'I remember reading Sacrifice reviews in computer game magazines when I was a little girl and the monster designs scared me.';

'for me its the most original RTS ever made : original war';

'>>1636607
>Stratos
good to hear Tim's voice acting again.

The game is not great but it had a good time and you can a fun with it. Enjoy the story and the crazy creatures you force into being to fight and die for you.

>Same kind of thing with Brutal Legend now that I think about it.';

'>>1637225
YWNBAW';

'>>1636607
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis.
The factions were unique, super advanced space faring Humans who have stumbled across Natrolis vs Medieval might and magic Dinosaurs/ Lizardmen Saurids natives to Natrolis vs insectoid horror from space that has been sleeping beneath the planet that has awoken Drell';

'>>1637225
>.t moot';

'>>1636607';

'>>1636607
>buy spellforce III
>just skirms against the AI to get familiar with the mechanics
>seems cool
>MP is dead
>get only one
>campaign filters me hard';

'>>1636607';

'>>1636607
Netstorm
Battle for Wesnoth
Rise and Fall';

'>>1636607
Myth series';

'>>1643479
omg you found it. I played this as a kid (having no idea what was going on) and have been looking for it for years. It was impossible to google.';

'Perfect example of a good idea executed badly. I really hope it gets a sequel or spiritual successor one day.';

'>>1643476
it’s pretty cool but nobody plays it outside of a week after expansions';

'>>1636607
kohan';

'>>1637225
ywnbaw';

'Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
Come for the experimental gameplay that mixes RTS with vehicle arcade, stay for the story about Star Trek Communist NWO.';

'>>1643830';

'>>1643846
What's with Old game's having bullshit difficult spikes. The mission when you defend the carrier is a bitch.';

'>>1643453
I played another moon? base building game but it was more like The Sims.';

'Original War was already mentioned, so I'll go with pic rel
Wish it had any form of multiplayer';

'>>1646278
It was supposed to apparently, but didn't worked out I guess. All we have left is some assets of AKs and M16s';

'>>1637225
>when I was a little girl';

'>>1646243
Sounds like Space Colony.';

'>no fog of war
>players create the fog of war
>fake units and buildings';

'>>1646369
Eugene will never be this kino again';

'>>1646278
>3D Grafik = TItten fur die Kinder!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpTkPfdNlyQ&t=3390s';

'>>1646453
fairy tits at 56:30';

'>>1646468
Yes, that's the timestamp in the link';

'>>1646453
What is it with Germans and their urge to put tits into games';

'>>1643539
The time travel limits greatly the combat design through gamelogic.
It was still impressive for what they achieved with limited hardware at the time.
With some extra additions and using more modern amount of cores, the game could become a proper RTS.';

'>>1643846
Watched Salokin's review.
I really missed out when I could pick up the game in my teens.
Now my backlog is full and the game looks like my style.';

'It's funny how almost every single game ITT was a "cover game" on CDs/DVDs in local gaming magazines. It surprised me how I recognized them all, except the pre 1995 games ITT.';

'Why no one tried to make a copy of Gruntz?';

'>>1637430
Based event tho the desire to keep all the relevant characters alive makes some of the missions pure aids to play.';

'>>1649989
I swear there was a game like this. Featuring little yellow dudes.';

'>>1649989
hell yea, gruntz. but wasn't that more of a puzzle game than strategy? i remember giving the guys various tools to use like a straw to slurp some liquid up. the voice acting was hilarious (si senor).
i wish it was on gog or something.';

'>>1636607
Huh, wanted to make this exact thread today

Except I had in mind two developers. Well, three actually.

First one is Arcen. All of his games are super different and pretty unique, even if not always good. I really enjoyed Bionic Dues and The Last Federation. Ironically I still can't quite get into AI War, arguably the best one. And he's got a new AI domination thing coming, which hopefully will be good and successful.

The other is Cryptic Comet. Armageddon Empires is awesome and I'm super stoked on the remake of Solium Infernum. It's a bit unwieldy like Armello is, but anything beats Adobe Director.

