Rts thread. Post obscure and underated things like pic related
Well I'm sure it doesn't qualify as obscure or underated but my friend just gifted me Rise of Nations: Extended Edition recently and we've been having a lot of fun playing it. Reminds me of Age of Empires meets Civ. Not sure how I missed out on it back in the day.
I'm not an RTS pro or anything, mostly just play the campaigns and custom games desu.
>playing on a huge map but my enemy Doesnt know where my 12 range longbowmen are
>WHOS ATTACKING MY VILLAGERS
Why haven't you played this?
>>324114191
Is that some Urban Assault?
>>324113570
There was a really good korean one I played over 13 years ago at a friends place, never found it again.
All I remember is you could upgrade a normal soldier unit into a mounted hero unit if you wanted to.
Any koreans here?
>love RTS
>suck at RTS
>starting to dread playing COH2 with people because I suck so bad and I don't want to ruin their experience
I loved this game
Such a pity that all the big RTS brands are dead. Starcraft, AoE, Warcraft, C&C, Red Alert... Hell, turn-based strategy is more alive, and despite me liking TBS quite a lot, I'm astonished at the level to which RTS games have been destroyed.
Who /supcom/ here?
>>324116620
i played the demo.
>>324117140
Aeon master race.
>>324116924
Mein Neger, I played the shit out of that game. The AI was hilarious.
>>324116918
I can kinda relate to that
not obscure but i really want a sequel or spiritial successor
>>324114191
Damn i love urban assault
>>324117150
lady bugs were pretty fun when i was a kid, made tons of them even tho they sucked.
>>324117140
>>324117198
what did you guys think of supcom 2?
Only played the demo when i was younger, Got it from a PC Powerplay Mag.
>>324117298
It was my introduction to the series so I don't think I hate it merely as much as everyone else. FA is miles better, though.
Guys is the RTS genre gonna die?
SC finished.
CoC complete and utter EA dogshit now.
New Warcraft never.
All other existing IPs are either dead or copy Clash of Clans microtransaction multiplayer bullshit for that sweet f2p money printing machine.
Is there any hope for the future?
>>324114191
I played it. Never owned it though unfortunately.
>>324117298
It's ok. Not as bad as /v/ tends to say it was, just not as good as 1/FA/Total Annihilation.
Still better than C&C imo.
>>324117234
Played this soooo much as a kid, would also love to see a well done spiritual succesor.
>>324113570
Who wants fort building and siege warfare?
Not exactly obscure, but sequel/remake/remaster when?
>>324117480
i played pic related a few years ago, don't know if it's obscure but i rarely see it posted
>>324117521
To me Stronghold was always a comfy city builder/tower defence game over an RTS. Probably because I suck at the actual attacking part of it.
>>324117552
Who actually played that game.
>>324117624
It's not rare, Really good game as well. First game was great as well and had more units.
Still play the second game today with friends
>>324113570
Shit i remember that game.
>>324117653
Everyone sucked at attacking, It was a matter of constructing the perfect city that could repel attack but still maintain order.
>>324117669
>Who actually played that game.
I did for one.Vinci masterrace
>>324113570
Overall, Cossacks has been my favorite RTS.
>>324117234
>>324117490
wasn't black and white kinda that?
>tfw the RTS genre was killed by ASSFAGGOTS
Dead genre
>>324117894
>ASSFAGGOTS
?Explain. Explain? Explain!
any interesting sci-fi RTS that might've flown under the radar worth checking out?
>>324113858
RoN is fantastic, glad you're enjoying it anon. I'm kind of in the same boat, played RTS all my life but never really got especially good at them. Try Rise of Legends next, it's an underrated classic
>>324117917
Aeons of Strife Styled Fortress Assault Game Going On Two Sides
>>324117920
Man I tried to watch Flash Gordon on Netflix the other night and it was just too painful.
>>324117920
>>324117920
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfc_CrwiE4Y
>>324117920
There is this.
I don't know if it's good or not. I haven't played it yet.
>>324117669
Reporting in. Loved Rise of Legends. I still have a poster from the copy of PC Zone that reviewed it.
>>324118045
That was the only part worth watching.
>>324117278
same
QUESTION OF THE THREAD:
What was the best version of Hell March? 1, 2, or 3?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b5X69vREAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scjy-jQWTQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nFKPVfDrgU
Kingdom under fire anyone?
