This Month's Most Viewed Games Tagged 'rts' on The Great Games Experiment This Month's Most Viewed Games Tagged 'rts' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Viewed Games Tagged 'rts' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Battleships Forever Introduction
Battleships Forever is a freeware tactical Real Time Strategy game that puts you in command of a small fleet of warships in space. Combat and damage mechanics are extremely detailed. Everything is simulated in game if possible. There are no abitrary "to hit chance" values in Battleships Forever. The game also features many innovative mechanics that you've never seen before. For example, the Cronus Battleship sports a Flux Shield generator that allows you to draw a defensive force shield around your ships in any shape you want. Another example are the Deflector modules that are used extensively through the game. These modules make a single section of a ship totally invulnerable to fire. This means that you will have to manoeuvre your ships to attack sections of the enemy ships not protected by Deflectors while keeping your own protected sections facing the enemy. Position is paramount!

Players will command picked fleets made up of Battleships, Destroyers and Patrol Craft. The completed game will include ten campaign missions and multiple skirmish modes.

Battleships Forever is inspired by and loosely based on Warning Forever by Hikoza.T.Ohkubo
]]> 17 Jun 2007 12:51:03 NERO Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, or NERO for short, is a unique computer game that lets you play with adapting intelligent agents hands-on. Evolve your own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, then pit them against your friends' teams in online competitions!
]]> 10 Dec 2006 05:23:36 When Orcs Attack!
]]> 19 Sep 2007 08:37:54 Orcs vs. Martians
]]> 04 Sep 2007 05:08:10 Harvest Harvest is a real-time strategy game currently in development by Oxeye Game Studio.

The basic idea of the game is that you must gather two kinds of resources - minerals and energy - and use them to construct defenses for your base. The base is attacked by endless numbers of aliens and you will have to try to survive for as long as possible.
]]> 04 Jun 2007 05:24:19 Starcraft 5 This is the newest starcraft arena game where you have more new building and warriors than ever to battle it out for the ultimate starcraft crown. Make sure to read up on the in game starcraft 5 tutorial so that you have a chance to survive in this epic starcaft battle. Enjoy.
]]> 26 Jun 2007 07:41:05 Savage Savage was a massive undertaking as an indie game. It had a budget of approximately $1 million and was an innovative look on two genres. It mixed RTS and FPS elements together and created a multiplayer hybrid.
Developed by: S2 Games
]]> 07 Dec 2006 08:16:07 0 A.D.
]]> 18 Jul 2007 10:15:57 Starcraft An excellent RTS. Control one of three races to battle and destroy the opponents. The three races have different properties and abilities, but the balance in gameplay is superb.

Made by Blizzard, creators of Warcraft.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 01:22:55 Immortal Defense Immortal Defense is a fresh take on the tower defense genre. In the course of your adventure, you'll face twenty-six different enemy types, including challenging bosses. You'll come to know the use of eleven different "Points", each with its own personality and style of defense. You'll go through one hundred stages of challenging gameplay--including secret stages for the most advanced path defenders.

You'll experience an interesting combination of procedural and pixel-art, an original soundtrack, and you'll explore a story about love, duty, and the consequences of immortality. With six to ten hours of gameplay, this game won't be something you play and then forget about.

What would you be willing to defend for all eternity?
]]> 02 Jun 2007 11:53:55 Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa

Strategy


Create and control lions, elephants, zebras, and more in this unique and deceptively deep strategy game. To succeed you'll have to discover the unique behaviors of each species and build food and water sources to suit them. Plan your ecosystem well so that you can help both predator and prey achieve balance in the wild.

Simulation

The Animal Kingdom awaits! Your virtual animals behave just like they do in the wild. Lions cull herds of zebras by hunting the young and weak. Elephants take over watering holes, driving off other thirsty animals. Hyenas travel far and wide to find meat, and then bring food back for their helpless young. Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa is more than just a game, it's the ultimate ecosystem simulator!

