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Sure would be neat to get some TA.
>>342419602
I don't know what it is but something about that game is so visually pleasing
>>342419548
>mfw those farms and some fields in Anno games
>>342419548
So I've seen this posted for years, but never went back to play it. People get triggered like it's sub-optimal, but can I get some analysis on it?
esports killed the RTS genre
prove me wrong
>>342420269
>The farms do not fit perfectly around the building that you usually build your farms around
>they are off by just a little
>>342420576
Wait, is that all?
>>342420269
I think the only people who freak out about it being "sub-optimal" are esports weenies
>>342420147
Probably because now games are like this
I want to play a fantasy RTS like warcraft.
What do you guys recommend?
>>342420673
Yes
It's just one of those annoying things, like these tiles
It could be very neat but it's off by just that much that it's bothersome
Literally the only vidyas I still play are SC1, WC3, Dawn of War (with mods, ofc), Red Alert 2, AoEII, and various Total Wars.
I wish more RTS games went for more units instead of better graphics
I like have ten million shitty soldiers to charge against the enemy
>>342421258
theres a cossacks sequel in the works
Who /rome 2 DEI/ here
>>342421513
Oh fuck I forgot about that
Is there any word on a release date?
>>342419548
>AOE2 just randomly crashes everytime a game goes on for longer than 1.5 hours
I don't understand.
Any good RTSs that came out in the past 5 years besides Starcraft?
>>342420926
Idk, I don't play much rts, but maybe age of mythology?
>>342422035
No, obviously not
Especially since it's been like a decade since fantasy/medieval/ancient RTS came out and those are the only good ones
>>342420926
Armies of Exido is pretty fucking good
Anyone played this? Outpost 2. I always found it so pleasing to play, comfy. The graphics were not amazing but the colony felt somehow alive. COMFY.
fuck okw
>>342422342
Oh fuck Output 2 was my jam as a kid.
I'd play on those big maps with no enemies or disasters and just build.
>>342422313
Looks fun, thanks famicon
>>342420360
You're almost right. Starcraft is the cancer that killed RTS, slowly but surely from the day of its release.
>>342423475
>farms take 3x3
>Mills take 2x2
>>342422342
The fucking story was GOAT. Love that game.
>>342419548
Okay guys, I am fucking retarded, sorry for my bad English but is it possible removing the population cap for AoE 2 HD for Steam?
>>342424435
Up to 500 I think? I wouldn't recommend over 300 though. In big games the engine shits itself.
>>342424850
I don't want any limit, I want big battles like American Conquest, very suggested
>>342420961
Tilefucker pls
>>342425002
You won't want it when you can no longer select any units.
If it worked better I'd go unlimited too. I feel you.
At 500 it is almost unlimited though. It's hard to have that many units unless you are playing on easy and cruising.
Do you have any of the expansions? Might need forgotten for 500.
Go read "A Scotsman in Egypt" for something good.
>>342422035
Grey Goo was pretty good, ex westwood devs made it, Frank did the soundtrack.
it's very C&C but without the cheesy storyline, adopted the moba controls of QWER for abilities and actually innovated the genre letting you build literally everything at the simple push of QWER if you take the time to learn the simple system.
>mfw never get to experience the golden age of RTS and actually get good and not be shit on by people that have been playing a single game for at least a decade
>mfw will never play AoM and Pharaoh again for the first time
>>342425269
Yes, you are rigth, thanks for the info
>>342425670
The only thing that getting gud requires is catching a replay with an optimized queue and practicing.
Commander?
Has anybody tried the Halo Wars 2 beta?
I enjoyed it but i'm not an RTS guy so I don't know if it's actually good or not
>>342425368
>mfw reading the introduction and concept
>>342420576
I don't get it. This is how I do it and it looks fine.
Fishing Ships > Farms
How are those new RTS games? Grey Goo and that other one.
And how tempted should I be to grab C&C Generals with that Shockwave mod? (Or a different mod?)
Star Wars Empire at Wars is a good game
Reminder that Supreme Commander 2 is good but /v/ shits on it like they would on any new RE game.
>>342419713
Game? This is a cute little animation
>>342428451
I'm willing to consider it as its own game as not as a sequel, and while it does have its good points the whole thing is shallow and often silly. Particularly all the Experimentals.
Also, the single-player campaign is downright insulting. SupCom 1's campaign was bare-bones but you could at least take it seriously on its own terms.
>>342426686
We both know it's not.
>>342427974
I can't play it without Thrawn's Revenge.
>>342428451
The upgrade system and units are shit, and the factions don't seem very unique. It also has poor startup because of this.
TA is supreme on that front, and maybe FA.
>>342428839
Offworld Trading Company.
>>342419548
Shhhhhh HAH
>>342428451
It's decent, but I have enough complaints about it that I tend not to play.
I especially hate that on some maps you can get experimentals up and running before a decent amount of normal units even reaches your base
Who /starwarsgalacticbattlegorunds/ here?
Anything worth getting in the sale tomorrow? Was thinking about getting Age of Mythology and SupCom.
>new coh 2 patch
>OKW mains uninstalling the game
feels fucking GOOD
>bought Civ5 + DLC a month ago
>have played 0.0 hours of it
fuck
>spam apple orchards
>infinite foods
>win
>>342430705
>usf okw brits >usf okw brits >usf okw brits >usf okw brits >usf okw brits >usf okw brits >usf okw brits
tfw soviets and wehr never get any cool stuff
tfw soviet vehicles getting fucked even harder now
>>342430962
how? no more shrek blobs means all allies, including soviets, actually have a vehicle phase now
your m3/t70/t34 wont get instantly blown up from a volk sneezing on it
even fucking better volks LOSE their faust after vet 3 from a bug, theyre completely defenseless
>>342430604
Age of Mythology has a nice campaign, but I'd recommend pirating it as the remakes are pretty soulless(and the new expansion was completely broken on release, so they clearly don't give a shit.) It's multiplayer is okay but not great. I'd advise just pirating it(probably the original, rather than the HD) and playing the campaign.
You buy supcom for its expansion, and you buy its expansion to play Forged Alliance Forever. Great multiplayer, mediocre singleplayer.
Depends on how comfortable you are with either game style as well.
>>342431179
>volksfaggots now have fausts and much more powerful anti-inf
>raketens now have proper AT gun range, still with invisibility/retreat/garrison
>>342430713
>Civ
>RTS
>>342422019
Installed it again this week and that shit just happened, how do I fix it? Google doesn't know shit
Im on W7 ultimate
>>342431414
you can just kite fausts, just like you did before when it was soviet v ostheer
their stg44 upgrade is not at all that impressive, soviets especially have the tools to deal with it
maxims or shocks or even just dp guards will be enough to completely stop volks, they no longer can just walk up to your mg and flame nade it anymore either
raketens are still not that much of an issue, considering how weak they are to infantry fire, you can just gun it down with a buffed t34/76 now if you get a good rng shot
Is AoM worth getting? is it better than AoE 2?
>>342431946
It's different. Most would say that it isn't better.
It's smoother, but unit orders and building placement are a lot more floaty without the clear grid.
The campaign is great, and the myth stuff is integrated fairly well. The visuals and the audio is also great.
As I posted before, I'd recommend just pirating the original and just playing the singleplayer though.
>>342426331
>2nd Soviet mission
I really need to reply this gem.
>>342431727
I think I'm just a shitter desu. I can handle ostheer just fine, but bads playing okw always walk all over me somehow, or it's this retarded struggle that goes on for an hour. everything about them triggers me so hard. all their units seem to have so many bells and whistles. everything they have is some kind of special snowflake with 10 abilities
>>342431946
It uses an entirely different engine so you can't really compare the two, as I love them both
Which one should I play, /v/?