>>324118093
Indeed.
>>324118046
OST is done by Frank Klepacki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw4WAhyi1uY
>>324117840
B&W felt very different
>>324118016
Hello Reddit maybe The Force Awakens is more your style
>>324117298
The upgrade tree is cool, graphic is alright, the rest is shit though
Not obscure, don't care. One of my favourite games of all time and it's sad that both the series and genre is dead.
>>324118295
Hello /lgbt/
I happen to prefer movies that don't look like they came out some kind of Richard Simmons disco fantasy.
>>324117425
We've got act of aggression, battlefleet gothic and deserts of kharak coming up at least
>>324118382
>tfw you can only get the digital version on Origin now
>>324117920
sins of a solar empire
empire at war
endless space
>>324118530
>endless space
but it's 4X
>>324117131
Fucking Mobas. I hope Starcraft 2 is selling well, I really want a Warcraft 4.
>>324117751
I've always loved Cossacks, great game.
>you will never become wealthy as fuck so you can assemble your own RTS studio and work without a profit motive
What would your dream RTS be like?
>>324118478
I'm sure gay disco parties is something you have a lot of personal experience with to have made that connection with lavish movie sets
>>324118658
>Implying you need money to realise your dreams.
http://www.openra.net/
>>324118676
no u
>>324118716
you don't need money, but you need time and skill, money buys both and I don't have the latter
How do I get over ladder nerves in SC2
Whenever I play I just get frustrated that I'm doing shit wrong and want to quit
>RTS is dead
Not really.
Its soul lives on in superior MOBA games.
>>324118658
I'd try some interesting new mechanic I think.
Not that I have anything against the originals but there's a need for some originality I think.
The other night, I was thinking of a propaganda/uprising style RTS. The primary resource would be recruiting civilians to your cause and secondary resources of arming them with revenue sources. It'd take place within an urban area and players would seize control of objectives like banks and tv stations. It'd start with most citizens neutral and would end in urban combat between militias armed to the teeth.
>>324118795
Fair enough. I guess to actually answer your question.I'd make a Total War-like game with the sole purpose of lighting a fire up under CA's ass, I don't care if it's better. I also don't care if it's not an RTS.
>>324118634
I switched to MOBAs after they killed the servers for Command And Conquer 3. I didn't like Red Alert 3, and I'm not good enough for Starcraft.
>>324118987
>MOBA games
>>324119010
I think a rather than another historical 4x/rts like Total war, I would like to see a sci-fi 4x/rts like a combo of GalCiv/MoO and Homeworld/Nexus.
Who /rotr/ here?
>>324116918
it's fine just play comp stomp with friends
Guys mind helping out? There was an RTS that I played as a kid and somehow lost the disc to it.
You could either play as the Aliens or the Humans, you got resources from lava pits if I remember right. The Alien resource unit had a big brain that would fly up if it was collecting resources while I think the human resource unit was a moon rover or something similar to it. I also remember that the humans could get a cyborg. Oh and you could only upgrade your base and buy buildings for it, so no units for building.
>>324118658
I'd like a WWII RTS that approaches sim levels of autism (something like close combat for those of you who have played it), and instead of training units you have to request them from off-screen and your request will be accepted/denied based on the enemy resistance to stop you from building a huge tankmass and blobbing your way to the enemy HQ.
OR!
A modern warfare RTS where you have to deal with whiny journalists who get uppity every time you accidentally call in an airstrike on a hospital because your intel was off.
![8001f250bb[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/LehZoWC.png "8001f250bb[1].png")
Aurora technically counts as a 4x, but it's sort of genre transcendent
Can we talk about it here?
Dota 2 takes more skills than every RTS game.
>>324119357
>and your request will be accepted/denied based on the enemy resistance to stop you from building a huge tankmass and blobbing your way to the enemy HQ.
That's actually a really good ideaespecially if you can disable it on lower difficulties
>>324119336
Dark colony
>>324118518
>tfw I still have both the original and the deluxe edition with Zero Hour on disc
>>324116813
I would try and ask on teamliquid.net, if I were you
>>324119084
Thinks about it, Moba cuts out all the filler shit of having to build up an economy and jumps straight into the action, not only that but you can play it with 4 other friends, while RTS is usually 1v1.
