Spec me a good Strategy game

bhavv · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:08

Sigh.

More people need to be playing Anno 1404. Nothing compares, NOTHING!

My top 3 strategy games:

Alpha Centauri
Anno 1404
AOE II

craptakular · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:13

SupCom 1 + Forged Alliance = mega turtle action can be had!

Company of Heroes Tayles of Valor and only play the free blitzkrieg mod.

Men of War: Assault Squad out on friday, the beta is amazing! There is a single player demo for you to try

Gashman · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:33

Company of Heroes or Supreme Commander I / Forged Alliance, to be honest Starcraft II can't even compare to these two as much as I enjoyed Starcraft.

FirebarUK · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:37

Men of War and Men of War Assault Squad for sure. Also another recommendation for Sup Com 1 + FA and Sup Com 2. Even thought all of these are nothing like AOE

Gashman · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:39

FirebarUK said:
Men of War and Men of War Assault Squad for sure. Also another recommendation for Sup Com 1 + FA and Sup Com 2. Even thought all of these are nothing like AOE

problem is though, Supreme Commander is vastly superior to AOE, I cannot play any RTS game anymore without missing Supreme Commanders features, Starcraft II everything just feels so unbelievably zoomed in!

badcompany · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:48

Sins of a solar empire?

Barry_H · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:53

Nickg said:
Okay ill recommend you to Close Combat 3-4. Sure its a little old school now and the gfx are 2d not 3d affair. but can be played quite slowly, with unit progression in terms of experience and morale that goes up and down plus like 3-4 map scenarios where your objective is to your your opponent back and back, and wipe them off all of the maps!

Great games can be played on netbooks these days i would have thought too...

has great featurews like genuine LOS, tanks that die, or become incapacitated in 1 shot..

anti tank sniper rifles (to slow down thoe pesky Panzer II's and flamingos, LOL) if only MS would remake with a better newer game engine;/

Thanks for the recommendations, will check the Close Combats out.

DisrupTor75 · 22 Feb 2011 at 18:55

Gashman said:
Company of Heroes or Supreme Commander I / Forged Alliance, to be honest Starcraft II can't even compare to these two as much as I enjoyed Starcraft.

I agree

i have SC2 as well and i just coudlnt get into it as much as SCFA. Dont get me wrong it is a good game just not quite in SCFA's league

badcompany said:
Sins of a solar empire?

Sins of a Solar Empire is also a good game with some brilliant mods for it.

Gashman · 22 Feb 2011 at 19:01

its like i was saying to my mate the other day about how i view games as intellectual success and failure, based on the evolution of a concept. i think even though supreme commander is a definate successor from total annihilation, it added enough new concepts and ideas to stand the test of time, i think in todays world that is rare in games. look at duke nukem as an example, its been about seven hundred years in development, is it bringing anything new or revolutionary to the table? no. so its gotta (at least for me) be considered a failure.

starcraft II failed in the same way, it was just too much of a 'remake' of the original, and didn't really change anything or add anything new (campaign was much much better than original), it still for me has the same bland rush based multi-player games that the first one had, supreme commanders sheer scale sometimes makes rushing pointless to even attempt and players benefit from actual tactics and strategy rather than quick, hard-hitting brute force. in supreme commander you can kill your opponant without ever setting foot into their 'base', it has proper electronic warfare and recon with spy planes, etc. so yeah, its the daddy of all RTS and nothing else is really worth considering, unless you've already played supreme commander.

DisrupTor75 · 22 Feb 2011 at 19:19

Gashman said:
its like i was saying to my mate the other day about how i view games as intellectual success and failure, based on the evolution of a concept. i think even though supreme commander is a definate successor from total annihilation, it added enough new concepts and ideas to stand the test of time, i think in todays world that is rare in games. look at duke nukem as an example, its been about seven hundred years in development, is it bringing anything new or revolutionary to the table? no. so its gotta (at least for me) be considered a failure.

starcraft II failed in the same way, it was just too much of a 'remake' of the original, and didn't really change anything or add anything new (campaign was much much better than original), it still for me has the same bland rush based multi-player games that the first one had, supreme commanders sheer scale sometimes makes rushing pointless to even attempt and players benefit from actual tactics and strategy rather than quick, hard-hitting brute force. in supreme commander you can kill your opponant without ever setting foot into their 'base', it has proper electronic warfare and recon with spy planes, etc. so yeah, its the daddy of all RTS and nothing else is really worth considering, unless you've already played supreme commander.

Even SC2 borrowed a few of the innovations of supcom but sadly not enough in the way of variety, be that in units or tactical options. which is one of the reasons i found Supreme Commander 2 so offensive. They took a system that worked perfectly well and scrapped it in favor of giving everyone (pc & console) a dumbed down (its the only way i can put it) very limited game. I have nothing against consoles per say but in this case i think the urge to get some sales from that side of the fence dictated the direction of Supcom 2 and set it in it's limitations. I still bought it when it came out and have not even bothered to finish off the single player let alone multi as it's so poorly executed. With regard to duke nukem it will probably be the same, its as if publishers these days are terrified of trying anything new so stick to the same tired old ways of doing things (look at the COD series)

Gashman · 22 Feb 2011 at 19:24

yeah totally agree mate, supreme commander II was put simply, a total jip! they went backwards, instead of evolving the game. would personally love to see it with a more vibrant 3D engine, even more unit options, maybe impliment vast research trees (to gear your style of play), more diversity between factions, cybran ultimate stealth and speed, etc. but more than anything i would love to see something like TC: endwar style voice control, to help with all that insane management in those crazy battles! you can only be one place at a time!