Need a Good RTS
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Schadenfroh
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Rome Total War. It combines the best elements of Civilization, but features real time full scale battles.
datalink7
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I am an avid player and fail to see how you can call it an RTS at all. It doesn't have any "action." Are you refereing to the animation when units fight? That is purely for looks and don't mean anything. In fact, you can tell who won the fight before the units even "fight" by looking in the bottom left corner after you attack. Please enlighten us to how Civ IV is a action/rts.
Out of the choices on the poll, I vote Age of Empires III. Reasons why are:
1) I've played it and it is good, though not great. A solid B. Well worth buying.
2) Civ IV and B&W 2 aren't RTS games, and you asked for one. If the choice was "which one of these games" without it needing to be an RTS, I would vote Civ IV by a LONG shot. Awesome game.
3) I haven't played Star Wars: Empire at War
Another game to look at is Rome: Total War. It is a combination RTS/TBS and one of the best games ever made IMO.
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With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and options. Civilization IV will come to life like never before in a beautifully detailed, living 3D world that will elevate the gameplay experience to a whole new level. Civilization IV has already been heralded as one of the top ten games of 2005, and a must-have for gamers around the globe!
# Faster-Paced Fun ? Gameplay has been streamlined for a tighter, faster and more compelling experience.
# Greater Accessibility and Ease of Play ? An easy-to-use interface will be immediately familiar to RTS and action game players, and newcomers to the series will be able to jump in and play.
# Tech Tree ? Flexible Tech tree allows players more strategic choices for developing their civilizations along unique paths.
# More Civs, Units, and Improvements to enhance and grow your empire.
# Multiplayer ?LAN, Internet, PBEM and Persistent Turn-Based Server (PTBS) offer players all-new strategies and ways to play when competing or cooperating with live opponents.
# Team Play - Whether playing multiplayer or single player, team play offers a new way of setting locked alliances that result in shared wonder effects, visibility, unit trading and shared territory that delivers a plethora of new strategic and tactical options.
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I said consistancys, its should remind you of a RTS in some senses more than a different form of game such as platform, etc.
HamburgerBoy
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Star Wars Empire at War just because its Star Wars. Dont like Star Wars, well AOE3 is the RTS for u.
HamburgerBoy
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Blizzard can't make good single player RTS games. The Warcraft and Starcraft games were both plagued with repetitive gameplay and massive AI cheating.
Elcs
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Out of your list of RTS games, it has to be AoE3.
Out of your list of games, Civ4.
You really need the ENTIRE Homeworld series and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.
They look good, play very well and are some of the most interesting and intriguing RTSes around.
Starcraft and most of the C&C series deserve honourable mentions.
Out of your list of games, Civ4.
You really need the ENTIRE Homeworld series and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.
They look good, play very well and are some of the most interesting and intriguing RTSes around.
Starcraft and most of the C&C series deserve honourable mentions.
Me too, if you have considered RTW you are missing out!!! The whole total war series is the best RTS I have ever played.
Maximilian
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Civilisation IV isnt an RTS yet it has the highest number of votes..... Well if you want a proper RTS then i suggest getting somthing else to tick you over until empire at war gets here. The defunct westwood crew are making it, so itll be like connand and conquer quality!! They left EA thank god and are making games again. Since westwood got taken over RTS has went to hell.
I'll throw another one into the mix just 'cause the deal is so good......Spellforce Platinum for $19 at Gamestop (and other places I would guess). Been out for a couple of years but waited for it to go cheapo and it did.....not only that but you get the original game, sequel and expansion. Pretty fun so far. Kind of an RTS/RPG mix.
Malladine
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Warcraft 3
Rome: Total War
Warhammer 40K
Those are the best RTS out right now, imo.
And Civ IV isn't a RTS, jcover you are dead wrong. /geekpride.
Age of Empires 3 looks good, but haven't played it yet.
Upcoming we have Supreme Commander, the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.
Rome: Total War
Warhammer 40K
Those are the best RTS out right now, imo.
And Civ IV isn't a RTS, jcover you are dead wrong. /geekpride.
Age of Empires 3 looks good, but haven't played it yet.
Upcoming we have Supreme Commander, the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.
Yeah for Supreme Commander!
That game will rule my life for the next two-three years like TA did.
That game will rule my life for the next two-three years like TA did.
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