Moba is the superior genre unless you're a friendless aspie.
>>324116813
Battle Realms?
>>324113570
>obscure
Jew rang?
>>324119427
Some 4x games are sort of rts like Endless Space and Star Ruler.
I have never met anyone else who played this and i fucking love it
>>324118625
I played it million years ago.
Is it good or just nostalgia?
I recall it being pretty unique, but the magic mechanics felt badly though out even to my early teenage self.
>>324119710
3 just adds more races/heroes and is better in every way. But yeah, why the fuck has no one ever done anything similar?
>>324119574
damn, I love this shit, sadly my current laptop can't run it too well
Somehow I found it much better than SupCom. I don't know why though.
>>324119617
But Endless Space is turn based
Aurora is kind of a hybrid of both
>>324119829
Is it the fact it has customizable commanders and no tech tree bullshit?
>>324119904
Oops. I meant Distant Worlds.
>>324117552
I was a little iffy about Legends when I started playing. I was a massive fan of Rise of Nations and I wasn't sure if I was going to like it.
Even if the plot was kind of stupid, Legends was fun as fuck in the end.
>>324119574
This is one of the most boring, generic and unassuming names ever.
How do they expect not to be obscure when they name a game/mod "zero-k"?
I played that back then when it had "annihilation" in name so I know what is it all about and that name manages to discourage even me.
>>324119617
>Endless Space
How? It's turn based and in the combat all you do is play rock paper scissors.
>>324119483
Oh man, thanks! I have been looking for it for years.
>>324117719
>Not selling all your starting items and rushing mace menits literally the only way to win some of the crusade maps, its borderline horse shit but I still love it
>>324118836
Keep playing. Back when they had the 2 week beta phase, i only did a total of 10 MM. But i was about to have a heart attack each time.
>>324118996
Makes me want to play Republic the Revolution.
>>324119960
I think it's the units and yes the Com's variety is better too.
I like how there are spiderbots with entirely different tactics from the tanks or cloaky bots. And it's not just their base(as in the ability to scale walls or jump) but their means of attack. That amphibious(or was it hover?) gauss thing penetrating rows of enemies and the spiderbots' dumbfire rocket unit or the EMP spider.
Every shit is different and it's so cool when your team works together with different factories supporting each other.
>>324113570
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kSSdJOMVRY
Interesting and original plot in RTS wtf?
This game was fucking amazing
A fun little WW2 rts
>>324117425
>cossacks 3
>>324120314
Never heard of that one.
Kinda what I'm aiming for but also not. I was aiming for something like Wargame or Rise of Nations but on a smaller scale in a city.
>>324119172
Contra masterrace.
>>324119710
Warlords on Amiga was fun with my cousin
>>324120283
Not him, but the worst thing about that game is, when i stop playing for about 2-3 weeks i literally loose all my game instincts and carefully built triggers which makes me regress back to silver league levels of play.
Will this stop happening if i keep on playing?
>RTS
I'm so glad this genre is dead.
Every single game is rush rush rush, no matter what the title is.
Anyone remember Sudden Strike series? That shit was the bomb back in my day. Just look at this fucking intro. Badass as hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srHY8ndFaUw
>>324120754
Same. I tried to do 2v2 some weeks ago, but i´ve forgotten all about builds and i was slow as shit.
i use to play low diamond zerg on release. But it was stressful.
>>324116620
Played this on PS, it was an experience for sure.
Every time someone starts an RTS thread we all get to be reminded how absurdly loose /v/'s definition of the genre is.
If you find yourself raising an eyebrow at some of the titles posted, just remember that these are the same people who might say "Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines" when asked for their favorite first person shooter.
>>324113570
MACMILLAN.
>>324120864
Got the first one as a demo on a german pc mag. Pretty fun. The best types of those RTS are still Ground control, WiC and homeworld.
>>324117552
Literal god tier setting/music.
My god its a rough diamond but a diamond none-the-less
AoM tale of the dragon is out in like 2 weeks.
>>324118996
I want to make a RTS that controls in 3D. It takes place in some blame!-type megastructure, right, and by scrolling in and out you don't zoom in and out, instead you move up and down throughout the map. The map is divided into levels, not discrete like the over/underworld in HOMM3 for example, just a 3D map that is sliced into sections to control easier, you can still have ramps and such, but the terrain is designed to be controllable. The control elevation sets the prioritized level of control, not the absolute, so if you want your unit to jump down from a large height you don't have to scroll to his level and select him then scroll down to the ground and tell him to jump, you just click on the guy far up and click on the ground below. Units that you have vision over would display an outline throughout any terrain.
