War games

[Malachus]

What's up, I was wondering what your guys' favorite war games have been besides TW?

[IrishMike]

Well I like : Age of Empires (all), Red Alert (all), and all the Delta Force series as well as Starcraft.

[KillerKadugen]

I am a fan of C&C games as well as Heores of Might and Magic(except for Heroes IV. Ugh, what a flaming bag of turd that game was)

[Darth Binky]

Are we just talking about PC wargames, or wargames in general?

Because I've been playing Warhammer and Warhammer 40K for over a decade....

I actually don't play many PC wargames anymore. I was hooked on the Panzer General series for a while, as well as Blizzard's RTS's. Couldn't get into C&C too much, although I found Red Alert fun.

Empire Earth is one of the better RTSs out in the last few years, IMO. I didn't like the AOE series all that much, mostly due to overly irritating Priest units.

Cheers
DB

[Assassins_Shadow]

I've been playing the Blizzard RTS games since Warcraft one. Ah, that was a great game, just build a seething mass of archers, and you win every time. Other than that I have played alittle C&C and some Age of Empires.

[Sarnaen]

I play RA2 because it is a nice, casual take on the RTS genre. MTW is amazing, top of the class... but sometimes, you just want to take off your thinking cap and have fun frying attack dogs with nukes.

[Assassins_Shadow]

I hear you Sarnaen, whenever I get tired of the diplomacy, espionage, and tactical altertness required to play a successful game of MTW, I just go rent Goblin Wars(for Gamecube) and play it all weekend. It has to be the most utterly simplistic strategy game i have ever played. But it is addictive and insanely hilarious. Just train a troll, upgrade your goblins and go bash things... literally.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Well, Age of Empires (the original and Age of Kings, no expansions or other crap) was my wargaming roots (besides one or two hex-based games I played once or twice). Really liked Age of Kings. Starcraft was OK. I played the campaigns for the cool cutscenes. Couldn't get into random maps; just too hard. Empire Earth was OK. But after MTW, any game relying on hit points just didn't appeal. I haven't played any non-MTW strategy games besides those already mentioned.

Cheers

[octavian]

wargames on PC: AoE I w/ exspansion, AoE II (age of kings) w/ exspansion, C&C back in the day (i wouldn't touch them anymore).

on the Table: Axis & Allies (all three), Napoleon in Europe, along with a bunch of smaller lesser known games.

on the Floor: Middle Earth (like Warhammer, only LoTR) as well as ACW figurines.

[Maedhros]

After the total war series...

Hearts of Iron is one I love. Axis and Allies was great on the PC or board. Long ago I enjoyed Star Wars Galaxies for all the black ops potential. Still looking for a good current space based strategy.

Anyone play PBEM games? Dragonlords is fun. Not big on the people I'm playing with right now, but the game is still fun.

[Maeda Toshiie]

Board games: RISK

PC: Panzer General (I still suck at it), Conflict (very old dos game).

Anyone here who plays the RTK (romance of the three kingoms) series?

[Darth Binky]

Axis and Allies... great game

[Gregoshi]

Tough question.

PC: Gettysburg (TW games the best though)

Amiga: Harpoon

Commodore 64: Conflict in Vietnam

Board: AH's Midway (fairly simple but exciting)

[Drake]

Risk for me too, though none of the computer versions. You can't beat a board.

[Inuyasha12]

Civilization 3 is the best strategy game(besides tw of course) i've ever played. I've also played many C&C games and Age of empires.

Oh i forgot also starcraft

[YAKOBU]

Hi everyone

I'm surprised no-ones mentioned Rise of Nations

Very similar to Age of Empires although I no longer play it as I prefer the scale and orderly units in MTW. But for anyone that likes AoE I'd recommend trying the demo.

[Maedhros]

I read almost a year ago someone was developing a new version of Axis and Allies, but I haven't seen it yet...

[Game Over!!!]

Sudden Strike 1 & 2 are by far the best RTS games next to MTW. It's not a click-fest like C&C or warcraft are. Placement of units and tactics are the key to winning, NOT numbers. Several AT guns and a couple of tanks placed correctly can hold off 7 times their number. Being able to destroy things on the battle map other than enemy units is real fun; i.e. destroying part of a forest to make a good clear area of fire is awesome. Morale & experience come in to play just like MTW. The HISTORICALLY accurate units are exceptional, plus the graphics are superb.

[Cannibal]

Civ 3

RoN (Rise of Nations)-not too fussy about that though, guess I played too much of the Age of Empires series and got tired of it.

Combat Mission series

STW

Close combat

Baldurs gate

Cheers,

Cannibal

[TonkaToys]

Enjoyed playing Warhammer and WartyForty on the tabletop. Also liked their board based strategy spin offs, Mighty Empires, Blood Royal, etc.

In fact Blood Royal was my fave... and features:
- a map of Europe divided into countries with provinces.
- trading goods.
- shipping and seaborne invasions.
- the Pope.
- crusades.
- alliances and alliances sealed by marrying off Princesses.
- succession problems when King and Princes die off.
- rebellions.
- natural disasters.

