What's the best/your favorite RTScampaignof all time?
>>333813887
Campaign?
Red Alert 2
>>333814017
Either this or Warcraft 3. Probably Warcraft 3. They were both fucking brilliant.
>>333814017
>>333814107
Despite playing much more RA2 than WC3 I remember the WC3 campaign so much more.
Blizzard did good campaigns. WC3 it is.
>>333813887
Red Alert 2's Soviet campaign
>>333814317
>that electrifying the Eiffel tower mission
Either Warcraft 3 or Dark Crusade
WC3 for the storytelling, Dark Crusade for gameplay/replayability.
Played through WC3 again not too long ago. Was kinda annoyed how the campaigns constantly limits your unit builds and upgrades.
Fuck Croatia. That mission still haunts me.
>>333814464
>That mind control New York mission
Pretty awkward place to build that psychic beacon tbqh family
>>333814558
>tfw I live in Croatia
>super hyped when I saw the mission
>cried like a bitch after it kicked my ass
fuck you Stealth Tank
>>333814514
>Was kinda annoyed how the campaigns constantly limits your unit builds and upgrades.
I honestly liked that aspect of it. It meant that the gameplay had something of a learning curve, as the combination of your available strategies gradually became more complicated from mission to mission. They usually introduced new units in a really clever fashion too.
>>333814317
>Red Alert 2's Soviet campaign
I need to play that again. The last 2-3 times I played RA it was the Allies. Tanya is so ridiculously overpowered.
Age of Empires 2 so I can play alone and make cool cities
>>333814765
>Age of Empires 2 so I can play alone and make cool cities
I made the coolest custom campaign in AoE1, but it's lost forever. I wish I backed up my shit more often...
>>333813887
Call me a weirdo butDawn of War 2 and CR,really untraditional campaign but I really enjoy it.Retribution a shit.
World in ConflictGoddammit, Bannon... ;__;
Either SC:BW or Dark Crusade since I tend to replay those the most. The Orc campaign in Warcraft 3 gets an honourable mention as well.
Warzone 2100, no contest.Well, I guess Earth 2150 comes pretty close
Wings of Liberty.
Starcraft and Broodwar.
>>333814969
bannon is a faggot
>nobody mentioned homeworld
Maximum overpleb
>>333813887
Starcraft Brood Wars protoss campaign.
by nostalgia, i want to say starcraft broodwar
but from memory, company of heroes 1 +dlc
>>333814679
>escorting MCV back to base
>look away for a couple of seconds
>MCV gets destroyed
To this day I still have no idea what the fuck happened.
>>333815143
It was enjoyable for one playthrough but I wouldn't call it my favorite over all the others mentioned in this thread.
>>333814558
I beat it on Brutal before the game had a rebalance patch. Its surprisingly more manageable now that the game's been patched.
>that don't lose any defense structures side objective
>Having to sell all walls just to make a few more units
>Using harvesters as main offensive units. Star level harvesters have impressive armor regen, machine gun rate of fire, and turning capability.
If you want to cry, you should have played Nod's campaign before it was patched. The ayers rock mission, the mission where you steal the nuke trucks, the mission where you have to steal GDI and Scrin bases and they were having an all out battle outside the fog of war. and worst of all, Kane's Tower. GDI were horribly overpowered.
>>333815009
This is my winner too, as much as I love CNC.
Cybrans on SC1
>>333815474
while the campaigns were not that long i feel they were great at capturing what happened during that time with some degree of deviation of course
>>333815143
consider who owns it now, thats why
How is that new Homeworld game in SP content?
>>333813887
Earth 2150 Lost Souls, ED campaign
>Sent deep into Russia, told that rebel faction needs to be eliminated
>Find ED base
>"Were are rebels?"
>"No rebels here comrade"
>Suddenly GRU performs massive strike on our positions
>we are the rebels
>>333815605
Yeah, I heard some real horror stories about Kane's Tower. Sometimes makes me want to reinstall C&C3 and play the Nod campaign unpatched.
the Tiberian Sun Nod campaign was really good
>>333815623
>while the campaigns were not that long i feel they were great at capturing what happened during that time with some degree of deviation of course
i wouldn't say that
>US campaign
>1st mission: saving private ryan
>2nd-5th mission: band of brothers
>>333815660
Shit.