>>342427974
Only the space battles
>>342432593
Rise of nations, my personal favorite RTS of all time
>>342432593
Rise of Nations or Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade
>>342432343
i wont admit that okw is fair, i fucking HATE playing against okw, it makes me want to cut myself
there was always a serious issue prepatch that spamming volks and stalling for kts was an actual legitmate strat to do because what do you need vehicles for when you have shrek blobs?
playing against OKW is just a ticking time bomb, just waiting for their panthers, kts, stukas and obers to all swarm the field, but maybe now allies can turn this around with clowncar penals, double USF mortars and vickers bren openings and just completely shit on them early game
I like RTS's, but I've never enjoyed them competitively for the same reason as fighting games. All people do is look up guides and watch videos on the most efficient combos and do them over and over and over again which is just lame from the standpoint of someone who wants to play around and try new things. I never understood why starcraft called itself "battle chess" when it's very much a solved game.
>>342432860
the most fun I've had with rts is being garbage at them and playing with my m8s who are also all garbage
>>342420926
Warcraft
>>342433232
I feel you. I love the genre but I'm fucking terrible at it.
>>342433232
I just want friends who play rts who are garbage at them. All my friends who play/played were big into the MLG thing going on and it's a fucking joke how hard I get stomped.
>>342430592
>>342430714
>>342432670
Good fucking taste. These and AoM are my list toppers.
I don't know in what order.
I really need to find my old Star Wars ISOs.
>>342419602
Fuck that slow ass mission. I just raided Northumbria and built the wonder because it would take forever to actually fight all the the Celts and Britons with their dozens of castle/fortresses.
>>342432860
try some Wargame or men of war.
>>342433232
>playing with friends on men of war
>four of us vs. 2 insane AI
>we set up defensive zones and do everything we can to hold the AI back
>for every move we make the computer is like 10 steps ahead
Fuck if it isn't fun though. I love co-op "comp stomps".
>>342432627
My nigga
>>342433587
Galactic Battlegrounds was my first RTS.
Despite all the wild imbalances (Jedi/Sith Masters are WMDs) I still look upon it fondly.
I'm of two mind regarding the Clone Campaigns. On the one hand, it's more diverse, has more heroes, better graphics, and adds cool new factions. On the other hand, the Republic seems way OP and Air Cruisers make Cannons feel obsolete.
>>342432860
Except every startup has counters.
>>342434825
Air cruisers are my only real complaint about the Clone Campaigns.
Anyone wanna play AoE2 HD?
I could host a game
>>342426331
SILOS NEEDED
SILOS NEEDED
SILOS NEEDED
Nostalgia feels great
I-Is Dawn of War 3 d-dead before release?
;_;
>>342434881
Think you missed the entire point where I explained that I'd prefer not to learn counters and startups when I play.
>>342420576
>>342420961
I came to post this.
I just want to kill people because of this shit.
>inb4 making a road
Thats ok tier, but still.
>Play RTS
>Refuse to build army until I have max tech
Fucking rushers making me leave my comfort zone.
it's like an OCD thing. Don't want to do anything until I have the best possible shit available.
>>342435518
yeah just look at the state of coh 2
>>342435523
>I wouldn't like to learn the game
Figuring out counters isn't watching videos. It's getting a decent startup practiced and playing to whatever comes.
>>342435523
Opening build orders are pathetically easy, and counters are part of natural game knowledge that is part of your late game experimental desires anyway.
most comfy campaign?
bonus points for defense levels
>>342435619
I used to do that in AoE2, but I've gotten better at countering rushes.
"lol go play simcity"
>>342419548
16 years later and this shit still bugs me.
>>342435518
>Lascannons aren't actually lascannons
>Orbital Strike grows in strength with every kill
>Terminator Angelos jumping up and down in muddy puddles
>3 factions on launch
>Colors are TOO vibrant
What a waste, and the reveal trailer was fantastic too.
>>342432341
>>342435504
Got pic related not too long ago at a used game shop, it was well worth the 6 bucksIt hasn't left my computer since
>>342435619
>Play RTS
>decide to have a comfy game where I'll turtle up
>BUT WHAT IF HE RUSHES ME AND I LOSE IMMEDIATELY
>I'LL PREEMPTIVELY HARASS HIM SO HE CANT RUSH ME
>Okay, I've harassed him a bit, now I can turtle up
>BUT I NEED MORE MAP CONTROL THAN HIM OR HE'LL JUST WIN THE ECONOMIC GAME NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TURTLE
>I'LL FUCKING TEAR MAP CONTROL FROM HIS BLOODY FINGERS
>I've harassed him and seized map control after half an hour of constant fighting, now I can be comfy and turtle up, maybe get some late game stuff
>I CAN'T BE COMPLETELY SURE, BUT MAYBE HE MANAGED TO GET LATE GAME SHIT UP EARLIER THAN ME SOMEHOW, HE MIGHT HAVE INCREDIBLE MACRO THAT KEPT HIM ON PAR EVEN THOUGH I HAVE MAP CONTROL
>I'LL FUCKING ELIMINATE THE ONLY OTHER PLAYER IN THE GAME BEFORE HE CAN DO THAT SHIT, I HAVE MAP CONTROL AND AN ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, I CAN'T FLOAT RESOURCES. I'LL TURTLE AFTER
>Oh, I won the game.
>I guess I'll play another, that last game was intense. I think I'll turtle this time.
>>342432593
Homeworld
>>342419548
>Not making Fat Swastika farms
I've had planetary ahnillations Titans sitting in my library for a year due to steam sales, the spherical maps looked cool. anyone got an opinion on it?
>>342420926
Try out heroes of annihilated empires. it's fun
Also battlereals, spellforce, armies of exigo, dragonshard, rising kingdomsrise of legends
>>342436782
It's relatively trash compared to TA or Supcom
>>342436414
>Play RTS
>All AI's turtle so I have to go on the offensive
>Usually lose
This game is trash but I still find myself playing it every once and awhile just for dumb fun.
Reminder that Dwarves and Goblins are best factions, and Angmar sucks.
>>342435518
It doesn't look nearly as good as the first from what's been shown so far. A real shame, especially in an age where RTS's are on life support.
>>342435619
>not just having the best t1 shit before the opponent
>>342420147
I fucking love the fact that unengaged ranks of ranged units will keep firing instead of every single dude in a unit instantly becoming unable to fire as soon a corner of the unit is touched by an enemy. That shit pissed me off to no end some previous games.
>>342437252
Angmar is loads of fun. I prefer Isengard the most though.
>that chill as fuck OST
>>342428451
but it had nothing to do with supcom
>>342437252
>feel the itch to play again
>can't buy it anymore since ea took the servers down
>can't find a place that I can pirate it from since it wasn't a very well know game
>>342437387
I never could get into Angmar at all. They just feel so weak compared to the others, even though they have things like troll infantry. I remember all their heroes being lackluster except for Karsh, who I really liked. Another example is how their wolf is like a worse Balrog, and their avalanche is like a worse earthquake. Isengard can be pretty fun though.
>>342438073
The first game was better anyway. I liked the charm of having camps with specific build spots. The multiplayer was fun too because of all the modded maps and game modes, like the one where everyone just plays a hero and goes through the entire story of Lord of the Rings.
>>342437892
Good taste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-PgkEg0VOs
>Play RTS
>Immediately turtle like a madman
>Walls behind towers behind walls behind towers
>Run out of resources
>Enemy has map control
>Sit in my massively fortified city and watch it slowly burn to the ground for the next hour
>>342438073
TPB immediately comes up with a fair few results. I've used one previously.
>>342438284
You have a lot of flexibility and value with the thrall masters, you just have to keep them alive. Dark rangers and their barrage takes you through mid game. I only really get the Raider hero and the troll hero.
>>342438429
Different feel but I always loved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO2fIFecyHs
It captured the dire straits of the setting very well. Though perhaps not as well as Firestorm's "the world is fucked in a couple of weeks yo".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0toUGs93No is my favorite tib sun track.
