Spec me an in depth strategy game

wildman · 25 Jan 2011 at 15:33

I love playing RTS and Turn based strategygames of all kinds sci-fi, war, classical themes. To date I have played and enjoyed the following:

Rome total
C&C (decade pack)
Starcraft
DOW I +II + all expansions
Civ 4 and 5
World In conflict
Supreme Commander (still playing)
Genesis Rising
Medieval total
Star Wars empire at war (wasn't that impressed with this)

My favourites were definately the civ series and DoW, but DoW II was a bit disapointing as there was no base building involved

I want to try some other titles but not sure which ones are really going to be worth getting. Also Iam sure there are some real classics out there that I have not tried or heard of.

I remember someone telling me about homeworld and another ame called alpha centauri ? But haven't found them anywhere (are these quite old titles ?).

Any suggestions on where to go next in the strategy gaming genre ?

TheCenturion · 25 Jan 2011 at 15:34

Have you tried age of empires?

Klo · 25 Jan 2011 at 15:34

Hearts of Iron 3.

Deanje · 25 Jan 2011 at 15:35

Hearts of Iron/Europa Universalis.

See you in 12-18 months.

Alex74 · 25 Jan 2011 at 15:37

Starcraft....2?

Alpha Centauri is old, but i imagine there are still copies floating around. You might find it in a 'Sold Out' range for a fiver or something..

westbroma · 25 Jan 2011 at 16:22

Warcraft 3, and the C&C series up until Generals are musts from me, especially Red Alert 2.

Also why not try Empire/Napolean TW.

lucky13 · 25 Jan 2011 at 17:52

Hearts of iron, warcraft 3 and the expansion. Go get them and play.

Frame352 · 25 Jan 2011 at 18:16

If you liked Rome and Med II Total War, there are loads of excellent mods available for them.

LeJosh · 25 Jan 2011 at 18:18

Gal Civ 2 or Sins of a solar empire.

You could try King Arthur too but I'm not sure you would like the fantasy aspect and RPG elements. I fricking love it though.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 25 Jan 2011 at 18:41

If you do get a chance, play Homeworld. Beg, borrow, kill for a copy. Anything! Then you can start posting causal scathing statements about developers not making games like they used too.

Deanje said:
Hearts of Iron/Europa Universalis.

See you in 12-18 months.

By then he'll have just worked out the basics.

The hardcore Paradox games are something else.

413x · 25 Jan 2011 at 18:51

if read alert 2 isnt in that pack yes thats a def, infat i enjoyed them up to and inc c and c 3 [i know a lot didnt like c and c 3]

starcraft 2 is one of my new favs too, this would be my number one rec

[still tempted to try supreme commander 1 myself heard 2 isnt so good]

iviv · 25 Jan 2011 at 19:26

wildman said:
My favourites were definately the civ series

Galactic Civilizations 2!

Don't get anything else! The Ultimate Edition is £5 on Amazon, which includes both expansion packs. Its like Civ but in space!

Not sure? Read this: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/161570/blog/galciv-2-war-report-final-entry/?site=pcg

And then read this:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/195920/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-days-1-26/?site=pcg

/thread

CaptainRAVE · 25 Jan 2011 at 19:29

Wait for the new Total War

SkeeterUK · 26 Jan 2011 at 04:42

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18234019

Try out the new release of BotE.

muttclugg · 26 Jan 2011 at 06:40

Can't believe no one has mentioned Company of Heroes? Its not "that" in depth but is still a great RTS to get into!

smit101 · 26 Jan 2011 at 06:47

muttclugg said:
Can't believe no one has mentioned Company of Heroes? Its not "that" in depth but is still a great RTS to get into!

Keep meaning to have a go at it myself,i've had a boxed copy kicking around for years.Got put off by the rumoured huge amount of patching you need to do before playing.

Skellig · 26 Jan 2011 at 07:39

smit101 said:
Keep meaning to have a go at it myself,i've had a boxed copy kicking around for years.Got put off by the rumoured huge amount of patching you need to do before playing.

Was going to mention Company of Heroes. I practically giggled the first time I saw artillery fire creating cover zones for my rangers to leap into.

Plenty of old 4X games too that are great. OP should look into Civ.

EdwardTeach · 26 Jan 2011 at 09:29

You will enjoy company of heroes if you liked Dow ii. Very different theme but se similar mechanics.
For Rome tw look for the Europa barborium mod- it is excellent, and is truly a totally diferent game. It is extremely well researched, the are a lot of interesting and unique units. It also introduces regional recruitment, e.g you can only recruit Iberian units in Spain etc which makes the strategy much more interesting.
For medieval tw ii look for the broken crescent mod - shifts everything to a middle east focus. Great mod, much more challenging than vanilla.

Hmm... In depth strategy deffinately brings to mind paradox games. They are probably the best strategy games out their. I would personally reccomend Europa universalis iii and crusader kings. All their games are fairly complex and you will probably need to check out the paradox forums when you start out for advice.

Tefal · 26 Jan 2011 at 09:33

smit101 said:
Keep meaning to have a go at it myself,i've had a boxed copy kicking around for years.Got put off by the rumoured huge amount of patching you need to do before playing.

get the steam version?

could have got it for under a fiver in the sales an no fuss

Destination · 26 Jan 2011 at 09:41

iviv said:
Galactic Civilizations 2!

Don't get anything else! The Ultimate Edition is £5 on Amazon, which includes both expansion packs. Its like Civ but in space!

Not sure? Read this: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/161570/blog/galciv-2-war-report-final-entry/?site=pcg

And then read this:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/195920/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-days-1-26/?site=pcg

/thread

Agree totally lost months to this prior to starting playing x3:tc, now it owns my life.