Is RTS still a thing?

Mark1989 · 26 Feb 2017 at 07:28

Starcraft2 is def one of the best but total diff game online the skill level required to be good is a deep learning curve

Eddie182 · 26 Feb 2017 at 13:00

I'd Act of Aggression is the closest recently released RTS to C&C. Although it seems to have gone rather unnoticed, which is surprised as it's made by the same people who did the Wargame series.

LewisRaz · 26 Feb 2017 at 13:59

Mega-lo-mania was an epic game. Still own it in my megadrive collection. ** No links to grey area software - Thanks, Armageus ***
Lets not forget Age of empires 2 HD on steam is often very cheap and still plays so well.
There is also Settlers 2 anniversary edition which is on GoG and brilliant.
If you miss red alert then try OpenRA. Quite a good effort on bringing the game to current machines.

Mark1989 · 26 Feb 2017 at 14:36

Eddie182 said:
I'd Act of Aggression is the closest recently released RTS to C&C. Although it seems to have gone rather unnoticed, which is surprised as it's made by the same people who did the Wargame series.

Always wanted to try that but put off by user reviews it doesn't read well plus I fear user base is gone now

VonScar · 26 Feb 2017 at 21:36

Still play COH 1 ten years after release. Just won 7 games in a row 1 v 1 on multiplayer! COH has fantastic mechanics. I think it is far superior to COH 2.

Funnily enough Supreme Commander 2 is also inferior to the original.

New RTS games are still being made. Dawn of War 3 is due out any week now! Check out the trailer on YouTube.

Some other notable mentions. 1) Homeworld 2) Total War series 3) Battlefleet Gothic Armada (came out 2016.

CapitalOne · 26 Feb 2017 at 22:07

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharnak was really enjoyable and very C&C like

Pigeon_Killer · 26 Feb 2017 at 23:34

This thread got me interested in Ashes of Singularity which is now on offer on Steam. Thanks

almoststew1990 · 26 Feb 2017 at 23:39

I've been looking at Empire Earth recently. Apparently it is a lot like AoE, but over a much longer time period. I'd it any good or is it... Stretched too thin?

David_VI · 27 Feb 2017 at 00:39

Such fond memories of AoE and AoM!

mattyfez · 27 Feb 2017 at 09:51

Rise of nations is good but old now, nothing more satisfying than out evolving the enemy, and rolling a bunch of tanks into a base that's still in the medieval age

DONOHUE07 · 27 Feb 2017 at 09:55

The closest thing to C&C in years is Halo Wars 2. Played it at my friends over the weekend, really good

VincentHanna · 27 Feb 2017 at 10:03

Yep, enjoying Halo Wars 2.

And can play at 4K from my sofa with a gamepad - Unprecedented.

Scotspaul · 27 Feb 2017 at 10:09

Pigeon_Killer said:
This thread got me interested in Ashes of Singularity which is now on offer on Steam. Thanks

I bought Ashes a while ago but was disappointed by capture the flag type mechanics.
Looks nice though,

Souness · 27 Feb 2017 at 10:34

I'm hoping the new Dawn of War could resurrect the genre. The theatrical trailers have me hyped for sure.

Nasher · 27 Feb 2017 at 12:39

The oldies are still by far the best. Homeworld, Supreme Commander, TA, classic C&C, etc.

Most of the new ones are very simplified and small scale :/

Schnippzle · 27 Feb 2017 at 16:21

Breeze said:
There are/were mods that sorted that out last time I played it (many years ago). SC2 is all about mods. If you don't want to use them don't bother with it.

Ah I didn't know this. Thank you, will investigate!

chrismscotland · 27 Feb 2017 at 21:31

Probably Company of Heroes (1 not 2) as the most "modern" RTS for me but I do miss playing around with Skirmish mode in Red Alert 2, need to try and get it working on my Windows 10 PC as I'm sure it was a pain doing it before.

miller745 · 27 Feb 2017 at 21:35

One of my fondest gaming memories is having a 6hr skirmish in the first C&C, because I didn't have the HDD space to save the game

Not found anything that's as good yet, having some fun with OpenRA though.

GTanny · 27 Feb 2017 at 23:35

miller745 said:
Not found anything that's as good yet, having some fun with OpenRA though.

wow, ive been failing to get RA/RA2 run on my PC through the TV fullscreen and i cant get it to work and be readable... this has just made my evening

TNA · 28 Feb 2017 at 07:20

VincentHanna said:
Yep, enjoying Halo Wars 2.

And can play at 4K from my sofa with a gamepad - Unprecedented.

Sounds like a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the first one. It is annoying that MS do not release all their games on steam on release. I will be waiting until they do, or when it becomes available via other means.