Starcraft 2 and other RTS

Zappa · Post by **Zappa** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:56 pm

I love RTS's, in fact, they are my favorite PC genre to play. As many of you might already know, Starcraft 2 was announced back in May of '07. I think it will be fun, even though it looks like a rehash of classic Starcraft. Another RTS that has control over my life is Dawn of War. I am a Warhammer 40k tabletop player, so Dawn of War was a must have for me.

Do any of you other SRF'ers play RTS, or are your souls imprisoned by the MMORPG devil?

http://www.starcraft2.com/ if anyone hasnt been to their home site.
http://dowsanctuary.com/index.php for the Dawn of War site.

ShizKnight · Post by **ShizKnight** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:08 pm

RTS was my first vidya game genre.

poehalcho · Post by **poehalcho** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:24 pm

the Age of Empires series are my favorite (age of mythologie counted too)
then i also have Tzar (not very famous but nice) and civilization: call to power. i have starcraft but i turned out not liking it alot. it was kinda hard to control and the scroll speed was insane.

[SD]happynoobing · Post by **[SD]happynoobing** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:39 pm

age of empires 2 was my favorite rts of all times. i've also played RA2, AoM, and AoE3. CoH is also very good, but right now im playing world in conflict.

fena · Post by **fena** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:50 pm

I love Starcraft. I still play it on the weekends when I have time with enthusiasm (US East).
I'm sure Shadowman's a Starcraft addict as well.

However, while I'm certainly looking forward to Starcraft II (more than any other game ever) - and as long overdue as it may be - I'm not too sure I'll be a big fan of the entire 3D concept. I like Starcraft fine as it is. Quite honestly, I'd much rather prefer all the new units that Starcraft II with have, with Starcraft graphics. The graphics have never bothered me. The gameplay is fantastic.

And I love RTS. It's a bit more like a FPS on the basis that you're usually constantly having fun. Not like most MMORPGs where you spend hours and hours mindlessly grinding. And besides, like the acronym RTS implies, the strategy part of it is fantastic.

Simply, Starcraft is love.

Reise · Post by **Reise** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:51 pm

My first RTS was Red Alert 1. That game kicked so much ass back in the day.

bLuE_fLaMe · Post by **bLuE_fLaMe** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:49 pm

can't wait for sc2 best RTS OF 2008, i can already see it.

Innovacious · Post by **Innovacious** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:13 am

Total annihilation - one of my favorite games of the late 90s. arguably the best RTS ever.

Also played Cannon Fodder alot in the mid 90s which is kind of similar to an RTS i guess

then in 2001 red alert 2 came along. Played that a bit and now i own all of the command and conquer games and expansions. Dont play them much anymore though :banghead:

i never even got round to finishing the campaign on command and conquer 3.

not really that hyped about RTS games anymore though.

Zappa · Post by **Zappa** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:12 am

Innovacious wrote:Total annihilation - one of my favorite games of the late 90s. arguably the best RTS ever.

If you liked Total Annihilation, then you might like Supreme Commander. Its made by the same guy, and has the same gameplay.

I remember the good old days of Red Alert and Red Alert 2. Thats where I started, then moved on to Starcraft (Protoss ftw).

Right now though, I am waiting for Dawn of War: Soulstorm, the next expansion to the Dawn of War series. 9 playable races in an RTS.

crazy_foo · Post by **crazy_foo** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:04 am

ya my first RTS I've ever played was age of empires. I like that series it's classic. Also I have Starcraft and that is great fun as well. I'm looking forward to Starcraft 2 a lot

I think I like FPS more than RTS but I love both still.

Jstar1 · Post by **Jstar1** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:05 am

yes starcraft owns all in terms of gameplay

im disappointed at how they took out all the great units of each race, no more reavers, no more scouts

age of empires series/mythology ftw

torinchibi · Post by **torinchibi** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:08 am

Starcraft was the best rts of it's time...and it still beats a whole bunch of the new ones purely through the concept. Starcraft 2...now that's just legendary.

Zappa · Post by **Zappa** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:14 am

I seriously hope that Starcraft 2 will offer something else to the table of RTS. Starcraft was amazing. But I would feel cheated if all Starcraft 2 gave was just Starcraft in 3D.