>>333813887
Red Alert 3, if nothing else just for the live-action cutscenes
>J.K. Simmons playing Donald Trump before Trump was a thing
>>333813887
Earth 2150: Moon project and Submarine TITANS
>>333813887
The story of this game was fucking brilliant.
A close call between Outpost 2 and maybe Warcraft 3. C&C 3 and Alien Legacy are also up there.
>>333813887
The TAKE THEIR METAL BAWKSES one.
>>333816921
RA3 was a shitty game but the cutscenes were fucking hilarious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yMy7JuGpJM
This
>>333818957
Too bad the first Battlezone's campaign went full retard really quick. I'd have loved more missions on the moon and Mars. Instead we got ancient evils awakening.
>>333815480
Garrisoned rocket soldiers most def. raped your shit my friend
Still my favourite mission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZKlqUwweNk
>>333814618
>psychic can melt steel beams
>>333814679
>tfw I live in Slovenia
>Slovenia mission in C&C 3
>get raped by GDI from 3 directions at once
I really need togit gud
>>333813887
Ground Control
Frozen Throne.
>>333814558
>>333814679
>>333815480
>>333815605
>Not capturing the NOD base to the north east and destroying their other two bases before going anywhere near the harvester
gut gud faggots
>>333822527
*MCV
My mistake anons :3
Original War, hands down. Even held up when I re-played it after it got on steam.
>>333822390
Ground Control 2: Major Tom
>>333814317
mah niggah
DoW: Soulstorm as Space Marines or Imperial Guard.
But my favorite mission is probably Guardian Angel from Generals, even if it was laughably easy.
>there will never be a DoW III mission where you have to cover retreating Imperial Guard as Space Marines while Chaos forces pursue them, followed by a mission where they regroup and push back with a mass armor assault supported by your Chapter and Titans
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Which Dawn of War expansion has the best campaign?
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And does this or its expansion have a good campaign?
>>333823814
Dark Crusade
>>333823728
>retreating Imperial Guard
>>333823984
Tis not defeat to flee from battle. 'Tis survival
>>333823984
>wasting Emperor's men, materiel and resources in vainglorious last stands instead of regrouping to fight in His name another day
Company of Heroes' first campaign is solid as fuck. Those defensive missions are the best, especially the hill one.
>SupCom FA
>Sitting comfortably in your base building T4 and T3 Arty
>Rise of Legends
>Pick where to attack first and can upgrade units permanently
>C&C Generals + Zero Hour General Challenge
>Can't stop playing
>>333824534
>yfw shockwave got an update
The original Homeworld campaign. So comfy.
>plebs don't know how to into artillery
>>333818769
Mah nigga, I love how the novella allows the game itself to be pretty compact on story but it's still there if you want the full experience. Also the story briefings being vague while you know they know more than they are letting on is a really good touch in that regard.
I would have to go with this anon,>>333814301, I remember alternating between the games, play one RA mission, play one Warcraft mission, play another RA..
I really need to go get Transarctica, see if a Train RTS is good
>>333823984
They're not retreating, they're advancing towards the nearest friendly base
>>333824697
>1999
>Warzone comes out
>campaign with persistent elements
>designing units
>great artillery/indirect fire system
>automization and intelligent targetting system for AI that no other RTS game came close to
>nearly completely forgotten
>2007
>Supreme Commander
>reskinned Total Annihilation with better zooming and graphics
>HOLY SHIT 1000 UNITS PER PLAYER SO ADVANCED AND DEEP
Fuck me. I just want a game to pick up where Warzone left off, along with influences from Cossacks and Earth 2150.
Age of Mythology is my RTS childhood, loved that shit.
>>333818769Extinction is not an option.
>>333826780
Warzone was (and to a degree still is) really far ahead of most other RTS games - especially for its a.i.
