Greatest RTS Ever: Nominations

Post by **Sylvus** » March 7, 2007, 1:03 pm

Post nominations here, one per reply please. I'll try to add the ones from the monolithic thread that I recognize.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » March 7, 2007, 1:05 pm

Warcraft 3

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » March 7, 2007, 1:18 pm

Starcraft
Total Annihilation
C&C: Red Alert

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » March 7, 2007, 1:29 pm

I feel the need to second Starcraft.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 7, 2007, 1:31 pm

Starcraft

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » March 7, 2007, 1:40 pm

Command and Conquer (original)

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » March 7, 2007, 1:58 pm

Warcraft 2

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » March 7, 2007, 2:19 pm

Age of Empires (the first one)

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » March 7, 2007, 2:20 pm

Command and Conquer.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » March 7, 2007, 2:39 pm

Dawn of War

Morgrym · Post by **Morgrym** » March 7, 2007, 2:45 pm

Tatics Ogre

Dal-KoE · Post by **Dal-KoE** » March 7, 2007, 3:22 pm

Civ 4 (Warlords)

miir · Post by **miir** » March 7, 2007, 3:29 pm

Total Annihilation

Jice Virago · Post by **Jice Virago** » March 7, 2007, 3:37 pm

Starcraft.
End.
Of.
Discussion.

Jarori Bloodletter · Post by **Jarori Bloodletter** » March 7, 2007, 3:58 pm

Agree, Starcraft

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » March 7, 2007, 3:58 pm

Dune 2.

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » March 7, 2007, 4:10 pm

Total Annihilation

noel · Post by **noel** » March 7, 2007, 4:10 pm

Dune 2 which was the precursor to Warcraft 2 which was the precursor to the greatest RTS ever:

Starcraft.

Post by **Sylvus** » March 7, 2007, 4:11 pm

All this talk of Starcraft really makes me want to play it again. Will it still run on the machines/os'es (not Vista) of today?

noel · Post by **noel** » March 7, 2007, 4:19 pm

Yeah it runs fine.

The biggest problem with it is the resolution is ridiculously low and can't be adjusted.

I can't recall if it's SC or WC2 that doesn't use IP I think it's WC2.

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » March 7, 2007, 5:09 pm

Warcraft

C&C Red Alert..

god that brings back memories..

miir · Post by **miir** » March 7, 2007, 5:21 pm

noel wrote:Dune 2 which was the precursor to Warcraft 2 which was the precursor to the greatest RTS ever:

Starcraft.

Dune was a Westwood game and therefore the precursor to Command and Conquer.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » March 7, 2007, 5:37 pm

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS!

YOU NEED MORE VESPENE GAS!

Hesten · Post by **Hesten** » March 7, 2007, 6:13 pm

The original C&C

Spang · Post by **Spang** » March 7, 2007, 6:58 pm

Empire Earth

Xorian · Post by **Xorian** » March 7, 2007, 9:26 pm

Starcrat

Red alert

Warcraft 2

noel · Post by **noel** » March 7, 2007, 11:19 pm

miir wrote:
noel wrote:Dune 2 which was the precursor to Warcraft 2 which was the precursor to the greatest RTS ever:

Starcraft.
Dune was a Westwood game and therefore the precursor to Command and Conquer.

I was more saying that Warcraft was pretty much a ripoff of Dune 2 (not that I cared).

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » March 8, 2007, 12:38 am

WC3

I really enjoy this game, but I consider it my favorite because of the customization. A friend and I have made RPGs with cinematics, voice acting and sound editing, and we still play shit like ToB, etc. from time to time.

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » March 8, 2007, 1:09 am

Rome: Total War.

Finally getting powerful enough to use Spartan Hoplites / Urban Cohorts / Armored War Elephants, or WHATEVER your favorite troop is... is so FUCKING worth the wait that all you people that chose Starcraft can BURN IN ROMAN HELL!!!

But since I think R:TW isn't officially an RTS, I choose:

Starcraft.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » March 8, 2007, 1:45 am

Dune 2 started it all for me, BUT the best RTS would be Starcraft.

StarCraft still is playable and that says OMGIAMRETARDEDCAUSEALOTISTWOWORDS! So many diff strategies you could implement with the friends.

A modern day RTS i must also mention is Dawn of War, that revolutionized it for me and breathed new life in the genre.

But the nomination goes to

StarCraft.

Sajko · Post by **Sajko** » March 8, 2007, 1:49 am

StarCraft!

VariaVespasa · Post by **VariaVespasa** » March 8, 2007, 7:23 am

Total Annihilation

Ransure · Post by **Ransure** » March 8, 2007, 3:59 pm

Total Annihilation

Noysyrump · Post by **Noysyrump** » March 10, 2007, 3:18 am

Close Combat 2, A Bridge too Far.

Zygar · Post by **Zygar** » March 10, 2007, 6:30 pm

Starcraft

Post by **Sylvus** » March 12, 2007, 2:18 pm

Should I include Civ in this category or not? Someone who loves those games let me know. I don't know if I ever really played any of them.

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » March 12, 2007, 2:24 pm

Sylvus wrote:Should I include Civ in this category or not? Someone who loves those games let me know. I don't know if I ever really played any of them.

um, I vote "or not" since it's turn-based. RTS is Real Time.

Post by **Sylvus** » March 12, 2007, 2:32 pm

True, I guess the question was more of a "should this category just be Strategy" and include Civ. Is it that much different from your *craft games, other than there being more pauses in action. I'll give it an hour or so, see if I hear any compelling arguments one way or the other.

Syenye · Post by **Syenye** » March 14, 2007, 12:25 pm

i consider it a turn-based strategy but civ rocked my face off enough to let that slide.

WC3 would be my vote.

Post by **Sylvus** » March 14, 2007, 12:32 pm

That's kind of the impression I got from the other people who mentioned Civ. It had nearly as many noms in the monolithic thread as any other game for Best Game Ever.

Sorry for the delay on the last few polls, I'll get them up today. And I'll probably just convert RTS to S and include Civ.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » March 14, 2007, 4:08 pm

If you convert RTS to S, you had better include the hybrid Total War series then.

Or else.

Edit. i see that you added it to the poll. This bodes well......for you.