Best RTS ever!!

[Oruc]

Nope!

 

[IceEye]

Fave: Red Alert

Other great games:
Civ 2
WarCraft 2
StarCraft
Medieval Total War
Dungeon Keeper(RTS? maybe not)
Age of Empires 2

 

[yoshi]

Name one RTS with good AI (SC, AoE2, Cossacks are my personal favorities but all their AIs suck).

(The only game with fairly good AI is Total War but that isn't really RTS --only battles are in real-time.)

Has no one played 'American Conquest?' Heard it had stuff from Cossacks only better.

 

[Shalashaska]

I think the best is rts is Aok (and add on) then aoe rise of rome, then red alert (i played this for so many hours) also dunes cool, and hertz dogs why (spelt to very wrong) was a game on master system. Also metal fatigue is cool. and black and white (if this counts)

People keep saying civ (which is the best game) its not real time

 

[Napoleon Hitler]

My favorite RTS game is Impossible Creatures. The link is to the best website for the game.

The game is so great because you make your own units and your own armies. This allows your only limiting factor of strategy to be your own mind.

 

[Xi 12]

Yay! Starcraft second! [dance][dance]

 

[Nylan]

1.Civ2
2.C&C:Red Alert
3.Dune 2000
4.Star Trek Armada
5.Star Craft
6.Settlers 5
7.Empire Earth
8.Metal Knights

I only have played 8 RTS games so this is not a top 10

 

[Dell19]

Civ 2 isn't an RTS... Its TBS...

 

[akots]

It seems that another rather popular game has somehow escaped the attention. From the point of AI strength, there was RTS named KKND made by an Australian team (smthing like Melbournehouse) in 1988 or even 1987, don't remeber. C&C and AoE/AoK is a cake walk compared to KKND and not because of handicapped production or some aritficial bonuses but purely because of AI strength. The expansion, KKND II, however, is not that powerful. The point of the game was to have very simple tech tree and rules (kill them all!) and relatively few units with accent on proper tactics on defense and offense. I still play it sometimes. More modern variation is the Cossacks games which has much weaker AI but more fun due to great design and cool multiplayer tactics.

 

[Seanirl]

C&C: Red Alert should have been no 1, and Dune II should have gotten more than a "honourable mention".

Damn straight. Red Alert is no1 easy, no contest. Whereas Dune II was great in its day but there really is a lot better now, so... maybe an honourable mention was a better way of including it than a position.

 

[Esuh]

Red Alert is simple. Name one strategy except from using longer range weapons, tank rush, or superweapon. The tank rush is the only true tactic. While in TA, there were tons of ways of playing. There were still rushers, but there were others ways of countering it.

 

[Dell19]

Red Alert is simple but thats what makes it great,. In the end though I would probably pick Age of Empires 1 & 2 as I played both games quite alot, including playing AOE2 online where I first used Dell19. Ah the memories...

 

[Hakim]

Dune II was the first RTS, wasn't it?

I prefer CnC Generals Zero Hour but I have not tried that many.

 

[NetGear]

when u guys are nominating the best game what are u basing on?

on the game u enjoyed the most (which has no effect on what other thinks, so therefore everyone would have different #1s)

or on the game that was the most popular

or the game that was designed the best in gameplay strategy element glitches etc.

If it is the 3rd one, i think everyone should agree stracraft is it. maybe 2nd one too.

Red alert had horribly broken gameplay. It isnt good by that standard.

 

[HAND]

RoN certainly has alot potential, ive just played the demo that i keep on my HD(although get 1 fps later in the game!!)
..i love c&c:red alert 2...i also played AoK to death a few years ago..but Dune 2 is in its own league! It was the best!

Also rumour has it that Empire Earth 2 is coming out next spring

P.s how do you get Red Alert 1 to work on Windows 2000?? It keeps saying it won't install on windows NT5...grrr

 

[#1 Person]

Medieval total is total cool (It says it right there in it's title).
Then RON
Then AOE II
Homeworld
Then AOM
Then AOE I

 

[FireBall]

Originally posted by Nylan


6.Settlers 5

Settlers 5???

 

[Mr. Guy]

Best RTS ever: Warlords Battlecry 2 and starcraft

Walords battlecry official site
warlords battlecry 2 original official site

 

[Dabomb18359]

Age of Empires 2 and Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

 

[Portuguese]

Easily AoE, till today no other has done best!

Though Cossacks is quite impressive also.
And I love when in games against Very hards I mantain the front stocking spare armies and then invade the enemies town with +1200 pikeman, 500 cavalry, +1200 grenadiers, 70 mortars, 200 dragoons,...
Just too apotheotic!!!