Game suggestion
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Knights and Merchants[^] It's a "harder" game. The economy is more complex and a little tricky to balance (you don't buy soldiers with raw resources, every sword and shield is explicitly made), and melee soldiers can't disengage from battle so your have to plan your tactics carefully. "No population cap" is a lie though. There's no explicit cap, but if you go over 256 or something (not sure how many exactly) things start going wrong. But you won't really need that many anyway.
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Knights and Merchants[^] It's a "harder" game. The economy is more complex and a little tricky to balance (you don't buy soldiers with raw resources, every sword and shield is explicitly made), and melee soldiers can't disengage from battle so your have to plan your tactics carefully. "No population cap" is a lie though. There's no explicit cap, but if you go over 256 or something (not sure how many exactly) things start going wrong. But you won't really need that many anyway.
Spent many many hours on it back in the day. Bought it from GOG a few years back, but now the gameplay just seems to be so sloooow. Still a great game though, with lots of nice details!
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Spent many many hours on it back in the day. Bought it from GOG a few years back, but now the gameplay just seems to be so sloooow. Still a great game though, with lots of nice details!
It's an OO world.
public class Naerling : Lazy<Person>{
public void DoWork(){ throw new NotImplementedException(); }
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy
"Life. Don't talk to me about life." -- Marvin
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Company of Heroes. My favorite RTS since Command & Conquer. (Then again, I really disliked StarCraft II, but did like Warcraft III and the first Dawn of War, so use that as a measuring stick.)
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
If you are into TBSGs I would definitely try the new X-COM: Enemy Unknown.[^] I do not want to start a discussion about whether or not it is a worthy successor of the original classic here, but I've played and loved both, "UFO Enemy Unknown" and "Terror from the Deep" and I can say that the new XCOM is slightly different but definitely a must play for fans of the XCOM series. Regs, Chris
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I have to confess having lost interest in this type of game, but I have played a few, going back to Dune 2 on a 386. Master of Orion 2 is of course a classic, even if it's not exactly in the mold you asked for. However, I suggest either/both of the Homeworld games. The graphics are pretty cool, and the 3D field of movement was mind-blowing 12 years ago when it was released.
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Definitely Total Annihilation. And waiting for the upcomming Planetary Annihilation.
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
You may like any of the Sword of the Stars or Sins of a Solar Empire games
Brett A. Whittington Application Developer
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
One that you probably dont know and probably not even heared about is Original War. Product of small bohemian studio. It is original in means of gathering resources. Its pretty old but I enjoyed it every time and returning to it from time to time. Still have it. :) story is great and really hard to acomplish everything in hard dificulty (people are limited resources and veterans are much better than rookies). From more recent games: I played Endless Space and found it,s fine 4X game but not for me eventually.
No more Mister Nice Guy... >: |
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
It's a bit old but i really liked C&C Red Alert 3.
Amr Abdel Majeed Software Developer
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Definitely Total Annihilation. And waiting for the upcomming Planetary Annihilation.
Played this many years ago - probably closer to the C&C games than AoE though. iirc it didn't run under XP so probably not under Win7 either. Having said that the C&C/ Red Alert games probably set the benchmark and can be picked up at bargain prices now.
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
I know its not an RTS, but you should definitely check out Minecraft
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I know its not an RTS, but you should definitely check out Minecraft
In that vein, there is a highly addictive and very complex game I enjoy a lot called Dwarf Fortress.
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No not building one, playing one. Having just finished StarCraft II for the 2nd time and enjoyed the MS Age of Empires I'm looking for similar games. Gather the resources and beat the crap out of the enemy type games. I'm not interested in playing online, quite happy playing the single user mode. Any suggestions are welcome!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
If you liked Age of Empires, and you are a coder: Have you ever tried making your own AI files? Its a very simple rules based scripting language and you will even find a AI user manual on the program disc. We make our own AIs and then battle them against each other to see who can make the toughest AI. All of our AIs and way harder to beat than the simplistic AI that comes with the game. Actually, the AI files are for Age of Empires II: Age of Kings, or the Conquerors Expansion Ping me back if you are interested. Its a lot of fun, and addictive.
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If you liked Age of Empires, and you are a coder: Have you ever tried making your own AI files? Its a very simple rules based scripting language and you will even find a AI user manual on the program disc. We make our own AIs and then battle them against each other to see who can make the toughest AI. All of our AIs and way harder to beat than the simplistic AI that comes with the game. Actually, the AI files are for Age of Empires II: Age of Kings, or the Conquerors Expansion Ping me back if you are interested. Its a lot of fun, and addictive.
Part of the reason I don't play online is that it requires a level of dedication I cannot give, I will not play any game for many months and then start looking around for something to play. Thanks for the offer but I'll pass.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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I know its not an RTS, but you should definitely check out Minecraft
Site has broken links everywhere (or my net nazi intervened) and the graphics look like something out of the 80s, not my style I'm afraid.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
