richardhutnik on 31 December 2008
After reading this, and thinking on it, I would have to say the Warlords: Battlecry RTS series on the PC. This title uses sprites, but has an advanced AI, great interface, and persistant heroes that level up. Definitely a cult title, because it got lost under C&C and Warcraft. This was the PC game Warlords, done as an RTS. Warlords is like Advanced Wars, turn-based war, except with fantasy creatures, and more RPG elements.
Anyhow, the makers recycled concept and material and put it in Puzzle Quest, which happened to put a new niche on the map and get acclaim for it.