So you can have units on one floor of the map, and then you scroll down and there's a floor below that also has units, and there's a stairwell somewhere that units can walk up and down between floors(dynamically, it's not a garrison-type portal), and there can be holes in the second floor so units can reveal the 3D fog of war and shoot at each other.
Or there could be a large (like 20 meters) vertical wall, and units can be knocked down from it, and take damage proportional to the fall distance, or they can jump willingly, but not jump up because they lack jump power, or certain units could walk on walls so they can navigate that way. If you have a motorcycle-type unit you could ramp it off ramps, if you have a flying unit it moves to the point you order it in the current selection level, if you have a small unit you could sneak it through smaller spots, like vents. Basically any form of action by a NPC possible in a FPS game or similar would be possible by a unit here, and the map geometry could be practically anything as well. Would be a tactical RTS like DoW 2 though because supcom-scale battles in a complex environment would be weird.
>>324120964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Vmf3u0D1A
World in Conflict was THE bomb. I can't understand why it didn't become more popular than it did. It was so fantastic. I played it really hardcore, made it up to the top 100 in the ladders, probably top 50 when it came to air.
>>324117552
Absolutely loved the shit out of this game, there needs to be a remaster or something. There needs to be.
>>324120953
>Mudslime does it, they're a terrorist
>American does it, they're a hero
How the fuck do I get mass in SupCom
I swear to god it takes a million years just to get a tech 2 extractor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7ior9JoUE0
4 MORE DAYS WOOPWOOP
>>324121191
I would say it also has one of the best single player of any rts.
I only played it casual online, getting kicked more than enough for getting 2x arty, rather than AA.
>>324121306
Cannot wait to see the maps during night time, going by how Gamespot made it sound like..lights and everything that lights up the dunes.
>>324120937
If it means I can hijack Company of Heroes threads to talk about Men of War, then so be it.
This genre and it's subgenre's need any discussion they can get at this point.
>>324121191
WiC's singleplayer campaign is amazing, the story and presentation are wonderful.
What surprised me more was Bannon.I hated him from day one, I never EVER expected to actually be sad about his death, or to care about him as a character at all. WiC was the last place I expected something like this.
Counter action was fun. Shame nobody remembers it.
>>324117920
Well, i just started playong lambada wars with a mate, head crab shelling rebels is a fucking blast.
>>324121306
Sorry to say, but it looks boring
Even the developers sound bored in their interview
Its just a slightly more pretty but super shallow Supcom
Please be excited
>>324117701
I wish I knew how to play this game
>>324121617
Looks like little johnny never played Ground Control
>>324121683
Stand aside.
>>324121764
Did you read the lengthy steam guide?
>>324121845
n-no
Lego Rock Raiders
>>324121845
What is this? Is AoM now getting expansion packs too as well as AoE2?
>>324121920
Man I remember playing this as a kid, so cool and nice atmosphere with all the mining equipment.
How do you get this running on windows 7 64 bit? Is there a good piratble version out anywhere? I have it on disk but it wont even install.
>>324121917
Well you better go and read it.
Earth 2150 did it all right
probarly one of the best RTS in history
>Dat snow falling on tanks and covering them
>>324118634
>I hope Starcraft 2 is selling well
Like two weeks after LotV was released, it had around 2000 viewers on Twitch.
I hate to break it to you, but the Starcraft franchise is dead.I wonder if it would have been different if they had allowed LAN play, so that there would have been a larger fanbase of the game from the start (with people from poor countries who pirated the game). As time goes on, the lost revenue from a few people pirating should be offset by all the additional people playing the game and watching esports, like in Brood War.
>>324121983
>What is this? Is AoM now getting expansion packs too as well as AoE2?
Yes, They're releasing the Chinese. They've only shown the human units so far. Standard Cho ko nu and halbardiers. And several cavalry units (light, heavy, ranged). Only myth units we've heard of are white tigers and terracotta warriors.
Comes with a campaign which isnt related to fall of the trident or new Atlantis. Though i don't think it will be that great.
Theyve worked with some of the high elo players for balance.