Adventure

Join Dr. Willoughby and Miss Carrilou on their hot-air balloon safari over the wild lands of Africa. In Story Mode, you'll unlock new chapters of their story, all told through animal-themed limericks! In the open-ended Sandbox Mode, you can earn high scores and unlock deleted poems, historical facts and more. If you enjoy witty writing, you will enjoy this game.
]]> 22 Sep 2006 03:57:03 Darwinia The world of Darwinia is a virtual themepark, running entirely inside a computer network and populated by a sentient evolving life form called the Darwinians. Unfortunately Darwinia has been overrun by a computer virus which has multiplied out of control. Your task is to destroy the Viral Infection and save the Darwinians from extinction.
]]> 02 Dec 2006 03:37:52 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 This game is one of the best entries on the Command and conquer universe yet.

The game isn't a direct entry on the series, but rather a spin off based on the cold war between US and Russia coupled with a sci fi twist.

The game introduces funny characters that make a lot of funny moments while you're playing it. You'll meet megalomaniac Yuri, the heroic Tanya, the goofy Romanov and the very standard president of the United States, along with a very funny set of other characters.

The game is standard RTS gameplay on steroids(for its time anyway), it's fast paced, and although the strategy involves often more brute force than the strategy part, the action and the range of things you can do more than make up for it.

You can start by selecting your outfit, the allies or the soviets, who in this game are a super power taking over the world thanks to psychological technology developer by Yuri.

Depending on the side you take, you'll have a select army very balanced against your enemy, with the Russians being strong with units like specialized tanks, soldiers and general ground forces whereas the allies have strong air forces and other bonuses.

The game has a high and addictive fun factor, which means that if you're in college or have to work early in the morning it's not recommendable to set your hands in this game as you'll easily see yourself playing up to 8 hours of it. It's simply that good, so if you happen to not have played it and you have a copy nearby, fret not and pick it up. It'll make your time worth it.
]]> 23 Feb 2007 02:28:52 Syndicate Controversial at its time of release ('93), Syndicate is a violent, real-time tactical game with cyborg agents performing missions all over the world ranging from political assassinations to abductions and rescues.
]]> 01 Dec 2006 02:15:43 Dark Oberon Dark Oberon is an open source real-time strategy game similar to Warcraft II released under GPL. It has got unique graphics - textures created from shots of real models made out of plasticine!
]]> 10 Jan 2007 03:12:53 Age Of Mythology Age of Mythology (also known as AoM) is a mythology-based real-time strategy (RTS) computer game by Ensemble Studios. It was first released in November 2002, by Microsoft Game Studios. Following both good reviews and sales, Age of Mythology: The Titans expansion pack was released in 2003. Although it is a continuation of the Age of Empires series, Age of Mythology focuses less on historical accuracy, instead centering around the myths and legends of the Ancient Greeks, the Ancient Egyptians, and the Norse.

Age of Mythology is different from other Ensemble Studios games because it takes place in a Pantheistic solipsistic universe. Unlike previous Age of Empires games, which followed the historical progress of various nations or cultures, "Age of Mythology" follows the exploits of a band of heroes, in an adventure that takes them through all three civilizations.

Taking on the role of one of nine ancient civilizations, players guide their people to greatness by commanding all aspects of their empire: gathering resources, raising massive armies, waging war against enemies, establishing profitable trade routes, building new settlements, enhancing production or military might with improvements, exploring new frontiers, and advancing through four distinct ages.

In their struggle for supremacy, players can use mythological creatures like Minotaurs and Cyclopses to bolster their armies' strength. Players may also call upon the gods for assistance in flattening enemy towns with meteors or scattering opposing troops with lightning storms.

All of this is brought to life using a revolutionary 3D engine developed by Ensemble Studios. The engine is capable of providing the most realistic, beautiful, and immersive world ever seen in a real-time strategy game.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 03:36:17 Knight Shift Story

In a distant land, long, long ago there once lived a prince, he was righteous and just, noble and honourable by nature and above all evil. Dark and treacherous powers joined together to spread evil over the land and to banish the prince from the principality and the thoughts of the people. Then because of an unsuccessful spell from the despicable lords the prince was banished to another dimension, but not from the memory and hearts of the people. Some years later, through the opening of a portal between dimensions by a good hearted magician, the prince was able to return to his principality. The task then was to drive out the evil lords from power and to allow peace and order to return. A bitter fight against the powers of evil is now imminent...


