adam_grif

Skip to SC2. SC1 is extremely archaic these days. Arguably SC2 is too, but everybody still has a huge hardon for the game thanks to the enormous hypetrain and extreme nostalgia factor from the first game. The oldschool RTS model where you had workers to build/gather, farm resources, build structures to increase supply, and the winner is decided based on who manages their economy better is basically dead. SC2 is the only recent game of that kind, and it's a dinosaur, albeit a very pretty and well crafted one.
 
The best RTS games currently available are Company of Heroes and World in Conflict. For other PC games, somebody recommended Heroes of Might & Magic 3, and this is something I can wholeheartedly agree with. That game is AMAZING, the pinnacle of 2D strategy games. Beautiful art, amazing soundtrack, compelling gameplay.
 
You can download the Company of Heroes demo on Steam, and I advise you to do so strongly. But don't just take my word for it:
 

OH MY GOD.

Stacks were only bad in Civ 4 if you didn't have tac nukes.
 
Muhnuhahahaha.

but he's unarguably one of the most politically and economically smart leaders who ever lived,
 

 if he hadn't messed with Russia and the US, he'd have Europe.  

It's because those leaders have been in other civ games, and they don't want to reuse the same ones, over and over and over.
 
It doesn't really matter.

My GOD those people are clueless about Civ 4. It was painful to watch.

It's been out for ages now.
 
Good, as expected.

I have Firefox, Chrome, Opera and I.E. installed.
 
I use Firefox as my primary, Chrome if FF doesn't work, Opera if Chrome doesn't work, and I.E. if Opera doesn't work and I really really need the page to work for some reason.

Ok, so my lecturer has given Crab Nick his approval, and will therefore be starting to work on it in the coming days. Just gotta get a biology practical test out of the way first.

" @adam_grif:  Is it just me or is the two biggest pics on page one have their right hand side cut off? If not repost i'd love to see more of your work. 
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 I did this ages ago for Christmas;