Your favorite jewel of Real Time Strategy Game
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Age of Empires 2
Yeah, Starcraft is a much more polished and far better balanced game...but dammit, I just love building oddball civilizations, draining all the stone on the map to support my mega-castle empire, or playing hardball by stealing the relics.
Yeah, Starcraft is a much more polished and far better balanced game...but dammit, I just love building oddball civilizations, draining all the stone on the map to support my mega-castle empire, or playing hardball by stealing the relics.
Hmm, I would have to say Sins of a Solar Empire, it was fantastic. The only way it could be better would be if it had a single player campaign.
I really want to play it but on 3 diffrent computers it has barely worked on 1 of them.Frankster said:
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awn of War is a good one especially dark crusade is really fun and interesting.
Is it possible to be ninja'd by the OP?SidingWithTheEnemy said:
OT: My vote goes to the original Supreme Commander. Vanilla. The first game gave you a truly massive (as far as video games go) theatre of war to mess around in,81,000 meters * 81,000 meters (One meter=3.333 repeating feet),and have the unit cap,at maximum,ONE THOUSAND,where one object under your command is one point on the counter,none of that "This unit costs 6 Psi!" bullcrap.
Build times were often long,and as such you needed to plan ahead for your production,and since resources were STREAMED in both gathering and in expenditure,you have a greater degree of control over production. You can,theoreticaly,build a Mavor on 1 Mass/Second and 1 Energy/Second. It will simply take WAY longer than the advertized 114 minutes. You can,theoreticaly,make a Tech 3 army on one Mass Extractor and one Reactor. Why? It allows the player to forego econ in an attempt to get to the next tech level faster. Which is often a make or break move.
Supreme Commander 2? Lowered unit cap (You have to modify the .ini to get the old 1000 unit cap back),resources are not streamed for expense. Instead,all build costs are paid in full up front. The UEF look absolutely GAUDY (Minor criticism,I know...But Smurf Blue and Dandelion Yellow!?),build times are reduced,several iconic Experimentals (Fatboy,CZAR,Monkeylord) were either fundamentaly changed (Fatboy got it's firepower halved,lost it's shields,torpedoes,AA,no air staging capacity,and factory capacity,CZAR renamed to Darkenoid,no AA,no anti-sub,no factory capacity,no air staging capacity) Or removed entirely,in the case of the Monkeylord. Finally,there's the research system. The research system COULD have been a great addition to the Supreme Commander game,but it was ruined by the fact that units had to be researched. This includes shield generators,and artillery. And,with SupCom 2,it dispensed of the Tech Levels.
The end result? StarCraft or Command & Conquer trying to be Supreme Commander. Supreme Commander was made what it is by several things; Large scale combined arms warefare,and a streaming and dynamic economy,along with three unique factions with their pros and cons. Also,as a side-note...
I want my Omen Class Battleship back. It'll scrap the Wilfinja any day.
And on that note,another minor complaint. The Aeon unit names in SupCom 2 are PAINFUL to read and say,because they sound so ridiculously ABSURD.
/rant.
Warzone 2100. Back in the day that game was amazing, fully customizable units with treads, bodies and weapons with tons of items to place in each slot. Every other rts gave you pre designed units to use which is fine and all, but I prefer the ones where you make your own stuff to go into combat with. Distant Worlds and Star Ruler are two that come to mind where I can lose myself in ship customization.
Honorable mention to Sword of the Stars as well. It may be turn based strategy, but the customization is fun. Cant wait for numero dos!
Honorable mention to Sword of the Stars as well. It may be turn based strategy, but the customization is fun. Cant wait for numero dos!