The third are Holistic Design Inc and mostly it's about Emperor of the Fading Suns. Crazy ambitious game that still unfortunately hasn't been fully remade. Still, we should be happy to get it patched as much as it has been.';

'>>1652946
I'm still disappointed The Last Federation universe isn't continuing. I loved playing the Last Hydral with the amount of fuckers in that universe.';

'>>1652959
Technically Starward Rogue is the continuation.';

'>>1652963
Yeah I know that one is, but he basically said that was the last one.';

'Pacific Storm: Allies

It's slav-jank total war style RTS/Grand Strat hybrid game from the late 00's that had some neat concepts that haven't been really replicated since then.

>a full on GSG campaign mode covering 1940-1950 from the West Coast to Australia and the Chinese and SE Asian coasts.
>Detailed ports and base maps with coastal guns, factories, barracks, and AA weapons that could be built up in the strategic campaign and the upgrades visible on the map in battle, like the older Total War games did
>A research system that allowed you to progress through the years and eventually develop early missile and guided bomb technology, strategic weapons like the V1 and V2, bio-weapon bombs as the Japanese, Grand Slam bombs for the U.K., and the nuke as the U.S., as well as historical what-ifs like the J7W Shinden and the Voight XF5U
>first person mode for ship AA guns that would allow you to be a ship AA gunner and "simulator" view that featured a fully functional cockpit view for all the aircraft as well as aircraft gunner and bomber positions on all the planes allowing you to personally control any aircraft in the middle of battles';

'>>1653279
There was a mod for it called "Slider's Mod" which added a ton of new ships and aircraft, made the Dutch, USSR, and German minor factions playable, and added more bases to the campaign map and revamped the research and game economy but the dev, Slider was a autistic boomer and got into some slapfight with other modders over the use of models and took his mod down and retreated to a private forum that hasn't been active since 2016-ish from the looks of things.';

'>>1646369
Eugen from another era was something to be cherished';

'>>1652946
>Bionic Dudes
give it to me straight. will i enjoy this? i'm not the sharpest bulb in the shed. i enjoyed fucking around with the last federation for a few hours until one of the races i had no foothold in became unbeatable and swallowed everyone else. or something to that effect, i can't remember for sure. but basically i just felt i was stumbling around and clicking whatever felt right and did alright for a while.

how obtuse is bionic dudes? more or less than the last federation? what are its strengths?';

'>>1646369
>A permanent internet connection is required to play the game
>Ubisoft';

'>>1652946
Bionic Dues was so much fun.
I love roguelikes with overarching goal.
>>1655576
It's fairy simple actually.
I suggest getting the guy that starts with upgraded mechs.
Sniper/assault versions will carry you through most battles.
I like the science one to dump stealth/hacking(virus) gear on, mid to lategame.
It allowed me to mindcontrol midbosses in final fight.';

'>>1639379
never heard about this one. Aged like milk in every single aspect, might be the reason why. 2002 was a great year for RTS so this one probably flew under the radar for most.';

'>>1637225
The world of Sacrifice is supposedly preceded by a war between heaven and hell. The demons ended up winning, that's why the world is allegedly inhabited by twisted lifeforms.';

'Does this count?';

'>>1652946
Never expected to read something positive about BIONIC DUES. Never played the game but I got it on all of my ~12 Steam accounts because it was given out for free. Just pretend played it to get the Steam Trading Cards. Maybe I should try it out one day.';

'>>1659014
Mehr, bitte!';

'>>1659014
I would like to spiel with her booba';

'>>1649977
Never knew another person that even heard of this game, let alone played it. I've also never played a game like it. If it came out today on PC as an indie title, I think it would sell well. PS2 was not the format to release RTS games on.';

'>>1659478
Duh, obviously they can't sell PS2 games as cover games.';

'>>1659479
What the fuck are you talking about? Do you think there weren't Playstation gaming magazines?';

'>>1659481
Not in the countries where cover games were a thing.';

'Iron Marines is notable for being a mobile RTS with actually sensible touchscreen controls (playing it on desktop is pretty meh, though). It has some interesting ideas like the morphing units.';

'Are there any modern strategy games like Populous: The Beginning featuring physics and terrain deformation?';

'>>1659979
>modern
i'm afraid not';

'>>1659693
You mean games on the cover of a magazine? You think playstation magazines didn't have those? What the fuck are you even talking about? What fucking retarded third world country that doesn't know how to advertise do you come from?';

'>>1660351
>You mean games on the cover of a magazine?
You probably never even seen a video game magazine back in the day, or aren't European. Back in the day, video game magazines used to come with CDs/DVDs. Almost all had it full of demos, latest software releases, guides, videos, etc. The big magazines also had "free" full games. The CD/DVD has on the cover and the game included was also advertised on the cover. Cover game.

