Haven't played an RTS since starcraft!

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I'm more of an FPS/RPG type gamer, but I feel I've unfairly neglected ever RTS since starcraft. I had so much fun playing it back in the day.

Give me some suggestions for new(ish) RTS games I should check out (please!). I have yet to play an RTS in glorious 3D!

Also, totally unrelated, what are some noteworthy game blogs or sites? I've been checking out big download blog and rock paper shotgun, they're okay.
 
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Elcs

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Company of Heroes and Dawn of War 1+2.

These can be picked up relatively cheap but offer the probably the best RTS experience since the RTS market was truly opened up with Dune 2 and C&C1.

Squad based combat with some concepts that most games dont have (cover and directional armour spring to mind). Well worth anyones hard earned money.
 
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Another recommendation for Company of Heroes and the Dawn of War series.

If you're looking for a bigger scale RTS, try either Supreme Commander or Sins of a Solar Empire.
 
Cheeseplug

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I like Rise of Nations. It came out in 2003 and is pretty traditional. I have fun with it.
 
Maximilian

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Company of heros definately!

Supcom is also worth a try, plus all the old c&cs, everything up to RA2, everything after that was junk.
 
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The entire company of heroes set is $12.49 on Steam right now, DL'ing it now!

I trust all of your judgment :)
 
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CoH is the only RTS aside from Generals that I played for an extended period of time since SC/RA2.

DoW is ok, the second one while pretty to look at it is total crap IMHO.
 
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FYI COH may make you rage quit.... I have dont it sometimes... it reminds me of the n64/snes/nes days..... ahhhhh the anger..
 
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Karsten

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Company of Heroes on sale this week on STEAM. Best $13 you every invest in a game!
 
JoshGuru7

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Company of Heroes is easily my favorite RTS of the last five years and is available for $5 right now on Steam.

The Dawn of War series is alright. Not great.
 
secretanchitman

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ussfletcher said:
Easily the second best RTS ever. First being Starcraft.
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agreed. i think war3 and sc are awesome in their own ways, and will only be beaten by their successors, war4 (if it ever comes out), and sc2.

that being said, i loved supreme commander and the dawn of war series were good, but to me, they werent "mind-blowingly" good like war3/sc were and still are.
 
kalrith

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ChaoZ said:
Warcraft 3.
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This. Even if you get tired of the actual game, there are tons of custom games and still an active following on Battle Net. I'm actually going to a WC3 lan party tonight where we'll be playing some of the custom games.
 
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kalrith said:
This. Even if you get tired of the actual game, there are tons of custom games and still an active following on Battle Net. I'm actually going to a WC3 lan party tonight where we'll be playing some of the custom games.
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Eh WC3 was rather boring compared to the 1 & 2.

Too bad Ensemble Studios isn't around much anymore :(
 
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Company of Heroes is awesome and so is World in Conflict IMO. Very cool games.

TC EndWar was pretty decent too.
 
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