Gameplay

The Single Player RTS part of the game consists of three addictive, story driven campaigns. Each of them takes place in a different geographical area and bounds you every minute with new challenges like rescuing a kidnapped Princess or fighting a ferocious Dragon - or combat with nasty, ugly, smelly monsters and the bones of the walking dead. During the campaigns the player develops his characters and gains access to new weapons, special armour and magic items. He also has the possibility of creating new characters or building new structures. Additionally, an extensive RPG mode surprises with an even larger selection of maps, quests, weapons and enemies, plus a highly improved character development. For RTS fans and friends of massive multiplayer battles, several RTS skirmish and MP modes guarantee endless hours of exciting gameplay.
]]> 09 Mar 2007 01:27:19 StarTopia Startopia takes gamers to a once thriving galactic network of starships, space stations and planets left lifeless with redundant scars of the apocalypse. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations that once served the commerce and communication of the old empire - reuniting the surviving alien peoples under one banner.

This simulation gives you the opportunity to rebuild and successfully maintain a series of giant Torus space stations that are scattered across the galaxy, providing a suitable home for the many alien races that inhabit space, and perhaps turning a tidy profit for yourself in the process. Of course, there are plenty of other enterprising individuals out there with the same goals, not to mention the many hazards that exist in deep space.
]]> 25 May 2007 10:27:40 Sacrifice Sacrifice is a beautiful and innovative RTS played from the battlefield instead of above it; through an adventurous campaign, you, as a great mage, must decide which of the five elemental gods to serve, and thus the fate of the world as it approaches Armageddon.
]]> 06 Dec 2006 04:03:24 Homeworld Homeworld's epic tale begins in the far reaches of the universe. You were the benign lords of a peaceful society located in the center of a lush spiral galaxy. For as long as anyone could remember, no one challenged your peaceful existence. But then came the conquerors, invading with the sole purpose of overtaking your world. Billions died, and the survivors were relocated to a cold, lifeless planet on the edge of the galaxy. Hundreds of years later, all knowledge of your previous existence has been lost. Only vague myths remain, until the discovery of an ancient tablet buried within the ruins of a half-destroyed craft in the great-banded desert. This Guidestone reawakened the knowledge of your ancestry, and set your race on the path home - coordinates leading straight into the heart of the galaxy. Sixty years ago, construction began on the giant Mothership that will carry millions of your people into deep space. Construction is now complete. Your journey to the Homeworld begins here...
]]> 14 Dec 2006 12:19:35 Command and Conquer Command and Conquer. The very mention of this game sends shivers down the spine of any gamer born before 1995. The game that (while not inventing the genre) almost singlehandedly brought the RTS genre into the minds and harddrives of the general gaming public.

In the game, you play as a lowly general fighting for either the (supposedly) good Global Defense Initiative, or the semi-terrorist Brotherhood of NOD. Both struggling to unlock and control the secrets of the mysterious new lifeform "Tiberium". Eventually, as the plot thickens, you will learn just how the Tiberium future really is.

The gameplay is fairly simple by todays standards, being composed of the now-standard RTS mechanics, but in 1995 it revolutionized the gaming world. This game has a superb storyline, great gameplay, and really is a classic.
]]> 19 Dec 2006 07:27:31 Gene Wars Gene Wars takes a page from some fairly obscure sci-fi strategy games like SimLife and gives us a battlefield where organic life forms, not tanks and planes, will sway the day. It seems that four galactic races, one of which is us humans, made a terrible mess of the Galaxy during one of our wacky interstellar wars. Between nukes and bio weapons, we were in danger of wiping out all life on the planets around us--but luckily for everybody, the saucer people were watching and waiting to spank us when things got out of hand. As is standard in real-time gaming these days, Gene Wars consists of base building and combat. For an added twist, players can extend their will across a planet through the use of Specialists. These nutty volunteers come in four varieties: the Engineer, who builds your structures; the Geneticist, who studies new life forms so you may reproduce them, and also heals anything that lives; the Botanist, whose job it is to gather rare seeds and plant them again at your discretion; and the Ranger, who tends your living animals, encouraging them to fight, feed, or fool around (reproduce).
]]> 26 Jan 2007 03:53:43 Homeworld 2 Homeworld 2 is the sequel to award winning 3D real-time strategy game from developer Relic Entertainment.

The game takes place a hundred years following the events of Homeworld and pits the player to defend the homeworld from the new threat, the Valgyr.