Seen it everywhere going from Germany east (including Germany) and north from Italy (Italy also included).';

'>>1660359
>Almost all had it full of demos, latest software releases, guides, videos, etc. The big magazines also had "free" full games.
Playstation magazines had those. They were called demo discs.';

'>>1636607
Brutal Legend for me. Not the campaign though it's pretty fun but the multiplayer/RTS aspect of it.
3 super different factions: Ironheade, the human metalheads, is the most standard of them but still pretty cool and strong, has the only stealth unit in the game (which is strong against buildings), the most OP/allround useful super unit and bikini amazons on giant fire breathing cats; Drowning Doom, the Undead goths/emos, which has the weakest units in the game but also a bunch of debuffers to turn enemy even weaker than them, like the Brides (who are the cutest girls, by the way, despite being dried up ghost zombies in wedding dresses) who slow down the enemy's speed and attack rate, and a couple of possessors that allow the player to steal almost any unit in the game (including the super units) while the possessor lives; Tainted Coil, the evil bdsm demons, which builds troops a little slower than other factions but has special Hierarchy units, the spawners that quickly regenerate (and give small regeneration to non-vehicle units) when surrounded by the units which allow the player to build up his army anywhere on the field while other factions can only build theirs from the homebase.
The cool blend of 3rd person action and RTS: the player can and must not just direct his troops but also fight personally as the hero, all heroes have the same list of combos with different animations for them but each has his own unique list of solos (excluding the standard ones for directing the army, like creating a flag to which a newly spawned unit will move), QTE songs that serve as the player's spells and almost every non-hero unit can be interacted with to perform a double-team, which either makes the player dish out a lot of hurt while directing that unit personally or unlocks some special abilities like how the Ironheade healer car can stun the enemy units.
The only mode is 1 side v 1 side, but the number of players can be anywhere from 1v1 to 4v4.';

'>>1636607
I remember this, looks like Unreal, I loved that engine
I wish someone would mod this gsme and just add tons of units and cool multiplayer modes';

'>>1662967
>Brutal Legend
Oh boy... bring me back.
I remember being disappointed when I understood it was going to be a Strategy game and not a third person action game.
Not saying it's bad but it felt like a waste.

I should actually finish it someday';

'Indie developers always steal old concepts and ideas
I bet if someome today made a game like Myth, with cool factions, terrain deformation, and all the things the old game had, it would go viral at least for a while, people would play it, even those who don't like rts games would have fun with a game where dwarves throw molotovs and you can see your enemies explode with real physics';

'>>1663058
>always steal
>steal
No such things.
Indies are the only ones combining the basic into original stuff nowadays.';

'>>1663054
it's not UE';

'>>1663055
Yeah, that's what I am talking about, people do mention it quite often but only in terms of how they were disappointed by the bait-and-switch. When I played it myself I knew what I was in so I wasn't surprised or disappointed. Truth be told, I too didn't like the gameplay all too much in the first RTS missions, but it was mainly because I still didn't know how I was supposed to play it and the game did a bad job of explaining it to me. But after I did learn how to play I've got to say that the devs did a great job of making a solid RTS gameplay for a game that was made to be played with a controller.

My only real problems with the game is how fucked the multiplayer connection can be sometimes and the racing side missions. FUCK those. But otherwise the biggest problem is that I would like more of it, like the scrapped 4th faction and a longer campaign (but not the one in the drafts).';

'>>1663138
Nigger please.
The amount of indie garbage advertised as "inspired by" or "spiritual sequel" and ends up being a shitty shallow clone of an actual good game is through the roof.';

'>>1663628
If we are only going by proportion there's always more shit than gems, always.
But as far I'm concerned there's more indy gems than there is AAA gems.

Shame we need to filter a lot of shit but I prefer that to only having big name studio making "prequel" or "sequel" forever because it is less risky and guaranteed sales.';

'>>1663628
That's the downside of competition which is something anons always say they want more of. It's up to your discretion to pick something worthwhile from the available choices.';

'>>1664334
NTA,
I was going to say competition have nothing to do with lack of originality.
Technically, the strictest interpretation of competition is doing the same, better.

