Good RTS games?

keyboardwarrior · 10 Feb 2009 at 17:45

Im looking for some damn good RTS games that are competitive online aswell.

Currently i own:-

World In Conflict
Company of Heroes + Oppossing Fronts
Red Alert 3 (Massivley unbalanced i think!)
Rome Total War (the complete set)
Battle For Middle Earth 2 + Witch King

So are there any others that are worth a punt?

KbW

Gashman · 10 Feb 2009 at 17:57

Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance, enough said really

V4NT0M · 10 Feb 2009 at 17:59

supcom!

Freeman · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:00

If you liked BFME 2 then you'll like Tiberium Wars.

snowdog · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:03

Gashman said:
Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance, enough said really

GhostlyPea · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:04

Could try getting into the DoW2 beta as it is open, might be your thing

- Pea0n

Teki187 · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:06

Sadly there isn't any new RTS that are any good.

Which is a shame really.

Grand Ages: Rome looks like it could be good, but i feel it'll get repetitive really fast.

Hectic Glenn · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:13

Pea0n said:
Could try getting into the DoW2 beta as it is open, might be your thing

- Pea0n

Indeed, and you can trial it through Steam for free still - http://store.steampowered.com/app/15660/

CoH is my favourite RTS too, not a big fan of RA3 at all but I did enjoy Generals and Zero Hour.

keyboardwarrior · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:18

Pea0n said:
Could try getting into the DoW2 beta as it is open, might be your thing

- Pea0n

I have pre-orderd this through game, the collecters box set.

Teki187 said:
Sadly there isn't any new RTS that are any good.

Which is a shame really.

Grand Ages: Rome looks like it could be good, but i feel it'll get repetitive really fast.

Im also waiting for Empire: Total War.

Whats this 'Star Craft' like then, ive heard somethings about it.

And how much can i get Sup-Com and Forged Alliance for then?

KbW

snowdog · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:26

Supreme Commander: Forged alliance includes everything from the original supcom except the campaign and is a standalone, but you can only play the new race and not the 3 originals in multiplayer. So if you don't want to spend too much get forged alliance first.

Both are 10€'s here at my local electronics chain. So 20 for both.

fastwunz · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:26

Satrcraft 2 looks good - when it eventually gets here lol

keyboardwarrior · 10 Feb 2009 at 18:53

Whats the original StarCraft like?

Sup-Com, is it hard to pick up and learn or?

I want good graphics for the RTS', so will my rig power Sup-Com into full graphics? (22" moniter, soon to be 24" HD jobby)

KbW

minizx · 10 Feb 2009 at 19:06

+1 for supreme commander

easy to pick up just play through sp first and try to use a more offensive strat instead of turtling up otherwise you'll end up with nukes raining down on your hole base

edit : also your rig will be fine i had no problems playing on the rig in my signiture

keyboardwarrior · 10 Feb 2009 at 19:12

minizx said:
+1 for supreme commander

easy to pick up just play through sp first and try to use a more offensive strat instead of turtling up otherwise you'll end up with nukes raining down on your hole base

edit : also your rig will be fine i had no problems playing on the rig in my signiture

Nukes you say?

Only thing i WANT in WiC is a 'Skirmish' mode, were i can fight the enemy on custom maps, like in all the C&C games...is there one in WiC, 'cos i cant find one...

KbW

J0hnb0y · 10 Feb 2009 at 19:38

Supreme Commander Forged Alliance is quite simply the best RTS I have ever played. Better even than AoE2 which had set the bar since. Can't believe it took me so long to buy this game. Money very well spent imo!

Gashman · 10 Feb 2009 at 20:18

yeah as far as modern RTS go, theres nothing on the market better than supreme commander, it can be pretty long winded sometimes, but then that all depends how you like to play. its perfectly simple to play a nice short game of supreme commander or have a long game with T3 artillery fest and experimentals!

dawn of war is another quality RTS that i would recommend, can be had for around £10 or less now, squad based RTS like company of heroes but set in the future in the warhammer 40K universe

and if your a proper RTS fan then you MUST purchase starcraft and brood war, there next to nothing to buy these days but its one of the simplest, best balanced and most addictive RTS ever made!

keyboardwarrior · 10 Feb 2009 at 20:25

Ive got DoW exc Soulstorm. Its not as good as some out there!

KbW

Shamikebab · 10 Feb 2009 at 20:26

16 posts in and no Dawn of War recommendation?

easily my favourite, has some superb expansions as well.

Gashman · 10 Feb 2009 at 20:27

Shamikebab said:
16 posts in and no Dawn of War recommendation?

easily my favourite, has some superb expansions as well.

winter assault and dark crusade were awesome (NECRONS!!!) but soulstorm was a bit disappointing, they should have added tyranids not the stupid sisters of battle! :mad:

keyboardwarrior · 10 Feb 2009 at 20:35

Gashman said:
winter assault and dark crusade were awesome (NECRONS!!!) but soulstorm was a bit disappointing, they should have added tyranids not the stupid sisters of battle!

I agree, when i started with DoW i was a heavy 40K gamer myself, 3K points of Tau, Dark Eldar, Chaos and a 2K nids army. Needless to say i grew out of it and sold it all.

KbW