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What RTS games are you playing now, please?

by needcaffeine 1y ago

sgarland 1y ago
AoE2, baby. Still going strong, decades after launch.
- KeplerBoy 1y ago
  And AoE4, one of the few high profile RTS games of the past years, is dead.
  - the__alchemist 1y ago
    That was disappointing to see. I thought it was a great game, with some mechanics improved over 2, and missing some of the glitchy behavior that became cannon (e.g. foot archer kiting) The community (nor my friends) didn't seem to go for it, primarily for the reason that it's not AoE2. Exquisite sound design too.
  - sgarland 1y ago
    I own all AoE games, and despite having 3 and 4 installed, I don’t think I’ve so much as launched them. Every time I think “I should try this,” I remember I want to try a new strategy in 2 instead.
    - the__alchemist 1y ago
      You and many people. Give 4 a try! Its multiplayer is excellent. Kind of a hybrid between Starcraft and AoE2 in terms of pacing and civ divergence. (Fewer, more diverse civs) The archer kiting/dodging mechanic that dominates AoE2 is gone. I play AoE2, not 4 because that's what my friends play, but 4 is the more interesting one from a strategy perspective. More opportunities to surprise the opponent, use novel strats, go off meta etc.
evelant 1y ago
Sins of a solar empire 2. AI War 2. There haven’t been any really “big” ones like StarCraft but some very good smaller ones like those two.
somat 1y ago
BAR https://www.beyondallreason.info/ https://www.beyondallreason.info/ But... While bar is good, very good. It is also very hard to compete with, so I see it sort of killing any funding for good commercial RTS's for the next few years.
rollcat 1y ago
It's non-competitive (I'm burnt out with SC2 ladder a bit), but I've been enjoying Cataclismo, Settlers 3 (THAT is a throwback), and I'm eyeing They are Billions. Some SC2 youtubers are now covering Mechabellum, Tempest Rising, BAR, AoE4, and some in-dev titles: Battle Aces, Immortal: Gates of Pyre, Zerospace, and of course Stormgate. These are all on my list but I'm busy enough playing Warframe ^^'
izacus 1y ago
I found Iron Harvest, Last Train Home, Tempest Rising and Company of Heroes 3 to be pretty good.

What RTS games are you playing now, please?

sgarland 1y ago

AoE2, baby. Still going strong, decades after launch.

KeplerBoy 1y ago
And AoE4, one of the few high profile RTS games of the past years, is dead.
- the__alchemist 1y ago
  That was disappointing to see. I thought it was a great game, with some mechanics improved over 2, and missing some of the glitchy behavior that became cannon (e.g. foot archer kiting) The community (nor my friends) didn't seem to go for it, primarily for the reason that it's not AoE2. Exquisite sound design too.
- sgarland 1y ago
  I own all AoE games, and despite having 3 and 4 installed, I don’t think I’ve so much as launched them. Every time I think “I should try this,” I remember I want to try a new strategy in 2 instead.
  - the__alchemist 1y ago
    You and many people. Give 4 a try! Its multiplayer is excellent. Kind of a hybrid between Starcraft and AoE2 in terms of pacing and civ divergence. (Fewer, more diverse civs) The archer kiting/dodging mechanic that dominates AoE2 is gone. I play AoE2, not 4 because that's what my friends play, but 4 is the more interesting one from a strategy perspective. More opportunities to surprise the opponent, use novel strats, go off meta etc.

evelant 1y ago

Sins of a solar empire 2. AI War 2. There haven’t been any really “big” ones like StarCraft but some very good smaller ones like those two.

somat 1y ago

BAR https://www.beyondallreason.info/ https://www.beyondallreason.info/ But... While bar is good, very good. It is also very hard to compete with, so I see it sort of killing any funding for good commercial RTS's for the next few years.

rollcat 1y ago

It's non-competitive (I'm burnt out with SC2 ladder a bit), but I've been enjoying Cataclismo, Settlers 3 (THAT is a throwback), and I'm eyeing They are Billions. Some SC2 youtubers are now covering Mechabellum, Tempest Rising, BAR, AoE4, and some in-dev titles: Battle Aces, Immortal: Gates of Pyre, Zerospace, and of course Stormgate. These are all on my list but I'm busy enough playing Warframe ^^'

izacus 1y ago

I found Iron Harvest, Last Train Home, Tempest Rising and Company of Heroes 3 to be pretty good.