We can understand a studio continuing with their franchise because even if it wasn't for marketing and IP laws many player want/expect "more of the same, better".
But what player really want if they want more studio making game is something new, actually new, not a skin swap.';

'War Front: Turning Point
:-^)';

'>>1659979
Some Spring Engine games have it. Upside: they're all free. Downside: Hope you like Total Annihilation, because the Sping Engine is TA autism itself in physical form.';

'>>1669295
>physical form
You say that and yet it exists only in digital form.';

'>>1669289
>Hungarians are so triggered by Russians that they suck German cock and make them the good guys';

'That one game where you build tanks my dropping parts on top of them. Forgot the name. It was kind of a puzzle too.';

'>>1671012
You mean Tanktics?';

'Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim';

'>>1636607
Looks like the metagame for the multiplayer is
>speak polish
>make ranged creatures only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oieqpJ5pvaI

I guess it makes sense, melee is too easily exploited. Even in singleplayer the big guys were much overrated and couldn't handle their rock-paper-scissor role in countering ranged units when high damage and massed.';

'>>1663138
Wouldn't mind if there was some actually playable indie which just refined the mechanics/removed bugs and otherwise cloned some of the games mentioned ITT.';

'>>1675217
Stronghold is a series where there hasn't been a good installment for 20 years. I'm surprised some indie dev hasn't made a clone called "Fortress" or some shit because it would probably sell well.';

'>>1675452
Fortress >> Stronghold, not a furry btw';

'>>1675504
Kek';

'Where my Impossible Creatures niggas at?';

'>>1675785
Sounded very good on paper, looked dumb & bad in review magazine screenshots, never played. Even KKND2 custom creatures (for mutants) looked cooler, so that's saying something.';

'>>1675806
Love the didn't play, but here is my review take.
That being said, you are totally correct.

Its a "all-concept" game that is basically the video game equivalent of a shitty horror knockoff movie.';

'>>1636607
I love Sacrifice so much. Pyro's my favorite since he's just an asshole and I imagine he's the least popular god. I wish there had been a sequel or at least more games made in that vein with a bit less jank.';

'>>1655975
>Being a paypig';

'When will Battle Realms remake be finally fucking finished and out of early access on Steam';

'>>1679379
there's a remake in the works? who the fuck is asking for a remake, upgrades graphics is all this needs if anything';

'>>1675785
Thought this was the coolest game as a kid, played it recently and was very meh. I hate that feeling.';

'>>1679623
it's same graphics with maybe some technical update, but mostly fixing bugs and balance issues
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1025600/Battle_Realms_Zen_Edition/';

'>>1679872
...Zen Edition is anything but a remake, retard-kun, it's more like the HD treatment of AoE';

'>>1679953
remaster/remake what difference do it make?';

'>>1680958
quite a big one.
Remaster doesn't touch the original mechanically, just updates the existing or adds minor QOL improvements which aren't gamechangers. Think Serious Sam HD, Starcraft Remastered and so on.
Remake, as the name suggests, remakes the game from scratch, at least in theory. You get the same concept but you make it differently. Could very well be considered a sequel if it wasn't for fundamental story elements. Mostly a movie territory, but from recent games you had Dead Space, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy and so on. As for video games most I can think of would be fanmade imports of WC2 into WC3 or WC3 into SC2.';

'>>1681008
By the definition provided in your pic, DS1 is not a remaster.';

'>>1681008
>Remaster doesn't touch the original mechanically
Name one.
>just updates the existing or adds minor QOL improvements which aren't gamechangers
Never mind, you contradict yourself in the same sentence. This is why I now immediately dismiss any nuspeak word related to video games starting with a "re", by the way. Doublespeak, doublethink, doublegay.';

'>>1681008
Your pic literally says that Battle Realms Zen Edition is a remake then.
No visual change, it is just making sure the old graphics work on new systems.
Doesn't change the story line.
And it's not a port.