>>342438429
>>342437892
Where did the time go
>>342438723
>Lone trooper
Best soundtrack, seriously the atmosphere was perfect.
>>342438724
>>>>>>>>>4
>>342435518
>no Chaos
No buyuntil expansion/DLC adds them. Vanilla DoW2 was alright but Chaos Rising was the reason why I'm such a fucking heretic.
>>342422019
> heh hem huh ham hem hem huh heh huy hem huh heh hehehe heh heh hem
>>342438073
I gotcha senpai
http://www.thebfme.com/p/download-bfme-ii.html
Suck a diiiiiiiiiiiiiick
>>342434981
>Air cruisers
I remember it so fondly.
Having 20 or so air cruisers vs my friends using nothing but anti-air mechs.
>>342424320
Swastikas are clearly a divine design from the gods that preceded us. Hitler tried to reveal their wisdom, and the jews who stole their power over economics had to stop him.
>>342437892
>transport missions
Carefully selecting what units to take with you so you don't fuck up, hoping that you can turtle enough to stale for reinforcements.
Recycling units so rank transfers over to newly upgraded unit, creating veterans that roll with you through most of the campaign, and this feeling when one of them is lost in combat.
>>342439021
ELIPHAASSSS
;_;
>>342439939I'M MELTING!
>>342430714
Work'd IRL too because apples can be baked into pies, or made into really tasty liqour.
>>342439939
>gnomes
>>342430714
wheat and bread is better
>tfw you first found AoE2
>tfw you found out there's an AoE 2 with Star Wars
>tfw both got expansions
There has never been such a greater feel than 1999-2001
>>342420961
This happens in middle eastern countries mostly. Like this isn't even racist pol shit. They avoid perfection on purpose so they don't compare themselves to Allah
>>342439939
Such a great sim. But holy shit, ice dragons and yetis are so strong. Sometimes games can range from really easy to tediously difficult.Your Majesty! The royal treasury is nearly empty!
>>342439939
I wish I could like this game as much as I did. Hero AI is so dumb.
>I want Krolm to pound my bussy
>>342437892
>can name your units
>go from basic names to generic/cliche but fitting ones to really stupid yet still somewhat fitting ones
I need to replay that game.
>>342435518
it looks a bit wonky, but higher unit counts and base building sounds good to me. just will have to see how it actually plays before drawing judgment i suppose.
>>342430714
>not forgoing food entirely and having your people live off of nothing more then God and ale.
plebian
>>342440632
the wander around where they please if you want them to do something you need to bribe them with an attack or explore banner
>>342440448
>0 funds
>watching that ratman stalk your fully loaded tax collector
>>342420673
>Wait, is that all?
Do you even know where you are? /v/irgins are autistic and OCD. Shit like this sets them off.
>>342426686
Ooh, Swastika-esque.
>>342439482
Metal Fatigue was so janky but it was so much fun.
>>342440931
>Place down a new, expensive building
>A troll spawns and starts inching towards it before the peasants arrive
>>342441225
> your level 1 mage tries to take on a dragon
AoM has hands down the best single player experience of any RTS to date.
>>342441334
Nah, they'll: "I'm done for!" pretty quick.
It's worse when they're higher level and they can't take down a medusa or something with high magic resist and they get close and 1shot your wizard.
>want to play AOE3 since i havent done so in 6 months
>start up game
>freezes on start up logo
>sent email to AOE support 2 weeks ago
>havent heard from them
Please some one help me, I need to Japan great again
And i cant do that IF THE GAME KEEPS FREEZING ON START UP
>>342434005
>I love co-op "comp stomps".
This. Also, build up a massive army and just throw them all into the grinder and watch the carnage. No microing. No using special abilities. Just make all the units you can produce and throw everything at the enemy.
>>342426507
it's meh. almost the same as as the first one except for an ability tree and different faction units
>>342441727
http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Age_of_Empires_III#Game_Crashes_on_Startup.2FDoesn.27t_Start
>>342441334
>>342441550
The worst feeling here is when your high level wizard tries to attack a vampire
>Has the bright idea of casting his fireball
>lol spell reflect
>Level 8 wizard gets one shotted
>>342441727
>his go to for support is to email the devs
god bless ya senpai
>>342440926
Will not do anything for me unless bounties are 3000+. Literally all of the research in market place or blacksmith.
At least exploring is easy.
>>342440235
aye
>>342442167
do you have any rogues they will take anything then you can just extort them to get some of it back
Don't mind me, just being a poster child for the fate of new RTS games.
>>342420806
You forgot the bloom.
>>342442167
They'll do it for significantly less, it's just that they'll weigh their options. There is also the library for some research.
Hero AI differs tremendously as well. It's supposed to show character. Some classes are cowardly, some will only do shit for bounty. Some will smite evil for smiting's sake. Both can decide to fuck up lairs solo without offering a reward.
>>342442379
That's not how it works. I didn't know for the longest time either.
The extort button is an instant tax-everything button, you use it if you need the cash immediately or if your tax collectors won't make it. You don't get the full tax to balance it.
>>342442496
How early beta/low settings is that?
I don't care for GRAFIX past a point, but the connection seam between the building and the.. power grid or whatever that is? Is really distracting me.
Can you guys recommend me some good single player RTS games? I get destroyed online.
Favourites:
Age of Mythology
Battle for Middle earth1
Dawn of War
>>342437252
>those sick building animations where the dwarves/goblins make their buildings out of lava
gnarly
>>342441946
But anon, I already run it as Admin and have it set to compatibility mode.
I had this problem once before last year around march, the problem went away when i deleted the redist file in the AoE3 folder. Problem was no more, i stopped playing for a while, and find that deleting the redist file no longer works (as it somehow keeps reappearing) verifying the cache did nothing, reinstalling did nothing.
Although this looks interesting
>MSXML4.0 is not installed correctly" on startup
I've never thought about this, but I dont understand is that I have changed nothing on my computer and the game used to work fine, Ive never uninstalled it, and its the Steam version of it.
>>342442145
I'm desperate, anon. I just want an army of samurai to defend my kingdom from waito piggusu
>>342442768
Release build, less than a month after it came out.
Most of the human's power lines connect up pretty well but it definitely looks off on the main building. Despite this though the game generally looks really cool and battles are clean looking.
>>342443367
Cheers, that is what I thought.
Can tell very little from the image nor do I know the game but it looks okay. Though I'm mostly drawing that opinion from the minimap of all places.
>>342443040
Play the C&C games family.
AoE 2 if you haven't already.
Homeworld.
>>342443886
I'll take that as a compliment considering that map is a custom one I made.
Honestly the biggest problem with grey goo is the fact that it doesn't really do anything new and it is somewhat lacking in novelty content. It's pretty cool though, and they updated the game for free (although I think only for people who owned the game near release) with a 4th faction and a bunch of new campaign missions. I wish the game did better but at least it's not bad vs ai.
>>342443040
Rise of Nations
>>342442145
>>342441727
>>342441946
>>342442145
>>342443196
>>342441225
REEEEE
>>342443040
Warzone 2100
Sunage
Original War
Krush kill n destroy 1,2
Earth 2150
Dark reign 1,2
Act of war
8-bit armies
Act of Aggression
RUSE
Mealstrom
>>342419548
Anyone know of games akin to Stronghold but with deeper gameplay?
I just want to build a city, and do more than just defend against wave after wave of armies.
Something like Total War meets Stronghold/Sim City.
>>342445893
>Original War
My negro amigo
OW is fucking brilliant.
>>342446238
Anno 2070 might be up your alley, citybuilder with combat elements. Games with the pirates set to Hard or the mercs that come after 2 hours with a fuckhuge fleet is fun.
>>342446238
Caesar 3 or Pharaoh.
>>342420360
>>342423278
why people hate competition ?
i habe heard somewhere that rts games were specially made for competitive play.
the only explanation i have is that they just can't beat anyone
>>342446632
Go play a decent singleplayer RTS like Homeworld.
