I need a good RTS

[sao123]

Command & Conquer is the best RTS series of all time...

Start with the original, then move to Red Alert...
Continue with Tiberium Sun/firestorm, and Finally Red Alert 2/Yuri...

 

[datalink7]

For a straight RTS, nothing beats Company of Heroes IMO. The tactics in that game are far and away better than any other.

For something a bit mixed, anything from the Total War series. The battles have a huge amount of strategy I just didn't submit this as a first choice as it is part TBS as well which you didn't ask for.

 

[MrToilet]

Originally posted by: datalink7
For a straight RTS, nothing beats Company of Heroes IMO. The tactics in that game are far and away better than any other.

For something a bit mixed, anything from the Total War series. The battles have a huge amount of strategy I just didn't submit this as a first choice as it is part TBS as well which you didn't ask for.

Definitely agree for Company of Heroes, it seems very balanced. Every unit has a pretty effective counter-unit, and the destructible battlefield is awesome. The single player is suitably difficult (that damn Hill 192 level sucked...)

I like AOE III - it seems a little more historical than RON. RON is a damn fun game though.

 

[S h o o B i E x]

Originally posted by: sao123
Command & Conquer is the best RTS series of all time...

Start with the original, then move to Red Alert...
Continue with Tiberium Sun/firestorm, and Finally Red Alert 2/Yuri...

I played Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge for so long. I was looking at Red Alert 3 but the graphics just look, for lack of a better word, toyish.

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: S h o o B i E x

Originally posted by: sao123
Command & Conquer is the best RTS series of all time...

Start with the original, then move to Red Alert...
Continue with Tiberium Sun/firestorm, and Finally Red Alert 2/Yuri...

I played Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge for so long. I was looking at Red Alert 3 but the graphics just look, for lack of a better word, toyish.

I feel the same way about Starcraft 2 as well as Red Alert 3

 

[kreidel]

Myth 1 & 2 were stellar.

 

[EvilComputer92]

Originally posted by: Dumac

Originally posted by: S h o o B i E x

Originally posted by: sao123
Command & Conquer is the best RTS series of all time...

Start with the original, then move to Red Alert...
Continue with Tiberium Sun/firestorm, and Finally Red Alert 2/Yuri...

I played Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge for so long. I was looking at Red Alert 3 but the graphics just look, for lack of a better word, toyish.

I feel the same way about Starcraft 2 as well as Red Alert 3

Yeah, I don't know whats with the idea of making RTS games all goofy looking now. Starcraft 2 and RA3 look like a cartoon show. That's not to say they should look all depressing like Gears of War, but there should be a balance. I think CNC3 did the graphics perfectly, gritty but still colorful.

 

[S h o o B i E x]

Company of Heroes looks really good. How is the online gameplay for that? What are the match settings? (1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4?) Can you join a party and play online with each other?

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: S h o o B i E x
Company of Heroes looks really good. How is the online gameplay for that? What are the match settings? (1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4?) Can you join a party and play online with each other?

There are up to 4v4 matches. However, the game is most balanced (in terms of the sides) for 1 v 1 matches. Though I think 2 v 2 is still a lot of fun.

I played the game a lot when I was deployed in Iraq. We'd have a few hours between a mission and start up a game sometimes. But I didn't have internet access so I can't tell you how that plays out. However the game is a blast multiplayer and singleplayer campaign is pretty well done.

 

[desolate]

Company Of Heroes, Dawn Of War Platinum Edition, Rise Of Nations, etc. Pretty much all covered by everyone else. My favorite RTS of all time has to be Starcraft: Broodwars, it's still very addictive and I personally can't wait for Starcraft 2

Infact, you can buy Dawn Of War: Gold Edition right now at Gogamer for $9.90