>>324117610
Oh shit, I loved this game and the idea behind it with the map control mechanic. Too bad nobody ever made a sequel with updated graphics and the same mechanic.
>>324120356
>scallop drops
>BD rushes
>rez coms
>dirtbag spam
>sythe rushes
Not a single word of KKND 1 or 2? Fuck you people.
>>324121825
I hope the Division goes well for them, even if i dont intend to play it.
I just want them to make a new World in conflict, and maybe even a GC
>>324121825
I did but dont know why that would be relevant
>>324122473
I had Krossfire on playstation 1! That fucking resolution and scroll speed tho!
>>324122470
anon, no
it runs like shit but I still want to play
>>324113858
Probably my favourite aspect of RoN is Wonders aren't for a cheap victory, but for bonuses.
>>324119357
>A modern warfare RTS where you have to deal with whiny journalists who get uppity every time you accidentally call in an airstrike on a hospital because your intel was off.
Been done.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_Zone
"Conflict Zone's main innovation was the use of propaganda, which was crucial in the game: acting in a way that brought public attention against the player's side made the game harder."
>>324122631
>it runs like shit but I still
>spring engine
>running like shit
Just turn everything down to low senpai
New Homeworld DoK gameplay i belive
http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/15/10776486/homeworld-deserts-of-kharak-gameplay-preview
>>324119710
Used to play that with my brothers.
>>324122826
dont get your hopes up
making a strategy game requires a competent developer
gearbox sucks
>>324121191
>mfw I have 3 copies of the game incl my first copy, soviet assault complete and collectors edition with that berlin wall rock
>I browsed the Massgate forums everyday for latest bantz and custom maps/movies
>I used to have bantz with the small clan I was in
>I beta tested community maps with MiR, Gearhead and some other devs that were regulars on the forums
Kinda sad what happened to the game. The multiplayer community was great, and the multiplayer features (active clan scene/features, well featured forum, fully featured player profiles etc) were really fleshed out too. I feel like having 20 minute games with that rock-paper-scissors balance was really comfy but got old eventually, especially when they'd play the same maps over and over.
A part of me kind of died when all Massive Entertainment did after the ubisoft acquisition was make assassins creed DLC and far cry 3 co-op modes, I'm happy that they're doing The Division but not sure if they will pull it off. Idk if Ubisoft own the Ground Control and World in Conflict IP's though and ubisoft will prob never want to make non shit RTT/RTS games anyway
>>324122994
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_Zone
Gearbox is just publishing though, isn't it? I thought the devs are pretty much old Relic guys.
I'm moderately hopeful for this. I fucking love HW setting.
Is PA: Titans any good apart from bugs and devs being massive jews?
>>324122994
Gearbox gave them permission to use the Homeworld ip for Shipbreakers.
>>324122473
Would it be possible to play this again with a DOS emulator or something?
I want to build another Grim Reaper.
>>324123068
Pirate it
>>324123023
The multiplayer map design was so well done. Shame about so few winter levels.
>>324123056
Gearbox is only doing some PR and QA the entire development of the game is being handled by Blackbird Interactive.
Dark Omen was pretty fun. Plus it had this cool motherfucker in it.
>>324123093
Yes, you can. You can also buy them at GOG if you would like that - or just download the GOG copies from somewhere.
part 3 never
>>324122707
I don't get it either. Runs like SupCom if not worse
How's the Call of Warhammer mod for Medieval II: Total War
>>324120953
Powell did nothing wrong
>>324117610
>>324122423
There are sequels to Z, on steam right now.
The only issue is that they are dogshit.
get open Z or whatever it's called if you wanna play, as it's much better and higher resolution.
>>324123153
There were a few winter levels, I remember the there was quarry, radar (that tug of war map), that map with the train station wherebannon kills the civiesand the comfy christmas map, cascade falls. A bit of a shame some of the maps were designed for tug of war or assault though, people would only play them every so often because domination was so better and less frustrating
>>324113570
My boss is an old dude that liked command and conquer back in the day.
I said I'd look into an rts for him because his son sold his xbox and he can't play red alert anymore.
Whats a good rts in the setting of current times military that will run on an older laptop (4 - 5 years old)
>>324117920
Sunage battle for esylum
Atrox the starcraft coone
>>324123392
>it runs like shit
>integrated graphics
laugh my butt off sempai desu
>>324124019
Generals (GLA = ISIS etc)
>>324113570
Posting obscure rts
Anyone played this BR Starcraft?
