Supreme Commander - the only one I've played in the past decade which has attempted to improve on the established formula, rather than just rehash it. Then again, I never played Total Annihilation, so it may not be as novel as I think...
EDIT: Oh, and Company of Heroes wasn't half bad either.
Luckily, there are devs out there who aspire to more than just tiding people over between Blizzard releases. Take a look at
Dungeon Keeper / 2
Ground Control / 2
Darwinia
Sacrifice
Rome / Medieval II: Total War
Commandos / 2
Black & White
Brothers in Arms (ok, may be a bit of a stretch...)
You've got to be kidding me... Watching those misproportioned, awkwardly animated RTS units running around acting out cutscenes was one of the most cringe-inducing things I've ever seen...Judas Iscariot said:
Mechcommander 2
Supreme Commander and its expansion pack, Forged Alliance
Age of Empires 2 and its xpack, The Conquerors
Darwinia and Defcon
Ground Control 2 and World In Conflict
C&C Generals amd its xpack, Zero Hour
Homeworld 2
Company of Heroes
Emperor: Battle For Dune
Supreme Commander and its expansion pack, Forged Alliance
Age of Empires 2 and its xpack, The Conquerors
Darwinia and Defcon
Ground Control 2 and World In Conflict
C&C Generals amd its xpack, Zero Hour
Homeworld 2
Company of Heroes
Emperor: Battle For Dune