Homeworld 2 continues the original's core gameplay with new added features, graphics, improved audio, and a brand new campaign.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 01:24:34 Sun Age SunAge is a new breed -oldschool- 2D RTS with revolutionary graphics and supersmooth balanced gameplay, while being playable on a vast range of PCs. The game will include the full set of a singleplayer campaign, skirmish as well as multiplayer battles (LAN & online).

SunAge runs on an indie developed engine that had been in development in-house at Vienna based Vertex4 for some time; recently the transfer to Direct X 9 has been made, resulting in better looking environments and vastly improved effects.
]]> 30 Jan 2007 06:25:37 Euclidean Crisis Euclidean Crisis is a multiplayer real-time strategy game played using a touchscreen stylus and voice commands. The game can also be played with a mouse.

Players control a diverse team of units on a two-dimensional battlefield, and must destroy their opponents' energy cores while protecting their own. Players tell units where to go by drawing out paths, and give orders using special gestures and voice activated commands. The game is rendered in a retro aesthetic featuring simple shapes (hence the origin of the title) in a world with colorful, psychedelic visual effects synced to the music.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 01:02:18 Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings is a real-time strategy computer game set in the Middle Ages. It was released in 1999, and it is the second game of the Age of Empires series developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft.

In the original Age of Kings, the player can choose from 13 civilizations. Each has a distinct personality, with particular strengths and weaknesses patterned on the real civilizations. Each civilization also has some unique units (ships and warriors) with more-or-less historically accurate names.
]]> 17 Mar 2007 12:53:35 The Settlers III From Wikipedia: Just like in Settlers I and II, in a Settlers III game the player first builds up a working economy to produce military units, and then goes to war against enemies. The most notable difference to the first two games is that there are no more roads - all units, including carriers with goods, can walk around freely. This simplifies the building of a settlement, since only the distances between buildings are relevant, and not how roads can be constructed between them. And military units are now directly controlled, making fighting more similar to games like Command & Conquer or Age of Empires than to the previous Settlers games.
]]> 21 May 2007 01:32:51 Defcon You play the role of a military Commander hidden deep within an Underground bunker. Your mission - to successfully exterminate your enemy's civilian population whilst disabling their ability to attack your own. Start by launching your battleships, subs and bombers in order to decimate your opponent's defences. Scramble together your alliances but remember only one can stand victorious.

Prepare your pre-emptive strike before one of your supposed allies gets the same idea. Choose the perfect moment for betrayal, obliterating your opponents with an apocalyptic thermonuclear barrage, but get it wrong and their devastating counter attack will bring you to your knees!

It's Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins. But maybe - just maybe - you can lose the least.
]]> 01 Dec 2006 03:32:09 Battlezone Taking place in an alternate 1960's Battlezone features 2 campaigns, with the USA and the Soviet Union battling across the solar system over alien technology and bio-metal.

1998 Activision 3d remake of the arcade game of the same name, but remade into a hybrid of a tank sim, fps and rts. Also features multiplayer modes including death match and strat.

Features include

  • Innovative Command System menu that integrates troop and resource management for full control from within your vehicle.
  • 3-D topographical radar displays your base location, unit placement, field of vision and enemy position.
  • Nav Beacon Cameras that can be set up for for surveilance purposes or to stage attacks.
  • Scrap scavengers, Unit-building factories, Tanks, Solar arrays, gun towers, resource meters, numerous weaponry options that can be balanced according to your resources.

There are updated texture/asset files available, and due to continued fan devotion an alternate server.dat, as well as numerous community made maps.

Still a good looking and immersive game!
]]> 06 Dec 2006 08:19:51 Really Rather Good Battles In Space Really Rather Good Battles In Space: Galactic Conflict 4320 - 4359 AD

Welcome to Really Rather Good Battles In Space - a space based real time strategy game for Windows and Linux.

