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Published on June 19, 2009 By baldgye In PC Gaming

Ok, well over the last year or so I've been all about RTS's. Gaming seems to go with one genre for a few years, for the longest time I can remember PC gaming was all about FPS's with Quake, Doom, Unreal Tournament and Call of Duty, but recentally its been all about RTS's. So here's my list of most played and most loved RTS games.

 

5. Starcraft

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Now this dosn't go very high on my list for a number of reasons. Back in the day when this launched, and even with the launch of Brood War I never played SC. I'd heard of it but was too busy in FPS's and any RTS game I played was one of the many C&C games from Westwood. But with the recent anoucement of SC2, and the hype arround it I deceded to download SC and Brood War from the Blizzard store and have been playing through the single player. This was where I discovered that I'm really not about the single player RTS experiance anymore. While the single player missions where pretty good, pretty hard and long with the story being told with cut scenes and ingame voice over aswell as the breifing room I really just didn't care all that much and just wanted to see what crazy shit I could build. I tried the skirmish to try and check out the tech tree of each race, and it just was impossible for a n00b SC player to get anywhere as the AI will apprentally only attack you, and rush you at the soonest possible moment, which ends up being a very frustrating experiance. I've not played it online becasue without any friends that play it, I cant imagin I will do much better.

 

4. Command & Conqure 2: Tiberan Sun

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This is again a pretty old game, but is one of the best RTS's out there, this shows off what Westwood could really do. Not only did they build on C&C1 they added countless new units and structures and the graphial jump was huge (although granted it was relised along time after C&C1). Its maps where huge and had bigger battles that alot of current RTS's have. Its one of the best looking 2D RTS's to date.

 

3. Dawn of War

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Ok, I'm not a fan of DoW2 but DoW is one of the most fun RTS's out there. Its mechianic of capturing nodes was pretty fun and can be very fast paced. It also had a very low camera which meant it was very easy to micro manage huge forces in intence battles. Its also one of the best games to use races from Games Workshop which when I was a lad was all I cared about (sisters of battle hell yeah!). It even had an army painter which allowed you to make your side have the most repulsive battle colours, which was really... very cool.

 

2. Demigod

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This game rocks. It would be number one if it had more support. Yeah I know thats a little unfair as its a brand new IP from a company with a small gaming history but thats just how it is. This took the idea of DoTA and made it AWSOME. Every game is like an entire game of Diablo, but with co-op. AWSOME! I also love the fact that the game comes DRM free, and then when I got the Retail and download version of the game I got 2 serial keys so I can give it to a friend if I wanted! And I've not even mentioned the best bit... you can play as a massive upgradable castle with legs that can absorb buildings and thats armed with a massive hammer of dsetruction, a catapult, a light tower and a shoulder full of archers!..... AWSOME!

 

1. Red Alert 3

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At first, I didn't like RA3 at all, infact I hated it and I hated EA for killing Westwood studios. But, the more and more I played it online co-op or 'deathmatches' the more I loved it. You really have to let it grown on you before you'll get it, and even more so if you liked RA2 (which I did, alot). EA and whats left of Westwood really have taken Red Alert where it needed to go, and instead of it being a C&C3 clone with diffrent units its a totally diffrent game thats heavily focused on the micro and small scale battles. But, if your handly with your reasouse managment you can still achive massive armies. Not only this but EA actually seem to give a shit about support, which from what I can tell, is a 1st! Who knows what the future brings for RA3, all I know is they keep making it more and more ballanced and keep on updating the C&C site, which is all good as far as I'm consered.


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on Jun 21, 2009

Mr_Blunt3d

4) Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters

This is on my RTS list because this is the first video game i had ever played. While not a true RTS, you still could command a fleet of ships, negotiate diplomacy, and fight battles. This game laid the groundwork for what we consider the modern RTS. P.S. the Vasari might be running from the Ur Quan Kohr Ah.

In the End, our task is simple. We Cleanse. You are the Filth.

 

I like Starcon2 very much as well, but alas it's not realy a RTS. The term RPG is more like it.

 

Regarding everyone listing Demigod, I would like to point out a slightly diffrent game: warcraft3 the frozen throne, (battle net enabled). The reason is simple- Warcraft3 is the normal RTS like starcraft, but in battlenet one of the most popular maps is named DoTA. Demigod is a game that was created based on the mod, and I find it not to be on par with DoTA for various reasons. Either way, I think everyone that likes Demigod should give DoTA a try.

