best strategy game ever?
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tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
Warcraft II. I played that game for a year without getting bored of it.
The only other game that got me as hooked was Civ 2 which was utter perfection. Except for the tendency for it to reuse city names, it's not good when you've got two copies of your capital.
The only other game that got me as hooked was Civ 2 which was utter perfection. Except for the tendency for it to reuse city names, it's not good when you've got two copies of your capital.
Starcraft is a national sport in Korea!
cliche guevara
Well-Known Member
I finished it.
As did I. Fail DC, revisit it.
DarthSydodyas
rusting
Dune 2 - played all nighters with that one. It was on 4 floppy discs, iirc.
mitochondria
full-on emptiness
Good strategy game should only be turn-based imo.
Civilisation (the mother of them all)
Panzer General
XCOM I & II
Heroes of Might and Magic
many nights were wasted on these...
Civilisation (the mother of them all)
Panzer General
XCOM I & II
Heroes of Might and Magic
many nights were wasted on these...
kained&able
Here for the football.
worms is not a strategy game!
It is great though.
dave
It is great though.
dave
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Alpha Centauri for turn-based, Total Annihilation for real time. Brawler gunships ftw 
Alpha Centauri for turn-based, Total Annihilation for real time. Brawler gunships ftw
i have ta on this 'puter
think i might have a game now..
Chessmaster Live.
(XBox360),only 800 of their points.
(XBox360),only 800 of their points.
ohmyliver
poppin' like a cork
another vote for the genius of Syd Meyer/Brian Reynolds, and Civ, and Alpha Centuri.
Enjoyed Heroes of Might and Magic as well.
Did enjoy company of heroes as well. Not least because your troops are so sweary. The British with their 'lets get the bladdy wanker' etc, the yanks with faakher etc.
But the classic which no-one seems to have mentioned is .... the Close Combat series (iii and v especially)... proper realistic weapon damage, moral and A.I. fairly well implemented so that you couldn't just throw troops at the otherside. Also a decent series of mods for 'em. I hear the team behind them now makes squad level combat simulators for the US military, that's how good their games were.
Enjoyed Heroes of Might and Magic as well.
Did enjoy company of heroes as well. Not least because your troops are so sweary. The British with their 'lets get the bladdy wanker' etc, the yanks with faakher etc.
But the classic which no-one seems to have mentioned is .... the Close Combat series (iii and v especially)... proper realistic weapon damage, moral and A.I. fairly well implemented so that you couldn't just throw troops at the otherside. Also a decent series of mods for 'em. I hear the team behind them now makes squad level combat simulators for the US military, that's how good their games were.
tommers
Currently in investor / advisor mode.
oooh, KJC... I used to play their PBM games a little bit... It's A Crime and another one I've forgotten...
any good?
ruffneck23
front left
of the new breed i loved World in Conflict , prolly has the best nuke in any game ever !!
Infidel Castro
Producto Falso
My favourites are Sim City 2000, Populous and Cannon Fodder 
Oh, and Worms!
Oh, and Worms!
yeah, most of the other games are still pretty much where they were back in the 90s - but this one is state of the art. Long and steep learning curve though, not for those who lack patience.
Chester Copperpot
Triple stones
Sudden Strike for a ridiculously hard real time strategy game.
bi0boy
Power User
Good strategy game should only be turn-based imo.
Civilisation (the mother of them all)
Panzer General
XCOM I & II
Heroes of Might and Magic
many nights were wasted on these...
I'd add Master of Orion II and Alpha Centauri
bi0boy
Power User
What I loved about that was that it was so atmospheric with all the faction elader's quotes and stuff. Unlike Civ III which came out later, you could easily imagine that it wasn't just a game.
Stigmata
sexual tyrannosaurus
"The righteous need not cower before the drumbeat of human progress..."
Beanburger
Deep Fried
I'm currently enjoying an epic Civ 4 session on the LAN. Fucking top fucking banana. Beats meditation any day of the week.
Silva
This went well.
I think the research trees being much more abstract play a part in that. You aren't discovering "the wheel" or "pottery" but some far fetched shit that in a game context will actually make sense.
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