Good colsole RTS

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

Ok so like title says, what are some good console RTSs. I plan on getting Starcraft at some point and time, for my pc. (doing some upgrading right now) And I've played a few on my xbox.

They are
- CC tiberium wars
- CC Kanes Wraith
- LOTR
- Supreme Commander 2
- Halo Wars
- Universe at War
- End War

The only RTS I own now is SupCom. I had both CC games, LOTR, Halo Wars.
Now I'll re buy any of those games, if a fair amount of people still play online. And it is broken like SupCom. Since they havent patched that game yet, and theres this glitch that lets you get unlimited mass. And I dont think they plan on fixing it since its been like this since release. ( plus not a lot of people play the game) So any ideas would be great on what i hould get would be great.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

There are only 4 console RTS games with remotely decent control schemes.

1. Halo Wars
2. C&C: Red Alert 3
3. Universe at War
4. End War

 

[Millardo]

Starcraft and SC2 are both good choices. Age of Mythology has the Deity powers and all the goodness from Age of Empires games. Only warning is that SC2 takes a while to master online, and they (Blizz) keep the glitches pretty well under control. To think of it, I havent seen too many good RTS that caught my eye lately.

 

[Mechsoap]

are there even any console rts's but halo wars?

 

[Skorpyo]

Starcraft 64 was the last one I've bothered to pick up, and it seemed to be doing it right.

Otherwise, It's best to stick with a PC for micro-management games. That's what a large number of keys does best.

 

[T_ConX]

Good

Console

RTS

Pick two.

 

[Mr.SunShine]

Good

Console

RTS

Pick two.

QFT
seriously RTS s and Consoles do not go together well

It's like putting fish shaped toxic waste in your cake.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Good

Console

RTS

Pick two.

I pick Console Good. RTS Good.

Yeah... I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a good console RTS... that genre just can't be taken away from mouse and keyboard.

 

[Mr.SunShine]

Good

Console

RTS

Pick two.

I pick Console Good. RTS Good.

Yeah... I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a good console RTS... that genre just can't be taken away from mouse and keyboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtKkOhMqVhY

=D

 

[Fishtie]

Actually, if you're looking for something with some depth to it then the Nobunaga's Ambition games are not bad semi-real time games. (you pause to issue orders and things)

 

[TheDoctor455]

Good

Console

RTS

Pick two.

I pick Console Good. RTS Good.

Yeah... I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a good console RTS... that genre just can't be taken away from mouse and keyboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtKkOhMqVhY

=D

Cute.
But you'll notice that it STILL wasn't on a console. And that it was obviously a version of Warcraft 3 that had been specially developed to showcase that device. Now, show me a multiplayer match between one guy using a touchscreen and the other an experienced player with a keyboard/mouse, and lets see who wins.

 

[Souplex]

When will people learn; It's realtime, or strategy. Not both. When you put in the realtime elements, a lot of the strategy goes out the window being replaced with how many actions per minute you can perform.
I've always liked Turn Based Strategy however.
Fire Emblem always will have a place in my heart.

 

[Keava]

]I was thinking about this, and couldn't the Wii make some pretty good RTSes? It does seem to have the right controls, and would definitely attract the Hardcore market...

No, waving objects is not good for gameplay. Touch screens would be good for strategy games if they would somehow manage to incorporate key bindings, by either designating part of the screen for quick buttons or using off screen programmable macro buttons.

 

[Souplex]

When will people learn; It's realtime, or strategy. Not both. When you put in the realtime elements, a lot of the strategy goes out the window being replaced with how many actions per minute you can perform.
I've always liked Turn Based Strategy however.
Fire Emblem always will have a place in my heart.

Actually, that's mostly multiplayer. Campaign modes almost always challenge you strategically.

Somewhat, but the player who can get out superhuman moves per minute can still avoid most strategy, so I stand by my point.

 

[SextusMaximus]

EndWar and Halo Wars control reasonably well. Nothing more.

 

[dragonslayer32]

If Toy Soldiers counts, try that. If not, I can't help, sorry.

 

[David Bray]

Halo Wars probably has the biggest online eliment. Try that if it's your thing. I dunno what SC2 is like on console but aparently the first one was a steamy pile of shite on xbox so i've not gone for them.

 

[Kiefer13]

"Good" and "Console RTS" do not belong in the same sentence. Unless that sentence is something along the lines of "There is no such thing as a good console RTS".

Seriously. A good RTS is just too complex to work well with the typical[footnote]yes, typical. As in, a controller. I thought I should add this before any smartasses chip in and tell me that you can get mice and keyboards that work with consoles.[/footnote] console control system, and any attempt to simplify the game to get it to work well with a controller just ends up dumbing it down too much to be a decent game. Halo Wars is evidence of that.