I just found out that they officially closed the servers for World in Conflict and removed Massgate, IT WAS ONLY LAST MONTH AS WELL, I feel so sad now, hold me /v/
>>324124253
Dota 2 runs damn fine so I don't really know what to say about this
Anyone ever play netstorm?
Such a unique game, can't really think of anything similar.
>>324124674
Oh shit I remember this from a very long time ago. It was really weird. Always wanted to play the full version.
I love cosy 2D RTS graphics, obviously it's not an RTS but HoMM3 is one of my favourites. The fog of war is stars it's so lovely.
Alright, who /Serpent Clan/ here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxfnU3tW0Uk
>>324122473
The overall game balance is complete madness but you really gotta love how hilariously broken those forgotten relic units are.
I remember enjoying KKND back in the day, the make your custom unit thing was great, I used to just give every unit the suicide bomb thingy for fun
>>324117361
What was this called, I recognise the UI and that barracks building. Seven Kingdoms?
>>324125516
It is.
>>324124397
My mate actually tried to play the campaign, shit is very tedious, especially when you have to pay for unit maintenance so their damage values wouldn't drop to abysmal levels.
>>324116813
>All I remember is you could upgrade a normal soldier unit into a mounted hero unit if you wanted to.
That's too broad a spectrum since that was quite normal back in the day before the genre lost all its creativity and settled for a pretty bad game of RPS+Gun.
Battle Realms is one such game, so is No Man's Land.
Is Steel Panthers: World at War any good?
>>324116620
So underrated. The MP was infested with cheating Russians last time I tried the open source version.
>>324116918
You lose, lose, lose until you learn something and then you lose some more. RTS losses can be really demoralizing. And crushing players worse than you is pointless.
>>324119516
TBT does it better: it does all the same without cutting you down to one unit which can end up a worthless waste of space if the enemy side has counters and none of the units it counters.
>>324125653
I learned that the hard way the first time I massed the dominators, things did not go as I planned.
>>324119710
This game isn't even that unknown.
I bet most of us played it.
Only played WBC2 and 3 tho
>>324117425
I blame E-Sports and retard devs that make games under casuals that don't want to git gud.
On the other hand SCII is broken and doesn't have enough variety to experiment with.
>>324118046
The only things good about GG is the OST and the premise.
The rest is something I'd consider a relic of the past and why RTS games are dying.
>>324118658
>What would your dream RTS be like?
Acquire the rights for Metal Fatigue and make a sequel that has as many anime mecha tropes, but avoids or alters the cliches.
>Three 40 missions long campaigns with a magnitude of ways to finish them + a forth secret campaign.
>The way you choose to finish a mission will actually have results that will affect future missions.
>Combots now have more parts to be built out of and can be further upgraded with modules that further increase their capabilities.
>Combot Crew classes that allow for the Combots to gain unique abilities or alter how certain parts and modules function.
>More shenanigans like earthquake generators, assault teleporters, fortress buildings, Combot air-lifts, aircraft carriers for aircraft and jet-Combots.
>More differences among the factions. Not just in Combot parts.
>A commander skill-tree for skirmish/multiplayer that allows to choose to be either a assault specialist, a expert defender or a economical juggernaut. Each skill-tree set differs from faction to faction, the skills are not connected and do not require investing points into previous skills, and allows to freely choose what stuff you want to invest into (in fact you only need to acquire a level and the particular skills get unlocked). Additionally some of them would allow for unique vehicles, buildings and combot parts.
>A texture editor that allows you to personalize your army making them stand out in skirmish/multiplayer.
>>324119710
Battlecry IV never...
>>324117669
I played it this morning.
Some tuning to hero powers and the way economy scales, and voiced lines instead of groaning to give units more character. That's literally all it would need to stand with W3 and RA2.
>>324120368
Don't forget a campaign with more branching than all BioWare games since 2007 combined.
Too bad the guys behind it are only working on ArmA now.
>>324122473
Muh nigga
>>324126175
Would the Campaigns be like in SCII (as in you choose your missions the way you like them)?
>>324119710
I want to summon that one guy in earlier rts-threads that found hilarious ways to break this game.