The game has a website, complete with a discussion forum. You can visit it at:
http://rrgbis.sourceforge.net
]]> 08 Dec 2006 12:49:23 gate 88 Relive a childhood daydream of deep space intergalactic battle inspired by Herzog Zwei, Star control, SubSpace, Homeworld, and PARSEC47.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:42:12 People of the Dawn People of the Dawn is a Third/First Person perspective experience blended with Real Time Strategy control elements, allowing the player to manage her tribe as well as participate within the environment. The story and goal is simple: Man versus Nature or the elements. Simply put: Survival.
]]> 22 Dec 2006 03:37:19 Sins Of A Solar Empire Sins of a Solar Empire is an innovative real-time strategy game featuring seamless transition between epic strategy and tactical combat modes, initiating what is already becoming known as the RT4X sub-genre. A galaxy of intriguing aliens, powerful starships, and colossal planets comes to life with stunning 3D graphics, unparalleled sense of scale, and a cinematic musical score. Explore and conquer nearby planets and distant solar systems by applying brute force, cunning strategy, elegant diplomacy, economic mastery, and researched technology.
]]> 18 Feb 2007 06:10:30 WarCraft Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment that quickly became a best seller. Warcraft has not only become a classic, winning many awards, but it has set new standards for multiplayer games. Set in the mythic kingdom of Azeroth, players are given the task of maintaining a thriving economy while building a war machine with which to destroy the enemy.

By playing either the Humans or the Orcs in this saga, two separate story lines evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for Azeroth. From swords to sorcery, all the elements of classic fantasy are here to explore: rich forests, dark dungeons and bubbling swamps await the stalwart troops amassed to fight for dominance. Command many unique armies and creatures including Knights, Archers, Clerics, Warlocks, Daemons, Elementals, and the Dead.

The multiplayer aspects of the game bring Warcraft to a new level of excitement.Challenge another player on over 20 custom maps and determine who among you is the supreme warlord. Head to head play is supported over modem, serial link, and IPX networks, and works cross-platform with both the IBM-PC and Macintosh versions.
]]> 30 Dec 2006 08:13:54 Shattered Galaxy Shattered Galaxy, the world's first published massively multiplayer online real-time strategy game, combines the excitement of real-time strategy with the character development of role-playing in a persistent online world.
When you play Shattered Galaxy, you enter a community of thousands of gamers like yourself. Fight with hundreds in an ever-evolving universe!

Discover new friends, new strategies and new technologies!
Advance to greatness in the only massive online warfare
experience available.
From the official site.

Full game can be played for free, but to get everything out of the game a subscription is required.
]]> 20 Jan 2007 04:53:26 Spring Spring (formerly known as TA Spring or Total Annihilation: Spring), is a full 3D open source RTS engine originally created by the Swedish Yankspankers, intended to bring the gameplay experience of Total Annihilation into three dimensions. The core game engine is released under the GPL License; however, the prepackaged mod that comes with the standard installation requires that one own a copy of TA to legally play it. There is, however, an official release which uses fully free content, and there are a number of mods, both in development and released, that are also completely free to use.

Spring is being developed by the Swedish Yankspankers and the Spring community. The initial goal was to have the game run the mods and 3rd party units from Total Annihilation. This goal is now mostly complete, and the project has moved on to including additional features. The game is mainly focused around multiplayer games over the Internet or a LAN connection. There are currently no single player campaigns or missions, although there is some basic support for this through Lua scripting. There are also many skirmish AIs under development, allowing for offline play or extra players in an online game. Two skirmish AIs ship in the game package.
]]> 06 Feb 2007 11:53:14 Treefort Wars Treefort Wars is a 3D real-time strategy (RTS) game. In the game, the player controls a club of kids in a common neighborhood setting. The player tries to convince all of the other kids in the neighborhood to join his/her club. The player can do this in three main ways: treefort building, military might, and economic power. If the player chooses to focus on treefort building, he/she tries to build a huge treefort that stretches to the tops of the trees. This treefort must have the coolest stuff in the whole neighborhood. Only then will the other kids in the neighborhood take notice and want to join. If the player focuses on military might, he/she wants to engage in epic water battles with the other clubs to soak them head to toe with water. This will surely convince the other clubs that the player's club is the greatest ever. Lastly, if the player wants to spend time gaining economic power, he/she will want to build the biggest economic empire in the whole neighborhood. The player will set up lemonade stands, run paper routes, and sell treats to everyone in the neighborhood, gaining more money than any kid could ever get even after a lifetime's worth of allowance. The other kids won't be able to resist.

