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    Quote Originally Posted by Helix View Post
    So does anyone got anhavey recommendations for any great recent RTS? I'm more a fan of the ancient/fantasy or sci-fi types than the ww2/modern warfare ones.
    You can't go wrong with StarCraft 2

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    From a personal view, I've spent a lot less time in strategy games due to time constraints (also less forum time).
    Also many have mentioned about the consoles, RTS just doesn't blend well with controllers.

    However, in the wake (or dead) of things, more turn-based strategy games have popped up. Many games now have "tactics" added as suffix and made into TBS e.g. Arma Tactics.
    TBS work quite well with controllers and touch screens since the user only controls one object at a time through a grid layout.

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    One I will always recommend is AI War: Fleet Command. It's one of the best RTS games to be released in recent years, but most people never end up playing because they can't look past the 2D graphics. They miss out, but it probably doesn't matter much because if they're that shallow this game will likely go over their heads anyway.

    The basic premise is that AI machines have taken over the galaxy and basically wiped out almost all of humanity. The AI is now in hibernation, and you're all that's left to oppose it. The key being that you should try and keep the AI unaware of you for as long as possible, because the more you attack them the more aware they get and the bigger threat they pose.

    It really is one of the best strategy games money can buy, because it actually requires a lot of thought on the player's part instead of him just memorizing build orders. If you start taking planets over too early, you risk the AI starting a full-scale invasion again and wiping you out while you're still weak. What is amazing about it is that the AI is also very adaptive and learns from you. If you try a certain strategy once, and then try it again the AI would likely have come up with a plan to counter it the second time. Similarly, the AI scouts out your planets and checks for weak spots in your defense and strategy and then takes advantage of that to hit you hard. If you've got a lot of defensive structures around one wormhole, but leave another less defended, the AI might circle around the galaxy and try to enter your planet from the other wormhole.

    It's really an amazing game and it's highly unlikely that you'll win your first few scenarios, because the key to playing is to build up your forces so that by the time the AI realises what a threat you pose and they start waking up their overlords, it's too late for them. Very few games give you the satisfaction that you get when finally beating an AI in AI War.

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    Warcraft 3 was the greatest game ever - excellent story, variation in campaign missions, 4 different factions. . .

    But like what has been said earlier, people want instant satisfaction and that is why moba's are popular, you control 1 unit and then go out and do your own thing in a team enviroment. . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eugene View Post
    You can't go wrong with StarCraft 2
    I've watched a lot of streams and that. Played the campaign a bit! I do like it, but the super competitive environment of it puts me off a little!

    Age of Empires Online looks intriguing to me, I tried installing it before, but had some sort of glitch with Windows Live that wouldnt let me play it! Very annoying. Anyone play that?

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    anyone here tried some of the opensource strats- 0 A.D and Glest There are others, but I can't think of them right now

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    I love those base building rts games. Every now and then I re-install C&C generals, they`re making a new one, hope they don`t screw it up.

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    0 A.D. looks interesting, but its still incredibly laggy! Will keep my eye on it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helix View Post
    0 A.D. looks interesting, but its still incredibly laggy! Will keep my eye on it
    They're running an indiegogo campaign at the moment to get two guys working on it full time. They are still far off from their target, but I hope they make it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helix View Post
    So does anyone got anhavey recommendations for any great recent RTS? I'm more a fan of the ancient/fantasy or sci-fi types than the ww2/modern warfare ones.

    Quote Originally Posted by AlphaJohn View Post
    Have you tried Spellforce, more specific SpellForce 2:Faith in Destiny

    Its got both boxes ticked?

    Edit: Steam Bundle link http://store.steampowered.com/sub/25672/?snr=1_5_9__403
    Talks about timing, Spellforce 2 on Humble Bundle as well as Supreme Commander +DLC

    https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

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