Best Not-well-Known RTS
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Seems weird that nobody has mentioned Homeworld (both). From what I gather it's pretty rare someone knows about it (even next post confirms it) and it is a very awesome RTS for the following reasons:
1. challenging level planning
2. full 3D environment
3. the leftover units carry over to next mission
4. HUGE mothership
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1. challenging level planning
2. full 3D environment
3. the leftover units carry over to next mission
4. HUGE mothership
(edit for tieing to next post)
Homeworld. You may argue it is well-known amongst gamer communities like these forums but most people haven't heard of it.
Dune 2000. Had it for the PC and PSX. A friend and I even played link up with the PSX version (2 PSXs, 2 TVs, 2 copies of the game). We once had the most epic 9 hours games (seriously, we were up until about 4 in the morning).
But, yeah, very good game overshadowed by C&C.
But, yeah, very good game overshadowed by C&C.
I kinda miss Settlers. I only played part of the third one, but it was a cool concept. Needing a whole village to properly run an army, down to the guys that shovelled the land to make a spot flat for construction and the guys that just carried the wood and stone around.
I agree with you on SOaSE (That abbreviation will never stick) It can be really rewarding, though it sucks more time out of you than civilisation 4.Lord_Panzer said:
Total Annihilation without a shadow of a doubt. The RTS which first got me hooked on all of them, and barely anyone knows about it. Still holds up reasonably well today. (Not counting graphics.)
Also, Star Wars Empire at War and Galactic Battlegrounds, but I thought they were reasonably well known.
Also, Star Wars Empire at War and Galactic Battlegrounds, but I thought they were reasonably well known.
I remember playing that, it was basically Age of Empires 2 but with star wars, so instant win.Scrythe said:
OT: Rise of nations was epiic.
But the best RTS has already been made, Cossacks: European Wars and all its expansions. everyone play it NOW. xD
Predators sucked simply because of the OPness of their high end units. Keeping it simple made them a bit more fun.thiosk said:
But I actually had a lot of fun playing as the marines. Upgraded snipers and the misslelauncher dudes were bad ass. Their high-end unit exosuit sucked without any upgrades and was only half way decent with. But it had a good chunk of HP and since all the marines were ranged it meant they could take a beating when walking in front of a troop. Wish there was random level generators that would've kicked ass but might've been interesting to figure out how they would do that with the way the resources worked for marines.
Snipers had massive range and did a lot of damage, if you upgraded them they shot through walls. Get four em and focus fire and they take out almost anything in the game instantly.
If you were a fan of RTS games, did you prefer series such as Age of Empires/Kings, Rise of Nations, or Empire Earth? Though they function on similar gameplay mechanic to games like (C&C, Total Annihilation, DoW), they operate on a very different concept of game flow. I found that fans of series such as Age of Empires, usually don't particularly care for games like TA or C&C.Kukul said:
Scrythe said:
Ya know, for whatever reason many MANY star wars fans (and RTS players) hated Galactic Battlegrounds. I don't understand why! My friend and i thought it was pretty much the ultimate Star Wars RTS. I tried to get into Empire at War, but the ground battles were really very simplistic and terrible.
STAR WARS: REBELLION is woefully underrated.
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I also quite enjoyed "Lost Magic" on the Nintendo DS. It was kind of an interesting Role-playing/pokemon/RTS hybrid. The multiplayer online was kinda fun.
