RTS recommendations

A[L]C · 22 Nov 2013 at 22:20

Hi all. Can anyone recommend me an RTS please? I prefer current day or futuristic. Is StarCraft still the main one around?

arknor · 22 Nov 2013 at 23:02

if you don't mind older games then "universe at war : earth assault" is more than worth a play through if you never played it back in 2007
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10430/

beasty6 · 22 Nov 2013 at 23:20

supreme commander 2, wargame european escalation

Indy500 · 22 Nov 2013 at 23:31

Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (spiritual successor to Total Annihilation). The community-driven Forged Alliance Forever MP client is a great system and has built in mods\regular patches.

Srengam · 23 Nov 2013 at 05:51

Yeah SC2 is still the top RTS, and the HotS adds a few nice touches to it too.

Bart_Hunt · 23 Nov 2013 at 06:35

Old comand&conquer series ftw :-)

A[L]C · 23 Nov 2013 at 14:10

Indy500 said:
Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (spiritual successor to Total Annihilation). The community-driven Forged Alliance Forever MP client is a great system and has built in mods\regular patches.

Do you need the mp client when its on steam?

Indy500 · 23 Nov 2013 at 14:15

A[L]C;25361453 said:
Do you need the mp client when its on steam?

You can use the Steam version with FAF. I would recommend you do that since the game was only officially patched to 3603 by THQ before they went bankrupt. I would hazard a guess that the player count on FAF is significantly higher as well. There's a co-op campaign mode that was recently added as well (although it's much tougher than the stock version depending on how many human players join the match).

A[L]C · 23 Nov 2013 at 14:22

cool thanks

Indy500 · 23 Nov 2013 at 14:33

http://www.faforever.com/

This guy has a lot of Supreme Commander replays he commentates on, and some discussions about strategy\tactics: http://www.youtube.com/user/praisegugleourmaster/videos

Puppetmaster · 23 Nov 2013 at 15:05

Company of heroes is well worth checking out (ww2 so sort of recent). First one can be picked up cheap these days

angela · 23 Nov 2013 at 15:28

dawn of war 2: retrebution

shaggyd · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:22

Men of war series. MOW:Vietnam is hit and miss, but the rest are good.

Stonehouse · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:23

Yea the new SC2 expansion Heart of the Swarm is good stuff.

Squark · 23 Nov 2013 at 19:25

Planetary Annihilation