The General RTS Genre Thread

Dr. Javelin

Dr. Javelin

Nathan Latsk
Okay, I have to put this out there.

RTS as a genre seems to have fallen out of the spotlight, and many people avoid playing these games because of the high learning curve. But I personally am a huge fan of the genre. My personal faves would have to be Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, and Battle for Middle-earth.

What are you guys' favorite RTS games?
 
When I was younger, me and a cousin played these games often. The only one I remember, though, was Age of Empires(may've been the only one i played).

I don't have any incentive to play these anymore...
 
Age of Empires II is one of the great classics of gaming.

It's actually still pretty fun, if you don't mind the graphics. And the reused sprites for all the units.

But the gameplay is nice, and that's like 90% of what makes a game good in my eyes.
 
only ones ive manged to play over an hour of are warcraft series and pikmin 1.


Personally id like to get into them but it seems every 30 minutes i just lose interest or something, it's really damn annoying.
 
Yeah, the games tend to take a long time unless you rush.

The only game from the Warcraft series that I played was Warcraft III. It was pretty good. I liked the hero units, but personally I'd prefer to build a massive army instead of a smaller, more powerful one.

Warcraft III also required a lot of micromanaging, which really irritated me.
 
Dr. Javelin said:
Yeah, the games tend to take a long time unless you rush.

The only game from the Warcraft series that I played was Warcraft III. It was pretty good. I liked the hero units, but personally I'd prefer to build a massive army instead of a smaller, more powerful one.

Warcraft III also required a lot of micromanaging, which really irritated me.
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might be why i stopped playing, as the managing gameplay became even more irritating in later maps.

Also having to basically be paranoid about every unit position ever was really annoying as you had to scroll ALLLLLL the over here only to find out you're being attacked. It seemed okay for the most part but that element really grinded my gears.
 
That's what the mini-map is for, so you can just click on the area on the minimap and jump to that location.
 
Dr. Javelin said:
That's what the mini-map is for, so you can just click on the area on the minimap and jump to that location.
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true, but i kinda forget to look at it every now and then haha

guess im not the best at multitasking in real time games
 
Zae said:
guess im not the best at multitasking in real time games
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I would suggest Empire at War then, because it has a nice divide between economy and unit production and the actual tactical battles.

Of course if you don't like Star Wars then it would be a terrible choice.
 
Dr. Javelin said:
Zae said:
guess im not the best at multitasking in real time games
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I would suggest Empire at War then, because it has a nice divide between economy and unit production and the actual tactical battles.

Of course if you don't like Star Wars then it would be a terrible choice.
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well i love star wars(games) so i might check it out.

I just hope this 30 minute span for rts games has like ultimately ended.