Spec an RTS for an RTS newbie :)

Can you explain :eek: ?

I've played 3 TW games and liked Rome most out of the 3:

RTW
M2TW
ETW

Firstly I'm not saying that Rome is a bad game, but I believe that both Medievals are better; can't comment on Empire as I haven't spent enough time with it.

One reason is that I think the Medieval time period is a better one; Rome, bizarrely enough, is too focussed on the Romans; it almost became a race between you and the other Roman factions for power, nudging any opportunity for a slower gameplan off the table.

Second reason is that Rome was the first TW game that brought the 3d map to the table; while it did it well, M2TW did it better, and allowed for greater options through it. Rome did little with it, while M2TW brought in things like merchants.

Finally, the battles in the first MTW were the best; much better balanced between factions and units, and the enemy AI worked better than in either of the two subsequent games.

I also preferred the 2d map found in MTW and Shogun to the 3d one found afterwards. For me, the most enjoyable part of the Total War games is devising a strategy, and then crushing your enemies and the 2d map made things a lot clearer; this preference may be due to my fundamental fear of micro-management though :)

Like I say, all of this is subjective, and all of the TW games are very good; I just spent most time, and got the most out of, MTW. Currently got it installed on my Eee, seen me through many train journeys and flights :D
 
I've just started playing DoW online, I'm getting ganked every time!!!

I've Lanned it before and always done ok, but online?! these people are killers!!!

'O_o
 
Man, totaly dissapointed nobody mentioned Dune 2, this was Westwoods first RTS and the first RTS of all time, its what started the ball rolling.

And if you like a good story to go along with your gaming then you must try Homeworld and Homeworld Cataclysm. Homeworld 2 isnt bad either.

Dark Reign and Dark Reign 2.
Z. ;)
Steel Soldiers. (Z 2)
Fargate.
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.
 
hehe thought this topic had died to the depths of page 4 and beyond :P
Well after all this I have got CoH and all expansions and am loving it.

I also got Rome total war and all the expansions and am loving that too, I think the diplomacy/strategy map part of the game is awesome, sometimes the battles seem to get in the way of my 'strat map' playing lol

Both totally different games which is cool as I can flip back and forth between them.

Wish I'd got empire total war when it was cheap a few weeks back on steam now :(
 
no one mentioned sin of solar empire or X3 :eek: unless they are just not worth the attesnion :P
 
Earlier age of empires, starcraft and earlier command and conquer games IMO are the best way to ease yourself into RTS gaming and have the most fun at the same time - just don't go online at first - you will get annihilated :D
 
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