Sound familiar?

[LestaT]

Currently replaying Neverwinter Nights again (level 12 ranger & level 1 rogue) . Looking to multiclass into another by the time I start hordes of underdark. Any idea guys ? Right now I'm in chapter 3 (going for the 2nd & 3rd Word of Power) going into red dragon's lair.

Started my alignment neutral but getting towards evil. Chaotic Evil right now.

[Lt Nevermind]

I've got Sudden Strike 1 and I played it quite a lot before TW. My style just wouldn't fit that game, I began to upgrade all my units beginning from the supply trucks (shoot and repair tactics) and one mission took like 5 hours. Too slooooooooowwww. Fun during the action though.

Also tried Call of Duty but FPS games have almost no replayability value so you only get a total of 50 hours (quality) gameplay. Fun while it lasts and exp pack in Fall 2004 .

I've also got softer games like Settlers and a few of Sierras like Pharaoh (old but good games IMO).

Empire Earth was a dispointment, only good graphs but the AI $ucked. AOE was better with a bit worse graph.

[Corax]

i can recommend the old Master of Magic and Master of Orion II, round based strategy with a lot of units, buildings, different strategies - damn shame that Master of Orion III sucks badly

Besides that, I love Starcraft, the best RTS imho. Other games might be fancier and have better graphics, but the balance in this game between 3 totally different races is awesome. Jagged Alliance 2 is a also a great game where u have to use logic and tactics instead of pure build and rush.

If I had to list the 3 games I spent the most time playing it would be:
1. Tribes - the best teambased First Person Shooter ever
2. Master of Orion II
3. Descent II

[scooter_the_shooter]

empire earth the BEST aoe like game out there it has better graphics better features more troop variety and many ages

prehistoric
stone
copper
bronze
dark
medival
renisance
imperial
industrial(nopolean)
atomic ww1
atomicww2
atomic modern
nano
didital
space


a must buy game

[Xiahou Liao]

Yeah there is a new version of Axis and Allies coming out and I'm only going to play it because it's Axis and Allies? Why? So far the title is...

Axis and Allies: RTS.

RTS? no

Board: Axis and Allies( All three )

Tabletop: Warhammer, LoTR

PC: Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz, Operation Flashpoint: Resistance, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World ( Just like Empire Earth, but more detailed and restricted to four-five ages. :o )

Console: Halo, Full Spectrum Warrior...Romance of the three kingdoms 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 soon to be 10. :D

[Medieval Assassin]

STW
NTW
MTW
Soon to have the shogun MTW mod

Close Combat 5, A Bridge Too Far
C and C
Rise of Nations
Empire Earth (Owns RoN)

And not really war but,,,

Perfect Darkness... I wish me N64 still worked, however I did hear of a X-box one comeing out

And for the last couple of days I can't stop playing

Unreal Game of the year edition

[ConstableBrew]

I love Master of Orion III - It is buggy, bulky, and battles suck but I still love it for some reason. I've never palyed MOO2 but the original MOO is still one of my faves.

I enjoy Risk - especially the lord of the rings version.

Axis and Allies (Also known by me and my friends as Hours and Hours) is one of my long time favorites.

Diplomacy is a great game as well. Gotta love the up close and personal diplomatic underdog backstabbing. It is so fun to make deals when you are the underdog, lead them to think they have you wrapped around there finger and then BANG stab them in the back so bad that they wipe you out in the next few turns. :)

I've enjoyed the O.G. battletech game as well.

I'm just your well rounded geek.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I'm not into wargames at all, believe it or not. MTW is the only RTS game I dig.

I'm a hardcore TBS addict...

[MadKow]

Well, besides MTW, about the only games i really put time into recently (thats recent years) were Jagged Alliance 2 and Operation Flaspoint: Cold War Crisis.

For those who dont know them, Jagged Alliance 2 is a tactical squad based wargame, reminiscent of the X-Com series but with a distinct personality. You command mercenaries and each one is very unique. Some of the greatest one-liners in computer gaming are there.

Flashpoint is like nothing else so far. It's the only realistic (as games can be) Battlefield simulator. Saying its an FPS is a rude understatement. You have a degree of freedom unlike ANY other game out there.

Both these games have very dedicated communities (JA2 is quite old now...) that produce outstanding mods, not unlike the Totalwar community. This adds to an already huge replayability.

At this point i only play MTW and OFP, really. The only games i need. (Well... i sometimes indulge in NFS Underground...).

[KyodaiSteeleye]

Well i for one can't stand 'RTS' games - click-o-thon, micromanagement, ridiculous battles that take the same amount of time as it takes to build a cathedral etc.. blaa... I grew out of them after Warcraft.

Never really got into Civ3 (i hate the fact that most of the time if you take enemy cities they 'convert' back in a few turns, taking all your occupying army with them - like, after getting massacred taking the place, they then put down their weapons and become hippies instead...) - Civ2 is actually better in my opinion.

Europa Universalis was a very good, realistic wargame/diplomatics game. However, it was a little slow and very hard