So, does anyone play any RTS (Real time strategy) or similar genre games around here? I enjoy them from time to time, but I'm prone to mood swings with them -- On occasion, I'll want to do nothing other than guide my kingdom to glory one battle at a time, other times, I'll hate RTS. Not sure why that is. Anyway, my RTS of choice is Medieval II: Total War, a strategy/RTS game set in early to late medieval Europe and the Middle East. The battles are definately the best part:





It looks hectic, but the ability to hotkey units and the ability to zoom out and see the whole field makes it much more digestible.

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A week or so ago I bought myself a new RTS game called Sins of a Solar Empire, though I prefer ones where you can build anywhere like Age of Empires or Starcraft. Sins of a Solar Empire isn't like any RTS I have played, and seems to be lacking a few features, but it's not bad.

What do you think of that RTS minigame that is going to be released for Runescape next month? Looks like the units will be produced in groups, kind of like that game Rome: Total War.

I love RTS games.

I have the entire Command and Conquer series, along with most of the Age of Empires series.

Also my favorite would be the Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War series. And Dawn of War 2 is coming out early 2009, which I'm excited for.

Although I did hear Dawn of War 2 might be rated T instead of M, but hopefully not.

Dawn of War 2 screenshots:

Hm... I guess I would just throw out my list... I have quite a few...

1. StarCraft
2. StarCraft: Brood War
3. WarCraft II
4. WarCraft III
5. Red Alert
6. Red Alert 2
7. Mythical Warriors
8. Tiberian Sun
9. Homeworld 2
10. Tiberian Sun Firestorm
11. Alexander
12. Age of the Empires II
13. Age of the Empires III
14. Company of Heros
15. Aliens versus Predator: Extinction
16. Star O Topia

And I've played several other I don't remember the names of. My cousin has like 10 more I've played a few times.

I also have a lot of turned based ones too...

Well I play:
Supreme Commander
Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge
Generals
Generals Zero Hour
Age of Mythology
Empire Earth II
Age of Empire III
Battle Realms
Battle Realms Winter of the Wolf
... ans also some more that I don't really remember but I think these are great games. FPS games are also great.

RTS Games I own:

Age of Empires II
Age of Empires II - The Conquerors
Age of Empires III
Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology - The Titans
Command and Conquer
Command and Conquer: The Covert Operations
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Command and Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
Command and Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Command and Conquer: Generals
Command and Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
Homeworld
Lord of The Rings: The Battle For Middle Earth 2
Star Wars: Empire At War
Supreme Commander
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Winter Assault
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade

I haven't played any of them in over a year though.

I revently got Rome Total War and that game is epic. The same huge armies of Medieval Total War. Being able to efficiently command an army of up to about 4000 soldiers is just amazing.

I've played-

Empire Earth
Empire Earth II
Warcraft III
Act of War

My bro nearly always beat me so I got bored of RTS games. Red Alert and WarCraft III were fun, tho...

I loved:
Heroes of Mana(DS)
Kessen 1-3(PS2)
Darwinia(PC)
Age of Empire series

But personally, I enjoy tbs games more. Especially Fire Emblem and Advance Wars.

I own Knights and Merchants: The Shattered Kingdom and The Peasants' Rebellion. They were fun while they lasted, but RuneScape is my game of choice now.

star wars empire at war.
rome total war.
thoses are the stratagy games ive played. Stratagy games are fun.

halo wars is coming out in like 2 months. i think that'll be a good rts game.

I haven't seen too much of Halo Wars but I like what I see. I just hope they don't focus too much on the graphics and not enough on game balance and story. The chances of me getting the game is slim overall.

Oh yeah, I played the demo for Warhammer 40k:dawn of war, and that was pretty epic. Huge flamethrower mechs ftw!

The problem I find with these games is that there's rarely a winner. It always gets to the point where everyone's defence is so strong that it's impossible to get past, it lasts for hours and at the end you quit either because of boredom or because all of the resources have ran out.

I have Tiberian Dawn, Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, Generals and Age of Empires 2.

I'm currently enjoying halo wars, but as per usual the console controls are letting it down.

Looking forward to Starcraft 2 and mabye Dawn of War, not a warhammer fan really but the lore rox.

And AOE3 is a classic.

Only played R:TW / Med2:TW and some old AoE, dunno which one, those were amazing tho.

Age of Empires 2 and AOK and Warcraft 3 and Starcraft is all you need to survive Halo Wars is gunna suck i bet

Halo wars rox! It's cool as hell controlling a whole halo army and good over the internet. Then again, I'm a sucker for sci-fi.

Best one I've played is starcraft.