The Top 5 Strategy Games

[Saracen 16]

I had a look through my PC games collection today to find an old game to play. With Red Alert 3 over and done with, Skirmish is proving rather limited and is in deep "Done it all Before" Territory... So I thought I'd post up 5 games from my collection that you guys have probably never played. Imperium Galactica 2 would have been number 1, but I've ranted and raved about it so much in the past, that I get sick often bringing it up to everyone i Know... so that's off this list.... Anyway I'll post up either Trailers or game intros dependant on what source material is out there.

 

5) Z - 1996

 

No base building in this game. You had an HQ, which spat out troops on a timer... from there you would have to expand your territories by capturing extra tech buildings and factories to further your War effort. This game (at the time) was called the Crazy drunken retarded Brother of C&C. It was a little shallow at times, but offered more strategic depth than C&C, and a rather solid humour unmatched by any game to date. It's sequel (Steel Soldiers) is also good, but not as good as the original..

 

 

4) Soldiers of Anarchy - 2002

 

If the Fallout Franchise kept some RPG elements and was instead an RTS/RTT, Soldiers of Anarchy would be it. The story is loose, but after a bio terror attack, the typical post apoc setting comes to light. Several Generals emerge from bunkers, and instead of wandering around the landscape, they commandeer the military vehicles left about, and go on a rampage to restore order, because humanity didn't die, it either got mutated or plunged into Anarchy. Despite having more bugs and path finding issues than RA3 has right now, it was an extremely fun game. In fact it probably paved the way for games such as World in Conflict and Tom Clancy's Endwar, as this was one of the first 3D Real Time Tactics games that got the formula right.

 

 

3) Dark Reign - 1997

 

It's probably a game that some have played. But Dark Reign was one of the greatest RTS games of 1997. Sandwiched between The Original Red Alert and Total Annihilation, it got lost, and very few played it. This game rocked in every sense... it had a solid Single Player campaign and an even stronger story to boot. A Truly awesome game!

 

 

2) Darwinia - 2005

 

From British Bedroom programmers Introversion, came this rather basic, yet fun, satisfying (yet short) RTS game. You basically have been employed by a programmer who has to rid a computer network of a strange virus. The only way to do that is become part of the Anti-virus program and command it to victory. The game is truly beyond words and is one of the most innovative to ever be seen in the Genre. It's been a while since I played this game, but it's a true winner without a doubt!

 

 

1) Perimeter - 2004

 

This RTS had innovation written all over it... Not only could you terraform the Landscape, but you could morph basic forces into any unit you wished. It doesn't seem like much in theory, but in Practice, it's just a truly awesome game! It may have been damn hard at times, and contained a lot of trial and error gameplay... but it held it's own, and is one of the few games that required Strategical thought! The sequel is due out soon. But it's doing a vapourware thing right now. The developer KD-Labs also created one of the worst RTS games of all time Maelstrom... so I'm not holding my breath for a repeat performance.

 

[Sonic 296]

Heard of most of them but never played them. I know one thing is for sure. None of those games wouldn't have been so successful if it wasn't for Command & Conquer. Westwood defined (arguably created) the RTS genre, making it very popular in the process with C&C and every developer wanted a part of that.

 

Years ago, between 1995 and 1999, an old friend of mine would often try to get me interested in other RTS games but I would always return to the likes of C&C, RA and then TS.

[Mina Synd 0]

aaaarg i remember seeing Z, steel soldiers and soldiers of anarchy out there... never had the money at the time to get them though... other things caught my eye more... by the time i had the money and no interesting games they were too dated for me to think about ._. ah well... i'd like to buy/download them or whatever but the rest of this year is gonna be spent playing new games... next year will be spent on the graphics courses... *sighs*