What are you up to now, you glorious faggot? Is a Ssrathi dragonslayer commanding the Fey still the most bullshit thing?
>>324126394
>Too bad the guys behind it are only working on ArmA now.
Actually, the most of team is with Vávra now, working on Kingdom Come. Or at least the key personnel are.
![51248-submarine-titans-windows-front-cover[3].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/y8tTStA.jpg "51248-submarine-titans-windows-front-cover[3].jpg")
I never saw anyone exept me mentioning it on /v/.
>>324121191
>I can't understand why it didn't become more popular than it did.
It was super popular back when it first came out but then the base building fags killed it.
They made up shit like RTT designation, threw shit at the game and so, despite the Soviet Assault improving everything, most people never got it because they were turned off by the bad word of mouth from those alphafaggots (I understand liking different things, I also prefer games with some base building but what people pulled off here, spreading doom and gloom about the genre dying out to consolified RTTs to harm the game... that is just inexcusable faggotry).
Anyone remember than WW1 mod for RA2?
>>324126753
I played that, actually not bad at all.
Got the box around somewhere
what if Nintendo made a Super Smash Bros style RTS game? one where the "race" you play as would be a nintendo franchise and you could choose between Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Metroid etc
that could revive the genre imo
>>324126486
>Would the Campaigns be like in SCII (as in you choose your missions the way you like them)?
Add to this branchings based on the decisions you made and in what sequence you undertook the missions, then it would impact the story.
Like you have a choice:
>Destroy a Mil-Agro storage base that has its defenses damaged or a research lab.
>You choose to destroy the base, yet the mission where you have to destroy the lab starts with the enemy having better, more powerful parts for their Combots.
>Choose to destroy the lab, and the mission where you need to destroy the storage base starts with the enemy better prepared since they fixed their stuff.
>>324126753
Literally StarCraft with submarines. Fun to boot.
>>324122280
>I wonder if it would have been different if they had allowed LAN play
No.
The game is simply 6 fucking years old by now.
Even Brood War died out outside of a few thousand hardcore fans in the west in a matter of about a year and a half, completely dying off when RoC got released but 4 years later.
These guys seem to delude themselves by believing the game has always had a massive population outside SK or that it can be kept up indefinitely just like WoW.
If they actually had any actual competition, the game would have been dead in the water by now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_f8UFv_Ytc
this song is GOAT (it's RTS related)
post elite RTS soundtracks I guess
>>324127218
So many hours spend in lan on the Maze map, and building maps in war2edit
Stronghold is fucking intense, I feel like I'm creating something smart but then the AI come before I can build anything meaningful, or it seems I struggle to produce the resources I need, and I just get stomped. How do I Stronghold? I don't like micro, just want to build a comfy castle and watch it actually survive.
Speaking of games, which are your favorite original concepts that actually worked well in practice, but never caught on?
I'd go with Battleforge.
>>324127409
Build a wall
Fill it with archers/crossbowmen
Win
>>324127409
towers with archers
>>324127518
>>324127540
Yup, done that. I can't remember what mission I got stuck on but I went pure archers since I couldn't seem to get the resources for anything else, still got wiped.
>>324127457
Pity it's dead.
Can RTT come too?
>>324127409
1. get as much stone as possible
2. sell it
3. buy bows and crossbows and leather
4. square towers with the turret
5. fill with archers and crossbowmen
6. pikemen and pitch
literally easy: the game
unless you face the wolf
>>324117751
>towers outside the gates
That makes zero sense, you could just send some guys and rush the towers, use the towers to fire against the town itself. Red trapped himself by doing this. This is using real life logic and not game logic though.
>>324127457
>>324127652
Loved the game, tried getting my account back because of their shitty merge once and could never play again.
Those single red raptor rush at game start
Those blue tower spams.
The issue was that the game was not casual enough in MP.
You had to follow a meta and it was way too punishing to not follow the usual builds
>>324127712
forgot to add that you need to make like 8 woodcutting posts, and make alot of iron factories and sell that stuff too
grow the stuff need to make ale and tax your people when they like you
also MAKE BREAD its the best food option in the game
>>324117234
SHAKA!
any rts where macro > micro?
>>324127610
plan the castle a bit better. Lock the gates.
>>324127996
Kohan series.
Almost zero micro.
