Best RTS games discussion

[Rhinehart_]

I was just wondering what other people thought, i know the first thing that will come to mind woulod be games like starcraft or battle for middle earth, which is fine, its just not original,


in my opinion this is the best,

http://www.arcadebomb.com/play/capture_the_castle.html

just a simple in-browser game, only has 12 levels, ive beaten all the levels but ironically i spent 3 hours on the 4th one, and i havent beaten it since, you move soldiers around different upgradible bases, the object is to capture all of them, but the entire thing is in real time, if you pause you cant even see most of the screen,

i personally wish there were more games like this one,

 

[Polraudio]

My personal favorite would have to be the Command and Conquer: Red Alert series. My all time fav having to be Red Alert 2. Command and Conquer: Generals would be my #2.

 

[Meldiron]

Total Annihilation and its predecessor Supreme Commander 1 (not 2! ever!) would be my favourite.
Mostly because at that time the porpotions of the maps and unit counts were insane.
At max size you'r looking at maps that would take HOURS to cross with boat.
Planes sure used their sweet time too.

 

[Rhinehart_]

haha yeah i thought these would be the games people thought of, they all kinda stemmed from starcraft but they're still cool i guess, its just a little overbearing when you have to learn how to use 80 different units and how they interact with eachother, seems to make it more about who has more rather than who hits where.

 

[QueWhat]

1. Starcraft
2. Total Annihilation
3. All CnC series, specially Red Alert
4. Age Of Empires 2

Ah the memories.

 

[Munaus]

1. Starcraft
2. Total Annihilation
3. All CnC series, specially Red Alert
4. Age Of Empires 2

Ah the memories.

Warlords: Battlecry 3 is one I enjoyed.

 

[Judgebot]

1. Starcraft 2
2. Starcraft
3. Starcraft 2 HoTs

 

[Meldiron]

1. Starcraft 2
2. Starcraft
3. Starcraft 2 HoTs

Why no Starcraft: Brood War?

 

[Judgebot]

Why no Starcraft: Brood War?

never played it

 

[Dowly]

they all kinda stemmed from starcraft but they're still cool i guess

Starcraft came after C&C and Total Annihilation.

I think I'm going to have to go with Dune 2, it was my first RTS I remember playing for hours and hours.

 

[Odenite]

I'm going to have to say C&C Generals and the x-pac. It made it possible to generate your own funds INSIDE your base and could lead to some epic matches.

 

[Mero]

AoE:AoK would probably be my favorite.

I do really enjoy the Warhammer and WH40k ones also but I played Age of Kings much more.

 

[LazDude2012]

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. Fullstop.
Best strategy game I ever played, the streaming economy is awesome.

 

[Dowly]

I do really enjoy the Warhammer and WH40k ones also

DoW I was OK, DoW II wasn't.

Would really like to see a new WH40K RTS.

 

[Kronossan]

One of the few historical RTS games that punish zerging at any point in a match (and this is probably why it never became as popular as it deserved to be imo): Rise of Nations and its expansion pack Thrones and Patriots.

 

[LordNobady]

the one i like most is settlers 2 ( or the 10th anniversary edition )
and one i seem to be missing that i enjoyed is warcraft2.

 

[Lonewolf187]

Another vote for Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. How ever my first RTS was Dark Reign and its expansion Rise of the Shadowhand..Ah the memories.

 

[Narcisism]

I'm going to necro this to add Sins of a Solar Empire (and its x-pacs) and just about anything in the Paradox RTS games series. ESPECIALLY Victoria II and its x-pacs.

 

[Juanitierno]

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. Fullstop.
Best strategy game I ever played, the streaming economy is awesome.

Absolutely, i still play it regularly. I have NO IDEA how they managed to screw up SupCom2 sooooo badly.

My first one was DuneII... oh the hours spent on the spicy dunes....

 

[Korsovan]

Empire Earth 2, Rise of Legends, and Anno 1604