That's why.
>>342444976
Open up the eventvwr (Win+R -> "eventvwr") and go to the Applications tab and see if anything comes up when you try to run it.
>>342446732
but still the games that are made for competitive play shouldn't be shit on.
>Generals: Shockwave
I have it on Easy (long time since I played), why is playing vs. Juhziz stuck on Hard?
>>342446805
Anything in particular I should be looking out for?
>>342441727
torrented AOE3 + expansions
on win7
works fine. hell i'm fuckin enjoying playing skirmish for once.
>>342432670
>hitting the popcap with stealth bombers as bantu+peacock and colossus
Why is /v/ so bad at RTS games?
Is there a upcoming game that could safe the genre?
>>342448206
>save the genre
Anon, the genre is dead. You just go and visit it's grave every once in a while and press F to pay respects.
It was killed off by MOBAs
>>342430592
my absolute nigra
one of my favorite games, got me hooked on RTS
>bigdaddy
>>342448550
>bigmomma
MR president i think i dug a situation down here.
According to norad. they bark soviet rawr airspace...
>>342440006
ARRGGHHH FUCK YOU WIZARDS! THIS IS WHY YOU STAY IN YOUR TOWERS!
>>342419548
Ask a 1850 ELO ranked player on AoE2 HD anything.
Fast speed best speed
Favorite civs are Saracens, Indians and Celts.
Favorite map RLM
Huns are for noobs.
>>342448901
do you have autism?
>>342448938
Yes, you must have autism to play this game more seriously.
Next question.
>>342419548
>>342420576
>>342420269
pinwheel
?>pinwheel
>>342449005
Are there enough players to give that ELO ranking any meaning at all?
>>342449095
Not as many as Voobly, but sure it does.
You will notice a huge skill gap between 1500-1600s and, say, 1800-1900.
1600 ELO is the initial score when you recently install the game, and yes, the ELO system gives relevancy to the game, when it comes to more competitive matches.
Next question.
>>342449303
*farts*
>>342431289
The new expansion was literally a shitty mod.
>>342448901
Are you a hipster IRL?
How long do you think AoEIIHD will continue to have a respectably sized community?
Is there anything prominent you think the game is missing?
Any major imbalance you'd like to see rectified?
Which strategy in the game has the fewest counters in your opinion?
Have you ever successfully walled a competent player off from their own resources at the beginning of a game?
>>342449027
>all that ocd for this.
Help me find a game, or at least narrow it down anons. I played it on some demo disc when I was a kid, PC Gamer or something of the like.
It was an isometric RPG, maybe AoE II era. It was a slightly more barbaric setting than typical euro middle ages. Can't remember a lot, but it had a 'Hero' focus like W3, so you could wander around the map and get items and shit. I think you could set up trade lines with little NPC villages or something as well?
This has bothered me for years.
>>342439939
valley of serpents mission breaks before every time i win.only fix i found that was offered was send save game to dev
>>342437380
This Anon here knows my plight. Nothing less fun than an archer based army that will stop firing the nanosecond someone's within a 10 mile radius.
>>342449473
>Are you a hipster IRL?
Huh... no?
How do I know I'm a hipster?
>How long do you think AoEIIHD will continue to have a respectably sized community?
HD community has really and noticiable reduced in amount of players, tho there is still players doing lobbies, during weekends they peak to 40 or 50 lobbies, but during week morning you will have 3 idle lobbies.
I give it another year, then I think AoE2 HD community will either die from old age or will just get stagnant
>Is there anything prominent you think the game is missing?
Besides a good bug cleanse, I dont think this game needs anymore changes, maybe nerf the african civs a bit.
>Any major imbalance you'd like to see rectified?
Fix bugs and nerf African civs.
>Which strategy in the game has the fewest counters in your opinion?
Drush (Dark Age Rush [ Militias]) into Fast castle
Tower rushes with Archer support
Knight and CAs rushes
Archers and Knight rushes
Massive Archers, with mangodels and Monks
>Have you ever successfully walled a competent player off from their own resources at the beginning of a game?
No, because that's a dick move and I don't play like a fag.
But in any case, I have keep players off from his resources from entire matches with a well landed tower and a strong fast feudal rush.
Any more?
>>342449647
Warlords Battlecry?
>>342443040
I'd recommend World in Conflict if that shit wasn't completely broken. A damn shame, that.
PORROCONMITA
PUÑO
>>342437252
>Goblins
Absolute troll tier faction. Insane early game units and upgraded late game units are literally some of the strongest in the game. That one dragon hero you can get shits on every other air unit and can kill a medium sized force with one attack.
>>342439939
I fucking love Majesty so much. And despite all the flack 2 got, I thought it was just fine. Not as charming as the first, but fine.
>>342450604
Not sure if that's it, but I'll check it out.
Problem is they all look so similar when going from memory.
>>342451417
Did it have elves and other fantasy races?
>>342451563
As far as I can remember, no.
>>342430714
Wheat is by far the most food producing farm system though.
I guess apples are better since they're fast food and don't need processing, but a bread based economy is just OP in that game.
Alright /v/ I'm gonna need some opinions on games to buy tomorrow:
Deserts of Kharak
Ashes of the Singularity
Total Warhammer
Dawn of War 2
Battlefleet Gothica
Grey Goo
Thoughts on those? Anything else I should add?
>>342451795
Dawn of War 2 is not good. DoW1 is much better.
>want to try banished for the first time
>pop it in with colonial charter because i've heard a bunch of good things about it
>can't play the tutorials at all without it crashing
>>342451941
I've already played DoW 1. I know it doesn't have base building and I've seen the comics about it, but a RTT is fine too.
>>342439939
>that 90% chance to have a wizard just walk off and die to rat
>that 10% chance for him to become a demigod and solo the entire map
Interesting game.
>>342451795
my toaster could only run dow2, but in my opinion it's a fun game, depends a lot on what is it you like about the RTS genre, if you want big armies you might want to avoid it, if you want more tactical combat get it.
>>342430592
That game, I felt like was one of the first cancerous games. Carbon copy of aoe2. At best a mod of aoe2. I still had fun with it, but even as a child it felt wrong.
>>342451941
The campaign is better, but the multiplayer is hot garbage.
I've had Homeworld Remastered and Sins of a Solar Empire on my PC since November and I've only played both for around 30 minutes. Any tips on how to get into them, I love space strategy games but I'm too lazy to sit down and try learn a new one and usually end up playing Thrawns Revenge for 5 hours.
>>342452014
It's not just the lack of base building. DoW2 is just incredibly shallow. You'll get bored of it super fast.
>>342452204
Playing the campaign co-op is fun. But DoW1's original campaign was pretty good as well.
>>342450036
>How do I know I'm a hipster?
if you do things specifically to be different, may or may not include growing a beard with your hair slicked back, wearing lensless glasses, riding an old-timey bicycle
thanks for your other answers anon, good to have people like you keeping a quality game alive
>>342452309
Have you ever tried Sword of the Stars?
>>342451984
It gets boring after a while even with mods. There's no challenge at all.
>>342440632
>bussy
fags please stop coming up with new retarded words
when i complain about your annoying gay fetish shitposts you tell me to filter you, but when i filter you, you just keep coming up with stupid new variations
>>342452404
No problemo.
By the way, do you play on HD?
>>342452425
Jesus Christ that looks even harder to learn. Is it more text/screen based with managing your resources and shit rather than space combat? Watched a few let's play clips and barely saw any combat haha.
>>342452540
Does bussy stand for but pussy or boy pussy?
>>342453197
Battles are real-time and tactical. The strategic side is a bit simpler than other big 4X games. But more importantly it's not full RTS like sins or homeworld. It really is a classic for so many reasons. Just stay away from the SoTS2 - it's terrible.
>>342452309
Sins is really trash.
>>342452309
Stop bullying banana-chan!
