Re: Things you look for in a good RTS

by Onyxknight on Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:06 am

wait the first or second since i have only played the first?

by playert on Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:07 am

i think it was the first....

by Onyxknight on Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:12 am

hmm...i havent beat the second hard guy..renier i think it was..

by playert on Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:22 am

renier?....hmm, maybe it was the 2nd one? ill have the answer tomorrow.

by **Kasrkin Seath** on Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:47 pm

Take a look at the Master THread on HWF, the archive of the bestest of ideas for an RTS of all teh great members who graced HWF.

by PiEdude on Wed Oct 01, 2008 11:57 pm

NUKEZ!

by **CivBase** on Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:41 am

PiElord wrote:NUKEZ!

So you like when the whole point of the game is to be the first to build a nuke? boreing.

by playert on Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:45 am

CivBase wrote:
PiElord wrote:NUKEZ!

So you like when the whole point of the game is to be the first to build a nuke? boreing.

what if it was the first person to build a nuke, but you start out like in the stone age or somthing like that?

by capn qwerty on Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:02 pm

You should try the Empire Earth expansion. There's nukes yes, but there's also a unit who's sole purpose is anti-nuke.

by Mythonian on Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:50 am

No way... You all disappoint me so much, especially since no one has mentioned the best RTS in history as of yet.

STARCRAFT

Best RTS ever, released over ten years ago and still receives thousands of players a day playing from everywhere on the planet. It includes everyone anyone has said makes a good RTS in this thread. Every single one. Even Nukes. It is balanced so precisely that no race is dominant and no specific unit or combination of units is dominant. It relies 100% on individual skill and reaction time.

In fact, it has three television channels devoted to Starcraft related news and match results in South Korea. 24/7 too. They also have several entire Leagues for Starcraft (MSL, OSL, WCG). If you care anything about RTS gameplay, you had better check this game out. It has entire editing programs created from scratch from fans that allow you to do absolutely anything, including changing unit attack rates, hit points, movement speed, line-of-site, armor, weapon range, ect., ect., ect., as well as, in a few of the editing programs(there are over two-dozen, all but one of which were created by fans) you can even make custom and specialized terrain down to the pixels, including changing whether it can be walked on or not and if the line-of-site continues over it or if it blocks view.

Over ten years old and this is still one of the most-played RTSs on the market.

If you care to catch a bit of the gameplay, i suggest you go to www.sc2gg.com and watch some of the vids of Korean Pro-Starcraft players.

by capn qwerty on Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:43 am

Well I've never even seen Starcraft, much less played it (I imagine this will cause much controversy).

by PiEdude on Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:02 pm

When does Starcraft 2 come out?

by **CivBase** on Fri Oct 03, 2008 12:48 pm

playert wrote:
CivBase wrote:
PiElord wrote:NUKEZ!

So you like when the whole point of the game is to be the first to build a nuke? boreing.

what if it was the first person to build a nuke, but you start out like in the stone age or somthing like that?

Still stupid. Then all you're doing is economy. No military strategy at all.

by Mythonian on Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:56 pm

PiElord wrote:When does Starcraft 2 come out?

www.Starcraft2.com FAQ wrote:When is the game coming out?

At this point, it's too early to provide an initial estimate on the release date. As with all Blizzard games, we will take as much time as needed to ensure the game is as fun, balanced, and polished as possible.

by Onyxknight on Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:57 pm

go diablo!!!!!(lol not ant rts but and rpg lmao)