I Need a New RTS
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If only there were a version of that game without horrible balancing, shitty gameplay mechanics and a trillion bugs.TheAmokz said:
Oh, wait. There is. It's called Dawn of War: Dark Crusade.
@OP:
Dawn of War 1 and its expansions are straightforward RTS mayhem, and Dawn of War 2 and its expansions are more CoH-like tactics. Aside from the aforementioned expansion 'Soulstorm', I can recommend all entries of the series so far.
Well, i have not heard of that title until i looked up the C&C franchise, I have heard of the other titles, like 1,2,3, Red Alert 1 & 2 and tiberium Wars. So I guess you can't blame most poeple for not having bringing it up earlier.Uriel-238 said:
Here are some old titles as well that may interest you.
- Sid meier's Alpha Centauri: it's pretty much Civilization set in the future, where you are one of 7 factions, trying to colonist another planet. But if you're not into a game like Civ, then this may not be for you.
- Battle Realms: Think of it as Warcraft 3, set in a fantasy Oriental setting. Check out Tital Biscuit's take on it: <youtube=6brEpJuBqXQ>
- Majesty: This was less conventional, in that you can't really command every unit, only give out orders and incentives, and let everyone else do their thing. I actually had fun with it, maybe you will as well.
Try Frozen Synapse, awesome music and really unusual, not an RTS in the traditional sense, only game iv ever played like it, theres a write up on penny arcade about it +its real cheap and fast, give it a try.MajWound said:
Homeworld games are always good although:
1 is a bit too hard
2 is all over the place thanks to a stupid AI system
But 1.5 (Cataclysm) is juuust right (for me at least).
You could also try Rome: Total War - although this has the whole campaign map element to it as well, and King Arthur: The Roleplaying Wargame, which has a far less prominent campaign map than Rome but adds in a load of RPG features.
I'm also a massive fan of Spellforce 2 (and 1, to a lesser extent) so can recommend picking that up if you don't mind RTS and RPG smashed together into something wonderful.
1 is a bit too hard
2 is all over the place thanks to a stupid AI system
But 1.5 (Cataclysm) is juuust right (for me at least).
You could also try Rome: Total War - although this has the whole campaign map element to it as well, and King Arthur: The Roleplaying Wargame, which has a far less prominent campaign map than Rome but adds in a load of RPG features.
I'm also a massive fan of Spellforce 2 (and 1, to a lesser extent) so can recommend picking that up if you don't mind RTS and RPG smashed together into something wonderful.
Err, command and conquer 3 is pretty good, so is red alert 3...
Also, you COULD try tom clancys Endwar. The mechanics feel a bit laggy, and it can be a tad frustrating to begin with, but you can very quickly pick up the skills, and it then becomes quite fun, especially with the voice command system. I was skeptical of the voice commands system at first, but once you have a little practise with it it's an invaluable tool, and it makes command you troops a lot more engaging and fun. PROTIP, don't enunciate the orders: It somehow works better if you just say it naturally, which is hard to get your head round at first.
But yeah, dawn of war is pretty good too, if you like warhammer. The customisation is pretty cool, but not really that neccessary.
Also, you COULD try tom clancys Endwar. The mechanics feel a bit laggy, and it can be a tad frustrating to begin with, but you can very quickly pick up the skills, and it then becomes quite fun, especially with the voice command system. I was skeptical of the voice commands system at first, but once you have a little practise with it it's an invaluable tool, and it makes command you troops a lot more engaging and fun. PROTIP, don't enunciate the orders: It somehow works better if you just say it naturally, which is hard to get your head round at first.
But yeah, dawn of war is pretty good too, if you like warhammer. The customisation is pretty cool, but not really that neccessary.
Does how it look matter? Because Stronghold Crusader is an awesomely fun rts, although it was always more of a LAN game for me, probably because by the time i got it there were no online games running. But its cheap and good fun when your playing with people you know against NPCs. I think i should warn you though its less about strategy and more about massing. Probably why i liked it. I never did like any RTSs other than stronghold and starcraft... starcraft even pissed me off because i prefer microing(in proper RTS anyway, not stronghold) rather than macroing.MajWound said:
...I think i went off track... try Stronghold Crusader.
Nah, only the ones that thought that it was a bad idea to give one side free infinite resources and a fast moving unit with no accuracy penalty that could marginalize both melee(by running circles around them and never getting hit while shooting back) and ranged(by getting the 75% "can't hit a moving target" damage reduction but not the downsides of not hitting anything in return) that also have jump, are t1.5 and have AV grenades.SL33TBL1ND said:
And announcing the day after release that there would be no post-launch support.
This especially pissed off the 1 in 3 fans that couldn't run the game at all.
Pick up teh Homeworld series. *cringe*
Oh, and if you want huge scale RTS' then Supreme Commander, Sins of the Solar Empire and the Total War series will do. (I preferred Medieval II, Empire and Shogun II)
EDIT: Oh and yes Battle Realms if you dont mind a lil old school RTS with an oriental setting.
Oh, and if you want huge scale RTS' then Supreme Commander, Sins of the Solar Empire and the Total War series will do. (I preferred Medieval II, Empire and Shogun II)
EDIT: Oh and yes Battle Realms if you dont mind a lil old school RTS with an oriental setting.
Artemis923 said:
Sorry, I can't hear your religious bickering over the sound of my railgun equipped hovering deathtank.
Supreme Commander's good if you can wait 83 min for your nuclear silo to build and don't mind the fact that the sight range of your Tech 3 Spy Plane is smaller than the icon that shows it on the minimap at maximum zoom.
Also, it's one of the few games where you can spam thousands of tanks to little or no effect, and it's possible to have mobile rapid-fire artillery guns.
Also, there's a flying saucer that fires death rays and doubles as an aircraft carrier.