>>342453525
Yeah I just read that it's kind of turn based? That's interesting, could be easier to get into as there would be less stress on making decisions. I like the sound of the game world as well, looks like it has a lot of depth. I'l check it out tonight thanks man!
>>342452764
Yeah but not very often, I'm more of a TF2 guy.
>>342453929
Right. I was thinking that turn-based strategic would put less stress on you as you learn, but you'd still get the real-time battles you want. Hope you enjoy it; the depth is absolutely amazing - you'll be in for a surprise.
JA, KOMMANDANT
>>342430714
Stronghold noob here
What are the maps that allow me to do economic + warfare? I can only pick economic OR skirmish/siege.
>>342454005
Right then.
>>342420147
>that webm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1csr0dxalpI
>>342446819
I don't hate competitive RTS games like SC2, but holy fuck, they get tons more players than total war, company of heroes, or wargame. Like what makes casuals run to fucking MOBAs and SCII instead of other RTS games? They bore the fuck out of me because its all just a skill based cookie cutter game that feels too similar each time.
shhhh-haw
>>342455380
>tfw no Victoria Total War
FotS was a taste but I want more god dammit.
>>342455465
Wargame is 100% a competitive RTS that caters to top-tier players. That's how it killed its community (along with the overbalancing between factions in high-level units)
>>342455771
FotS?
Can somoene tell me which game I'm thinking of?
>Very similar to Warcraft 3 (Graphic wise)
>Has an upkeep system
>Units die of famine if you can't pay upkeep
>there are powerful monsters in new bases like Warcraft 3
It was released sometime near Warcraft 3 too I believe....
>>342455925
Fall of the Samurai. It's set in Victorian Era and has some western units but obviously they're not the focus.
>>342455925
Freeing of the Slaves
>>342456101
Yeah, I just figured it out.
Every Total War title has disappointed me since the original Medieval. I want to get Warhammer, but I still remember all the battles in Shogun 2 where the AI just paced back and forth, tiring themselves out while I waited in my castle.
>>342440342
Please, just stop telling bullshit, they'll believe you.
>>342455925
Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai aka Poor Little Ezo Republic
>>342430705
Only play Ostheer here, why is/was OKW easy mode?
>>342422035
Age of Empires online was amazing for PVP but alas it died before its time.
>IN THE MODERN WORLD
>GREAT LEADERS RESOLVE THEIR CONFLICTS
>WITH WORDS
>>342450604
Official WBC tiers:
Warlords Battlecry:
> best maps
> best story
> best music
> best level up screen
Warlords battlecry 2:
> best campaign
Warlords battlecry 3:
> most races
> most classes
> most units
> best items
Never played an age of game, which should I play?
Anyone know the name of that game where you could build bases like a normal RTS, but then also go underground and dig that out? Think at least some of it was set on the moon or similar terrain.
Set in the future, could build laser walls similar to NOD from C&C.
>>342456824
I thought the RPG elements of WBC2 were best - you liked the first game's hero leveling mechanics better? Definitely agree with the rest, though.
>>342456842
Age of kings + conquerors expansion.
>RTS thread
>no Total Annihilation
You guys disappoint me.
>>342457040
Log on skype sometime you nigger.
>>342457040
Earth 2150?
>>342457080
I much prefered the out of battle book style of leveling up abilities, stats and spells, the only shame is it not having the amount of abilities and classes of the later games. Definitely felt more polished though compared to some of the tacky menus of the sequels. I think two maybe had a better progression of the system though.
>>342457269
Thats the one.
Spent hours and hours in that and totally forgot the name, thanks anon
>>342455781
You are right about wargame, but it still has a lot of RNG compared to games like SCII. I'm curious though, what do you mean by "overbalancing"? I know balance in wargame was weird sometimes.
>>342455465
>Like what casuals run to skill-based games??? I no casual I go to non skill base much better
Is AoE 2 HD that bad?
>>342457080
Not sure if it was the same in wbc2 but in the original you'd choose warrior/wizard/priest etc and then as you levelled up you could branch into the subclasses (pyromancer etc) instead of choosing from 40odd classes in a drop down and levelling in battle with a popup box like wbc3.
Who /battlezone/ here?
I didn't even know they were remaking it. I got it a few days ago and having a blast just like when I was a kid.
Wish they would make more games like this.
>>342420360
no, Publishers and their obsession with consoles did.
Esports just proved that RTS would not be successful on consoles as an esport, and therefore made it more sure to be dropped.
>>342420806
yes, that looks considerably less fun, good job, deus est placuit.
>>342457115
I want to know when this meme started.
It's not wrong, I just remember ten years ago that nobody gave a flying fuck about TA except me and Chris Taylor.
>>342457465
>CACA
>>342457502
Perhaps I might be wrong about casuals, but I certainly feel like those kinds of games are more popular. All my hall mates first year of college just played games like League and CSGO.
>>342457465
>play demo way back when
>finding out about tornado and earthquake spells
>barely train troops (just enough to guard chokepoints), send the rest of the village home for muh mana
Fucking A+
>>342428451
>>342428957
>>342430183
>>342430459
>>342437998
What the fuck is happening, suprisingly level headed opinions with actual facts, and about SC2 no less?
>>342457868
>only I knew about TA cuz I'm a cool kid
I bet you're a core fag too.
>>342451278
Majesty 2 was way too buggy to be considered a decent game. It was like a bunch of amateurs programmed it.
>>342457942
Because you can dump hundreds of hours into them in an industry where most of the new popular releases take 10 hours to beat at best?
If they're playing just popular games then things like CS:GO and Dota turn into the game they go back to when they're done. But I thought we were whining about RTS esports in this thread, the one esport that no casual can even get into due to the bar for entry being set so high.
>>342456304
I just haven't been able to get into Warhammer yet. Doesn't help that I've been working a ton and haven't been in the mood for games in my off time.
Playing early Empire and it actually reminds me a lot of Shogun 2 because all you're doing is fighting other basic Empire units with your own basic units with some occasional fights against orcs and stuff which is fun. I also don't like how you can't field armies led by captains.
>>342431681
Install windows xp anon
![tumblr_lx7zasVwil1qcga5ro1_500[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/diOmh5G.gif "tumblr lx7zasVwil1qcga5ro1 500[1]")
>>342436215
This is exactly my problem with competitive RTS, as soon as someone invites "professional" tactics into the game, it triggers my need to win, making me play in a highly efficient but essentially unfun way.
Fuck especially that one cunt who would show up to LANs with netguides to WC3 and DoW, having to resort to APM and scoutrush to stomp that little shit made me miserable.
>>342458772
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>>342436215
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>>342436414
>>342431946
There are only 4/5 civs there, but they are almost completely different, whereas aoe2 has a lot more civs but they share a lot of units. Honestly the only downside of aom is the lack of another 2-3 civs which would make it a lot more fun.
>>342458208
I knew about it because I bought it when it came out.
And no, ARM forever.
>>342458380
That's a great example of a game where the perceived need to push the envelope on graphics really killed the core gameplay. Majesty 2 would have been far better if they had focused on really expanding the mechanics of Majesty 1. I mean, they couldn't even generate random maps! WTF were they thinking?
>>342446632
>>342446819
because competitive games gimp themselves to maximum efficiency, because they need to be as short as humanly possible.
People don´t want to spend more than half an hour or so on stuff that might go bad in the end, and they also don´t want the opponents to quit when this becomes apparrent.
And because of this the games become more about optimisation and APM than about thinking, sure they do still inolve thinking, but mostly thinking fast, not so much thinking good.
>>342455465
Adhd
Kids who play mobas can't focus on a strategy game long enough to play, but in mobas, all they have to do is spam qwer for 20 minutes at a time
>>342446589
>>342446354
Much obliged.
So can we agree that the following games are the best from strategy games?
