Now i consider myself  a die hard RTS player . The first game i played were Dune 2 on the Amiga . I have played every command and conquer game made . From there humble beggings with Westwood studios to EA . Games like Empire earth , Rise of nations , Warcraft (starcraft not so much) , Age of empires etc i have played and loved them all .   
 
 The William Wallace campaign on age of empires 2 was fucking awesome)
 
 

Downloaded the THQ pack, haven't gotten to these yet. I'll play COH and DOW first, then DOW II. I tend to favor base building in my RTS. Played some WWII RTS back in the day that lacked any base building and I hated it. Then again... I was like 12. And yeah, man... Age of Empires I and II were fucking amazing.

Have you played World in Coflict?  I'm curious to know what a long time RTS player things of it.

They kinda messed it up with DoW2. From what I heard anyway. While it's not a bad game, it doesn't really do the DoW series much justice. I'll stick to my CoH any day, which I still play a lot recently. Just out of curiosity, what do you think of turn-based strategy games?

" Have you played World in Coflict?  I'm curious to know what a long time RTS player things of it. "

" They kinda messed it up with DoW2. From what I heard anyway. While it's not a bad game, it doesn't really do the DoW series much justice. I'll stick to my CoH any day, which I still play a lot recently. Just out of curiosity, what do you think of turn-based strategy games? "

" @turbomonkey138: You bet i remember Age of Empires II, best RTS ever made, did everything it needed to and more, it defined the genre for me. "

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" @turbomonkey138: You bet i remember Age of Empires II, best RTS ever made, did everything it needed to and more, it defined the genre for me. "

Remember the cheats ....omg some of the best secret units ever . Also instant build was handy as fuck "

I partook in the Dawn of War 2 MP Beta on Steam. I didn't like it much. I think it was mostly the gameplay that I was adverse to, but the setting didn't appeal to me either. :\

" I partook in the Dawn of War 2 MP Beta on Steam. I didn't like it much. I think it was mostly the gameplay that I was adverse to, but the setting didn't appeal to me either. :\ "

" Have you played World in Coflict?  I'm curious to know what a long time RTS player things of it. "

" @turbomonkey138:
You bet i remember Age of Empires II, best RTS ever made, did everything it needed to and more, it defined the genre for me. 
 
         DId you ever see Galactic Battelgrounds? Its Age of Empires II with more Lightsabers. I loved this game too. "

Age of Empires was my first PC game. *nostalgic tears*

" @turbomonkey138: Good that you can admit you were wrong, most people would never get that far haha. I am in the same boat as you, although you are presumably older than me (being 19), my first rts was age of empires I believe.. actually maybe battleship haha.  AoE2 was awesome =P  And yes, Dawn of War 2 and company of heroes totally threw me off with the lack of base building, but in the end it feels more refined and simplified, but still keeping all that depth.. Of course I still wouldn't mind some base building =P "

" @turbomonkey138: Ah I see =P I never had haha.. I got a snes when I was 7 haha "

Glad to hear you actually gave it a go. DoW2 is a great game. I havent played it in a while now, though. I probably will get back into it when the Chaos expansion comes out early next year.

I can relate in some ways.  Big fan of company of heroes but I never played Dow 1 myself so there was no past connection or any anticipation other than it being a relic game.  Same as you Dow 2 massively dissapointed me and I never played it again after the demo. 
 
The THQ sale oddly enough made me think about giving it a try, I heard the new mode of waves of guys coming at you was fun (forget the name).   

" I can relate in some ways.  Big fan of company of heroes but I never played Dow 1 myself so there was no past connection or any anticipation other than it being a relic game.  Same as you Dow 2 massively dissapointed me and I never played it again after the demo.  The THQ sale oddly enough made me think about giving it a try, I heard the new mode of waves of guys coming at you was fun (forget the name).    "

I left RTS gaming for a while as I couldn't find anything that beat AOE 2, but COH definitely sucked me back in. I need to check these DoW games out 0_0

" @turbomonkey138:
You bet i remember Age of Empires II, best RTS ever made, did everything it needed to and more, it defined the genre for me. 
 
