Modern-day RTS Suggestions.

Well the same happened to me :) after about 4 or 5 years I started again to play my 2nd beloved genre :D RTS.

You should definitely get:

Supreme Commander + Forged Alliance: One word, WAR. You get huge maps with lots and lots of units with almost unlimited possibilities in tactics and strategies :).

World in Conflict: not RTS but RTT, you don't have base building, only tactics and battles. It has an awesome feeling and an awesome campaign.(if you played and loved Ground Control then it's a must :))

Company of Heroes + Opposing Fronts: it is very complex and it has a decent campaign.

This one is not RTS or RTT it's a TBS but it's a very good game, one of my favourite series, Heroes of Might and Magic :D. If you can find it get the heroes of might and magic complete collection, it's definitely worth it.

It sounds like you might like Age of Empires III(one of my favorites) or Medieval2:Total War. I like the style of a lot of the older games as well.I still play Age of Mythology and Rise of Nations.

That's great you and your dad played rts together,my dad always thought they were a huge waste of time. Its a shame more parents don't realize how in depth many of the games are,it might change their opinion

Rise Of Nations

Rise Of Legends

Universe At War

Act Of War

It sounds like you might like Age of Empires III(one of my favorites) or Medieval2:Total War. I like the ****of a lot of the older games as well.I still play Age of Mythology and Rise of Nations.Ken1a

That's great you and your dad played rts together,my dad always thought they were a huge waste of time. Its a shame more parents don't realize how in depth many of the games are,it might change their opinion

Ken1a

Another one that you might want to try is Dawn of War, though DoW 2 is pretty close to it's release.

Glad to see you like HoMM :, my favourite ones are HoMM 3, HoMM 4 The Gathering Stormand all HoMM 5 games (that I sold last year :( but tomorrow my copy of the complete collection should arrive >:D)

LoL my father was the one that got me into gamig. I was like "wow tiger(top down game with a space shuttle that all the enemies com from the front), awesome, black and white @_@". Then he started going in different countries and getting games like Blackthorne (Blizzard), Diablo, Wolfenstein, Red Alert, Red Alert 2 and many others :). I just watched him all the time and after a while he couldn't play because of me :). I had some long nights with Diablo 2 and my father :) we played till almost 3 AM.

Another one that you might want to try is Dawn of War, though DoW 2 is pretty close to it's release.

DanielDust

Glad to see you like HoMM :, my favourite ones are HoMM 3, HoMM 4 The Gathering Stormand all HoMM 5 games (that I sold last year :( but tomorrow my copy of the complete collection should arrive >:D)DanielDust

LoL my father was the one that got me into gamig. I was like "wow tiger(top down game with a space shuttle that all the enemies com from the front), awesome, black and white @_@". Then he started going in different countries and getting games like Blackthorne (Blizzard), Diablo, Wolfenstein, Red Alert, Red Alert 2 and many others :). I just watched him all the time and after a while he couldn't play because of me :). I had some long nights with Diablo 2 and my father :) we played till almost 3 AM.

DanielDust

Thanks DanielDust, I'll definitely look into those though I already have Heroes of Might and Magic. Love it to death. Also, I don't mind the RTT games either. I loved Myth and Myth II and those had no resources or building from what I remember.

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It sounds like you might like Age of Empires III(one of my favorites) or Medieval2:Total War. I like the ****of a lot of the older games as well.I still play Age of Mythology and Rise of Nations.NumenDivinum

That's great you and your dad played rts together,my dad always thought they were a huge waste of time. Its a shame more parents don't realize how in depth many of the games are,it might change their opinion

Ken1a

I've got friends who've played the original Age of Empires for years...they say it's got everything they need.

I'm really sorry to hear about your dad.Ken1a

Lords of the Realms is a great series,your dad must have known that game inside out. Sometimes I find myself rushing through games,rather than taking the time to really understand all the fine details of units,upgrades etc...

I've got friends who've played the original Age of Empires for years...they say it's got everything they need.

Ken1a

Dawn of war

Company of heroes

That is all. ;)

Dawn of war

Company of heroes

That is all. ;)

gogators4life

Great games but I don't think that its what TC wants, I think he meant the traditional RTS games.

Age of Empires is pretty good and its expansions.

I liked Rise of Nations and its expansion, brilliant games and a lot of replay value, and its sequel it's good also.

I am a huge RTS fan it is my favorite Genre and I have played or own pretty much every major RTS game for the past Decade.

World in Conflict Best RTS I have ever Played
Followed by:
Dawn of War+Winter Assualt,Dark Cursade, and Soulstorm Expansions
Company of Heroes+Opposing Fronts Expansion
Home World 2 ** Most Unique RTS I have ever played
Supreme Commander+Forged Alliance Expansion
Command and Conquer 3+Kanes Wrath Expansion
Lord of The Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2

Old RTS games that are awesome, but do not have the features of modern day RTS games
Dungeon Keeper ** One of my alltime favorites
Starcraft+Broodwar Expansion
Warcraft 3+Frozen Throne Expansion ** Download the DOTA mod
Command and Conquer First Decade
Emperor Battle for Dune

Upcoming RTS games:
Red Alert 3
World In Conflict Soviet
Starcraft 2
Dawn of War 2

Age of Empires and Rise of Nations are ok, but not my cup of tea

Most of the RTS Games I have listed come in a Gold/Platinum Collection with the core game and expansions for $20-$40.