Stronghold - building n' comfy
AoE2 - plenty of upgrades
Tiberian Sun - pure combat
Crusader Kings 2 - grand strategy
>>342457115
>in an empty room on Gameranger right now
>>342456304
>all the battles in Shogun 2 where the AI just paced back and forth, tiring themselves out while I waited in my castle.
Interesting, this never happened to me once, and I have 1000+ hours of S2. and other TWs. not the bad ones though.
Or rome 1, fuck rome 1, medieval 2 is far better.
>>342457465
>buy game on gog.
>Giddily install.
>have a radeon card.
>uninstall.
>>342422019
Works for me :)
>>342459752
>AoE2 - plenty of upgrades
Yeah no, that'd be Rise of Nations.
Im probably gonna get shit for bunching SC2 with RTSs here but are there any games like AoE2, SC2 and Red alert being made at all lately? Is Gray goo the most recent one?
>>342459829I don't have it installed, sorry. It constantly crashed and the music wouldn't play for some reason.
>>342424320
That mill produces on hundred percent pure white power.
>>342436414
Are you me?
Myth 1 and 2 HD release when?
Also
Warwind 2
Dark Colony were pretty cool as well.
Also wanting a gog rlesease of Dark Omen and Mark of Chaos
>>342459849
Rome is forever on my shitlist because they promised these great, huge battles that game could never deliver. I fucking loved Medieval, and I love the time period, so I was livid when I found out the game couldn't handle any battle remotely of that size.
I did think it was funny that an army of cavalry scouts could destroy any other army in the game with ease. All you had to do was tell them to charge past the phalanxes and they'd kill themselves trying to get through until they broke up the spearwall. Then it was a slaughter.
But anyway, I don't know how many battles I fought where the AI would just move between two spots until the timer ran out. I'm talking about when they storm my castle, not me sallying forth. The combat AI has never been very bright, but this was just an absolute joke.
>>342457525
Please Respond
>>342456515
Volksgrandier Panzerschrek blob.
Volk are cheap, really durable and have good 5 star veterancy.
Schreks are the best at weapons in the game and the way veterancy works, infantry dealing damage to vehicles gain vet very fast.
Allied armor is paper thin and usually gets destroyed with 5 frontal shots from schrek.
You can see why people complained about OKW
Anyone got any recommendations for some good RTS or Sim-City-esque games? Played both genres to death but tend to stick to a few personal favorite titles. I play a lot of;
>AOE2/3
>All the Sim City games
>Tropico
>C&C series
I've probably played a lot of the more well known titles too, though I'd be up for replaying stuff as I've forgotten most of them over the years. Cheers in advance!
>>342460469
>GOG
>Not glorious steam
The faster that piracy supporting slav site dies.
the better.
>>342460786
The Anno series.
My personal favourite is 1404.
>>342420961
Tilefiddler?
Is... is that you?
Daily reminder that Taiidans did nothing wrong
>>342460242
Plays fine on W7
>>342460712
That would explain why I always get my face rolled in with British mortar pits and bofors. I'm almost always playing with two friends who play OKW. Never really though OKW was good because my friends are pretty shit desu. Does this mean if volk blobs are bad now then arty spam will be less of a thing among allied players?
>>342461230
You monster
>>342458878
Hey I don't find pleasure in stomping shitters, so I don't do it. I'm talking about proper, fair(most of the time) 1v1 matchups. I just explained my retarded mindset in such games.
I'll have a smooth comfortable boom planned, and place all my buildings with aesthetics in mind.
THEN I feel the pressure and play as hard as I can.
>>342460346
There are certainly a few of us around.
>>342459662
Pharaoh is the better of the two games in my opinion, the monument building is quite satisfying. The first missions are very tutorially so it shouldn't be very difficult to understand.
I'll just point out that you should never have to use military, you'll typically be offered two missions at a certain point in the game, one with more hardcore economic goals and no combat, and vice versa.
The other thing to note is to pay attention to civilian traffic and how housing upgrades. Making sure house #224 gets enough oil and beer and pottery and three types of meat and two types of entertainment and education and religion and enough fucking statues and gardens is a large part of the game and also the most annoying.
>>342460786
Caesar 3 and Pharaoh, as I'm replying to somebody regarding.
>>342459752
Rise of Nations, AoE3 and especially Empire Earth do the upgrade fetishism more.
I prefer Red Alert 2 to Tiberian Sun in gameplay, Tib Sun has amazing atmosphere though.
Grand Strategy is different, CK2 is fairly basic and quite significantly roleplay, EU4 is probably the most balanced and polished overall. EU3 feels the best. HoI3 has the best combat. Vicky2 has really superb economic and political depth.
>>342447064
god tier taste anon
>>342461038
Awesome, this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Thanks!
Also considering trying Stronghold if people think it's worth a try?
>>342455697
Mandatem?
Post your favourite RTS unitsSeraphim a best, human shits need not apply
>>342461446
Will check them out, thanks anon.
>>342439939
the game Warlock: Master of the Arcane is a Turn Based Strategy set in the same universe as Majesty
>>342419602
What custom map is this? I don´t remember a scenario about raiding British isles as the vikings in AoE2
>>342419548
what's the best rts of the 2010s?
>>342454464
Sandbox.
>>342419548
>some men just want to watch the world burn
You all forgot the best rts of all time
>>342461643
Seraphim are just spam2win
Trash faction
>>342437252
It really annoyed me how the AI were not affected by fog of war and so would know exactly where you resource buildings were resulting in a never ending beeline of units to your farms within the first five minutes of the match.
>>342460942
Im curious as to why you hate GOG much more over steam?
I got the impression GOG generally supports their ported and emulated games pretty well, much better than Steam does.
>>342461735
ill give it a look next time its on sale
>>342461643
Someone call for an Earth shaker?
>>342462071
the 2nd game is pretty much exactly the same as the 1st with some improvements
>>342437252
I was so cut that they removed wall walking in the 2nd game. After I saw the developers show off all these cool custom keeps I got hyped again but it turns out trying to build elaborate castles from multiple connected keeps is a really bad idea.
>>342460942
>not supporting piracy
it's the closest thing we have to demo discs nowadays, allowing people to try before they buy and find out whether the game is shit or not
that+watching it on youtube (although that doesn't show you the control integrity and sometimes streamers talk over dialogue)
>>342462087
I always loved playing Imperials just for the Basilisks. have them support my Baneblade.
>>342462014
Fight me nerd
>>342462981
say that to my Monkeylord and not on /v/
see what happens
>>342462620
> it's the closest thing we have to demo discs nowadays
This. Almost every RTS I've ever bought was from playing a bunch of demos first then buying the one I liked most; Age of Empires 1/2, Warlords Battlecry and even Warcraft 3.
>>342463180
I'm sorry I can't hear you over my sniper bots
>>342461446
Never did like Caesar much, Pharaoh and the Greek one (Poseidon?) were great fun with comfy graphics. Did anyone play the Emperor game they had?
>>342463403
like all ground units in Supcom FA sniper bots die to an equal mass Loyalist spam
>>342463601I actually like all the faction's unit designs except for Aeon navy, heavens those units are an embarrassment
>>342436215
Dawn of War 2 also had just 3 factions announced until way fucking later when they revealed nids. Granted, the reveal trailer/intro hinted at the nids, but still.
>>342463884
>That
>best battleship
lolno
>>342431946
Music is
T O P
O
P
>>342463884
>>342464075
Battleships aside though there is no mistaking this is the single best (or most fun at least) Naval unitI am not a great fan of the design apart from the legs
>>342464075
>Tempest
>Viable
>Laughing_T2Hovertanks.tiff
>>342437252
That feel when you were there for the renaissance through the death of this game.
Wistful, I think is the word.
>>342464291
You're right; the Tempest isn't viable
This though? This is more than viable; it's a gamewinner against anyone without Missile Defence everywhere
>>342456694
God how the fuck did EA make such a good fucking game?
>trying to play Earth 2150
>game mechanics are god tier
>controls are fucking ass
why
>>342456092
Hmm, Kohan 2?
