[Your favorite strategy games of all time]

[Fear]

Here's a quick rundown on one's I'd reccommend to anyone out there:

-Starcraft
-Starcraft: Brood Wars
-Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
-Dark Reign
-Total Annihilation
-Dark Reign II
-Homeworld
-Homeworld: Cataclysm

Let's hear it from the tactician pros out there! :D

[1badjedi]

Well, I guess I spent mucho time playing TA and Age of Empires(first 1) so they would be my faves. Man, I wanna play some TA again.
*runs off to reinstall*

[BarMonger]

What about the Civilization games?? Dont they qualify as strategy?? If they do, they are the best, by far..

[DUKE HARDKNOCK]

Among my favourites are:

- Total Annihilation
- Homeworld/Cataclysm
- Civilization: Call to Power
- Dungeon Keeper 2
- Transport Tycoon (not sure if this qualifies as strategy, but it's a rare gem which I always enjoy playing)
- Star Wars: Rebellion

[Ambience]

KINGDOMS!!!

[$hortyDaPimp]

Red Alert 1 - Classic
Starcraft
AoE I and II

[Ambience]

Umm, did I forget to mention

KINGDOMS!!!!?

[$hortyDaPimp]

The what now?

[zx]

-Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. Was my best for a long time.
-Homeworld
-Homeworld: Cataclysm
-Red Alert 1

[Drakkenfyre]

StarCraft, Brood War, and Warcraft 2,

-Drakk )))

[Wolfeman]

- Civilization II
- V for Victory Series (by Atomic Games)
- Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far
- Close Combat 3: The Eastern Front

[MonotremeMed]

Civ I
Civ II
Civ II
Civ II
Master of Orion I
Master of Orion II
Master of Magic
Starcraft/BW
Civ II
and probably soon to be Civ III
oh, yeah, and Civ II

[Kermit]

Starcraft
Warcraft 2
Homeworld
Homeworld Cataclysms
Warcraft
Dark Reign 2
Starwars - Force Commander
TA - Kingdoms
TA


Oh... and does worms qualify as stragety. :D

[Cop]

Only strategy game I ever played extensively AND completed: Dune 2

[$hortyDaPimp]

And the best new strategy game in the year 2001... Advance Wars for the Game Boy Advance.

[Kermit]

hey shorty. is that really any good? Or are you making a joke? From the look of it it seemed pretty cheesy. Now... I like cheese and all, don't get me wrong, but that was REALLY cheesy!

[Ambience]

I like cheese.

[$hortyDaPimp]

No joke. I play it daily, and it's been over a month since I started. It is turn based, so it's really cool to be able to play with friends during school or work. Just pass it around when you're done your turn. I recommend it for anyone who likes turn based games a lot, and surely for anyone who already has Game Boy Advance. At least get an emulator to try it.

I have a lot of fun, even though I never win against friends. The single player campaigns are cool, and suprisingly tough in the harder difficulties, unlike most games now. There are different characters with different strengths and weaknesses. (I'm in the process of trying to win the character named "Eagle" since I love air attacks, you win them by beating the difficulties) The defense ratings of your units change with wherever they're placed (Eg: Mountain higher, forest high, open field lowest...). The units have different attack ratings and distances. A VERY deep game for a handheld system.

I love it :)

[Kermit]

I was just thinking about something you mentioned the other day. how easy single player games have gotten lately. It seems that mutiplayer games are the only things worth playing now because they are the only place to get a challenge. Go back and play some of the old Nintendo, and SNES games. Them compare how hard they are to how easy todays games are. Sad, truly sad.

[$hortyDaPimp]

I agree. The way to beat a game now is so linear. Used to require thinking.