Recommend Strategy Games

[crisscross]

What Strategy Games would you recommend for a noob.. considering that the last strategy game i played was Carmen Sandiego!

 

[Hadsus]

Where in the world did you get that?

 

[The Green Bean]

Red Alert2!!!

 

[crisscross]

Originally posted by: Hadsus
Where in the world did you get that?

 

[ponyo]

Starcraft. Still the best after all these years.

 

[heresiarh]

Nothing better than the Command & Conquer Series. Also Age of Empires is great.

 

[Schadenfroh]

command and conquer and the crafts

 

[crisscross]

Thanks guys... any Strategy gaming sites/portals you would recommend?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Jagged Alliance 2 - squad-level turn-based military tactics & strategy with some RPG elements. There are several good mods for it as well, www.ja-galaxy-forum.com .

 

[jrphoenix]

Medieval Total War ...... By the way, the must have strategy game for 2004 (agruably the best, in my opinion) will be the new Rome Total War coming in September!

If you like strategy and if you would like to be in a battle that looks and feels like the movie "Troy"... get this game!!!!

Check out these links:

RTW Official
IGN
Game Spy

 

[Hadsus]

You didn't specify your preference for real time vs turn based strategy.....you have some of both here. I would agree with all the recommendations so far and would add Alpha Centauri as a turned based game.

 

[jrphoenix]

Originally posted by: Hadsus
You didn't specify your preference for real time vs turn based strategy.....you have some of both here. I would agree with all the recommendations so far and would add Alpha Centauri as a turned based game.

Good point! Have you tried any of the total war games? Check out the info I linked to on Rome Total War. You get the best of both worlds, turn based map and real time battles

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

StarCraft

WarCraft III + TFT

Nothing else is quite that good. Battle.net is very nice and has loads of features in TFT. The single player campaigns and cinematics are excellent as well.

 

[crisscross]

I am open to trying out both... thanks for all the recommendations..

 

[CrowDog]

Im playing Praetorians right now and really like it.....

 

[Staver]

If you like Fantasy turn-based, you have alot of choices: Heroes of Might & Magic, Disciples 2 and Age of Wonders 2: Shadow Magic. AoW2 has a good random map generator for unlimited maps.

 

[crooked22]

i have been having fun lately with desert rats vs. afrika korps.

also i would recommend:
C&C series (generals is nice)
Close Combat
I played the Silent Storm 2 demo, was kinda fun, but i found it somewhat hard.

 

[episodic]

In no certain order. . .

Civilization III, Cleopatra and the Pharoh expansion, Tropico (both editions), Rise of Nations, Alpha Centauri (a must), and MOO (the origanal)

Some of these are no longer really in production, but most are available on 10$ cheap disks or on ebay for dirt. . .

 

[jrphoenix]

Rome Total Was Is THE Best Strategy Coming Soon!

IGN Ranked #1
Game Spy #1 Strategy

Just wait and see.... coming soon!

 

[LoneWolf1]

SpellForce - The Order of Dawn

 

[Sid59]

Rise of Nations is soo awesome

 

[daddyo]

I'll throw in Kohan (and the expansion pack).

It's RTS, but the pace is slow enough that you never consider it a clickfest. Unlike many of the other games mentioned, Kohan is not dominated by throwing large masses of troops into the fray and picking up the pieces when the dust settles. Tactics (flanking, etc) are a very important part of the game. The AI in the single player campaign is fantastic.

I have never seen anyone give a less than stellar review of it.

 

[blazer78]

red alert 2
warcraft III + expansion
Homeworld 2
Dark Reign 2
Age of Mythology
Mechcommander 2

 

[HardWarrior]

C&C Generals (if you have a muscular box)
Warcraft III (I got all misty eyed at the end)
Age of Mythology (one of the best RTS games ever)

 

[Jeraden]

Chess