>>342461557
Hajde-bakkalum
>>342464582
Do not fucking know. Had the best time 2v2 on tournament island at ye olde internet café with this.
GLA Toxin
>>342464447
>Implying anyone who is half competent won't have a base surrounded in missile defense by the the time you get 1 of those built
I will however accept that these are ridiculous to fight against when 2-3 of them are amassed
I'm also running out of Supcomm images to shitpost with
>>342456824
Wbc3 campaign is absurdly long if you want it to be as well. Can easily put in hundreds of hours on that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_D_CZWK2Sw
This is now the thread theme
>>342464734
desu I'd rather build a loyalist spam force than use bricks
I can build 2 loyalists in the same build time and they move twice as fast; plus their death weapon is god-tier disruption
>>342439939
>abomination running around the map fucking my shit up
>literally none of my units want to attack it no matter how much gold I put on as a bounty
>>342464734
competent players don't build defenses
>>342464892
Bricks are way cuter.
Also water.
>>342430714
What game?
>>342464075
How do we fix Tempest?
>>342464902
sounds like you need to build a hyperbolic time chamber for your units
>>342464962
You know the biggest difference between 1000 point players and 1500 point players on forged alliance forever is the ability to deal with T2 Fire bases?
T2 Fire Bases are the deciding factor in most games that run over 15 minutes but under 30 minutes
>>342464962
>He's never played a tower defense map
>>342432593
>No world in conflict
come on man, apply yourself
>>342439939
>playing on whatever mission it was where you had to clear out all the sewers of giant rats and ratmen
>get a glitch where ratmen don't die even though their icons show them as dead
>can still be attacked but take no damage because they're registered as dead
>can still attack themselves but do no damage
>scores of undead ratmen attacking my palace
>"YOUR MAJESTY THE PALACE IS UNDER SIEGE" stuck on repeat
>all my units are attacking the ratmen perpetually
>can't get them to leave
>actual alive ratmen are spewing out of the sewers ganking my other shit before slowly making their way to my palace to die and attack it ad infinitum
God I miss this game
>>342452309
Its okay i only play sins of the prophets and sins of a galactic empire and the startrek mod for that game anyway. Homeworld was way better to me.
>>342465000
the bricks ability to travel through water is a moot point cause they're too slow to ever get anywhere
They might be able in theory to walk over water but if they go anywhere without being airdropped in practice by the time they get there the battle is over
>>342438429
Tiberian Sun was the most atmospheric game I have ever played.
Just something about the graphics, gameplay, story and sound blended together perfectly to create a comfy yet bleak-as-fuck masterpiece.
>rip in piece Westwood
>F
>>342426331
Acknowledged
>>342464734
>Don't airdrop Bricks to their destination
>They never get there in time
>The enemy can literally out-maneouvre an army past them
>Do airdrop Bricks to their destination
>Carrier crashes killing them all
>>342430714
Bread is infinitely better
>>342435504
the fact is that if you had enough money to need silos you're playing the game wrong
What do games like Factorio count as? Not really RTSs, but the R, the T and the S all fit.
LOCK BOLTS! MAKE CHECKS AND GET READY TO MOVE
>tfw you would buy a blatant shekel-grabbing cash-in "remaster" of RoL
Has anyone played the new Age of Mythology expansion? China or whatever. Is it good?
>>342465383
Management games
Its closer to city builders than RTS
Like the Anno series
>>342465502
That's it. Had a complete mindblank for a second. Thanks anon.
>>342465494
all i know it would end my game against ai 30minutes into it if i didn't have the dlc
>>342465483
>tfw you couldn't get the multiplayer work when you wanted to play with your friend
>>342465630
>gamespy is kill
>the auto-patcher is kill
>DRM measures make it fiddly to install patches by hand
>finally find the patch you need
>megaupload
>can't even LAN properly
Life is suffering.
>>342457868
>I just remember ten years ago when I had no friends
>>342423475
This is exactly how you're supposed to build it. Notice that a second Mill + Farm combo fits into it like a puzzle piece.
>>342464447
Nah m8. UEF Crusier. Earlier. Cheaper. Just as good.
>>342465846
>UEF Cruiser
That's a funny way to spell Seraphim cruiser
>>342465805
The joke's on you, that's still true!
>>342464590
>Kohan 2
mayybe, do you know if the game has these features? or are you just guessing? I'll try to look it up
>>342465747
>GameSpy is dead
>LiterallySWAT 4multi is dead
>>342463181
Those were good days. Doom became the juggernaut it is today thanks to shareware, people seeing for themselves it was a quality game and choosing to buy/forward it on.
But when corporations began taking over vidya they saw sales fell for their shittier games when a demo was included because people could *see* that their game was shit, so they used open world games as an excuse to stop making any demos.
>>342466254
Played it for the first time with a few m8s on gameranger a couple of weeks back.
>>342428451
it's fucking terrible, I played one and two recently
This is on sale on Origin right now. But I've heard that it's broken on Win7.
>>342419602
TIL BARDAGA
>>342457115
my favourite RTS of all time
>>342430714
>send in muslim slaves
bye
>>342420806
You forgot something
>>342467351
Needs a clunkier UI
>>342422342
>tfw i had a boxed copy in the spare room but never had a floppy drive to install it with
>>342467351
I like that retro "it's 1999 and I just took a picture of my CRT monitor with a camera" look
>>342452118
>Carbon copy of aoe2. At best a mod of aoe2
I don't care this was posted hours ago. The focus on ranged combat, aircraft and bigass campaign made this game far better than just a clone.
Can someone please tell me name of an old RTS, whre you didn't build base (If i recall correctly) and propably didn't even control units, just build them.
The only thing i remember correctly is that there was a tank unit that looked like a cut up pie and when it hit something it exploded into a nuke...?
What a fucking description.
>>342467668
>crt
Say no more
>>342453115
City builder not an RTS, but god damn do I love that game. Replay it every year.
Has anyone played 8-bit armies? Really torn on wether to get it or not
>>342438504
I love playing "tower defence" in RTS ,sure that is not very efficient
>>342461230
That single act fucked them over as a race though. I don't care if the Rebellion got a good ending, the Taiidan will never be unified again after that one.
>>342468084
Looks like a bare bones RA, just get Open RA.
>>342467878
My god, the nostalgia - those units look good enough to be in Shogun 1 Total War
>>342432860
>I never understood why starcraft called itself "battle chess" when it's very much a solved game.
it literally isn't.
And every few month we get new maps, so even if it was solved, it would have to be solved again.
>>342453115
this and pharaoh are so good holy shit
>>342467351
have i time traveled back to 2007?
games don't even look like that anymore, that's strictly a late 00s trope
>>342465419
so are those supposed to be SS grenadiers but Relic just can use this name?
>>342467028
i got windows 8 and Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert both work fine for me.
tiberian sun does crash though.
>>342468550
Rise of Legends bro
>>342464586
Cant find PL version
FeelsBadMan
>>342439939
Been playing this game recently but holy fuck the expansion is so fucking hard.
>>342469096
Yeah, the missions are tough. I always liked just playing the random maps the best, though.
>>342428451
Reminder that Planetary Annihilation is a better game that supcom
>>342469205
Were the against AI kingdoms? I never really liked that much.
I just wanna fight spooky evil monsters andPRAISE DAUROS
How many of you played this?
who /serpent/ here?
>Tfw Age of Mythology HD died with in the first week of coming out.
>Tfw All other AoE games suck.
>>342469245
I disagree
>>342438073
I just shelled out $200 for a copy off Amazon over Christmas. well worth it.
>>342469267
Nah, just with random lairs, invasions, special events, etc. and different starting conditions.
>>342469418
You can pirate it so easily family. What the fuck.
>>342469547
Huh. I'll have to check them out.
But goddamnit I wanna finish the Expert level missions from the expansion, I haven't even unlocked the final one. I can only imagine how hard that is.
