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OT : Real Time Strategy Games

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Drakeprimeone

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On my off nights I'm usually up all night due to working nights and playing Killzone2 (which I love) is getting old.

 

I've been getting an itch to play a RTS to pass the time. Anyone out there with suggestions? I've been eyeing the Civilization Series. I do enjoy playing Age of Empires which I guess isn't as involved.

 

I have to stay clear of the WoW's and Everquest's though. I've already been through that exp with the gf. I need something I can play and turn off at any time.

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Mac Man

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I loved playing Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War when I had a PC. I DO wish they'd come up with a Mac version sometime. The Total War series was also amazing! Spent way too many hours playing that game during my down time while deployed.

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Civilization is cool. I've played them all back to the original version. They are fun but they take awhile to get the hang of it. And I know what you mean with WoW, I gave it up recently because you had to be a slave to the game at upper levels and you could never just shut it off or put it on pause. But WoW was probably the best game I have ever played, and i've played quite a few.

 

The Final Fantasy Series was also good. They were for Playstation but I think they came out with PC versions.

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Civilization is turn-based, not real-time, but it's still a ton of fun. The technology trees are a lot more complex and a far more enjoyable part of the game than in any real-time strategy game I've played.

 

I'd like a good RTS myself to tide me over until Starcraft 2 comes out later this year. The only RTS game I'm playing is the original Starcraft just to get me back into the Zerg groove for when the sequel hits.

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Civilization is cool. I've played them all back to the original version. They are fun but they take awhile to get the hang of it. And I know what you mean with WoW, I gave it up recently because you had to be a slave to the game at upper levels and you could never just shut it off or put it on pause. But WoW was probably the best game I have ever played, and i've played quite a few.

 

I've been off the crack for three whole weeks now!!! I've momentarily quit until I can convince myself that I'm not suffering the negative effects of addiction due to playing that game. :pullhair: I've been out of comics for four years now with WoW addiction being the primary culprit--just started buying stuff again and posting here just a few days after my last login to WoW. doh!

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The Command and Conquer series always gets good reviews but I haven't actually played them.

 

I am still playing Command & Conquer: Generals which came out in 2003. Great game. I haven't been able to find an RTS I like better. I have the newest Age of Empires...but it was pretty bad. I was expecting such a major improvement, and it is not much of an improvement at all from previous versions.

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I gave up WOW about a month ago too. Completely epiced out from Naxx but it was killing my family. Uulduar can find somebody else to free it. I'm freeeeeeeeee.

 

 

I played the hades out of Age of Empires II and loved it.

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Civilization is turn-based, not real-time, but it's still a ton of fun. The technology trees are a lot more complex and a far more enjoyable part of the game than in any real-time strategy game I've played.

 

I'd like a good RTS myself to tide me over until Starcraft 2 comes out later this year. The only RTS game I'm playing is the original Starcraft just to get me back into the Zerg groove for when the sequel hits.

 

I stand corrected, Civ is a turn based game.

 

Starcraft may be a few years old, but lots of fun playing both sides. Loved the seige tanks.

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Drakeprimeone

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I've been playing Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds the past couple of days.

 

I also enjoy all of the Age of Empires games and Hearts of Iron.

 

Yea I reinstalled my SWGBG the other night. Still fun and same engine as Age of Empires.

I could do turn based if the development was involved enough.

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