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#1 00d986
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I love RTS games. They are my favorite! However, I am getting kinda sick of the one I have. I currently own, Starcraft 1, Starcraft 2, Age of Empires 3, Supreme Commander, and Age of Mythology. I want the next game I get to have a focus on base building and I want it to be more complex that the AOE series. Those are just too simple. I have thought about Knights of Honor or Seven Kingdoms 2 but am worried they will be too boring. I tried Sins of a Solar Empire demo and got bored after the first tutorial. I want the game to have 1999 graphics or better. I can't stand anything worse (like C&C tiberian dawn or Total annihilation) I also want the game to have strong defenses. I want to be able to do a bit of turtling. Not an excessive amount, just a little. Is there such thing as a game like that out there? Thanks
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#2 Basinboy
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I'm not the afficionado of RTS games, but if you haven't played Company of Heroes, play it. Love it. Worship it.

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#3 00d986
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I would love to play that game but I am not allowed to :(
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I love RTS games. They are my favorite! However, I am getting kinda sick of the one I have. I currently own, Starcraft 1, Starcraft 2, Age of Empires 3, Supreme Commander, and Age of Mythology. I want the next game I get to have a focus on base building and I want it to be more complex that the AOE series. Those are just too simple. I have thought about Knights of Honor or Seven Kingdoms 2 but am worried they will be too boring. I tried Sins of a Solar Empire demo and got bored after the first tutorial. I want the game to have 1999 graphics or better. I can't stand anything worse (like C&C tiberian dawn or Total annihilation) I also want the game to have strong defenses. I want to be able to do a bit of turtling. Not an excessive amount, just a little. Is there such thing as a game like that out there? Thanks00d986
Rome : Total War Medieval : Total War Medieval 2 : Total War Shogun : Total War Shogun 2 : Total War Majesty Majesty 2 Rise of Nations Warcraft III : Reign of Chaos Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne Check them out. They're all excellent games :)
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#5 fenriz275
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I was gonna recommend Dawn Of War 2 but there's no base building, Dawn of War 1 is good, a little older though.

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#6 00d986
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I forgot to mention Rome:Total War. I also have that. I will check out Rise of Nations though. Also I don't mind old graphics. I actually prefer AOE 2 graphics to AOE3 graphics.
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#7 zaku101
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Get COH best RTS made since the birth of Starcraft. Knights of honor is totally worth playing, wont get bored. Also givetropico pirate cove a try, Dungeon keeper 2, have to tweak it to get it to work right but it works just fine with win7. Black and white 2 or 1, 2 is more base building 1 is more rpg.

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[QUOTE="00d986"]I love RTS games. They are my favorite! However, I am getting kinda sick of the one I have. I currently own, Starcraft 1, Starcraft 2, Age of Empires 3, Supreme Commander, and Age of Mythology. I want the next game I get to have a focus on base building and I want it to be more complex that the AOE series. Those are just too simple. I have thought about Knights of Honor or Seven Kingdoms 2 but am worried they will be too boring. I tried Sins of a Solar Empire demo and got bored after the first tutorial. I want the game to have 1999 graphics or better. I can't stand anything worse (like C&C tiberian dawn or Total annihilation) I also want the game to have strong defenses. I want to be able to do a bit of turtling. Not an excessive amount, just a little. Is there such thing as a game like that out there? Thanksfend_oblivion
Rome : Total War Medieval : Total War Medieval 2 : Total War Shogun : Total War Shogun 2 : Total War Majesty Majesty 2 Rise of Nations Warcraft III : Reign of Chaos Warcraft III : The Frozen Throne Check them out. They're all excellent games :)

+1

The Total War games are great and more complex than AoE games IMO. But unfortunately there is no base building. Still worth checking them out nevertheless.

Majesty 2 is haaaaaaaard. Try that one if you want a difficult game TC;)

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I would love to play that game but I am not allowed to :(00d986
???? Why?
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#11 pl4yer_f0und
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Lol if its complex base building you want, SupCom is the way to go, but I see you already have that. Thats the most complex mainstream base-building rts that I know of, I could get into some niche titles, but if you're worried about being bored, they're probably not for you. But what I say is give the games you mentioned in OP a go, and STICK WITH THEM. RTS's in my opinion need a bit of playtime to start being enjoyable, don't just try the demo.

Also, some people are recommending CoH, while it is an absolutely fantastic game, there is very limited base-building. But still you should get it, its a masterpiece imo.

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#12 00d986
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I actually ave Sup Com 2. Is that any different? I think I will try knights of honor. Thanks everyone for all the help.
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This.
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#14 Gammit10
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I was gonna recommend Dawn Of War 2 but there's no base building, Dawn of War 1 is good, a little older though.

fenriz275
Agreed. Love DoW (1), although the base building is much more straightforward contrasted with many other RTS games listed in this thread.
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#16 00d986
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I have Sup Com 2 but I don't care for it too much because there are no good defenses or any good base building. Is the first one or forged alliance any better?
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#17 Millard11
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You need to play warcraft III. Its a lot of fun.

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#18 Starshine_M2A2
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Supreme Commander 2 is pretty good. Although it's on a much larger scale than most RTS games.

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#19 Rattlesnake_8
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You can get COH pretty cheap on steam. They have it on sale often.. and COH2 is coming! It's still quite a few months away at the earliest.. but its coming.
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#20 TA4Life
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Just to clear any confusion:

Supcom 2 is garbage(complely ruined game) compared to Supcom FA. Supreme Commander Forged Alliance is the deepest RTS you can have today. If you want a true challange this is it, if you want to be bored playing something else.

http://www.twitch.tv/thebigonetv/b/326811752

TLO comparing starcraft and supcom fa

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#21 xLittlekillx
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Just to clear any confusion:

Supcom 2 is garbage(complely ruined game) compared to Supcom FA. Supreme Commander Forged Alliance is the deepest RTS you can have today. If you want a true challange this is it, if you want to be bored playing something else.

http://www.twitch.tv/thebigonetv/b/326811752

TLO comparing starcraft and supcom fa

TA4Life

Supcom 2 for me was actually a good primer for getting into SupCom: FA.