MAXIMUM COMFY
>>342469617
you don't know true suffering yet
Can anyone give me some tips for the Wargame series? I bought a bundle during a sale a while ago and finally got round to playing them but I don't really know what I'm doing. I did the tutorials and understand the basics but that's about it. Which is the best version? I've been playing Air land battle.
>>342469767
I played this sooo much with some friends and my teacher in the last classes of elementary school.
Nostalgia overload. Great game!
>>342449647
age of mythology?
>>342439307
>http://www.thebfme.com/p/download-bfme-ii.html
Holy shit friend, thank you
AOE3 would be good if the steam version's bugs and glitches were fixed
>>342419548
>this kills the OCD guy
>>342445893
>Krush kill n destroy 2
My fucking childhood along with AoE 2 and Dungeon Keeper.
>>342422035
company of heroes 2. Its worse than 1 but still good
>>342422436
no more panzershreck volks though
They see me lichin' they bitchin'
>>342468602
what?
>>342469816
haha, yeah - that looks like a good example of a challenging random map
Already there
>>342470593
more like you fucking lose in a few minutes, if you start with dwarven stronghold you at least delay it for a bit
I remember playing a rts game 8-10 years ago where you controlled ww2 soldiers. Does anyone know what that game may be?
>>342469296
Greatest game of my childhood. Fuck that campaign was hard. And yeah serpent for that sweet necrolord. Otomo Was a little bitch anyway.
>>342430714
apples fucking shit
get outta here duc peuce
>>342437252
On gamereplays they have some total overhaul graphics patch in the works. The page they had it on is gone though.
>>342420147
it looks better then the fights in the warcraft movie
>>342419548
Dead genre, go play a MOBA and get with the times
>>342422019
here, i'll pm you the fix
>>342432593
>anime
kys
>>342420269
Crops are always harvested from specified points so to make it optimal you need pinwheel shape
>>342457525
no. Its just a cashgrab and quite some people still play AOQ on voobly instead of using the new game
>>342470939
Blitzkrieg?
>>342451204
Holy shit, I played a demo of that game years ago and never met someone who played it.
>>342470939
You gonna be more specific anon.
>>342468550
OKW is suppsed to be the waffen SS yes.
>>342471885
Thats the problem, I dont remember much
>>342470939
squads? single troops?
company of heroes or men of war?
>>342471272
>moba
Literal shit tier genre
>>342469313
AoE III wasnt great but it wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. I enjoyed the card system.
It's a shame that this image never panned out. I don't give a fuck about (I assume) WW1-Vietnam, but Future AoE could have been fun.
>>342471272
kys
>>342470073
>>342470715
Clever
>love company of heroes 1
>reinstall it recently
>its pretty much dead, but still a few fun games
>brother loves COH2 and tells me to get that
>its worse, but slightly more alive and now I have someone to play with
>I just want to go back to COH1 before OF where I could play axis vs allies without ever getting brits against me
>>342472287
I think AOE3 got stuck in an age where other games had these kind of mechanics and they felt obliged to put them in. Things like exploring items on the map, infinite farms on everything, cards and the progression system. etc.
>>342472287
i really enjoyed how you could change your cities decorations
>>342420926
Total War: Warhammer if you don't mind the turn based phases
>>342472287
For some civs, though, the card system was bullshit. Looking at you, Japan.
BÛCHERON
>>342472419
But some of that stuff actually fit the setting.
>>342472678
of course it fits the setting. But that doesnt mean it has to be in. Protecting trading lines to the old world also is fitting for the setting, but except for a single thing they never expanded on it since it wouldnt be a nice mechanic gameplay wise.
>>342472287
>MFW playing as based Dutch n spamming banks
>>342472675
We waste!
Does anyone want to play some RoN with me?
>>342472610
That bloom is pig disgusting
>>342472810
>spain kicks out all the jews
>we accept them and allow them to have their religion if they pay for it and hide it from public
>start the first stock market in the world and set up a huge banking system
>every royal court owes us.
You must accept the jew and channel its powers of wealth.
>>342470495
The nightmare is over.
The GLORIOUS dream of T34/76 spam begins NOW
>>342470447
At first I was skeptical of 2 because CoH1 is visibly more tightly designed.
But the sheer number of different doctrines used actually made the game fun.
>>342473280
I only play ostherr so I dont mind. But jesus a good T70 player just drives you to suicide. Teller up and pray
>>342451082
They were largely considered shit tier in pvp, the last I remember. Archers delete your basic infantry, your cavalry and heavy infantry is too expensive, point for point, and by the time the fucktarded siege giants come out Borry Gondor and his six upgraded squads of soldiers in defensive stance are already in your base with summoned rohirrim and trebuchet support. And because of that dragon, yeah, you are getting rushed by everyone all of the time.
The true troll faction were the elves. They favored archers, the one unit type that actually benefited from awful pathfinding, their t2 archers had insane range, their elite units were archers, most of their heroes were archers, and if custom heroes were allowed their cavalry, the only average unit option they had, could now be lead by Theoden on steroids. And they had cavalry archers. And all of that had stealth of some sort. Fighting them was as fun as passing kidney stones.
>>342473384
>mfw Mobile Defense
>>342473348
>>
>But the sheer number of different doctrines used actually made the game fun
I feel a lot of them were a bit random in their design and use. Like some of them a 5 abilities that you unlock with 3 CP and then 1 big power. With others they have mostly the same abilities but they have minor differences. In COH1 each really seemed to have a purpose in mind. Often I just pick a commander because I need only one or two abilities from it. In COH1 only terror sometimes felt like a onetrick pony
>>342473567
That is mostly the problem with early doctrine design but yeah, CoH1 had much tighter design.
I blame THQ turmoil.
At least the are no more "patch doctrines" because there are so many.
>>342453537
I probably have about 1000 hours sunk into that game.
Yes, it is trash. Tiny number of useful capital ships, tiny number of viable fleet builds, scout and build counters and scout and build counters, and sloooooooooooooooooooow. And the bots will teach you the opposite of what works well in multiplayer. Music is awesome, though.
>>342462018
Made it predictable, too. Put some troops in front of your first farm and just watch the veterancy accumulate.
>>342473786
I think the game would improve if they took all the doctrines and remade them into a small set of doctrines each with a clear design in mind to fill a certain niche. Of course that will never happen since they have a shop.
Also the THQ turmoil is pretty obvious. The VA is way worse (ostherr commander sounds like a friendly grandpa rather than a zealous commander overseeing a dire fight). In COH1 they had enough money for good VAs, like the american sniper had the same VA as garrus. But then again even the new factions like USF have terrible VAs. I wonder why they didnt just lift most of the work from 1 and then asked the guy for a few more lines to fill in the new mechanics.
>>342474221
I like my Commander Grandpa
But yeah, I miss Kampfgruppe Lehr.
I wish they bundled some pointlessly divided abilities.
Like Tank traps"ability" and extra mines or AT cammo.
Riegel mines and Hull Down for Germans.
>>342474973
>>But yeah, I miss Kampfgruppe Lehr.
PE was a pretty poorly designed faction. The early vehicle play wasnt really where the game was designed for.
These threads are full samefag.
Nobody actually likes RTS.
>>342448379
>It was killed off by MOBAs
XDDD
Love this meme.
It was "killed off" by never being alive in the first place outside of one game being a meme in Korea.
Tons of the players making SC and WC3 look popular never touched multiplayer melee.
>>342475189
PE was fast and furious faction.
That led to smashing your face to the wall quite often.
>>342475579
yeah but blobs was too good because of vet sharing and zeal. Also they basically forced a sniper they couldnt counter effectively. Enjoy 45MP per shot.
>>342475747
I love the first thing CoH2 did was to hinder snipers.
>no more Predator Invisibility Cloak
>no more rail gun
>no more x-ray vision
>no more 3 snipers on each side in pro replays
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