Goddamnid I just want to play Startopia but GOG and Steam have bugged shit versions which I can't fucking run on a computer past the year 2002
>>324127996
Supreme commander, I think? Maybe?
>>324117387
>>324117451
>>324118371
I´m almost moved to tears here, not because I supposedly love the game so much, but because there is only level headed and non-obnoxious response to the mere mention of it.
RTS-/v/, you are pretty alright.
>>324118530
>endless space
And you are also okay, if slightly confused.
>>324127996
>any rts where macro > micro?
There is an almost forgotten but brilliant RTS called "Kohan" (Immortal sovereign or expansion-alone Ahriman's Gift) that contains virtually no micro to speak off, instead focuses on macro and large scale strategy.
It has it's issues, balance and mechanic wise, but it's still an amazing title.
Just avoid the sequel. Kohan 2 is shit and not even worth picking up.
>>324128056
What? Bro, I have it on steam and haven't noticed anything.
Tell me what I should look for
>>324127018
>Even Brood War died out outside of a few thousand hardcore fans in the west in a matter of about a year and a half
Bullshit, back in 2003-4 it was the most played game on the internet even ahead of counterstrike.
Fucking loved this game.
Really enjoyed beam weapons, Ion weapons a shit.
I wish there was more zerg style factions based on spreading like a plague.
Spreading creep all over the map was always the best part.
>>324128142
>Kohan 2 is shit and not even worth picking up.
Calling it shit would be a severe understatement.
Yeah, it does expand on certain factions like the Drauga or those ork/elf guys that live in the mountains, but the whole darn thing is a filthy StarCraft clone with a shitload of the thing the game was notable for altered for the worse.
>>324128185
It's that fucking resolution issue I can't deal with. Can't even see the options or whatever
>>324127996
just about all of them except like Men of War, CoH and WC3
>>324128275
>but the whole darn thing is a filthy StarCraft clone
WARcraft clone. It's a painful attempt to ride the Warcraft 3 popularity. I've spend hundreds of hours on Kohan 1, and I've quit Kohan 2 after a few tutorial missions. The art style alone was hideous enough for me to cringe (I still maintain that Warcraft 3 is on the list of top ten ugliest games ever made, and Kohan 2 managed to somehow look similar yet worse).
When I noticed how much the guttered the core expanding mechanics, I just gave up entirely.
My friend wants to get back into videogames via RTS games, he used to play the shit out of Age of Empires and Age of Mythology and is looking for similar games (similar amount of micro and setting somewhat historic), any recommendations?
>>324128281
What resolution do you have?
I'm running on 1280x1024 just fine.
>>324126793
I feel like it was a pretty good period for PC games and RTS games around 2007-2009, we had CoH that set the benchmark for RTT games, world in conflict, supreme commander, command and conquer 3, Red alert 3 came out etc. The RTT trend and games dumbing down and trying to get the console crowd (world in conflict almost did this) was kinda gay though. World in Conflict had a pretty active community though, I miss the times when people got hype over RTS games
>>324128515
Cossacks 3 when it releases NEVER EVER
>>324119710
mah boy
>>324116924
Fuck I played this, name?
>>324128423
>WARcraft clone
Darn. Forgot about that part. But seriously what were they thinking? What devs think it's a good idea to alter a game with unique mechanics to look like a SC/WC/AoE clone? These practices is what killed off RTS in the first place.
But if you want an RTS that looks nice, try out Armies of Exigo.
It's fantasy StarCraft (not WarCraft due to the fact that the mechanics are much similar with StarCraft) with really sweet models and some nice extras.
>>324128665
Lords of The Realms 2.
>>324127457
>>324127652
>>324127761
Look up "BFReborn".
>>324124335
great game
Did that old master drive game Megalomania count as an RTS?
>>324117920
There is one RTS from my childhood that I can't find anywhere.
Similar to C&C Tiberian Sun, it featured a leveling system for each unit and you could carry the strongest units to the next missions. I have the feeling this company went bankrupt since I haven't meet anyone that knows this game, and it's not in wikipedia RTS list and other abandonware sites. It's a mistery, this game came for free in CD magazine that had nothing to do with games also.
>>324128567
1920x1080. In fact, most older games don't work well with this even with some sort of patch.
>>324117480
I loved this game but it was a bit repetitive after a while. Not a lot of depth. The visuals still look fine though.