I was actually playing a bit of ashes of the singularity earlier and it gives me warzone 2100 vibes.
>>333813887
Pikmin
>>333827705
>ashes of the singularity
Really? Because I got the impression it was kinda uninspired from the little I've seen. What kind of mechanics does it have to manage and organize your forces?Does it have a good artillery system?
>>333813887
Voulomé!
Kaolos!
Hipsahi!
Metalefs.
>>333828015
Well bear in mind i've only played two skirmishes against the shittiest a.i setting but saying its uninspired isn't too far off the mark.
It feels - at face value - that its very much all about the strategy side of the genre rather than merely teching/resource gathering that is the backbone of the genre ala command and conquer.
> Does it have a good artillery system?
Next to warzone no game has a good artillery system. Still scouting units are rather important for the artillery units AoTS has.
>>333828290
Well, I guess I might still pirate it at some point.
Humans in Warcraft 2
Wargame: Red Dragon has a nice campaign through the Korean war too.
Also,
>no mention of Dark Omen
You fags disappoint me.
>>333815009
>Get Warzone 2100 as a kid
>Coolest shit ever
>Too little too be good at it but still love it
>Lend it to my dad
>Few months later realise I haven't got it back
>Says I didn't lend it to him
>Find it in the local pawn shop
>Probably sold it for drug money
Warzone 2100 triggers me.
>>333828576
Well you can relive your childhoold angst for free now.
https://wz2100.net/
>>333828696
Yeah, already got that. Childhood angst won't stop me from playing good games.
>>333813887
Populous: The Beginning
It's actually even the only RTS campaign I have ever completed.
Most RTS games I just play skirmish/whatever.
>>333823984
Its not running away when your just going to get more re group rearm and come back with a force 3 times stronger to make sure that the enemies of the emperor are put down for good
>>333827705
>Use cobra body
>Use auto cannons (the yellow turrets) over rail guns and anti armor cannons for the rest of the game barring missile artillery (were they angel missiles?)
>End up with fast attack "tanks" with tracks, not half-tracks or wheels, with impressive armor.
>GG everything
>>333828415
Pumpkin Studios made Warzone and then Eidos dissolved them. Pretty sure its freeware now.
>>333830572
>Pretty sure its freeware now.
I was talking about Ashes of Singularity
>>333828264
>reinstall Empire Earth
>play Russian campaign
>invest Civilization Points in armor and infantry
>get to mission in China
>can't produce nothing but robots
>fug
>somehow get hang of it
>wipe out first city
>hit second
>crash
>reload
>crash
>fuuuuuuuu
>restart mission
>crash at same spot
>turns out for "some people" game will always crash when triggering Time Machine event
>it was never patched
C&C Zero Hours
Not the best, but my personal favourite.
I haven't played that much rts but I remember myself roleplaying the red alert 2 campaigns, like I would sit up straight nodding while lt eva is giving details about the mission, like I really am a commander
The Serpent Clan campaign.
>>333814107
>>333814301
>>333814514
This. WC3, especially the human campaign...
I always identified well with Arthastfw I would make the same mistake of being too proud to give up on blind vengeance.
On a related note, what would it take to make RTS great again? What would you take away, add, or focus on to make it a bit more accessible to normies?
Red Alert 2. Mental Omega is a close second.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WCrXBNx7eA
>>333832491
without going as far as to become shit tower defense or MOBA, obviously.
>>333826780
This - the projectile simulation and unit dynamics created an amazing balance, not through numbers, but through systems. That meant that each individual unit could be overpowered as shit. That was what made it such fun.
>>333813887
Generals/zero hour
The GLA campaign is ISIS simulator over decade before ISIS.
The USA campaigns is the closest we have got to a genuine simulator of the US army (there are terrorists in that village, destroy the village, mission accomplished)
And China campaign actually shows china in a pretty positive light and they still banned it the absolute madmen.
It's an alright campaign that becomes hilarious once you get meta.
>>333832234
Which route is better? Serpent or Dragon?
