Your favourite Strategy Game (PC)

[lesnar]

I'm looking for a good strategy game...so far i've played

-Age of Empires
-Age of Mythology

any other suggestions?

[alv077]

red alert 2 yuri's revenge.

[jtamn]

warcraft 3?

[othy]

The warhammer 40k "Dawn of War" RTS is really good, and it seems to have been mostly overlooked.. Great addon with Winter assault, and you can get both for $30 at futureshop! Deal!

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10071994&catid=11125

[puff_daddy_58_99]

There's a big difference between Strategy and Real-Time Strategy (RTS). For the best strategy games I would include;

-Civilization (3 or 4)
-Hearts of Iron
-Europa Universalis
-Victoria
-Galactic Civilizations 2
-Panzer General

For RTS I would have
-Red Alert 1 & 2
-Command and Conquer Generals / Zero Hour
-Star Craft
-Age of Empires (1/2/3)
-Rise of Nations
-Empire Earth

[Marlek]

Rome: Total War is hand's down the best I've played - and I've played all the ones already mentioned ;)

You really feel like a participant in truly epic battles. Plus you have a turn based strategy component that is quite deep and satisfying. One of the few games I go back to repeatedly.

[bionicbadger]

Dune 2 - the original RTS game is still probably the best

Rome: Total war is a good game too, there are mods available for new units etc. And you don't have to play the tactical battles if you don't want to, you can just skip them (though you can often do better if you direct the troops yourself).

[Amourek]

Rome & Medieval: Total War
Civilization 4

[Headhunter]

For real-time strategy, nothing tops WarCraft III (and the expansion). Deep, balanced but diverse, and strong developer/community support even years after its release.

Also really affordable, http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gifhttp://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif from me.

[maebach]

Rome: Total War is hand's down the best I've played - and I've played all the ones already mentioned ;)

You really feel like a participant in truly epic battles. Plus you have a turn based strategy component that is quite deep and satisfying. One of the few games I go back to repeatedly.


Rome was amazing. My first strategy game was Red Alert and its still one of my favs.

[Evil Baby]

Isn't their a rts star wars game out there?

Empire at War I think? Hmmm, when I get a new vid card I'll look into that

[masterhapposai]

The warhammer 40k "Dawn of War" RTS is really good, and it seems to have been mostly overlooked.. Great addon with Winter assault, and you can get both for $30 at futureshop! Deal!

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10071994&catid=11125

on par with warcraft3, which is something amazing for a non-blizzard company to achieve

starcraft is still king though minus the graphics

[Andro]

i have a few:

Age of Empires II
Age of Mythology
Civilization II
Warcraft III
Heroes III
Heroes IV
Heroes IV

but if i had to choose the best of them all, i have to say Heroes series(III,IV,V)

[Txiasaeia]

X-Com FTW

[john widow]

ROME TOTAL WAR IS AWESOME!
There's just some things that make it uncool.

Like when you change the unit size to maximum, so you try to cram in tons of dudes into one entrace of a town, they all get crammed, you end up dying. If you compared it to small, you can get all your guys in FAST! The entrace gates of buildings dont change in size.

Also, say you have 3 armies of max units(24?) and you corner 1 enemy onto the battle field. Why can't u control 3 armies at once? Why is it, one shows up probrably after if your ppl die, or they dont show up at all.

Also, the AI on the battle field, can get somewhat easy and repetitive(if u got a good army)....well sorta, I mean, you can corner the enemy and make it so they have to stand there and accept inncoming attacks from arrows, and ballistas and they end up dying and fleeing soon after.

[masterhapposai]

ROME TOTAL WAR IS AWESOME!
There's just some things that make it uncool.

Like when you change the unit size to maximum, so you try to cram in tons of dudes into one entrace of a town, they all get crammed, you end up dying. If you compared it to small, you can get all your guys in FAST! The entrace gates of buildings dont change in size.

Also, say you have 3 armies of max units(24?) and you corner 1 enemy onto the battle field. Why can't u control 3 armies at once? Why is it, one shows up probrably after if your ppl die, or they dont show up at all.

Also, the AI on the battle field, can get somewhat easy and repetitive(if u got a good army)....well sorta, I mean, you can corner the enemy and make it so they have to stand there and accept inncoming attacks from arrows, and ballistas and they end up dying and fleeing soon after.

those things piss me off.

that's why after the cool factor of the game cools down I'd rather play Civ4/Warlords.

[jayslay]

i would have to say civilization 2 and 3

[ClubberLang]

Warcraft 3 ROC. Not a fan of frozen throne. I was addicted to ROC for some time.

