Where have all the good real time strategy games gone?

[WarMaster GoreHowl]

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.

[Phaedros]

Rise of Nations might be getting a relaunch on Steam if rumors serve to be true (some data-mining has determined that there in fact is references to Rise of Nations in Steam's code), IMO Rise of Nations was one of the best RTS titles ever released and before GameSpy's downfall still had a thriving community years after it's release, and even in the aftermath the community has survived, it was also very accessible for modding via XML.

[The Chyborg]

CORTEX COMMAND!

what, you don't like it?

[Soully]

Rise of Legends

[Venrez]

I completely agree with BDK's statement. Since the rise in popularity of the action genre, with a zillion FPS games coming out, the attention of players has shifted to instant-gratification. Hence, RTS games slowly lost their unique touch, blending with action games to spawn those foul MOBA-type 'strategy' games, as well as losing things along the way, such as resource management, bases, tech-trees, research and so forth.

The last few decent true RTS games in my opinion were Supreme Commander 1, Sins of a Solar Empire and Dawn of War 1.

The only 'Strategy' games that seem to come out these days do not involve anything that is associated with the RTS games I used to play, know and love. You can apply the term 'Strategy' to any game, from aiming in an FPS to your level-up progression in an RPG. However, as far as game genres go, 'Strategy' games have all but disappeared.

[$upertetramethylcyclohexan0va]

I really, really liked Command & Conquer Tiberium Wars, main reason why im reading this thread. Since twilight(not satisfying was their end, i can only hope a remake.

[WhiteKnight77]

You could always try Silent Hunter III and IV. You do not have to build the bases, but you do have to start from them before going out on patrol. A bit of Trigonometry helps, but isn't required.

[5st]

chess.

[adamam]

they shud make a cod rts ;)))

[TankDude]

Well they are just changing I guess to suit more people eg.making them simple but still game like rome 2 look good

[nukem266]

There are good ones out there you just have to find them!

[Soully]

Phant0m님이 먼저 게시:

they shud make a cod rts ;)))

*giggle*

*chuckle*

*Trying not to luagh*

BWAHAHAHAH...

Oh off-topic, Silly off-topic :3

[[Not TyRant ]Not The Viper]

It's a bit late maybe, but in case anyone reads this, after AoE 2, my favorite RTS game is Rise and Fall: empires at war. Came out in 2006 but graphically, it's preaty awesome even compared to many 2010/2011 games..When it came out, it was a very very demanding game. It's an RTS/Action game, you can switch betwen "god camera" to 3rd perdon view of your heroe. If you read the crytics, this game is low rated by official reviews like IGN and Gamespot, but if you look at fan reviews, they rate the game very high.. Personaly i love this game, it's commpletly unic in it's genre and it's free since the studio that made it doesnt exist anymore, you can downloadit for free. Works great on XP, if youre runing vista or 7, you will need to install some patches, but works, im currently playing it on windows 7.

[Jean Luke Folgers]

I did a Google search for "RTS games 2013" and this thread was the third result that came up. That's how dead this genre is.

Phaedros님이 먼저 게시:

Rise of Nations might be getting a relaunch on Steam if rumors serve to be true (some data-mining has determined that there in fact is references to Rise of Nations in Steam's code), IMO Rise of Nations was one of the best RTS titles ever released and before GameSpy's downfall still had a thriving community years after it's release, and even in the aftermath the community has survived, it was also very accessible for modding via XML.

Rise of Nations was such a breakthrough for the genre, I'm astonished no gaming company has taken that model and done something with it. But then again, unless I'm mistaken, we haven't seen any RTS games with equal emphasis on economic management as military management in 10 years.

Putting this game on Steam should be a no brainer, because the only way to play it online right now is with Game Ranger, and it's a very small community of people playing different versions.

[Last Will]

A really good one is Cossacks: European Wars (although very old). If you haven't played it at all before, you may want to give it a try.

There are also more games released in the series and newer but i didn't have the chance to try them.

[[Not TyRant ]Not The Viper]

Knight de Greko님이 먼저 게시:

A really good one is Cossacks: European Wars (although very old). If you haven't played it at all before, you may want to give it a try.

There are also more games released in the series and newer but i didn't have the chance to try them.

Cossacks is epic, specially in multriplayer since AI is pretty bad.. also American Conquest, from the same devs is great, you can have 5 000+ men in battles without any lag awesome game..