BTFO';

'>>1636607
Theocracy from 2000
shit was cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG4uQHHgP70';

'Truthbomb:
>Literally nobody plays 9/10 games ITT
>You wouldn't like it if you played it now, you just have nostalgia for younger days';

'>>1639379
nice little gem';

'>>1682166
no my little zoomer, I played two of the games ITT in the last year and enjoyed them quite a bit';

'>>1681698
That was one of the games where I had the demo before buying the full version. I was completely clueless about how to actually play the macro game since the demo was all skirmishes, and then the spanish showed up and started destroying everything.
The amount of units it allowed on screen still impresses me.';

'>>1681698
>Get released in a newspaper in Poland, and was localised, too
>Everyone and their dog played it
>Still had an active fansite and community by 2021
>Still memetic status
>Still get to hear from time to time the sound cues from it as ringtones of random people';

'>>1683352
In a newspaper?';

'>>1637430
I HATE that ape soldier face SO MUCH';

'>>1675785
For some reason this has Steam Workshop support and overwhelmingly positive on Steam?

>>1681698
>>1671767
>>1669289
>>1649989
>>1643479
>>1643500
>>1639379
These are not even on GOG.';

'Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy.
Played it a bunch as a kid.
Its on GOG if anyone is interested.';

'I've seen threads for Shadow Empires but not for Vic's other games. This is what my third try at Decisive Campaigns Barbarossa looks like. First two times failed for not understanding supply, FSBs and fuel. Probably going to retry for a fourth time because half of my tank divisions are at half integrity and some lost their halftracks which means they move at infantry pace. Also I didn't understand postures, fatigue and supply as much as I thought so their readiness is terrible and can't fight or move. My victory condition was Leningrad but was changed to Moscow by Hitler so it's going to be a long walk.

Overall I've found it very fun though very poorly explained like Shadow Empire is. The most interesting mechanic is you being the operational commander, Halder, and getting bonuses/maluses based on your relationships with everyone involved as well as the RNG nature of events and decisions. Worth a pirate or the $7 I paid on a key reseller.';

'>>1685017
Also it gives you the option of turning the Geneva Convention off which forces you to let the SS kill civilians and POWs or stop them for relationship penalties and high PP cost. Letting the SS kill civilians raises your war criminal rating but stopping them raises partisan levels which has terrible penalties. Lots of cool small if obtuse details that the manual doesn't explain that influence combat.';

'>>1685017
>Shadow Empires
Thanks for reminding me about Armageddon Empires. Probably the most fun original TBS I've played in 2000s. Would be so happy if someone just did a polished version of it with better AI and comeback potential and fix for the roll slowdown.';

'>>1643479
Ross.';

'>>1685027
>integrated war crimes mechanics
cool';

'>>1637430
Love OW but man what a waste not having good AI for some skirmish mode. That and fixing some bugs in the campaign, it could have been a perfect game.';

'Does Metal Fatigue count? I hear a lot of people say that other RTS did the "custom unit making" better, but I remain unconvinced.

The unique per part behavior + animation was so good. Why did no one else try to replicate it? Just throw in extra ideas, remove underground, make the flow more dynamic, but the COOL not-anime-but-anime-adjacent MECHAS RTS concept is great.';

'Did anyone like the RTS part of Space Rangers HD: A War Apart';

'>>1689982
Now things are beginning to make sense.
And the mistery of Helious remains.';

'I will never find anything like picrel ever again. Everybody always gets the style and visuals completely wrong.';

'>>1693888
There's been so many damn attempts at trying to take this games crown. I'll admit I dislike the 2nd one compared to the first but they're still loads above what modern competitors have tried to take to the genre.';

'>>1693888
This reminds me of another prohibition era mafia/gangster game, but it was more like Commandos. Does anyone remember the name?';

'>>1636607
i remember playing this as a little kid, shit was so much fun - loved it to bits';

'>>1691516
Haven't seen anything that has a better unit constructor. Metal Fatigue does it fairly differently as combots require crews which affect their efficiency. Not to mention the variety in how the parts themselves work.
>Why did no one else try to replicate it?
Everyone makes what they expect to sell best.';

'>>1693888
that's a good looking game indeed
>>1696227
chicago 1930? omerta city of gangsters?';

'>>1697248
>chicago 1930
That's it';

'>>1690201
Don't be a faggot, play multiplayer. There's an influx of newbies and 4v4 happen almost everyday.';

'How is this game in multiplayer?';

