What is the best RTS game within the past 5 years

I stuck on what to buy next. I loved C&C:Tiberium Wars(XBOX 360),already haveCoH andE:TWnow on PC(great games) and now looking to get into something else, any suggestiions?

Dawn of War 2.

Dawn Of War + Winter Assault + Dark Crusade. I like Soulstorm too, but some people think that the las expansion was mediocre. Take in consideration that the original DoW campaign was good -or at least decent-, but in the expansions the storytelling is very poor. But I like DoW even more than Starcraft because the multiplayer.

The game is great from a gameplay standpoint. I has very dynamic units, capable of auto-reinforce on fly the dead members of the squads without the need of regroup in your headquarters. It has a moral system, the enviroments has impact in how your units figths. The infantry/vehicles/buildings system is balanced; you have tons of units with teleport, stealth, etc. The game demands a nice micro, is very focused on action, whereas the macro is more simple. The "Heroes" are a complement to your forces: they are not a need, and they upgrade his stats with the tiers of your HQ, not fighting npjs as in Warcraft III.

Dawn of War 2.

XaosII

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Dawn of War 2.

JangoWuzHere

Sorry, I forgot to mention I already have DoW 2, probably about 80% through it, pretty good game. I liked CoH better. But I havent heard much talk about DoW 1 previously. Would about WiC, Rise of Nations, Supreme Commander, etc.

For me:Empire:Total War(despite the bugs) & C&C:Red Alert.

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Dawn of War 2.

XaosII

For me, there is no single best RTS...only great games that I have a lot of fun with. For that list (excluding the ones you have now said you already have):

• World in Conflict
• Sins of a Solar Empire
• Supreme Commander Gold
• Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
• Age of Mythology Gold
• Demigod
• Red Alert 3
• Spore

Within the last 5 years I would have to say Dawn of War up to DC, Dawn of War 2 and Sins.

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Dawn of War 2.

BOONE123

Sorry, I forgot to mention I already have DoW 2, probably about 80% through it, pretty good game. I liked CoH better. But I havent heard much talk about DoW 1 previously. Would about WiC, Rise of Nations, Supreme Commander, etc.

World In Conflict - It isn't your average RTS. The multiplayer is great and the tactical aid is amazingly fun to play with. You'll be like "WOW! That nuke is soooooo cool... ****! I was just nuked and lost all my units!" I'd really only get the game if you can run it well and enjoy all the small graphical details.

Supreme Commander - I didn't really like SupCom's multiplayer, but that's just because GPGnet is junk. It took me almost an hour to update. Forged Alliance has a decent singleplayer, but the skirmishes are really where the game is at. The AI isn't 'that' challenging, but you can set it up so that it's a 1v2 or a 1v7. Some people complain about how the economy is handled, but I really like it. If you manage your metal well then you are definitely rewarded. There's also no limit to how much energy/metal you recieve, so you can do anything from hold a corner of the map against waves and waves of attacks or expand until you can build experimental units left and right.

(UGH!, I keep having to edit my posts because gamespot randomly gets rid of spaces...)

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Dawn of War 2.

kieranb2000

And you consider the singleplayer in C&C3 and SC to be any good? I found both those games to have to be painfully boring SP.

Medieval 2 Total War.

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Dawn of War 2.

XaosII

And you consider the singleplayer in C&C3 and SC to be any good? I found both those games to have to be painfully boring SP.

A little game called Company of Heroes.Doom_HellKnight

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Hehe, it happens to the best of us. Additionally, from what I've heard (and read), Tales of Valor doesn't add a whole lot...but it presents what it does add really well.

Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention Universe at War.

- Company Of Heroes

- Age Of Empires 3

- Empire Total War

and

- Demigod

In my opinion of course.

I'd recommend Dawn of War II and Medieval II: Total War.

Depends on if you want a real strategy game or a simple strategy game.

Simeple Strategy game:

Sins of a Solar Empire, Dawn of War and it's expansions, C&C 3, Company of Heros, Supreme Commander are generally at the top of the list.

Real Strategy Games:

Men of War, Europa Universalis 3, Supreme Ruler 2020, Hearts of Iron 3 coming out in two months.

• Sins of a Solar Empire
• Sumpreme Comander
• World in Conflict + Soviet Assault
• Dawn of War + expansions
• Medieval 2: Total War
• Empire: Total War (when completley fixed)

World in conflict has my vote. It utterly destroys any other RTS game I've ever played, and I've played quite a few. It's nearly flawless. The plot seems like kind of a 'stock' plot for a present-day RTS, but that seems to be it's only shortcoming. It reigns rupreme over all others graphically and technically.

World in Conflict.

Warcraft II and III

Warcraft II

roadwish

ahem...5 years

Sins, DoW2 and WiC.

There are alot of great RTS that came out the last 5 years to choose one. For me though the best would be sins of solar empires. i also liked alot company of heroes and supreme commander. Actually i dont think you can go wrong with any big rts game the last few years

Dawn of War + Expansions...Even though that's a bit of an echo looking at the previous posts.

Medieval 2 , CC3, and RA3