Anything Command and Conquer before Generals is good to start with. I suggest Red Alert 2 or Tiberian Sun.
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Homeworld, the original. Definitely. You want reasons? Here they are [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.233628-A-Complete-Game?page=2#8250565]. Be warned, that is a MASSIVE post, but it's worth reading. Homeworld is utterly brilliant.
Also, I've seen people mention Homeworld 2. Hrm. I haven't got it myself, but among fans it actually has a pretty bad rep for dumbing the original down and having a story with just too many subtle plot holes (and a few massive ones). I'd say, get the original Homeworld no matter what, because it is just the best game ever.
Also, I've seen people mention Homeworld 2. Hrm. I haven't got it myself, but among fans it actually has a pretty bad rep for dumbing the original down and having a story with just too many subtle plot holes (and a few massive ones). I'd say, get the original Homeworld no matter what, because it is just the best game ever.
I think the people complaining about just massing and army and moving out are just playing the campaign on easy. Setting the computer to higher difficulties in skirmishes or playing online requires harassment attacking and countering the enemies units and build order.
Ruse is a good choice for an rts. The basics are easy to learn, its relatively balanced, you have to really think about your strategies (for instance, recon and intel=more important than a king tiger, or a me 262 or what have you + the ability to cut off supply lines)but since i cant really explain since im horrible at explaining things
here is a few user reviews that i copy and pasted off the gamespot website (these are all positive but i coudnt find any negative and thats not fanboysm i literally coudnt)
review #1
R.U.S.E. is great game in my opinion, it's a game that sucks you in and you can play it for long time although it is different than any Real time Strategy .in the game you can feel yourself that you are a general that order his army to do things. The different abilities is nice in the game example the ability to silence radio this ability will hide your units or other ability is camouflage to hide buildings. In the game the units are organized as heavy tanks, light tanks and recon, infantry airborne, anti-tanks units, different types of planes fighter and fighters and recon.
This game tests your strategic skills and it needs patient and time i think it's best played on PC not ps3 or other consoles because of the controllers. The game have some technical issues or glitches but they can be managed.
review #2I've never been so pumped about a strategy game on release. I even stopped playing SC2 to get into this game. The beta was SO much fun to play and the combat is about as realistic as has ever been attempted on this grand a scale.
This isn't a click-fest like a lot of strategy games. You aren't going to spend tons of time clicking hotkeys and bouncing all over with the camera. It's a thinking man's game and timing, terrain and scouting are hugely important.
It's incredibly satisfying to fool your enemies and surprise them and watch the action slowly unfold.
That being said, Eugen did a terrible job with the campaign and it's pretty obvious that they didn't invest much time or money into it. I won't go into it very much because there's really not much to say. The AI is bad. The cutscenes are ugly with bad dialogue and the whole experience is contrived. That would all be well and fine if the AI was decent, but it's not, so don't buy this game for single player.
The multiplayer experience SHOULD redeem the game and when you're actually 'playing' it absolutely does. Unfortunately, you have to play through Steam, which broke the game up into 100 'regions' and you can only play with people from your region. I haven't been able to find a ranked game in 2 days without waiting for 20 minutes, and the custom games I play usually end up with me playing the same group of about 10-15 people over and over again. I understand the logic behind region locking, but we'd have probably been better off with AT MOST 10 regions instead of the 100 we were given. It's insane.
There's a lot of mp potential with this game. I would like to recommend it to strategy enthusiasts. I cannot do that, however, until Ubisoft and Steam sort out the multiplayer net code and region locking. Until then the game is just a waste of hard drive space
review #3
Is a nice game whit a good story and amazing gameplay.Eugen Systems are good to create a game like this,and a love this .Is a nice game whit a good story and amazing gameplay.Eugen Systems are good to create a game like this,and a love this game.Is good that you feel like a real comander when you play this game.They are many faction and that is good,the story is very intersing.The multiplayer is not boring ,because you have a battle whit computer and that is good.Ilike the rusopedia too and the multiplayer,is a nice game whit a good story,good gameplay and good multiplayer,so this game is cool and i like it.So try is is have fun and is training you stategy.Is a very good game and i love it,I love to play stategy world war games.like company of heroes,and many,many games.I love this games and i like this game R.U.S.E.So gamespot give mine full stategy games.
and here is a few videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/RUSEHD
warning the above post may be filled with bad grammar (from me) being uncomprehensible and all around stupid. if it is bad grammar I really dont care.
here is a few user reviews that i copy and pasted off the gamespot website (these are all positive but i coudnt find any negative and thats not fanboysm i literally coudnt)
review #1
R.U.S.E. is great game in my opinion, it's a game that sucks you in and you can play it for long time although it is different than any Real time Strategy .in the game you can feel yourself that you are a general that order his army to do things. The different abilities is nice in the game example the ability to silence radio this ability will hide your units or other ability is camouflage to hide buildings. In the game the units are organized as heavy tanks, light tanks and recon, infantry airborne, anti-tanks units, different types of planes fighter and fighters and recon.
This game tests your strategic skills and it needs patient and time i think it's best played on PC not ps3 or other consoles because of the controllers. The game have some technical issues or glitches but they can be managed.
review #2I've never been so pumped about a strategy game on release. I even stopped playing SC2 to get into this game. The beta was SO much fun to play and the combat is about as realistic as has ever been attempted on this grand a scale.
This isn't a click-fest like a lot of strategy games. You aren't going to spend tons of time clicking hotkeys and bouncing all over with the camera. It's a thinking man's game and timing, terrain and scouting are hugely important.
It's incredibly satisfying to fool your enemies and surprise them and watch the action slowly unfold.
That being said, Eugen did a terrible job with the campaign and it's pretty obvious that they didn't invest much time or money into it. I won't go into it very much because there's really not much to say. The AI is bad. The cutscenes are ugly with bad dialogue and the whole experience is contrived. That would all be well and fine if the AI was decent, but it's not, so don't buy this game for single player.
The multiplayer experience SHOULD redeem the game and when you're actually 'playing' it absolutely does. Unfortunately, you have to play through Steam, which broke the game up into 100 'regions' and you can only play with people from your region. I haven't been able to find a ranked game in 2 days without waiting for 20 minutes, and the custom games I play usually end up with me playing the same group of about 10-15 people over and over again. I understand the logic behind region locking, but we'd have probably been better off with AT MOST 10 regions instead of the 100 we were given. It's insane.
There's a lot of mp potential with this game. I would like to recommend it to strategy enthusiasts. I cannot do that, however, until Ubisoft and Steam sort out the multiplayer net code and region locking. Until then the game is just a waste of hard drive space
review #3
Is a nice game whit a good story and amazing gameplay.Eugen Systems are good to create a game like this,and a love this .Is a nice game whit a good story and amazing gameplay.Eugen Systems are good to create a game like this,and a love this game.Is good that you feel like a real comander when you play this game.They are many faction and that is good,the story is very intersing.The multiplayer is not boring ,because you have a battle whit computer and that is good.Ilike the rusopedia too and the multiplayer,is a nice game whit a good story,good gameplay and good multiplayer,so this game is cool and i like it.So try is is have fun and is training you stategy.Is a very good game and i love it,I love to play stategy world war games.like company of heroes,and many,many games.I love this games and i like this game R.U.S.E.So gamespot give mine full stategy games.
and here is a few videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/RUSEHD
warning the above post may be filled with bad grammar (from me) being uncomprehensible and all around stupid. if it is bad grammar I really dont care.