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  • 24-09-2011 6:29pm
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    ahyeah78
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    I like most stuff from the command and conquer universe-what other games are like these?


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    #2
    Da Bounca
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    Starcraft 2 has a big following


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    johnny_ultimate
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    Civilisation 5 is like what happens when you inject yourself with heroin, but the syringe is a computer game and the heroin is history.


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    ríomhaire
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    Universe at War is an RTS made by a lot of ex-C&C developers. The MP is terribly unbalanced but the SP is a lot of fun.

    As a personal preference I also absolutely adore Company of Heroes.


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    Spunge
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    Definitely check out Starcraft 2 if you like C&C.

    Theres also Dawn of War, Total War , Company of Heroes.


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    ShadowHearth
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    Total war games are on sale on steam. go grab it while its there m8.


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    Sephiroth_dude
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    company of heros


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    ThunderApple
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    check out Starcraft 2. I cannot stop playing it. And I have so much to do..... aaargh, I hate it :D


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    richymcdermott
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    What platform ?

    If you have a ps3 valkyria chronicles is a masterpiece to play


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    ríomhaire
    Registered Users Posts: 473 ✭✭ríomhaire


    richymcdermott wrote: »
    What platform ?
    If he was playing C&C on anything other than a PC I feel sorry for him.


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    mikemac
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    Rise of Nations


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    richymcdermott
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    ríomhaire wrote: »
    If he was playing C&C on anything other than a PC I feel sorry for him.

    I actually lold:pac:


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    Krusader
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    Definetly SC2, if you like C&C


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    Dcully
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    SC2 for sure, but personally i suck at it so i stay well away from multiplayer.
    My favourite strategy right now is Civ 5 simply fantastic game.


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    ShadowHearth
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    Dcully wrote: »
    SC2 for sure, but personally i suck at it so i stay well away from multiplayer.
    My favourite strategy right now is Civ 5 simply fantastic game.

    SC2 is briliant game, but if you want to be any good at it, you got to quit real life and any other game you play.

    i just could not handle it... if you dont play for 2-3 days, then when you come back you become a door mat...


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    Potential-Monke
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    Dcully wrote: »
    My favourite strategy right now is Civ 5 simply fantastic game.

    On a slight side note, is Civ 5 completely turn based? Or is it more like Age of Empires, in so far that it's all to yourself and when the fighting starts it turns turn-based?


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    Blowfish
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    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    On a slight side note, is Civ 5 completely turn based? Or is it more like Age of Empires, in so far that it's all to yourself and when the fighting starts it turns turn-based?
    Completely turn based.


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    Potential-Monke
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    Booo...


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    ríomhaire
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    Oh yeah and to mention something I'd totally forgotten: Advance Wars is a great series. There's four of them, two for the GBA, two for the DS. They're turn based strategies. All sides have the same units but you choose your commanding officer. The COs affect units stats and also have special abilities. Eg Sami is the CO who's focused on capturing and infantry. Her infantry are stronger and her transport units move one extra square per turn and her troops capture towns/enemy bases faster. Her superpower allows you to capture any objective in one turn. The balance is pretty damn awful to the point where more than half of the COs are considered to be overpowered in multiplayer but the story mode and challenge mode are a hell of a lot of fun.


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    AnCapaillMor
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    Used love setting up huge island skirmish maps on empire earth and having all out war with 3-4 AI opponents. The Sea battles were great and you could spend a whole day on it. There was about 20 or more ages\era's to advance to. there was always one of the ai's that didn't advance as quick as the others and you'd be attacking them with WW2 bombers\tanks\plane and they'd have knights and old galleons.


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
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    if you want a more slow paced methodical game, check out supreme commander

    I had great fun slowly slowly slowly playing the campaign


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    mise
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    I'm loving Civ 5 at the moment. I'd also recommend checking out RUSE


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    Sephiroth_dude
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    AnCapaillMor wrote: »
    Used love setting up huge island skirmish maps on empire earth and having all out war with 3-4 AI opponents. The Sea battles were great and you could spend a whole day on it. There was about 20 or more ages\era's to advance to. there was always one of the ai's that didn't advance as quick as the others and you'd be attacking them with WW2 bombers\tanks\plane and they'd have knights and old galleons.

    Sorry but what game are you talking about there :o?


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    Ethan.Saaris
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    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Sorry but what game are you talking about there :o?

    It's Empire Earth, it's in the first phrase :)

    Oh, and I totally like the Age of Empires series - still playing Rise of Rome with a friend, almost daily - and the Cossacks series.

    Age of Empires 1 IS the ruling strategy game. One of the first, also.

    Not to mention Red Alert and Warcraft 2.

    Yeah, got me, old time gamer here, hehe.


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    chopperbyrne
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    Age of Empires Online is out now. Very similar to the C&C games.


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    #26
    Ethan.Saaris
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    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    Age of Empires Online is out now. Very similar to the C&C games.

    I don't like it. It's that low-poly trend and the "fun" features. I want history and immersion, not "fun".


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    Jayd0g
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    Ethan.Saaris wrote: »
    It's Empire Earth, it's in the first phrase :)

    Oh, and I totally like the Age of Empires series - still playing Rise of Rome with a friend, almost daily - and the Cossacks series.

    Age of Empires 1 IS the ruling strategy game. One of the first, also.

    Not to mention Red Alert and Warcraft 2.

    Yeah, got me, old time gamer here, hehe.


    I went back and replayed Empire Earth 2 the other day, still quality.

    Rise of Nations is a similar game which came out at the time, I loved the world domination mode.

    They borrowed that game mode for Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade on PC a few years later, another great game.


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    Ethan.Saaris
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    Jayd0g wrote: »
    Rise of Nations is a similar game which came out at the time, I loved the world domination mode.

    Rise of Nations: finished that game. Loved the steampunk addition.


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    #29
    AnCapaillMor
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    Sins of a solar empire with the starwars or star trek mods was epic. another one where you could generate a massive random maps and spend hours on it.


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    RoyalMarine
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    starcraft 2
    age of empires 2 <-- clearly the best strategy game for multiplayer ever made
    civ 3,4,5 <-- 4 being the best, 5 the latest and pretty different than the others.


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
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    RoyalMarine wrote: »
    starcraft 2
    age of empires 2 <-- clearly the best strategy game for multiplayer ever made
    civ 3,4,5 <-- 4 being the best, 5 the latest and pretty different than the others.



    if you're a talentless bitch, sure.


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