State Your Favourite RTS or TBS...
 

I know, I know, it's almost juvenile to ask such questions, but since Dawn of War II, Starcraft II and Red Alert III are on the horizon...with End War looking to take the genre a step in the voice-commanded direction...after the massive scale that Supreme Commander showcased, the merciless World in Conflict multiplayer bouncing around the net...with a new iteration of Civilisation upon us...

...it feels time to ask a simple question: What form of strategy do you most enjoy, if any, and what titles stick in your mind and press your buttons while you press theirs?

For this withered geezer, it's the Homeworld franchise. Nothing beats it. No other game, of any genre, has had the awe-inspirating, vast, melancholic, subtle, beautiful vibe to it that Homeworld does. The debut title is a thing of utter timelessness; still playing as sharp today as it did almost a decade ago, and STILL looks brilliant. Cataclysm, the in-between side-story, telling the tale of a system wrought by the appearance of a mysterious Ancient biomechanical plague, introduced things like Mothership weapons platforms of unparalleled destruction. And finally, Homeworld 2...simply put, upped the ante, gave the series a technical upgrade, both in terms of gameplay mechanics, controls and interfaces. It is a tough, unforgiving and utterly awesome title.

Homeworld. I want more.

Runners up:

- Achtung! Spitfire
- Merchant Prince III
- Ground Control
- UFO: Afterlight
- Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Thoroughly Enjoying ATM:

- Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery
- Panzer Tactics DS (in utter love)

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Warcraft III
Starcraft
Myth
Myth II: Soulblighter
Warcraft II
Civilization IV

Can't think of any others I played and really liked.

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The Warcraft franchise. Anything else is uncivilized.

Age of Empires is pretty good too.

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Hey Angrist...did you play Myth III: The Wolf Age? I got it for five bucks, but never got around to playing it. I heard it just didn't cut the mustard in comparison to the older games. Shame, really.

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Starcraft
Age of Empires (One and Two, my computer doesn't really run three, and mythology was, wierd.)
and currently Sins of a Solar Empire.
Rise of Nations was alright, felt a bit different but was pretty fun.
Rise of Legends is wierd, but an interesting change sometimes.
Empire Earth is pretty good, but feels clumsy, especially the aircraft system for some reason, and the space expansion was just odd.
Battle for Middle Earth is ok, but the heros feel far to strong.

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I tried it, but the game had just changed too much. The first 2 levels were terrible.

But I know there are enough people who love it...
I'll stick with Myth II. :) The snow level with the huge (but slow) enemies armies is epic. Especially when you don't let 1 of your units die. :D

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RTS - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War series

TBS - Civilization 2

The perfect combination of both - Total War series

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RTS - Age of Empires II

TBS - Civilization IV

Unfortunately since then I haven't had the money to buy computers like I used to, but will eventually be able to buy some of the more recent ones. First on my list is AOE III, which I have looked at longingly for what feels like years now.

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Ah, almost forgot Fire Emblem. FE7 is amazing!

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I can't stand RTS but I really do love me some Fire Emblem, and that's about it. Advance Wars I like for the first dozen or so missions but then I get so frustrated and stressed that I give up.

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Fire Emblem and the original Final Fantasy Tactics.

RTS games are too fast paced for me.

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Oh, the first Advance Wars was good. :)

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Starcraft
Advance Wars
Fire Emblem

The basics

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Real War, the RTS that got me into PC gaming. It was pretty bad compared to other RTSes at the time, but it's the only one that I really knew of, and it was extremely awesome to me. Command & Conquer Generals was also a favorite of mine. Other than that, Advance Wars on the GBA kept me up late for many a night.

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Oh, Conquest of the New World! My brother and I grew up with that game. We still play it once every 5 years or so.