Looking for a good rts to kill time

Xios

Ok guys, SC2 is released in 27 days, i don't wanna play the beta, cause i'd rather the finished product. But i need something to play whilst i'm waiting,

So what i'd like is for you guys to suggest to me some of the RTS games you've been playing and recommend.

So games i've played are,
Total War-pretty much all of them, cept empire which was incompatable with my gfx card
Warcraft 2/3 and TFT, (including castle fight, footies, legion TD, Az wars etc.)
Homeworld 1/2
Black and White 1/2
Stronghold 2 (which was ****e)
Sim City 3000
Dawn of War (up until dark crusade)
Warhammer Mark of Chaos + expansion
Age of empires 3

Edit// Also supcom 1/2

So can any of you guys give me something interesting and challenging to play for 27 days?

Sephiroth_dude

Give company of heros a go,I 'd think you'd love it.

Nody

Take Civ2/3/4 for a spin; that should tie you up or if not any of the old C&C/RA series should do to play through again.

neil_

Have you played the original starcraft?

Exon

Anyone know of any free-2-play rts? I've got little money this week and bought loads of xbox games so no money!

Xios

neil_ wrote: »

Have you played the original starcraft?

I have, it's epic, i've a copy of it here in my room, but no cd key
And i have Civ 4, well the case at least, the disc has gone missing, never played it

Nody

Xios wrote: »

I have, it's epic, i've a copy of it here in my room, but no cd key
And i have Civ 4, well the case at least, the disc has gone missing, never played it

No problem there then; add it to your steam account (only require CD key if I remember correctly) and you can download it via steam (and never worry about a CD again).

Xios

See, that'd be great, it there was a cd key in the box

I reinstalled Starcraft with a cd key from the net, no online option, but single player should be good enough

Xios

omg, i found this page using google, it's a forum with a link to Theme Hospital that works on windows 7 and has multiplayer options. ZOMG
playing it now. Cherished memories of popping over inflated heads

Dacian

I second the Company of Heroes suggestion. Should be availible with the 2 expansion packs. Differs quite a bit from Starcraft so should be a refreshing change.

Sephiroth_dude

Dacian wrote: »

I second the Company of Heroes suggestion. Should be availible with the 2 expansion packs. Differs quite a bit from Starcraft so should be a refreshing change.

You'd probbly pick it up cheap to in the steam sale.

Maximilian

Xios I edited your post, wearing my legal mod hat. Please don't post stuff like that.

Xios

Maximilian wrote: »

Xios I edited your post, wearing my legal mod hat. Please don't post stuff like that.

k np, just figured linking to another forum was alright, but i won't argue

Xios

Thanks for the advice guys, bought CoH for 10 euro the other day, much better than DoW, even though it's still the same game underneath, but holy **** artillery is savage! playin the campaign, just defend carentan, reminded me of defending andorhal in wc3

Dacian

Xios wrote: »

Thanks for the advice guys, bought CoH for 10 euro the other day, much better than DoW........but holy **** artillery is savage!

Have you shouted "Holy F**K its a TIGER, get back" yet?

If you like CoH, another very budget option to conyinue the WWII armoured fury theme would be the original Blitzkrieg. I loved that game,the sequel didn't have the same playability even though it looked a lot better.

Xios

Not yet, i hate german armour though, but i just mob them with infantry using bazookas. Decided to play the campaign on hard, to enjoy a challenge, on the second last mission, the domination lvl and it's ridiculously hard, cause i was left so badly after defending the hill

Jeboa Safari

The original Empire Earth is still good I think, especially the editor if your looking to kill time, it has alot of options

Age of Empires 2 was the best of the Age games I think, won't work properly on my computer though, for some reason the text is messed up
Still has a decent ammount of people that play online though I think

Civ4 is very addictive if your into turnbased games

Sephiroth_dude

Xios wrote: »

on the second last mission, the domination lvl and it's ridiculously hard, cause i was left so badly after defending the hill

I hate that mission,its ridicously hard.

Flex

"Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun" is very good game. Loads of depth and detail to go in to, play as any nation on earth you want (including Ireland!). A sequel to it is due out soon enough too

wobbles-grogan

Clearly you should be playing SupCom Forged Alliance! Its (IMO) the best RTS out there!

Shuggana

wobbles-grogan wrote: »

Clearly you should be playing SupCom Forged Alliance! Its (IMO) the best RTS out there!

Total Annihilation, old school SupCom (SupCom is pretty much based off every feature of TA) ;D
Tiberian Sun, which is my favourite of the C&C games, gets modded a lot.
Any Hearts of Iron game, or Europa Universalis. Victoria: An Empire Under The Sun is also fantastic but it's much harder to get to grips with than HoI or EU.