Recommend me an RTS!

Freeman · 25 Jan 2009 at 11:31

I own and have enjoyed the following games and am currently looking for a new RTS to keep me occupied for a while:

Command and Conquer (or command and conquerers as my chav mate calls it) Tiberium Wars.

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

Warcraft 3

Command and Conquer Generals

Battle for Middle Earth

Battle for Middle Earth 2

I don't mind if they're small skirmashes or big battles, the important thing is that they are fun to fight...one other thing...it can't be too slow EG Rome Total War.

Thanks.

mithrandir · 25 Jan 2009 at 11:32

Supreme Commander - epic battles

World in Conflict - Absolutely awesome!

Puppetmaster · 25 Jan 2009 at 11:32

id recommend company of heroes + expansion. Imo one of the best rts around. Has decent graphics plus a slightly different style of gameplay but just as fun if not more so.

mithrandir · 25 Jan 2009 at 11:35

Oh yeah, Company of Heroes

Also Age of Empires series (1,2 & 3)

shipinabottle · 25 Jan 2009 at 11:54

Age Of Empires 2

and wait for Starcraft 2

atpbx · 25 Jan 2009 at 11:59

Ground Control, even if it is old.

Sleepery · 25 Jan 2009 at 12:10

Dawn of War 1 and the first expansion, Winter assault.

BlackDragon · 25 Jan 2009 at 12:18

Dawn of War and all the expansions, you can get the whole set for relatively cheap

Mp4 · 25 Jan 2009 at 12:23

CoH + Expansion can be had for £17 on Steam

bloody well worth it!

hsp70 · 25 Jan 2009 at 12:24

if you don't mind the outdated graphics, try starcraft

PinkFloyd · 25 Jan 2009 at 12:25

Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

sh4dy1981 · 25 Jan 2009 at 12:30

supreme commander forged alliance. u can just get the expansion and dont need the origanal. the experimental units in it can be awesome. starcraft II should be very good but its made by blizzard so dont expect it out anytime soon. its been put back a few time already.

Pred · 25 Jan 2009 at 12:40

Company of heroes or Supreme Commander.

Sleepery · 25 Jan 2009 at 13:06

I got Supreme Commander cheap about a month ago, and was bored silly after about 2 hours. Haven't touched it since, but I can't understand what all the fuss was about. I was like total annihilation with the fun taken out

spoonjaffa · 25 Jan 2009 at 13:15

you didnt play supcom online then. 3v3 or 4v4 with 20 min no rush was great! I never played it in single player!

Alexrose1uk · 25 Jan 2009 at 13:23

Sleepery said:
I got Supreme Commander cheap about a month ago, and was bored silly after about 2 hours. Haven't touched it since, but I can't understand what all the fuss was about. I was like total annihilation with the fun taken out

Supreme Commander isn't the sort of game that tries to get you to like it; the campaign just gets steadily bigger and more epic as you go on. The multiplayer can get pretty crazy really; and theres nothing more satisfying than playing LAN, watching your mate grin and say he's going to decimate you... then 'Nuclear Launch Detected'...*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM* goes his super weapon. His grin is replaced by dismay and your grin is even bigger!

Forged Alliance they toned down the nukes though, because you could get crazy in the original. Build 8 silos, and have them all launch in tandem and the destruction was supreme, as most people simply wouldn't have the anti-nuke for 8 simultaneous...and oooh boy it was pretty

Back when I played with some workmates, before the tone down, they used to spend more time building nuke defences than anything else, so there were some really interesting wins where I won with a massive ground assault as they'd expected mass nuke whorage

It MIGHT be a little slow/large scale for the OP though as he wanted something fast.