         DId you ever see Galactic Battelgrounds? Its Age of Empires II with more Lightsabers. I loved this game too. "

Welcome to the dark side. I'm glad those base building sims masquerading as RTS games have finally taken a break.
 
Having started with DOW2, it is difficult as hell getting into the first DOW series.
 
I have COH waiting to be downloaded, but I haven't been in the mood for RTS lately.

Great to hear you went back into it. Ironicallyt I just finished up my singleplayer campaign of DoWII and I want to get into the multiplayer a bit.
Oh, and if you can, get World in Conflict. It's easily one of my top games of 2007.

" @Driadon: Agreed. World in Conflict got me back into this genre. "

Yea its a pretty good game, though I like CoH a little better though, especially the campaign 

I loved DoW, I still love CoH (I play Ami, Brit, Wehr on ranked matches), but DoW2 was...
 
Too small, I guess. The scale was reduced from CoH a bit, and I just couldn't get into it. Other factors too, obviously. It felt a bit too similar to CoH, but at the same time it didn't seem to hook me in the same way that CoH continues too do to this day.

I picked these up in the THQ pack this past weekend and I can't wait to play them, however I am current addicted to Titan Quest, so I don't think it will be for a while.  I plan to start with DoW1 and later move to DoW2.  I started on old C&C titles so I need all that minutia normally associated with traditional RTS games.

Liked  oridgenal. I like base building though.

if you haven't played it yet i highly recommend giving it a go

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" @Mikemcn said:

" @turbomonkey138: You bet i remember Age of Empires II, best RTS ever made, did everything it needed to and more, it defined the genre for me. "

Remember the cheats ....omg some of the best secret units ever . Also instant build was handy as fuck "

Laser cobra and trooper were my favorite.

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" I probably should have picked up that THQ pack, but all I really wanted were the Dawn of War games (I have most of the others).  I want to play it, too, as I prefer my RTS games without obnoxious basebuilding - the Myth games are still the high point of no-base RTS for me. "

I love all these RTS games. Company of Heroes, World in Conflict, DOW I (haven't gotten too far into DOW 2 yet), the Age series (don't forget Mythology!)
 
I'm surprised there isn't as much love for Supreme Commander anymore! Sure, it could be needlessly complicated, take way too long to finish missions, etc, but that's actually kinda why I love it. There's nothing like rolling across a huge map with a soul-numbingly huge army and just laying waste to everything in your path of destruction.
 
Obama should seriously scrap everything in Afganistan and Iraq in favor of funding research into mammoth robots that turn into nukes when they die. That'd be taxpayer money well spent!

I do love me some RTS action. And now that I have a computer that can run almost any game I can start playing them again. That is, once I have money.

Zug. Zug.

Dune 2 was the grandfather of all RTS games ..if you like RTS games then i suggest you  play it

When I moved from Dow1 to Dow2 I immediately liked it; it was based on smart tactical combat rather than gimmicks like dancing and "lulz I used jump units to invade your base in the first 15 seconds of the game you lose" . Glad to hear you like it and maybe we can have a game sometime. I promise I won't whoop you too hard ;)

" Dune 2 was the grandfather of all RTS games ..if you like RTS games then i suggest you  play it "

" Great to hear you went back into it. Ironicallyt I just finished up my singleplayer campaign of DoWII and I want to get into the multiplayer a bit. Oh, and if you can, get World in Conflict. It's easily one of my top games of 2007. "

" @Termite: Well seeing as I've owned the game since release and had not played it for many months, happening on a thread praising it quite literally 5 minutes after ending my downtime with the game makes it ironic to me. "

Nice blog, I know I've come across this a lot later than when it was originally written but it still stands true. I do like DoW II but I, like you, was immediately disappointed with the lack of base building. It does make up for it and is a good game but I think I prefer Company of Heroes over DoW II. I am also a StarCraft fan, I have enjoyed the Age of Empires and Command & Conquer series, up until recently. Both of them took a turn for the worse with their recent releases in my opinion. Rise of Nations is a brilliant game, and someone above me on the comments said something about World in Conflict, also a brilliant game. Even with the lack of base building.  
 
What other RTS's are you currently in to?