 

on Jun 21, 2009

In random order:

 

Warlords Battlecry 2

Lord of the Rings

Dune 2

Warcraft 3

on Jun 21, 2009

In no particular order:

 

- Sins of a Solar Empire Entrenchment

- Company of Heroes

- Dune 2

-Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War

- Age of Empires 2

on Jun 21, 2009

1. Homeworld series

2. Company of Heroes

3. Starcraft BW

4. Warcraft 3 TFT

on Jun 21, 2009

1. Sins of a Solar Empire (+Entrenchment)

 

2. Rome: Total War

 

3. Supreme Commander

 

4. Rise of Nations (+Expansion)

 

5. Battlestations Midway (Semi RTS, haven't played Pacific yet...)

 

Edit: O yeah I like Generals too, I guess its tied with Midway.

on Jun 21, 2009

1) Sins of a Solar Empire

2)Homeworld (original)

3) C&C Red Alert

4)Company of Heros

5)Warcraft 2

 

Runners up are Star Craft, C&C Gernerals, and Homeworld 2

on Jun 21, 2009

Lets see here...

1. Homeworld All

2. Rise of Nations

3. Age of Empires 2

4. Starcraft

5. Sins of a Solar Empire

 

Ones that almost made the list are Supreme Commander, Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader and Demigod.

 

Keep working on Sins and the same with Demigod. Stronghold... If they make a 3rd one keep it medieval and no magic crap... Someone needs to make Rise of Nations 2... Loved that game and especially the British! Can't Wait for Starcraft 2. I will keep hoping for HW3... With Ensemble gone... make the new studio that regrouped make AE4 and microsoft say out off it...

 

on Jun 21, 2009

5. Conquest Frontier Wars

4. Sins of a Solar Empire + Entrenchment - i only wish  there was a Star Trek or Babylon 5 "remake" of this game

3. Star Command Revolution - great, yet to many people unknown game, completely addictive and with original gameplay

2. Command and Conquer Series - especially its Red Alert part + Zero Hour multiplayer

1. Homeworld Series, especially the first one - best game ever (with Pro Evolution Soccer) for me

 

Honorable mentions:

Dawn of War, DoW: Dark Crusade - lot of fun

Supreme Commander - i tried it only recently for the first time, Summit class Battleship rocks

 

 

 

on Jun 21, 2009

1. Age of Mythology

2. Age of Empires 2 (with Conquerors expansion)

3. Sins of a Solar Empire & Entrenchment

4. EAW and FoC

5. SupCom

on Jun 21, 2009

5. Conquest Frontier Wars

 

Now there's a fun game I'd completely forgotten the existance of...

on Jun 21, 2009

Vinraith

5. Conquest Frontier Wars


 

Now there's a fun game I'd completely forgotten the existance of...

Isn't that the whole pursose of this thread?

on Jun 21, 2009

I feel old... there's not nearly enough

1: WARCRAFT II     [friends.pud... anyone out there feel me?]

in this post... Hands down... Number one. Made me love RTS and want to continue playing them... aside from that

2: Myth, The Fallen Lords

3: Starcraft

4: Sins of a Solar Empire / Entrenchment

5: Command and Conquer: RA

Certain runners up:
Company of Heroes, Men of War, Age of Empires, Cossacks

Dr.Gonzo

on Jun 21, 2009

1.  Homeworld

1b. Homeworld 2 - these two were the first truly epic games that I've played, not only for the difficulty and amazing soundtrack, but the ambience that they inferred.  Dude, if you look at some of the backgrounds for maps there are hunks of metal the size of freaking planets there!  That alone is an instant win (you can see how skewed my priorities are when choosing good games :/)

2.  Company of Heroes/ Opposing Fronts, whatever that new expansion is. Don't have it yet. - The personal connection you can develop with specific squads of troops is kind of sweet.  It really hurts when that elite rifleman that has been healed umpteen times and been there since the beginning of the game gets blown to pieces by a panzer.  The physics system isn't bad, either.  

3. Star Wars Empire at War/ Corruption - just cause it's the best Star Wars RTS to come out yet.  

4. Supreme Commander/ Forged Alliance - because I upgraded my rig just so I could play this game.  And added a second monitor.  Big is always better.  

5. AGE OF MYTHOLOGY!/ TITANS! - First video game I was ever addicted to.  And when the Titans came out, I probably didn't leave my computer for a good few days.  It pales in comparison to the games of today, but every once in a while i still dust the box out and summon Ymir for old times sake.

on Jun 21, 2009

Ok my favorite RTS games....are......(drum roll.....)

 

1. Homeworld (All of them)

2. Sins of a Solar Empire/ SOASE Entrenchment

3. Warzone 2100 (Bloody amazing game, still play it)

3. Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (Current rig built to play this in all it's glory)

4. Earth series (2140, 2150 all, 2160)

5. Total Annihilation

on Jun 21, 2009

1. Warcraft 2

2. Company of Heroes

3. Warlords Battlecry 2 (3 is practically the same)

4. Starcraft

5. Dwan of War

No idea what you guys see in any of the command on conquer series or Age of Empires.  Age of Empires 2 was decent, but man #3 was a total flop in my book.

 

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