Rts / turn based games

Yosiah · 28 Oct 2011 at 02:31

.... 12 years old.

SC2 wouldn't be too difficult. 12 year olds aren't stupid. I was playing Everquest, Anarchy Online and SC/Broodwars when I was 11 and doing fine, and they were quite complicated games with steep learning curves, but it just meant you had to take the time to learn it, not that it was impossible.

bhavv · 28 Oct 2011 at 07:27

No sugesstions for Alpha Centauri or Civ games yet?

For shame OCUK!

Alex74 · 28 Oct 2011 at 09:57

Imy said:
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Turn-Based Games

Civ 2 and Civ 5.

bhavv said:
No sugesstions for Alpha Centauri or Civ games yet?

For shame OCUK!

Either way Alpha Centauri is certainly worth a look

gropingmantis · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:32

The original C&C games are free legally on the internet and are great.

When I was 12 I discovered Total Annihilation and to this day it remains my fav RTS of all time ever. So easy to get into and so satisfying. Then of course SupCom leads on from that and is more complex but still great fun.

Turn based you cannot go far wrong with some Civ.

Dyson · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:40

Another vote for the C&C First Decade pack, amazing value, with some of the best RTS games in one pack. RA2 and Generals are the stand out titles for me.

gropingmantis · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:42

Oh apparently you can no longer download the first 3 C&Cs for free.

THANKS EA AND ORIGIN...oh wait.

bhavv · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:42

Alex74 said:
Either way Alpha Centauri is certainly worth a look

Ah I didnt see that, but Civ IV or SMAC werent mentioned!

Imy · 28 Oct 2011 at 10:44

Having given it some more thought maybe Civ isn't the right game for a 12 year old? It's very technical, even the older ones and even if that's not an issue, a 12 year old may find the pace of the game a little slow.

Running over dogs with tanks in Red Alert never gets old though. Then give the dogs armour and mounted cannons and do it all again

Pighardia · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:00

bhavv said:
Ah I didnt see that, but Civ IV or SMAC werent mentioned!

I mentioned Civ iv in the first reply, best of its type by far imo, though i do think that Civ V will overtake it if tehy can sort out some AI problems

bhavv · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:09

Imy said:
Having given it some more thought maybe Civ isn't the right game for a 12 year old? It's very technical, even the older ones and even if that's not an issue, a 12 year old may find the pace of the game a little slow.

Running over dogs with tanks in Red Alert never gets old though. Then give the dogs armour and mounted cannons and do it all again

You heathen.

I was playing Civ II at age 11 and chess since around 6 or 7.

Civ II was the best game my parents ever bought me, and it was the single game that made me never go back to consoles.

Oh, also this game here is seriously awesome:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/18500

npjnpj · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:15

I could imagine him getting a kick out of Jagged Alliance 2.
Baldur's Gate could also be fun.
Both have the advantage of switching from real-time to turn-based for combat.

Howitzer · 28 Oct 2011 at 11:22

Age of Empires 1 or 2

Empire Earth
(Often overlooked but I think better than AoE!
The original was my first PC strategy game. Awesome game as it's similar to AoE but a bit more polished and you can zoom right in if you like

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