GamingBolt: 10 PC Real Time Strategy Games You Should Play Before You Die

10 PC Real Time Strategy Games You Should Play Before You Die

Check out the article, looks pretty great. I'm surprised it doesn't include Rise of Nations, Empire Earth and Age of Mythology, though. But still, the list is decent enough.

lmao pc? seriously? why would anyone game on a computer lmao fail xDmrladykilla

whelp, guess i'm going to die not playing those, rts's don't really interest me.

Well, I'm surprised. For once it's not a list that deserves to be thrown out of the window.

What happens if I die before playing them all?dzimm

Game over, and you have to restart from the beginning.

Remember how much the tutorial to life sucked?

No, you don't, because it was THAT bad.

So you'd better get right on playing those games :P

Good to see Age of Empires 2, such a great game

why would anyone game on a computermrladykilla

Played most of them. Company of Heroes is my favourite.

Some of those games aren't necessarily Real Time Strategy. World in Conflict is a RTT (Tactical) and Rome: Total War is a TBS/RTT. And there's no Homeworld. Oh well.drinkerofjuice

They are all RTS lumped under the RTS genre. RTT is a sub-genre of RTS of which I don't agree it's even a sub-genre but people like to be specific.

No Homeworld is a major problem. It's by far one of the best, if not the best strategy game of all time.

Sadly I'm not much of a PC gamer so I haven't played much of these games. :P

lmao pc? seriously? why would anyone game on a computer lmao fail xDmrladykilla

Age of Mythology is the most underrated RTS ever...

[QUOTE="mrladykilla"]lmao pc? seriously? why would anyone game on a computer lmao fail xDShadowDeathX

From the article:

"So many standard traits of the RTS genre started with [Age of Empires 2], from sound bites for units..."

I'm pretty sure Blizzard pioneered the unit sound bites in WarCraft.

List sucks because there is no homeworld.

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Sadly I'm not much of a PC gamer so I haven't played much of these games. :P[QUOTE="mrladykilla"]lmao pc? seriously? why would anyone game on a computer lmao fail xDtimmy00

Yeah he's delt with. :wink:

10 PC Real Time Strategy Games You Should Play Before You Die

Check out the article, looks pretty great. I'm surprised it doesn't include Rise of Nations, Empire Earth and Age of Mythology, though. But still, the list is decent enough.

khoofia_pika

List should have ben called 10 PC strategy games, not RTS games. The dude that made the list is poorly informed with these games, neither SimCity or Total War are real time strategy games, man what a poor journalist. SimCity is a city-building game, which is a sub-genre of the strategy genre, and Total War is a turn-based/real-time tactical hybrid.

It's like calling Diablo (which is a action - RPG) a DnD CRPG. (two different sub-genres from the RPG genre)

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List sucks because there is no homeworld.

TailBlood

List was good, but replace Company of Heroes with Homeworld.

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10 PC Real Time Strategy Games You Should Play Before You Die

Check out the article, looks pretty great. I'm surprised it doesn't include Rise of Nations, Empire Earth and Age of Mythology, though. But still, the list is decent enough.

Lucianu

List should have ben called 10 PC strategy games, not RTS games. The dude that made the list is poorly informed with these games, neither SimCity or Total War are real time strategy games, man what a poor journalist. SimCity is a city-building game, which is a sub-genre of the strategy genre, and Total War is a turn-based/real-time tactical hybrid.

It's like calling Diablo (which is a action - RPG) a DnD CRPG. (two different sub-genres from the RPG genre)

yeah, what the hell was simcity doing there? rise of nations should have taken its place. and age of mythology, those are some damn fine games

:lol:

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List sucks because there is no homeworld.

Wasdie

List was good, but replace Company of Heroes with Homeworld.

Edit: Finshed the list. Take those words back. :lol:

yeah, what the hell was simcity doing there? rise of nations should have taken its place. and age of mythology, those are some damn fine games

lightleggy

Yeah, Rise of Nations is basically perfection. And like another user said, were the hell is Homeworld, one of the best RTS games ever created upon this world?

Incredibly poor article, its like he didn't even try, and i ain't speaking about he's preferance but about confusing a damn city builder with RTS. He could have at least looked on wikipedia, for God's sake. Man what a poorly informed journalist.

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10 PC Real Time Strategy Games You Should Play Before You Die

Check out the article, looks pretty great. I'm surprised it doesn't include Rise of Nations, Empire Earth and Age of Mythology, though. But still, the list is decent enough.

lightleggy

List should have ben called 10 PC strategy games, not RTS games. The dude that made the list is poorly informed with these games, neither SimCity or Total War are real time strategy games, man what a poor journalist. SimCity is a city-building game, which is a sub-genre of the strategy genre, and Total War is a turn-based/real-time tactical hybrid.

It's like calling Diablo (which is a action - RPG) a DnD CRPG. (two different sub-genres from the RPG genre)

yeah, what the hell was simcity doing there? rise of nations should have taken its place. and age of mythology, those are some damn fine games

Only 2 from that list i haven't played, Warhammer and Red Alert 2 (played C&C 4 and it was really bad), anyway, great list, i don't think anyone can come up with better RTS games.

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[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

List should have ben called 10 PC strategy games, not RTS games. The dude that made the list is poorly informed with these games, neither SimCity or Total War are real time strategy games, man what a poor journalist. SimCity is a city-building game, which is a sub-genre of the strategy genre, and Total War is a turn-based/real-time tactical hybrid.

It's like calling Diablo (which is a action - RPG) a DnD CRPG. (two different sub-genres from the RPG genre)

charizard1605

yeah, what the hell was simcity doing there? rise of nations should have taken its place. and age of mythology, those are some damn fine games

Rise of Nation is great, but not a must play IMO, and AoM wasn't there because i'm assuming, AoE 2, a much better game was already there.

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yeah, what the hell was simcity doing there? rise of nations should have taken its place. and age of mythology, those are some damn fine games

madsnakehhh

Rise of Nation is great, but not a must play IMO, and AoM wasn't there because i'm assuming, AoE 2, a much better game was already there.

Age of Mythology is the most underrated RTS ever...

Renegade_Fury

Completely agree with this.

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Age of Mythology is the most underrated RTS ever...

quaappybla

Completely agree with this.

What? No love for total annihilation?alexside1

Well, I'm surprised. For once it's not a list that deserves to be thrown out of the window.

Mograine

It made this Blizzbot happen that 3 Blizzard games where on the list. Just a popularity contest like most lists are.Nerkcon

You mad?

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Age of Mythology is the most underrated RTS ever...

khoofia_pika

Completely agree with this.

iv already played all of them . i guess im ready to die :D

I've played all of them. :o

I've played 4 of those.

Company of Heroes being my favorite.It just rocks.

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Completely agree with this.

charizard1605

Actually I found RoN's campaign to be inferior to AoM's, although its skirmish mode is still one of the best in the genre if you can put enough time into it.

iv already played all of them . i guess im ready to die :D

sinpkr

[QUOTE="Nerkcon"] It made this Blizzbot happen that 3 Blizzard games where on the list. Just a popularity contest like most lists are.Mograine

You mad?

[QUOTE="khoofia_pika"][QUOTE="quaappybla"]

Completely agree with this.

charizard1605

I would say AoM > than AoE2, but equal to RoN. Not sure if i would put it as top ten, but i liked Battle for Middle Earth 2.

[QUOTE="khoofia_pika"][QUOTE="quaappybla"]

Completely agree with this.

charizard1605

You're entitled to your opinion, but I disagree, and especially about Rise of Nations. AOM had the perfect balance between economy and battle, which I haven't seen in a RTS since.