Vagrant Wizard
Real Time Strategy Discussion
Whether it's Command and Conquer, Dragonshard, Kohan, Starcraft, Total Annihilation, or some other RTS, talk about it here.
Cavedog hasn't been around for a while, here are download links for Kingdoms if anyone is interested:
Kingdoms Heaven
Kingdoms Zone
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Ya'll are stupid
Yes. Yes.Originally Posted by Shardnax
Vagrant Wizard
It's been years since I've played TA, does it have a typical resource system?
Ya'll are stupid
No, it operates on a mass/energy system.
Mass constantly recharges to a limit depending on storage, and enrgy is used for building units and buildings.
Vagrant Wizard
Kingdoms uses a similar system. You have mana, which has a max and a recharge rate. The charge rate and size of the pool increase with the number of lodestones.
Ya'll are stupid
Not surprised, as it is a sequel to TA, but in a medieval setting, so it makes sense that they would have the same system.
Toothless Pony
got starcraft, C&C generals with zero hour expansion but never heard of kohan or total Annihilation, i may have heard of dragonshard but i'm not really sure, starcraft and C&C are both quite good rts games though
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Saying 'Starcraft is quite good RTS' is like saying 'Sun is quite hot' or 'God is quite powerfull'...
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If you like games with 'classic' resource system (like Starcraft or Warcraft) I'd recommend Armies of Exigo. Only way to play it online is Hamachi but singleplayer is fun too. 3 races: Alliance - Humans, Dwarfs, Elves and other 'good' races; Fallen - Insects, some Dark Wizards and weird creatures; Beasts - Ogres, Lizardmen, Wywerns, Trolls, etc. Great game but serwers are shutdown for good (thanks EA...).
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Company of Heroes is very good too but single player is kinda boring.
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Robot Spaghetti
Whoa, whoa, the Sun is... hot!?
On topic: I recall an RTS that I played a bit when I was younger, I think it was called Dark Planet, that shit was DIFFICULT.
Sins of a Solar Empire?
One fairly new-ish RTS that I rather enjoyed (and hasn't been mentioned yet) is "Sins of a Solar Empire". It has excellent replayability, fun multiplayer elements, and maps ranging from ginormous to small and brutal. It's a space-based game. You manage planets by building infrastructure, doing research, and building orbital buildings. There are 3 different resources: credits, metal, and crystal. Credits are produced by population and trade, metal and crystal are mined. There is an in-game economy, you can sell metal & crystal for credits, and buy them (for a markup of course). Different materials are required for different ships and techs. The biggest quarrel I have with the game is the severely limiting "fleet" and "logistics" research. Those techs limit how many fleets and ships you can have max. There is also a "culture" effect in the game, affected by trade and culture buildings which can allow less-violent tactics to be used. It has all the elements of large-scale turn-based games in an action-packed RTS format. To increase the action, pirates often go on raids... either randomly, or against a bountied target(s).
Overall, I have to agree with the "game informer" score of 9/10. It's good-looking, and not extremely resource-heavy. It's fairly intuitive to play (as all good RTS's are) but has depth in strategy and tactics to explore. The difficulty settings can keep you busy for many hundred hours.
Clinically depressed
Star Trek Armada 1 & 2 are awesome. I've also heard good things about Star Trek: Starfleet Command series,but i haven't played those.
Dark Planet:Battle for Natrolis ? Pfft.
Play a RTS from the Myth series - no resource management and production of
units,you fight with only what you get in the beginning of the mission.THAT is difficult.
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Gonna have to try that Star Trek Armada one. Is that the one where you could bring your designs in from starship creator? I know there was one game where you could, can't remember which one though.
Cookie Thief
Company of heroes & it's expansion opposing front are both fantastic, although Wehrmact are probably the best army to play as almost making the game a little unbalanced, because of how good the Wehrmact are.
Starcraft, Starcraft BW & Starcraft 2 are all great games, I was just never any good in BW because I never played properly.
I've played star trek armada 2, despite not being a big star trek fan I loved that game, also a low spec game.
Hope and Fate
Huh. I always thought it a little fiddly and micro-intensive if you ever want to actually be good at it. It's decent, but it's hardly wonderful.
Robot Spaghetti
Emperor: Battle for Dune was one of the last RTS's I played, it was also one of my favorites.
That being said, it's been YEARS since I've played an RTS, what should I be playing, lay it on me.
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