Things you look for in a good RTS

I'm more of the old-school type.
Games that appeal to me are the orriginal 12 CNC games (not TW), AOE 2, and the Battlezone games.

I prefur a streight-forward grid system for building placement and unit movement.
I don't like overly-complicated economies, but they must be presant.
I like a wide build range that uses a rock-paper-sissors system.
I like games that allow for uniqe goals and well-thought campaigns that provide a decent storyline.
I also like when games have map makers (especialy the ones that require you to be a pro to use).
Free build with a decent sized set of structures & defences.

Good variety in factions. Not all the factions being somewhat the same. Good combat. SQUADS!!! Good building strutures. Pretty decent economy system. and GOOD ai.

triple-back-flipping space marines.

In truth, the most important thing to me is economy. I want A LOT of it.

ok it might not be that good of a game but i still found it fun. i like rts games like nemesis of the roman empire. ok, it probably wasnt very good rated but thats the kind i like. also like axis and allies that was a fun game.

I have axis and allies. The board game part was awsome... but the RTS component wasn't great.

there was another game i liked that was actually for xbox. it was a combination between rts and fps. ill have the name of it tomorrow.

playert wrote:there was another game i liked that was actually for xbox. it was a combination between rts and fps. ill have the name of it tomorrow.

Battlezone II?
Most awsome game ever, end of story.

AAA was alright. I felt like a military genreal but, MY TROOPS AUTO RETREAT!!! ITS FUCKING ANNOYING WHEN YOUR TRYING TO HOLD A TOWN THEN THEY RUN!!!!! ESPECIALLY RUSSIANS!!! WHY DO THEY RUN??? IT MAKES NO SENSE!!!! "personal rant."

CivBase wrote:

playert wrote:there was another game i liked that was actually for xbox. it was a combination between rts and fps. ill have the name of it tomorrow.

Battlezone II?
Most awsome game ever, end of story.

no it was more of a mid-evil time periode.

I like it to have good difficulty settings that aren't like "to low" and the next highest is "wow just got pwned"

and not run out of resources 1/3 of the way through the game *looks at AoE2 and Red Alert 1*

NHW wrote:I like it to have good difficulty settings that aren't like "to low" and the next highest is "wow just got pwned"

and not run out of resources 1/3 of the way through the game *looks at AoE2 and Red Alert 1*

RA games have always had a problem with reasources... but the fan maps quickly fixed that. Never had a problem with AoE2 though...

My favorite RTSs are "Rome:total war", "Stronghold: Crusader", and "AoE 3,"

all of which have pretty strong economy systems (especially crusader)

IF were talking fav RTSs then The DOW series, The TW series, Coh, The DoW series, and the HW series. Did I forget to mention the DoW series?

playert wrote:

CivBase wrote:

playert wrote:there was another game i liked that was actually for xbox. it was a combination between rts and fps. ill have the name of it tomorrow.

Battlezone II?
Most awsome game ever, end of story.

no it was more of a mid-evil time periode.

the kingdom under fire seires was awsome ^.^

Onyxknight wrote:

playert wrote:

CivBase wrote:

playert wrote:there was another game i liked that was actually for xbox. it was a combination between rts and fps. ill have the name of it tomorrow.

Battlezone II?
Most awsome game ever, end of story.

no it was more of a mid-evil time periode.

the kingdom under fire seires was awsome ^.^

THAT WAS IT!!! that game was awsome.i was ale to get a little bit short of being able to unlock the main lvl guy king thing.

wait the first or second since i have only played the first?

i think it was the first....

hmm...i havent beat the second hard guy..renier i think it was..

renier?....hmm, maybe it was the 2nd one? ill have the answer tomorrow.

Take a look at the Master THread on HWF, the archive of the bestest of ideas for an RTS of all teh great members who graced HWF.

PiElord wrote:NUKEZ!

So you like when the whole point of the game is to be the first to build a nuke? boreing.

CivBase wrote:

PiElord wrote:NUKEZ!

So you like when the whole point of the game is to be the first to build a nuke? boreing.

what if it was the first person to build a nuke, but you start out like in the stone age or somthing like that?

You should try the Empire Earth expansion. There's nukes yes, but there's also a unit who's sole purpose is anti-nuke.

No way... You all disappoint me so much, especially since no one has mentioned the best RTS in history as of yet.

STARCRAFT

Best RTS ever, released over ten years ago and still receives thousands of players a day playing from everywhere on the planet. It includes everyone anyone has said makes a good RTS in this thread. Every single one. Even Nukes. It is balanced so precisely that no race is dominant and no specific unit or combination of units is dominant. It relies 100% on individual skill and reaction time.

In fact, it has three television channels devoted to Starcraft related news and match results in South Korea. 24/7 too. They also have several entire Leagues for Starcraft (MSL, OSL, WCG). If you care anything about RTS gameplay, you had better check this game out. It has entire editing programs created from scratch from fans that allow you to do absolutely anything, including changing unit attack rates, hit points, movement speed, line-of-site, armor, weapon range, ect., ect., ect., as well as, in a few of the editing programs(there are over two-dozen, all but one of which were created by fans) you can even make custom and specialized terrain down to the pixels, including changing whether it can be walked on or not and if the line-of-site continues over it or if it blocks view.

Over ten years old and this is still one of the most-played RTSs on the market.

If you care to catch a bit of the gameplay, i suggest you go to www.sc2gg.com and watch some of the vids of Korean Pro-Starcraft players.