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Fulfill my RTS itch.
Liquid Hellz
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I really feel like playing a good RTS game and can't think of any recent releases, anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Hmm, I heard Sins of a Solar Empire was pretty good, it's single player only though. You can't go wrong with some good old Broodwar or Warcraft III, though.
Hrm.
I haven't gotten into a RTS since Rise of Nations.
It's highly focused on micro. Lots of attention is paid to special powers, tactics, and support abilities. If your computer can run it, give it a whirl.
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Played Company of Heroes + expansion? That's a good one. Supreme Commander and expansion? I liked that and it has a large focus on HUUUGE armies and it isn't THAT old.
To be honest, not a lot of RTS games coming out recently, but they've all been fairly good quality.
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Sins is ok, but I got bored of it pretty fast as it is really shallow. Depending on how you look at it it's either an incredibly shallow space RTS (compared to say Homeworld or even Star Wars Empire at War) or an incredibly shallow 4x game (compared to Master of Orion 2 or Imperium Galactica 2 or Stars!).
My two recently have been (as above) C&C3 and Sins of a Solar Empire; sins is a bit less RTS-ish, though it depends on what type of RTS you're looking for
Supreme Commander I thought had some decent computer-eating requirements, though it was also quite highly reviewed (it basically depends if you like the Total Annihilation-style of game)
Sins is very resource/empire building oriented. The combat is easy going but still very fun, especially when you get huge fucking fleets.
If you don't like the heart attack pace of Battle.net or something like Dawn of War (which would be in the middle), then Sins can be fun.
But if you hate waiting for resources and want particularly tactical combat then I don't think Sins is the answer unless you play online, because the AI, in all it's wisdom, is fairly predictable (although they improve it with every patch and a couple have passed since I played).
The next best choice IMO is Dawn of War, it's basically the best designed RTS I've played, the race variety is pretty damn good, incredible graphics and unit variety... shit... i need to go play it now. I have not played Soul Storm though and know nothing about it.
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Other options include Worldshift, World in Conflict, Supreme Commander, COMPANY OF HEROES, Command & Conquer 3, and jesus christ buy Company of Heroes.
Cheap gimmicks? What the hell does that mean?
Any resolution over 800x600 or any gameplay innovation since 1998 is a cheap gimmick.
Also awesome fucking capital ships.
As for Sins, it's something of an acquired taste. Very slow, very very slow. Much less micromangement. And the games can be long. I tend to think of Sins as more of a real time Civilization as opposed to something kin to Starcraft. A ridiculously awesome game to be sure.
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Thought I'd add in a few oddballs.
Medieval Total War II - Part Civ, Part Tactics. Great game with endless replayability
Darwinia - Amazing graphics. Very simple RTS, but very engaging
Universe at War was supposed to be ok, I'm sure it's pretty cheap now,
Going to go ahead and restate Medieval 2: Total War and Rome: Total War. Thing is, if you get Rome: Total War play through once on vanilla then download and install the mod for Rome Total Realism, it makes it quite a bit more difficult and accurate than vanilla.
Also, seems a bit obvious but Warcraft III or the older ones if you can find and run them.
EDIT: Also, apparently Sins of a Solar Empire is coming out with an expansion sometime which will flesh it out a bit more and add singleplayer. No date yet though.
Then a guy at work got me into playing Company of Heroes online.
I play this every evening. EVERY evening - I'm not even a big RTS guy... I cant remember the last time a game gripped me like this. It may have been Fallout...? Hmmm.
The point is, after playing the demo and having to deal with a sniper by drawing his fire with one squad, then running in another and tossing a grenade in the window... I was hooked.
Also, for a tactical-leaning fix, try Ground Control. It's good. It's also free? Haven't tried getting it, but I'm at work, maybe when I get home.
I can't vouch for Ground Control 2, never played it.
Nothing comes close to Starcraft though.
Have you played Seven Kingdoms?
It's old school, but it's kind of like Age of Empires but with less micromanagement but more management abilities for your kingdom. Starcraft and Warcraft just became zerg games.
Supreme Commander for the HUGE scale RTS gameplay. Very little micro, it's all about large scale strategy.
Sins of a Solar Empire for 4X gameplay that's a bit more accessible than most 4X games, and with games that span galaxies and (on the large scales) can last whole days / weeks.