I am a huge RTS fan it is my favorite Genre and I have played or own pretty much every major RTS game for the past Decade.

World in Conflict Best RTS I have ever Played
Followed by:
Dawn of War+Winter Assualt,Dark Cursade, and Soulstorm Expansions
Company of Heroes+Opposing Fronts Expansion
Home World 2 ** Most Unique RTS I have ever played
Supreme Commander+Forged Alliance Expansion
Command and Conquer 3+Kanes Wrath Expansion

Old RTS games that are awesome, but do not have the features of modern day RTS games
Starcraft+Broodwar Expansion
Warcraft 3+Frozen Throne Expansion ** Download the DOTA mod
Command and Conquer First Decade
Emperor Battle for Dune

Upcoming RTS games:
Red Alert 3
World In Conflict Soviet
Starcraft 2
Dawn of War 2

Age of Empires and Rise of Nations are ok, but not my cup of tea

Most of the RTS Games I have listed come in a Gold/Platinum Collection with the core game and expansions for $20-$40.

superkoolstud

Supreme Commander

Dawn of War

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I am a huge RTS fan it is my favorite Genre and I have played or own pretty much every major RTS game for the past Decade.

World in Conflict Best RTS I have ever Played
Followed by:
Dawn of War+Winter Assualt,Dark Cursade, and Soulstorm Expansions
Company of Heroes+Opposing Fronts Expansion
Home World 2 ** Most Unique RTS I have ever played
Supreme Commander+Forged Alliance Expansion
Command and Conquer 3+Kanes Wrath Expansion

Old RTS games that are awesome, but do not have the features of modern day RTS games
Starcraft+Broodwar Expansion
Warcraft 3+Frozen Throne Expansion ** Download the DOTA mod
Command and Conquer First Decade
Emperor Battle for Dune

Upcoming RTS games:
Red Alert 3
World In Conflict Soviet
Starcraft 2
Dawn of War 2

Age of Empires and Rise of Nations are ok, but not my cup of tea

Most of the RTS Games I have listed come in a Gold/Platinum Collection with the core game and expansions for $20-$40.

Ken1a

Its Campiagn is like Dark Crusade, which if you haven't played is Risk with DoW units. Its alot of fun online but not much fun by yourself. The Sisters of Battle have become my second favorite race, and Skrimish/Online is even better then ever now that you have 9 races to choose from which makes Lan Parties awesome.

I think you should check out Act of War: Direct Action. A brilliant little RTS gem.
It also rewards you for treating your enemies humanly.Doom_HellKnight

I alwasys bomb them like incests :oops:

I grew up playing RTS, in truth even when I was a young kid at the time the SNES and the Genesis were getting pretty big and everyone was raving about them, I wasn't as interested in them as everyone else. I guess I'd have to say my dad did it to me. He loved RTS as well, and growing up taking turn playing RTS with my dad was really how we bonded. I would watch him play in his old age and look at how he would adress certain problems and losses within the games and through that I got better and better at them. I loved the time involved and feeling of having outsmarting the opponent rather then out reflexing them like in Quake.

Some games I grew up playing were Warcraft 1 and 2, Command and Conquer, the Lords of the Realm games, Caesar 2, the Civilization games etc and I even played most of the good ones that came out in the late 90's and early 2000 like the AOE games, Starcraft, Homeworld and the later C & C's. But as consoles were getting bigger with 64 and PSX I started picking up on those because I only spent a little time with my dad every other week and being so young I couldn't have a PC of my own. I sort of weened myself out of the RTS world for a while, and even when I finally did obtain my own PC I was still stuck in a console mentality playing mostly action games which the release of the first Half Life probably didn't help any.

I got back into them somewhat but only the older ones that I loved so much when I was younger. I still play Lords of the Realm II and me and a friend I know play Warcraft 2 Bnet edition every once in a while but I'm curious and looking for newer RTS titles to try out. The newest RTS that I've played would probably be Warcraft 3. I'm open to any suggestions, but I'm really looking for games that reflect the gameplay elements of the earlier games that I mentioned, I hear a lot of newer RTS games are being dumbed down and I don't want to waste my money on anything that's inferior by gameplay standards.


NumenDivinum

OMG, Lords of the Realm II, that game is friggin' awesome. I played it and beat it probably 10 times. I love that game! I even played it as recently as last year!

Civilization was awesome too. I played civ 1 for several years.

Company of Heroes, best RTS ever made

lots of startegy

I'll just add in Sins of a Solar Empire. Compared to any other RTS, the scale is huge. The strategy sort of leaves a lot to be desired, but it's not bad. I'd also encourage you to check out the MMORTS genre, it's got some old gems that are lots of fun, and a few up and comers that should put the strategy back into RTS.KillOBKilled

Sins of a Soalr Empire is a 4A Strategy game like Civiliaztion. Its a good game, but not for everybody, I would group it with Civilization, Sim City, Galatic Civilization. Here is a link to the demo, I suggest trying it out. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sinsofasolarempire/download_6188180.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=files&tag=files;title;2