The player's ultimate goal is to eventually convince all of the kids in the whole town to join his/her club. To do this, the player must go through every neighborhood in the town, convincing the kids one neighborhood at a time. By the time the player convinces all of the kids in the town to join his/her club, the player will have enormous treeforts, complete with zip lines, water turrets, clubhouses, and more. He/she will know what it takes to plan out a raid on a two-level treefort with only three kids and their water balloons. The player will also understand how to manage lemonade stands to get the most Moms and Dads to buy lemonade and how to make sure all of the parents get their newspaper, even though the only cool section in there is the Funnies.
]]> 17 Apr 2007 03:06:54 Lords of the Realm II Strategy/action game that combines turn-based gameplay with real-time combat. This sequel boasts an entirely new engine producing refined gameplay and improved graphics (although the game is now a few years old). Set in a medieval world the gameplay involves resource management and strategic combat. You take the role of a local ruler who attempts to build up his power base until he gains control of the entire land. In order to do this, you'll have to keep you subjects happy or they'll move elsewhere. You control many areas of your fiefdom including rationing, agriculture, trade, weapons production, building and the development of your army. During combat you can allow the computer to automatically work out the results. The game has a lot of depth and a tutorial is incorporated to help you. Good cutscenes intersperse the action. Alongside the single-player game, is a multi-player mode over LAN, Net or modem/serial connection.
]]> 22 May 2007 09:42:53 Genesis Rising Play as one of of three races in this full 3D futuristic RTS. Set in a mysterious futuristic universe where organic machines are built using genetic engineering, take on the role of Captain Iconah to explore and conquer the Universal Heart, the only part of the universe remaining unconquered 3,000 years into the future.
]]> 23 Jun 2007 01:51:37 craft Craft is a strategy/war game similar to Warcraft and Dune II.
It's unique in how you can change the terrain to build fortifications and traps.
Not that easy to get running these days.
]]> 25 Jun 2007 09:11:05 Glest Current version includes single player game against AI controlled players, providing two factions for the player to control: Magic and Tech, each with their corresponding tech trees, units and buildings.
]]> 05 Jul 2007 12:53:05 Warcraft 2 Warcraft II Battle.net Edition is the continuation of the ruthless clash between the armies of the noble Humans and the brutish Orcs. From the initial, unexpected invasion of the Orcish Horde to the quest of the Great Alliance to forever seal the Dark Portal that links their two worlds, you will experience the epic saga of the mighty battle to gain dominance over the kingdom of Azeroth. Along the way you'll need to carefully manage your limited resources to successfully construct and rule your medieval empire while engaging in real-time tactical warfare over land, sea and air.
]]> 08 Dec 2006 02:25:32 Battlezone II: Combat Commander The war over bio-metal continues in this sequel to the 1998 "Battlezone", which itself was a remake of the much earlier arcade game. Like it's predecessor, it's a 3d hybrid of a tank sim, fps and rts.

Whereas the former game took place in an "alternate 1960's" in which the Soviets and Americans were rivals over the newly discovered alien technologies, Battlezone II takes place in an "alternate 1990's" in which humans have joined forces to combat the gathering threat of the alien race of "Scions".

Additional features of Battlezone II: Combat Commander

  • Challenging campaigns as well as varied multiplayer modes.

  • 3-D topographical radar system which, as in Battlezone, is linked to the Command Interface system.

  • The HUD displays icons that further simplify the tasks of monitoring units and resources.

  • Meters allow you to observe resource and unit development progress at a glance.

  • Units under your command can be tasked individually or linked together into groups that can be hot-keyed for quick response.

  • Units can be assigned to the control of allied players in multiplayer!

System Requirements
200 MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 4MB video card RAM, DirectX 7.0, 600 MB available hard disk space, Windows 95 (and above. Can reportedly be played on 2000 using "compatibility mode")

Developed by Pandemic Studios, and published by Activision in 2000.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 04:28:31 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos It has been nearly fifteen years since the war between the orcs and humans ended. An uneasy peace settled over the land while, for years, the drums of war were silent. Yet the kingdoms of men grew complacent in their victory - and slowly, the defeated orcish clans regrouped under the banner of a new visionary leader.

Now a darker shadow has fallen over the world, threatening to extinguish all life - all hope. The drums of war play upon the winds once again - rising urgently towards the inevitable hour when the skies will rain fire - and the world will tremble before the coming of the Burning Legion.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 08:50:23 Rise of Nations In this historical RTS, like in other many RTS games, is to advance your technological levels and conquer your enemies using your army supplemented by your shrewd tactical prowess.

