Where have all the good real time strategy games gone?

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WarMaster GoreHowl Mar 4, 2013 @ 3:21pm

Short and simple... I can't find any RTS games that I like lately. If anyone has one they think they know of thats even semi decent and think I might not have it (good luck but try anyway to help me out!) drop its name. I don't consider dota 2 run offs and things like a valley without wind to be strategy games either... Yes I know they require strategy, but im talking the really old GOOD ol RTS games age of empires 2 dune 2, dawn of war, spellforce etc. If you read this and seriously think you know a RTS game thats a true gem fire away.... because until CoH 2 (hopefully) or Warhammer Total War and/or Rome 2. I'm looking pretty S.O.L here.

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Sol4rSky Mar 4, 2013 @ 3:46pm

they just dont make em anymore sadly, coh2 might do it and well rome 2, but i miss as well games like aoe 2 (Aoe 2 being my all time fav) Why can't they remake rise of nations?

Sudden strike series are all amazing.
rise of nations (told already above :D)
Hidden Stroke 2 (Kinda like sudden strike)
Battle Realms (with the expansion)
the classic settlers =D

Quick fact about aoe 2 some new expansion got released for it (a mod) will be trying it, it looks promissing, also it got supported on GameRanger which is the haven of RTS games, aoe 2 has over 140 servers on it right now.
http://www.forgottenempires.net/

LoTekRabbit Mar 4, 2013 @ 3:56pm

I'm waiting on CoH 2, Rome 2, Planetary Annihilation, and hoping the new F2P C&C coming out is good and not pay to win.

Planetary Annihilation.

http://planetaryannihilation.com/

It exceeded its kickstarter goal and looks amazing.

Sol4rSky Mar 4, 2013 @ 3:58pm

oh yeah planetary! that one, forgot about it, can't wait for it!

LoTekRabbit Mar 4, 2013 @ 4:02pm

Oh there's the new SC2 coming out what next week was it?

It looks good. My favorite RTS games: Traditional base building Starcraft, Command & Conquer, etc. Never gets old.

PS: Have you played World in Conflict? If not you can get the complete pack for cheap. Highly recommended.

Last edited by LoTekRabbit; Mar 4, 2013 @ 4:05pm

Ûvatha Mar 4, 2013 @ 4:49pm

The genre doesn't generate enough sales and you can't play them on consoles very well. They even stopped developing Age of Empire Online. I wonder if Command and Conquer Generals 2 will be succesfull.

However there are still a few left like:
Supreme Commander
RUSE
Earth 2160
Hegemony
Star Wars: Empire at War

Last edited by Ûvatha; Mar 4, 2013 @ 4:53pm

MayhemMike Mar 4, 2013 @ 5:38pm

Try AI War, looks like a 4x game but it is a hardcore difficult RTS game.

bvguthrie Mar 4, 2013 @ 10:34pm

@Tenclub: Uvatha may be wrong, but a lot of the games you listed to counter his argument are irrelevant--the genre in question is the RTS. Total War, Civ 5, and Football manager are not RTS games.
Going back to the original point of the thread, check out 0 AD (play0ad.com). It's free, and draws a lot of inspiration from AOE2.

Iceman77's_SON_LEAVE_ME_ALONE Mar 4, 2013 @ 10:37pm

They still make good rts games?

Sol4rSky Mar 5, 2013 @ 1:04am

Originally posted by ***1cem@n***:
They still make good rts games?

Not really, all the epic past rts's were made with passion and not to milk $$.

123 Mar 5, 2013 @ 3:30am

The question is what does it matter if it is brand spanking new.

What matters isn't when the game was made but the quality of it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_2070
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starcraft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Keeper_2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice_%28video_game%29

There you go a couple good rts's.
Release date isn't 2013 but who cares?

Games are not garbage just cause they are not released/created in the current year.

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Abu Mar 5, 2013 @ 2:59pm

For your traditional base-building RTS game, try Starcraft II. The expansion is coming out next week.

I'm also a big fan of map-control RTS games like Company of Heroes and Dawn of War 2.

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Purple Tentacle Mar 5, 2013 @ 4:47pm

Originally posted by bvguthrie:
@Tenclub: Uvatha may be wrong, but a lot of the games you listed to counter his argument are irrelevant--the genre in question is the RTS. Total War, Civ 5, and Football manager are not RTS games.
Going back to the original point of the thread, check out 0 AD (play0ad.com). It's free, and draws a lot of inspiration from AOE2.

think you'll find the total war series to be RTS games, just because it mix's TBS with RTS dosen't mean it isn't either

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