17-09-2003 17:58									#1
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What is your favorite Real Time Strategy game? Reason I ask is, what I've got is getting old/boring. The time has come to buy a replacement.

	17-09-2003 18:00									#2
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If it wasn't because the outdated graphics, then The Settlers II would have been my favorite (It's still my all-time favorite though)

But at present time, my fav RTS game is Rise of Nations

	17-09-2003 18:13									#3
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Dune II, it went downhill from there.

	17-09-2003 19:35									#4
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I always liked the original AofE.

As far as later ones, I 've been getting into Cossacks lately.

	17-09-2003 20:10									#5
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I don't know if it can be called just RTS(lots of elements here), but I really like EU2.

	17-09-2003 22:15									#6
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The first Command and Conquer. The only one from the series that I played all the way through and not just once. AoK and AoE come a distant second. I have just ordered RoN which may change the ranking.

So long...

	17-09-2003 22:28									#7
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Age of kings

	17-09-2003 22:48									#8
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Blizzard games.

	17-09-2003 22:59									#9
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Rise of Nations.

	17-09-2003 23:21									#10
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Europa Universalis 2


Settlers 2 was pretty good too. Too bad they strayed from what made it a good game witht he sequels.

	17-09-2003 23:34									#11
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star craft brood war

	18-09-2003 05:59									#12
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WarCraft 3

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Warcraft 3: TFT

	18-09-2003 19:37									#14
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Usually the last one I bought, because once I'm bored with an RTS I never go back (dunno why)

	19-09-2003 16:10									#15
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eu2 for single player and probably multiplayer too but i've never been able to get it to run for more than like 6 months.

	19-09-2003 16:43									#16
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Total Annihilation.

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The only ones that I ever liked was:

Settlers II
Europa Universalis II

But now I'm playing Port Royale, and that is a pretty darned good one.

But I'd still say EU II

Asmodean

Edit: I just remembered that many years ago I had a game for my Amiga that was called Megalomania. That one was hilarious.

	19-09-2003 18:51									#18
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Mega-lo-Mania was a classic. I had a tribute thread in this forum about a year ago, and it was evident that many people remember this game.

	19-09-2003 19:05									#19
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Say Spikey....Where you at?

I had you figured for an American, but you seem to be posting pretty much throughout the day's 24 hours, so I'm having a bit of a problem imagining what timezone you're in.

Care to shed some light?

Asmodean

	19-09-2003 19:09									#20
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How dare you!

I am British. I don't post when I am asleep, which you wouldn't notice, since you are in a similar timezone.

	20-09-2003 10:47									#21
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Frozen throne.

All time favorite has to be broodwar.

	20-09-2003 11:02									#22
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Another vote for Settlers 2, and a vote for Settlers 3 (which, despite the name, is a completely different game).

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age of kings is the best, age of empires and age of mythology are not as great as aok, but they still leave all competition behind by a mile!

	20-09-2003 18:19									#24
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Everything Age; of course.

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Blizz4ever! Die Age scum!

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Total Annihilation with Warlords Battlecry II second and Kohan as the honourable mention.

	21-09-2003 17:18									#27
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Since most of the games of my huge collection over the years have been RTS, it is impossible to name the best one. Though I can narrow it down a little bit.

- Warcraft (I, II and III)
- Dune 2
- Red Alert 2
- Age of Kings
- Age of Mythology
- Homeworld
- Dungeon Keeper 2
- Rise of Nations

	22-09-2003 12:35									#28
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Warcraft II and III is about equally fun, but WCIII has better graphics. If you've got a reasonably new PC go with III.

Black and White is quite unusual, and I found it extremely appealing. The downside is that bad creature habits eventually get frustrating. But the unusual MP makes it very enjoyable.

Those would be my favorites of the genre.

	22-09-2003 14:59									#29
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Age of King/Age of Conquerors. Great game with a big following on the Zone for multiplay.

	23-09-2003 00:57									#30
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only RTS games Ive played

Ive played Age of empires/Rise of rome, various city builders (simcity2000, caesar3, 1602AD) and Sid Meiers Gettysburg.


If youre looking for something new, i presume youre already familiar with AOE. And if your focus is on RTS, i presume the citybuilders, though technically real time, arent what youre looking for.

I would therefore suggest you check out Sid Meiers Gettysburg. Challenging, thought provoking, realistic, yet very real time combat engine. In the tactical wargame tradition there is no Resource management/peasant pushing. Grouping into regiments and ability to move regiments as brigades mean less micromanagement of troops, and is realistic for the period. Instead of micromanagement, you must manage formations, terrain, and morale.

Same engine is applied with some modifications in Sid Meiers Antietam, and is licenced out for Napoleon at Waterloo and Austerlitz.

BTW, Brian Reynolds apparently had a role in design, and SMG seems to have influenced RON.