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Poll - Your favorite Real Time Strategy series?

Dune 6 2.58%
 
Warcraft 34 14.59%
 
Command & Conquer 26 11.16%
 
Age of Empires 84 36.05%
 
StarCraft 59 25.32%
 
Other 24 10.30%
 
Total:233
Son1x on 24 January 2010

I always considered RTT and RTS as the same thing.
The only difference is that one has preset units and other doesn't.



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sergiodaly on 24 January 2010

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Slimebeast on 24 January 2010
d21lewis said:
I haven't ever played a RTS. I'm just passing through. But why are strategy games like Advance Wars and Valkyria Chronicles considered Strategy RPG's with more emphasis on the RPG and less emphasis on the Strategy? I'd figure they'd have more to do with this genre than the other. Oh well. I'm gone. Carry on.

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As for your question I don't know, but I'm sure someone else took care of it.



pearljammer on 24 January 2010

Easily Starcraft for me.



mjk45 on 24 January 2010

i quite liked rise of nations



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Slimebeast on 24 January 2010
Akvod said:

Wow, it looks that good! The graphics are incredible when you zoom in, with lots of detail ..even grass is swaying.

And such epic battles. What I wonder though, when the squads split you can see individial units fight... do these indibidual units have thier own AI, own hit points and so on? Or is it just cosmetics, and the battle outcome is calcuated on the squad level like it's always been in Total War?



Senlis on 24 January 2010
GamingChartzFTW said:
Akvod said:
GamingChartzFTW said:
Akvod said:
GamingChartzFTW said:
NKAJ said:
does the total war series count?


Nope.

Total War is a Real-time tactics/Turn-based strategy series.

 

 

 

Tactics=/=Strategy? O.o


Strategy is long term planning. Tactics is short term decisioning. When you initiate a battle in Total War, each side is lined up (just like in the Amiga/Nes game "North & South". The majority of important decisions made in in "Total War", "Europa Universalis" etc. are made during the turn based phase of the game.

 

IDK, it's a combination. For example, I can decide to pitch battles by simply marching halfway into the enemy territory, ravaging its lands. I do that because I want to fight on the place I have my army on (a hill, a bridge).

I can also decide to ambush enemies by luring them with a decoy army, while another larger army hides in the forest along the road, and boom.

Battles can last a very long time, and I find it more strategic and exciting to fight with what you're given (Your army, your reinforcments, and possibly your allies) as every loss counts. The calvary fight is crucial, and even more tense when you see you're losing it and you begin sending back up units to assist, finally your general.

 

It seems to be that you simply equate RTS=On field building (Starcraft, Halo RTS, etc), which I find to be bullshit. I don't think getting rid of the ability to poop out units from a building during the battle lessens the strategy or basic gameplay. The core gameplay is in the battlelines, formations, maneuvering, etc.

It doesn't simplify the game at all, but in fact, makes it harder. It's the perfect combination of real time and turn based. Your turn based actions have a large impact on the real time, and vice versa. You can't just decide to poop out units as you see fit, but decide how to allocate your troops (which brings in questions of borders, enemies, allies, etc).

 

Look, basicly I feel that Total War captures the feeling of war better. When you're ambushed with a halfbaked army, you really feel the pinch. When you lose that crucial unit, you feel the pinch. When you're starting to run out of units and money, you feel the pinch. When you're in a battle, you're focusing on defending your flanks, not about mining resources.

 

So baisicly fuck all of you who haven't voted for Total War, nyah nyah nyah >.<

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GamingChartzFTW said:


Real-Time Strategy Age of Empires, StarCraft, Warcraft, Dune, C&C etc.

Turn-Based Strategy Total War, Sid Meier's Civilization,

Real-Time Tactics Total War, Cossacks 2

Turn-Based Tactics Final Fantasy Tactics, X-Com UFO Defense, Steel Panthers: World at War!

These are all established genres.

 

Akvad, I read from your profile that you're 18 years old. Leave this issue to all of us who played games back in the 80's and 90's biatch!

You are overthinking this.  I am on officer in the military and know the difference between tactics and strategy, so I know what you are talking about.  However, for all intents and purposes, Medieval II is a real-time strategy game. In fact, I have never heard of the genre Real-Time Tactics before now, and it seems just like a device for someone to sound smart.




 

alic18 on 24 January 2010

Oh man - Total Annihilation for me all the way!
That AI was ahead of it's time, actually made the game difficult.

PS: I've loved pretty much all the RTS's at some point, and many have stolen hours of my life.. I'd hate to know how many...



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Deneidez on 25 January 2010
Slimebeast said:

Wow, it looks that good! The graphics are incredible when you zoom in, with lots of detail ..even grass is swaying.

And such epic battles. What I wonder though, when the squads split you can see individial units fight... do these indibidual units have thier own AI, own hit points and so on? Or is it just cosmetics, and the battle outcome is calcuated on the squad level like it's always been in Total War?

I think they all have some simple AI. In some cases for example when you fortify buildings they need to get into positions(windows & such) and they do it individually. Another good example is when you make them run they might scatter and lose formation, because of fences and other stuff that is blocking their way. And word epic has been overused way too much already. Lets just say Total War battles are something very different.



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vlad321 on 25 January 2010

Warcraft.

I didn't catch WC1, however I played the shit out of WC2 and its expansion. Then Warcraft 3 is still among my most played games. Just absolutely brilliant.

 

To anyone who hates the AI in RTSes and hates micromanagement, check out AI War Fleet Command. Fucking amazing is all I can say.



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