[stevethewheel]

There's a big difference between Strategy and Real-Time Strategy (RTS). For the best strategy games I would include;

-Civilization (3 or 4)
-Hearts of Iron
-Europa Universalis
-Victoria
-Galactic Civilizations 2
-Panzer General

For RTS I would have
-Red Alert 1 & 2
-Command and Conquer Generals / Zero Hour
-Star Craft
-Age of Empires (1/2/3)
-Rise of Nations
-Empire Earth

Panzer General. I know it's like 10 years old but yes it's one of the best turn-based strategy games ever. The Italian army units were such a joke to have as your "allies". So I'll go some of the others on your turn-based RTS list and check them out. Thanks.

I agree on the RTS picks.


I'll add

Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (internet play, standalone is too easy)

[mrfrostyman]

whomever said x-com, awesome game. Terror from the deep was so good, and hard. I gotta say to go with risk(lol) if you want a good "strategy" game but anywho rise of legends is great for an rts. Anyone remember outpost v1.5?

[TenzoR]

starcraft and warcraft II

I only play warcraft III for dota :lol:

[teknoluv]

I only know SimCity; it's a pity that they cannot go beyond Rush Hour and integrate real Sims into the city. Perhaps I could only fulfill that in my Second Life. ;)

[Headhunter]

I only play warcraft III for dota :lol:
In the last few months, same here. I've gotten a lot better since you thrashed me awhile back. :)

[Jouvert]

Turn-based:
Civilization IV
Heroes of Might & Magic III
Heroes of Might & Magic V
Galactic Civilizations 2
Master Of Orion

RTS:
Starcraft
Warcraft III
Rise Of Nations
Rome: Total War

[xwar]

Starcraft by far.

[SwiZz]

Starcraft For The Win!!! =d

[evoviii]

Turn based

Panzer General & Allied General (I'll challenge anyone at PG)
Steel Panthers I & II (If I can get my cd to run, I'll challenge anyone)
Civilization
Alpha Centauri

RTS
Starcraft
Dota
Rise of Nations

I love strategy games PC, Console and board games.

[Txiasaeia]

One more suggestion: Europa Universalis II is a brilliant strategy game. It's as good as the first one but has more campaign options and a longer main campaign. Fantasy General is also a lot of fun when I'm feeling nostalgic.

[LegiT]

starcraft and warcraft II

I only play warcraft III for dota :lol:


Dam lol. Another WC2 player. The game was so much fun to play (Free Castles/BGH/8v2 Comp stomps.) and had me hooked for like a year.

Anyhow, I'd say Civ.4, R:TW, and RoN. C&C:Generals series online and AoE 3 are pretty fun RTS.

[TenzoR]

In the last few months, same here. I've gotten a lot better since you thrashed me awhile back. :)

thrashed? I don't know what you mean ;)

[evoviii]

One more suggestion: Europa Universalis II is a brilliant strategy game. It's as good as the first one but has more campaign options and a longer main campaign. Fantasy General is also a lot of fun when I'm feeling nostalgic.

Fantasy General is a good one, though i find luck can be more of a factor than the other parts in the series. I like the concept though.

Too bad star general and pacific general were flops

[callous]

Total Annihilation multiplayer

Still considered to be 1 of the top.

[Ultra-]

Nothing beats starcraft...

[Slimfast]

starcraft is the ultimate...

[sannin]

Allota SC fans here,so I guess i'll nominate Starcraft and WC:3.

[letmesearch]

Heroes V

[Sinical]

I just played the whole campaign of Rise of Legends ... I really enjoyed it

Multiplayer was a bit of a pain though ... took a while to set up (had to change a lot of settings on my router and firewall) and there weren't a lot of people online ...

If single player is what you're after though, I really enjoyed it

[B0000rt]

Civ2, I'm finally finishing with a decent score (~1500) on Chieftan mode, I think I should step it up :D

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

RISK II (2)
or SK (starkingdoms)

[konfusion666]

- the Civilization series (can't remember which one is the "best" although the most recent one was pretty damn good)

- Galactic Civilizations 1 and 2

- X-Com (the first one)

yes, they're all turn-based.

i'm sure one of the HoMM games can get an honourable mention though.

[duckdown]

X-Com & StarCraft

[MDrop]

Starcraft..... Almost 10 years old and every now and then I still get the urge to reinstall and play.

[steve.m]

Rome total war and age of empires II.

btw: Medieval 2 - Total War Demo is leaked ;) . Quite enjoyable. :lol:

[TheMarvel]

Age of Empires II.

[Skidz]

starcraft
but ive been having fun playing company of heroes (sp)

[warlockdilemma]

Starcraft/Age of Empires/Caesar III