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  • Re: 90s RTS

    From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 22 10:28:12 2025
    On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:47:06 -0600, Black Pearl <j63480576@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Anyways, WC2 is a nice challenge and I'm making swift progress.

    I am sure Starcraft and Warcraft 3 are better games but Warcraft 2 is
    my favorite Blizzard RTS.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu Jan 23 15:12:50 2025
    On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:32:00 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    I always had more fun with the Command & Conquer series, but when it
    came to games of the genre that I enjoyed the most, I tended to favor
    the games that leaned more towards the tactical aspects. Games like
    "Myth", "Ground Control", "Company of Heroes" or "WH40K Dawn of War".

    But I tended to be fairly gregarious with the RTS genre, and made an
    effort to play many of the games from that era. Still, a lot of the
    RTS games that I remember best (aside from the obvious ones) came from
    after the turn of the millennium. Games like "Nexus" or "Battle for
    Middle Earth" or "Homeworld".

    Besides Warcraft 1 and 2, I played Dune 2, C&C and Total Annihilation.
    They were ok games to me but they never clicked for me the way they
    did for others at the time. So I mostly gave up on the genre. When I
    think of tactical games, I think of something like Jagged Alliance
    which I like more then RTS games.

    But one RTS series I do enjoy a lot and that is Age of Empires. I
    always have at least one game in this series installed.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Fri Jan 24 00:19:09 2025
    Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:32:00 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    I always had more fun with the Command & Conquer series, but when it
    came to games of the genre that I enjoyed the most, I tended to favor
    the games that leaned more towards the tactical aspects. Games like
    "Myth", "Ground Control", "Company of Heroes" or "WH40K Dawn of War".

    But I tended to be fairly gregarious with the RTS genre, and made an
    effort to play many of the games from that era. Still, a lot of the
    RTS games that I remember best (aside from the obvious ones) came from >after the turn of the millennium. Games like "Nexus" or "Battle for
    Middle Earth" or "Homeworld".

    Besides Warcraft 1 and 2, I played Dune 2, C&C and Total Annihilation.
    They were ok games to me but they never clicked for me the way they
    did for others at the time. So I mostly gave up on the genre. When I
    think of tactical games, I think of something like Jagged Alliance
    which I like more then RTS games.

    But one RTS series I do enjoy a lot and that is Age of Empires. I
    always have at least one game in this series installed.

    I enjoyed the original AOE game. I couldn't get into TA. Funny my next door neighbor bought me the retail. I never opened it. Ha.
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Black Pearl on Fri Jan 24 00:16:35 2025
    Black Pearl <j63480576@gmail.com> wrote:
    Having a good time with WC 2. I achieved the rank of Corporal and it
    started to get hard finally. Blizzard also has remastered Starcraft
    which is pretty good too. Still haven't beat Terran 10th map, and maybe never will. There is the threat of nukes and the map is very
    unforgiving of errors. I've figured out a way to make buffers to slow
    the nukes but it's not an exact science. If they knock down a buffer I
    have to get it back together fast before the next attempt. Gotta think though they waste a nuke to only kill two bunkers and two missile
    towers, which is what comprises my buffer.

    Anyways, WC2 is a nice challenge and I'm making swift progress.

    I wasn't a fan of Blizzard's RTS. I loved Westwood Studios' RTS games
    like Dune, C&C, etc.
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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Jan 24 12:05:42 2025
    On 23/01/2025 15:32, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    I always had more fun with the Command & Conquer series, but when it
    came to games of the genre that I enjoyed the most, I tended to favor
    the games that leaned more towards the tactical aspects. Games like
    "Myth", "Ground Control", "Company of Heroes" or "WH40K Dawn of War".

    Ground Control is one of my favourite of all the ones I've played as it
    got rid of the whole resource management side and instead stuck to you
    control you squads. The likes of TA always had the same flaw to me, as
    you progressed it became increasing hard to manage both your units and resources degenerating into a bit of a click fest.

    My favourite of all though which I think can count as an RTS - Close
    Combat III. The only negative was as the Germans you could never win as
    the end scenario you slowly got ground down and the Russians increased
    until eventually you went through all the maps in reserve until you got
    to Berlin.

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