Good RTS games?

2006-09-01 02:08:32

#1

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|6998|Melbourne, Australia.

G'day,

I'm getting kind of bored with battlefield 2 (nowadays I only play about 1 hours a night) and was just wondering...what are your recommendations for some good RTS (real time strategy) games?

Thanks,
Jack

2006-09-01 02:11:55

#2

DrM: Member; +33|7039

It's a few years old now, but I really liked the C&C Generals and Zero hour games.

DrM

EDIT: are you looking for a specific sub genre? ie future? ancient? modern?

Last edited by DrM (2006-09-01 02:13:17)

2006-09-01 02:20:31

#3

Coolbeano: Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei; +378|7180

Earth 2160. Gamespot Review here. Just awesome fun, unless your graphic card sucks. But my card can handle it and my card doesn't meet BF2 requirements.

Joint Task Force is coming out soon, the demo is fun but its not a game for the impatient.

2006-09-01 02:46:21

#4

EarlOfBronze: A Wolf Among Lambs; +19|6938

Man I love RTS games. U should try out the following.
Age Of Empires 2, old but brilliant.
Age Of Empires 3, fantastic game but hasn't improved all that much on AOE2.
Warhammer 40K: Dawn Of War, my current favourite RTS.
Rome: Total War, brilliant game, though Shogun and Medieval are pretty good too.
Warcraft 3, check out the footman frenzy maps.

Last edited by EarlOfBronze (2006-09-01 02:46:40)

2006-09-01 04:34:09

#5

Kontrolfreq: Member; +50|7022|Cambridge UK

C&C have always been my favourite.

2006-09-01 04:38:14

#6

Ryker: Member; +13|6921

RTW is supposedly the best RTS ever which I agree with. Age of Empires 2 is old but fantastic, Medival Total war 2 is out soon so buy that causse it will be incredible.

2006-09-01 04:39:11

#7

Crestfallen: Member; +27|6866|England, Leicester

Ahh the good ol' RTS genre. There are some really good games out there, but it just depends on your style of play IMO.

C&C 95 and Red Alert for some traditional action, or if you can get your hands on it, Total Annihilation, always good fun .

Dawn of War for the brilliant fights and mad battles that ensue, with your commander upfront and battering away with his thunderhammer.

Or if we wanted something truly strategic, lets go for the Total War series. Rome has to have been a favorite for me, but its definitely more fun on the higher levels.

While many miss it out, Ground Control and Ground Control 2, I love them both, and for those who are joined up to file planet, you can download the original for free! Good times!

But yeah, its all up to your style of play. Hope it helped,

Crestfallen

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Last edited by Crestfallen (2006-09-01 04:41:23)

2006-09-01 05:19:11

#8

sneeky_fluff: Member; +1|6916

TA all the way, classic and still fun.

Dawn of War, good fun and some manic battles but I think the maps are far too small (in winter assault too) for the game. Only other gripe with Dawn of War is the pathfinding on armour and the inability to set decent squad formations (ergo anything that isn't a box) but that may have been sorted with the latest patch.

If you want a good set of games, go for C and C the first decade. Good selection of games dating back to the early days and includes Gens / Zero hour (in my opinion one of the best and most balenced strat games about).

Homeworld or Homeworld 2 are fun, a little daunting (takes time to think in three dimensions) and oh so pretty.

As for Rome, I love it. Only gripe with Rome is that the AI is a little weak (Can't use cav only armies effectively and often does foolish things like try to link up to their allies thus presenting a flank to you). However can be great fun if your playing with humans (peasent 'hooligan' wars come to mind, along with the age old 'flaming pigs vs dogs').

2006-09-01 05:28:30

#9

Crestfallen: Member; +27|6866|England, Leicester

Gah! How could I forget the Homeworld series?! *bashes head* excellent set of games, especially with their haunting musical theme. Adagio for strings always brings a lump to my throat in the first game. Good stuff!

2006-09-01 06:13:59

#10

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|7175|Argentina

C&C Series
Age of Empires Series
Warcraft 3
Civilization Series

2006-09-01 06:17:26

#11

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6940|...

Age of Emires3 is fun (and has online persitence with home cities)

a super old school game Warzone2100 is now freeeware ... doesn;t need much juice

There is a sequal to earth2100 ... earth2650 or something .. its on steam

AOE3 FTW!

2006-09-01 06:17:58

#12

Jeopardia_Ferdy: Member; +5|6957

Go for relic games:

Homeworld (great space battles)

Dawn of War (futuristich battles with closecombat elements)

Company of Heros (WK2 > great fun but there is only a beta released yet, full game will hit stores around the 13th sept)

RELIC = GREAT FUN RTS!!!!

2006-09-01 06:31:08

#13

cospengle: Member; +140|6904|Armidale, NSW, Australia

I've got Rise of Nations. I think it's [sort of] a sequel/prequel/parallel to Age of Empires. I've only played online a couple of times because I'm in Australia and my ping is huge. I really like playing single player though, except that the hardest level is impossible and all the others are too easy. I've played Civilization (the original, now I'm showing my age) and a more recent version as well, but Rise of Nations is the best one I've played. I got a game called Alexander the Great which was on discount and it was still way way way overpriced... as if the movie wasn't bad enough.

2006-09-01 06:42:38

#14

Jinto-sk: Laid Back Yorkshireman; +183|7009|Scarborough Yorkshire England

The total wars games - Rome or Medieval
Civilization 3 or 4
Star Wars empire at war is good - the only down side is the technology tree is TINY

2006-09-01 06:44:31

#15

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7184|UK

Well a game called supreme commander is about to come out, looks like its gunna be the best RTS game ever quite literally.

http://www.supremecommander.com/

2006-09-01 06:46:35

#16

Rosse_modest: Member; +76|7193|Antwerp, Flanders

Jinto-sk wrote:
The total wars games - Rome or Medieval
Civilization 3 or 4
Star Wars empire at war is good - the only down side is the technology tree is TINY

The man asked for RTS, not TBS.

2006-09-01 06:51:28

#17

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|7184|UK

You also got, AOE 1 2 and 3, AOM, Stronghold 1 and 2, C&C (every single one of them), D-day, Black & White 2, Empire Earth 2, Ground Control 2, Warcraft 1 2 and 3, Soldiers: Heros of WWII

Those are just some of the ones ive got.

2006-09-01 06:52:09

#18

Rosse_modest: Member; +76|7193|Antwerp, Flanders

Vilham wrote:
Well a game called supreme commander is about to come out, looks like its gunna be the best RTS game ever quite literally.

http://www.supremecommander.com/

Be careful with that one, I'm also looking forward to Supreme Commander but I'm not getting my hopes up too high. Also, Silver is getting bored with BF2 NOW, and SC is still in development.

My suggestion: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

2006-09-01 07:09:32

#19

EarlOfBronze: A Wolf Among Lambs; +19|6938

Rosse_modest wrote:
Vilham wrote:
Well a game called supreme commander is about to come out, looks like its gunna be the best RTS game ever quite literally.

http://www.supremecommander.com/
Be careful with that one, I'm also looking forward to Supreme Commander but I'm not getting my hopes up too high. Also, Silver is getting bored with BF2 NOW, and SC is still in development.

My suggestion: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

I'd also go for Dawn Of War. Its a bit more action packed and a little less focused on resource collection than your average RTS.

2006-09-01 07:09:35