Nuklear · Post by **Nuklear** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:18 am

I love the RTS genre but have never gotten hardcore into it. Once the campaign's done, I'm done. Right now I'm playing Universe at War, which is pretty fun.

bLuE_fLaMe · Post by **bLuE_fLaMe** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:23 am

Hershey wrote:
Reise wrote:My first RTS was Red Alert 1. That game kicked so much ass back in the day.

yes Red Alert was the best game ever

i still play Yuri's revenge from now and then

yes, this was one of the most simplest, cheap, and over fun Rts overall that i have ever played, it also had some ok graphics

takolin · Post by **takolin** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:46 am

I'm not good at RTS/TBS games.
I played Age of wonders:SM in my past and it was fun, but I wasn't good enough to beat custom made maps.
I do have CIV4 somewhere, but I never got into it.

Sharp324 · Post by **Sharp324** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:36 am

[SD]happynoobing wrote:age of empires 2 was my favorite rts of all times. i've also played RA2, AoM, and AoE3. CoH is also very good, but right now im playing world in conflict.

WIC is more of a RTT (Real Time Tactical) than a RTS, since it leaves out some major parts that makes a RTS

BrokenSaint · Post by **BrokenSaint** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 9:49 am

SC2's battlecruisers will kick major ass especially against multiple ground units and Blizzard brings war of the worlds to SC2 with the new Colossus units. Zerg's new units hasn't been previewed but their zerglings now have the ability to turn into suicide bombs. SC2 has ALOT of hype. Despite how oldSC1 is, I say nothing beats Starcraft. I'm gonna miss doing reaver drops though.

I 100% agree with fena on this. I don't see any point to removing any units from the game, but we'll see for ourselves once we play it.

-Evan · Post by **-Evan** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:06 am

Starcraft > Red Alert ... But I love both series.

List of my favourite RTS series.

Dune Series
Command and Conquer Series
Starcraft Series
Warcraft Series
Age of Empire Series

iGod · Post by **iGod** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:25 am

C&C, Warcraft, Panzer General were the ones i started with... Now i'm more into space sims and sci-fi rts's

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:17 pm

Reise wrote:My first RTS was Red Alert 1. That game kicked so much ass back in the day.

Oh, I have played that a lot.

My fav is Age of Empires 2 though. Played AoE 1 and 3 too. Empire Earth was soo fun too.

I miss the old RTS games. All the new ones like AoE4 (or is it 5?) and Empire Earth 2 was just disappointments.

RiceFarmer · Post by **RiceFarmer** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:08 pm

I used to be a good Aoe3 player back in the day.. Once I started playing SRO though I stopped playing it, and now whenever I feel like playing it, I go really badly.

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:10 pm

RiceFarmer wrote:I used to be a good Aoe3 player back in the day.. Once I started playing SRO though I stopped playing it, and now whenever I feel like playing it, I go really badly.

I'm downloading the whole series as we speak.

phulshof · Post by **phulshof** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:35 pm

I'm currently playing C&C3 : Tiberium Wars. It's enjoyable so far, and much more appealing than how laggy SRO has been during this last week.

maxietheboss · Post by **maxietheboss** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:49 pm

RTS and racing/flying games ( not flightsims though ) all the way,
I like DoW too XD

RuYi · Post by **RuYi** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:27 pm

I really liked Empire Earth, played it alot but I kinda lost the CD. I really liked playing the Dark and Middle Ages.
I still play Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom every now and then.

Even though I like playing those kind of games, I'm not really good at them, I usually run out of sources or I can't complete the objectives in time; Free Game is mode I usually play on.

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:47 pm

RuYi wrote:I really liked Empire Earth, played it alot but I kinda lost the CD. I really liked playing the Dark and Middle Ages.
I still play Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom every now and then.

Even though I like playing those kind of games, I'm not really good at them, I usually run out of sources or I can't complete the objectives in time; Free Game is mode I usually play on.

Finally someone who's played EE. :>

I liked Middle Ages too although I most often played Copper Age or some prehestoric age. The modern ages didn't do it for me though.

What makes EE so good is the balance of everything. I've had many good times LAN'ing EE.

Zappa · Post by **Zappa** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:17 pm

maxietheboss wrote:RTS and racing/flying games ( not flightsims though ) all the way,
I like DoW too XD

Finally a DoW fan

. Do you have a favored race in DoW?

One of these days. All the RTS loving SRF'ers should have a big battle roayal on an RTS, maybe SC2 or something. GEt on Vent or Teamspeak, how awesome would that be?

Waisha · Post by **Waisha** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:18 pm

Zappa wrote:One of these days. All the RTS loving SRF'ers should have a big battle roayal on an RTS, maybe SC2 or something. GEt on Vent or Teamspeak, how awesome would that be?

Seeing as we have some hardcore SC'ers it wouldn't be that awesome.