RTS games?

killslay · Post by **killslay** » July 28th, 2005, 2:17

i just found my old copy of command and conquer: red alert on playstation, its put me in the mood to get some RTS onto the ol' pc.
any recomendations as to online RTS games?

Post by **deject** » July 28th, 2005, 4:47

Hmmm... Age of Empires II is classic. Of course, someone will go "OMG STARCRAFT IS TEH BEST EVAR!!ONE!1SSHIFT+1!`1``"

of course, I have never played Starcraft so I don't knnow how good it really is.

Post by **Joose** » July 28th, 2005, 6:59

I never really like starcraft. Warcraft3 is teh win though.
Ive been trying to persuade people here to give it a go online for ages

Post by **Grimmie** » July 28th, 2005, 11:20

OMG STARCRAFT IS TEH BEST EVAR!!ONE!1SSHIFT+1!`1``

In other news.
Get rise of nations.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » July 28th, 2005, 12:09

C&C: Generals

Post by **TezzRexx** » July 28th, 2005, 12:28

Grimmie wrote:OMG STARCRAFT IS TEH BEST EVAR!!ONE!1SSHIFT+1!`1``

In other news.
Get rise of nations.

I was waiting for you to spack about Starcraft :D It's good, but I think only because what it did at the time. Which is your (now) everyday RTS.

Rise of Nations is class, i'm liking it and acording to grimmie i'm getting good at it fast, which is saying alot, cause i normally spack at RTS's.

and C+C gens is decent. I'd be willing to install it again if anyone else wants to as well.

killslay · Post by **killslay** » July 28th, 2005, 12:41

i might look into rise of nations or warcraft 3 because i hear good things.
and my little bro says he is going to buy command and conquer generals at some point.
i haven't played any RTS in ages so i expect fully to get more than my fair share of defeats.
*practices micro skillz*

Lee · Post by **Lee** » July 28th, 2005, 12:46

Well I like the look of age of empires 3 coming out later this year, i've never really played a strategy game before but one of my friends has been bugging me to try age of empires.

wyrd · Post by **wyrd** » July 28th, 2005, 12:50

Nickface wrote:C&C: Generals

...was poor

i really disliked it, but loads of people really love it

dawn of war's good and has an expansion soon

Rain · Post by **Rain** » July 28th, 2005, 13:07

i have sucked badly at every RTS game i have ever played

not my thing i guess

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » July 28th, 2005, 14:05

Rain wrote:i have sucked badly at every RTS game i have ever played not my thing i guess

THIS

The only game I ever enjoyed that would fit into this category was Populous on the master system

Post by **Joose** » July 28th, 2005, 14:41

wyrd wrote:
Nickface wrote:C&C: Generals
...was poor

Indeed it was. Badly balanced, i found. The Americans had too many special weapons, you had to be bloody good to beat them. The chinese were ok, with their fucking huge tanks. The random terrorists were utter shite, as far as i recall.

As far as Warcraft 3 goes, I....er....a friend has told me that you can use less than legal versions online with a cunning tool that tricks it into thinking your playing on a LAN. Ive never tested it, but I have been told that it does indeed work.

Not that I would ever advocate such things of course. Oh no.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » July 28th, 2005, 14:42

wyrd wrote:
Nickface wrote:C&C: Generals
...was poor

i really disliked it, but loads of people really love it

Really? It was my favorite since Red Alert. I was all about the fact infantry could hide in buildings and so on. The resource manangement left a little more to be desired (mountains of supplies in the middle of nowhere?). But having one thing to keep an eye on works so much better for me than two. I've always sucked at Warcraft because I can't get the proper balance in the first 5 minutes and end up getting overrun.

Post by **Joose** » July 28th, 2005, 14:48

The trick with WC3 is lots of peons (or the equivalent). Lots and lots. Unless you're undead.

Like i said up there

, I always found with C&C gerenals that whoever was the americans would fill the place with spy drones and radar, rendering most of the good terrier-wrist units utterly useless. They would use their fairly good units to keep a rough balance against the chinese untill they had their half dozen special attack jobbers, at which point they would unleash them all at once on the chinese base, and finish it all off with a tank rush. silliness.

Mind you, ive not played the expansion, so they may have sorted the balancing out since then.

Easty · Post by **Easty** » July 28th, 2005, 16:24

ZERGLING RUSH KEKEKEKE

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » July 28th, 2005, 16:30

Easty wrote:ZERGLING RUSH KEKEKEKE

Y'know, I always see the whole "KEKEKEKEKE ^_^" thing pop up and I have no idea what the hell the joke is in that? It is a joke related to Star Craft or is that just a common phrase among Koreans or what?

Post by **Grimmie** » July 28th, 2005, 20:39

Nickface wrote:
Easty wrote:ZERGLING RUSH KEKEKEKE
Y'know, I always see the whole "KEKEKEKEKE ^_^" thing pop up and I have no idea what the hell the joke is in that? It is a joke related to Star Craft or is that just a common phrase among Koreans or what?

KEKEKEKEKEKE ^_^
"Kekeke" Being a nerdish asian laugh, similar to "Hehehehe"..

WEY, Populous was class.. My first RTS.
I saved up mana enough for armegeddon aaaalll the time =D

Oh oh.. And SKIP C&C GENERALS.
GO DIRECTLY TO ACT OF WAR
DO NOT COLLECT £200

Post by **Dog Pants** » July 29th, 2005, 7:11

Grimmie wrote:WEY, Populous was class.. My first RTS.

This, linked on two Amigas over a parallel cable made from two printer cables. Fantastic.

Post by **Joose** » July 29th, 2005, 7:41

Oh, the mighty amiga. Excellent stuff.
Speaking of populous and such things, Black and White is worth a go, stratagy game wise. Anyone tried it multiplayer?

Jinxx · Post by **Jinxx** » July 29th, 2005, 8:06

Joose wrote:Black and White is worth a go, stratagy game wise. Anyone tried it multiplayer?

Multiplayer support has ended for B&W1, wait for B&W2 in Octoberish if you want multiplayer.