Good newbie RTS

Hey Guys,

So I have never been much of an RTS gamer, and I recently DLed the DoW2 demo and loved it so I bought it off steam for 25 bucks. I know its not generally considered much of an RTS but more like an RTS RPG hybrid, so I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction of a recent RTS which is easy to get into. I played the WiC demo, which was really good but very frantic at the same time. My units kept getting blown to hell, and I kept reissuing new ones. This isnt a big deal, as I still beat the demo, but it was pretty crazy.

I know CoH is supposed to be great, I just dont think I can handle another WW2 based game. Any other reccomendations?

You can absolutely never go wrong with the Blizzard classics especially when we're talking about RTS games. Warcraft 3 is one of the funnest/easiest to play through games I have ever played as is Starcraft. I know they're not recent but with Starcraft 2 on the wings it couldn't hurt to get into the game now.

You really want to get Sega's Universe At War: Earth Assault which has a retro sci-fi feel about it. It supports cross-platform play so you can play XBox 360 players.

the Homeworld games, Total War games, and Sins of a Solar Empirezerosaber456

i would get command and conquer 3 its not the newest C&C but it was made in 2007 and im not the biggest fan of red alert 3 newest C&C

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 and its expansion Yuris revenge is a great intro to the genre (was my first).

You really want to get Sega's Universe At War: Earth Assault which has a retro sci-fi feel about it. It supports cross-platform play so you can play XBox 360 players.

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If you don't mind older games, the original Command & Conquer and C&C: Red Alert are now freeware. They're still the only RTS games I could ever really get into and enjoy.

Age of Empires III, a fairly recent RTS game. Nice and easy to get into.

Rise of Nation as well. Not very recent, but one of the best RTS games I've played.

The classics are good as well, that were already mentioned, such as: Warcraft III, Starcraft, Red Alert, and Some of the Command and Conquer games.

I would prefer you start with warcraft 3 and Rise of Nation. Even though they are old, and have bad graphics comparing to new ones, they have exellent gameplay.

Btw, CNC3 Tiberium Wars is pretty good game, but if u are a starter at RTS games, and u want to complete the single player missions, I wouldn't recommend it. There are some damn hard missions. I'm currently playing it and I'm stuck :twisted:. But, if u want good multiplayer, its really good.

And, CoH is a really good game, has nice campaing and good multiplayer. :)