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Strategy games

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:11 pm
by Cyan.
Can someone recommend a good strategy game? I am intrested whether red alert 3 is worth a try.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:19 pm
by Rkiver
Darwinia.
Defcon.
Multiwinia.

Red Alert 3 is enjoyable. I installed it last night, and it lives up to the usual Red Alert piss take of itself.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:08 pm
by Mas Tnega
Does Startopia count? God game with combat aspects?

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:27 pm
by Xocrates
Mas Tnega wrote:Does Startopia count?


That was a good games, although a bit vague regarding what did what.

Also, mandatory suggestion (outside Rkiver's, that is): Starcraft

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:55 pm
by rus|Mike
Play Hearts of Iron 2 (with add-on). There's nothing better strategies can suggest. Until Hearts of Iron 3 is here :roll:

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:58 pm
by Feud
Chess, or perhaps Chutes and Ladders.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:36 pm
by TomCat39
Backgammon.... oh wait, that has chance to it.... some don't like the element of chance mixed with skill. :p

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:56 pm
by Phelanpt
In that case, I suggest Go (aka Baduk or Wei-Qi). :P

If you're talking about computer games, how about Julian Gollop's games?
X-COM: Enemy Unknown, Rebelstar: Tactical Command, Laser Squad Nemesis?

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:08 pm
by xyzyxx
EndWar (for the xbox 360) will be released next week. It looks interesting.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:50 pm
by RabidZombie
It'd be nice if End War had a better tutorial in the demo. :S

Also, the game doesn't like the word two. The only voice recognition I had a single difficulty with.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:13 pm
by Pinky
Try The Battle for Wesnoth.

Turn based, hex grid strategy. It's free, too.

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:28 pm
by Cooper42
Feud wrote:Chess, or perhaps Chutes and Ladders.
Ok, that's taking all that health and safety bullshit too far. What happened to the snakes?...

As for strategy games, I'd second startopia (Although, if startopia is allowed, I'd suggest trying to get the original Dungeon Keeper running - not a 'strategy game' in essence, but very, very good.)

Otherwise, there's the most obvious: Civilization. I prefer the second, myself, but the most recent is good and has extra pretty.

Battle of Wesnoth is good too, and the pixel art is pretty fantastic.

But, yes, Chess is very good.

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:12 pm
by Feud
Cooper42 wrote:
Feud wrote:Chess, or perhaps Chutes and Ladders.
Ok, that's taking all that health and safety bullshit too far. What happened to the snakes?...


I'd never heard of Snakes and Ladders, so I looked it up:

Wikipedia wrote:The game was sold as Snakes and ladders in England before Milton Bradley introduced the basic concept in the United States as Chutes and ladders, an "improved new version of ... England's famous indoor sport."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_ladders

Since this introduction was in 1943, I had no idea that it had any other name.

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:27 pm
by martin
Empire Earth I, it's an old game so it'll be nice and cheap to buy and it's still great fun :D

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:40 pm
by osdeath
Dawn of war perhaps, or perhaps Age of mythology?