What's your favorite real time strategy games?

[SirFshAlot]

I just got Age of EmpiresII and the expansion.

This is my first experience with this type of game.
I used to play Half-life, QuakeII, Unreal, etc, then tried HeroesIII and was hooked on that for the last year.

I'm wondering what others out there are better than Age of Empires in that genre.

 

[Locutus of Board]

It was dating before I got married.

 

[vi edit]

Age of Empires II is probably my current favorite. But, all time favorite has to go to Warcraft II

 

[beat mania]

myth2.
I'm hoping that it will be replaced by the new dune game by next year.

 

[Azraele]

starcraft's pretty cool, as are baulder's gate, diablo, and some others.

 

[Electric Amish]

Age of EmpiresII is the current king. It has been since the original Age of Empires.

Empire Earth, that is coming out soon, looks pretty cool.

amish

 

[Gatsby]

Personally like starcraft above all the other RTSes.

Gatsby - 967

 

[Freeze]

depending on who you talk t, I like Sacrifice. a lot. there is great debate on whether or not it is a 'true' RTS, but I think you may appreciate the style because you are a FPS fan. there's a demo out. give it a shot, it is great.

 

StarCraft.

 

[SSP]

Age of Empire 2 +expansion .. my all time favorite RTS game.

 

[SirFshAlot]

I decided I like the Huns w/all 3 types of cavalry units.

I used to choose the Chinese with the fast shooting (Sho-ku-nu?), or whatever they're called that you get from the castles.

Sacrifice looks appealing, as does Empire Earth.


I am disappointed that the games aren't as long as HeroesIII, though. I used to play for 8 or 10 hours straight with those.

 

[prodigy]

Warcraft II & Starcraft

 

[vi edit]

The really nice thing about the huns is that they don't require houses.

My personal favorite civ is the Koreans. A wall of war carts and siege onagers w/ 12 range is a sight to behold!

 

[DarK SagE]

Red Alert 2

 

[Electric Amish]

Yeah, these new RTS's aren't really meant for single player.... They are much more fun on a LAN or online.

amish

 

[BoberFett]

Age of Empires 2 is great. Another similar game is Cossacks, and in that one, you can create armies of several thousand units. Some friends and I had a blast playing the demo on a LAN recently.

 

[ravahbOi]

Gonna have to go with Starcraft on this one.

 

[Dedpuhl]

Age of Empires 2 is the best...

 

[Aquaman]

Starcraft & Expansion until Warcraft 3 comes out

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[b0red]

SC!!!

then AoE, AoC

 

[Mday]

Total Annihilation i suppose... C&C was fun for it's time, as was red alert, tiberian sun sucked, and though ra2 does not suck, it was not a whoop either...

 

[rhinox99]

Starcraft! and I still play it but bnet feels so lonely

 

[thelanx]

I like the Warcraft series and Starcraft. IMO Ages of Empires is slightly different. While WC and SC are a bit more fast paced (especially in multiplayer), AOE is more or an "empire building game". By that I mean you spend more time building and creating your town. I liked the C&C series too, but I thought that Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 had weapons which are too powerful. It is so easy to wreak mass destruction. AOE 2 is a very good game. The guys at Microsoft really spent a lot of time and effort to make a detailed and realistic game.

 

[Electric Amish]

thelanx- I guess you've been playing against different opponents than I have in AOE. If you stop to worry about building an empire, you're toast.

amish

 

[thelanx]

Well, I haven't really played AOE online much, I just thought the setup was more suited to empire building than Starcraft.