This game combines the combat-heavy gamplay of the Age of Empires games with a elements of the more city and technology centric Civilization.

Generally speaking, you start the "ancient" age and work your way all the way up to the information age and slightly beyond.

Elements like managing the borders of your empire, exploring, keeping you resource production high, and building more cities are as important as any game of this kind. But features like the ability to build unique age-specific "wonders" which provide special bonuses to the player that manages to construct them first make this game a unique and fun experience to play.
]]> 19 Jan 2007 04:57:46 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War From the Developer's web site:

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a revolutionary science fiction real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the violent, post-apocalyptic universe of the 41st Millennium. Utilizing the exceptional game design skills of Relic Entertainment, Dawn of War provides an immersive entertainment experience of epic proportions. Command hardened troops, deadly vehicles and high tech weaponry with one goal in mind, the complete extermination of the opposition.

Whether you lead Humanity's finest - the Space Marines, - the masters of mechanized warfare and billions-strong human army of the Imperial Guard, the diabolic and villainous traitors of man - the Chaos Space Marines, the brutal and savage beasts - the Orks, or the psychic and technologically advanced alien warriors - the Eldar, you control the action and the fate of your race!
]]> 29 Jan 2007 09:15:15 Command & Conquer : Red Alert Command & Conquer : Red Alert is the prequel to the award winning Command and Conquer : Tiberian Dawn.

The game is set in an alternate history. Albert Einstein goes back in time, with a time machine, he grabs Hitler, and they beam away somewhere, you learn later that WW2 never happened, but the Soviet Union grew quite powerful and a war was inevitable

Some of the new features you'll see in Red Alert are the graphic updates, they are absolutely stunning. The upgrade over C&C TD, really blows your mind.

The ability to fight in the air and at sea has been added to the game, something really not seen in gaming before this.

A simple, easy to use map editor was included in the game, and if i could use it at my young age back then, it must be good, trust me.

A great prequel to C&C, a legendary classic, and a must have.

Publisher : Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Developer : Westwood Studios
Release Date : October 31st 1996
]]> 30 Jan 2007 03:20:20 Giants: Citizen Kabuto Everything about this game is strange.

Your character choices are: a jetpack-loving British-ish alien, a semi-mermaid sorceress/archer, or an incredibly huge roaring monster that eats everything. All of them are a lot of fun and you play as each during the game's campaign.

Gameplay is usually third-person shooting, but there's also resource collection, base-building, and even some vehicle races.

The most unusual thing about Giants is that it tries to be funny - and is funny! Don't skip the cut-scenes on this one.

Multiplayer supports large games with different modes. The most common is base vs base where each team tries to collect the most resources (brainy smarties) and destroy the enemy teams's base before it can be rebuilt. Resources are spent on buildings for weapon upgrades, base defense, and vehicle production. One player can be the giant Kabuto who's almost impossible to take down.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 01:46:03 StarCraft 2 StarCraft II continues the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races will clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types will do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival.

Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft II will present a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue. In addition, Blizzard will again offer unparalleled online play through Battle.net, the company's world-renowned gaming service, with several enhancements and new features to make StarCraft II the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game.
]]> 19 May 2007 03:51:27 The Battle for Middle Earth 2 It is unusual for a pre-established series like The Lord of the Rings to successfully take on a sequel, but EA Game's LORD OF THE RINGS: THE BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH II for the PC proved this theory wrong. This game manages to take the well-known mythology surrounding the story and focused on the war in the North between the elves, dwarves, goblins, and Mordor forces that is only touched upon in the book and is left out completely in the movies. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH II plays out much like the game of Risk in that players must move their armies around a board that is covered in territories. Players will find that this new battle between good and evil takes place on a much grander scale with six different factions combining to against the forces of Mordor. Players can also combine forces in multiplayer mode to get the most out of the fights. This ability to customize the fighting options makes for a great game no matter what type of mood the player is in. All of these factors make playing the second installment in the Battle for Middle Earth series just as exciting and entertaining as the first time around, without the worry that players will just be repeating the game in a different format. LORD OF THE RINGS: THE BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH II is perfect for Tolkien fans.
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