'>>1636607
>what if American eggball but with crass humor, magic, and bloodbath
One of my favorite childhood games. It has RTS, active pause, and TBS modes irrc.';

'>>1704708
thanks friend';

'>>1704708
Isn't that kind of like FIFA games though';

'>>1710462
No idea what you mean by this.';

'>>1637225
>when I was a little girl
Yeah, yeah.';

'>>1636607
That one console-only RTS set in the Aliens vs. Predator universe where the Xenomorphs had an intricate upgrade system unlocked by killing speciffic enemy/neutral units instead of spending some more generic and esoteric research points, like both the Humans and Yajuta did their research.';

'>>1651330
Blupimania 2?';

'>>1711391
Holy shit they made more games then Planet Blupi';

'>>1685027
>Letting the SS kill civilians raises your war criminal rating but stopping them raises partisan levels
which was mostly opposite in reality';

'Bump, I love these threads';

'>>1681698
This gem deserves a remake. The soundtrack was also pure SOVL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_m6Czm4rAU&list=PLwzu3CCRuA9pVdyW7SbdDAxgoXnYfTvou';

'>>1646233
>The mission when you defend the carrier is a bitch.
Was it the one where you have to blind-fire the ship's guns into fog of war, right at the start, and hope you knocked out an alien factory? And have to do it twice?';

'It's obviously inspired by Impression Games isometric city builders, but this guy is making one with an Aztec setting:

https://twitter.com/PerspectiveGam6/status/1774155668993253793

I can also confirm as a Mesoamerican history and archeology nerd it's pretty well done (as a disclaimer, I have given input on it before, as I know people who know the dev:';

'No one ever talks about this fucking game despite it being one of the greatest of all time.';

'>>1647411
Anon I hope I'm interpreting this wrong and you're not implying that having a 'full' backlog keeps you from trying new games you really want to play';

'>>1722580
I just hate time limits. Also it bugs out if you play long enough. I regret not keeping a Win98 PC.';

'>>1722433
>x but in y setting
>unique and original';

'>>1704708
I played this too, was really cool. But wasn't this just a bootleg Blood Bowl because the devs didn't get the rights from GW?';

'>>1722982
Who cares? GW doesn't have a license for generic fantasy.';

'>>1704708
Reminded me of Crush! Deluxe, largely forgotten gonzo scifi "football" game from 1997 that was more like a violent turn based capture the flag.';

'I don't know how rare this is but I played this game, bought it in a plastic bag with a printed out cover at a flea market.
It was buggy as fuck, crashed all the time, and had no textures, only colored pixels being aliased and blended at huge ranges.
It was sold to me as the 'german, gritty version of Stronghold' and I loved Stronghold, so I kept at it.
It's a shame it was so buggy, the game had good ideas and the setting held a lot of promise, I would've loved to have gunpowder units in Stronghold and this game delivered that, but I could not enjoy it in the state that it was.
Did anyone else had this problem?';

'>>1722863
Being in the same subgenre is not being the same thing';

'>>1704708
>what if American eggball but with crass humor, magic, and bloodbath
That's called 'rugby'';

'>>1636607
anyone remember sacrificeschizo? Did we ever learn what his deal was and why he was copy-pasting posts from archived threads? Was he permabanned, or did he just disappear one day?';

'>>1723347
Archived posts? I always enjoy old lore.';

'>>1723005
I do, because I am curious about the past, dummy.';

'>>1723382
Sorry, I don't think anything was archived. Also it's not really "old lore", it happened a year or two ago if I remember correctly. QRD: he made a thread asking for recommendations of RPGs similar to Sacrifice. When discussion died out, he continued to bump his thread with concept art and excerpts from the manual until it reached bump limit. Then he kept creating new threads where he reposted other people's replies from previous threads, and gaslighted people who called him on it. Pretty surreal.';

'Ancient Art of War in the Skies. It’s on Steam, which blows my mind.';

'>>1639379
This game is pure SOVL.';

'>>1675504
Mudlands is a failed state. Hail King Duke Boragus!';

'>>1725442
Tatalia must have seen dozens if not hundreds of would-be conquerors, yet all of them became fertilizer. The only way your retards could "win" anything is by blowing up Enroth. Sad.';

'>>1685273
Some dudes on Steam forums claim that the slow dice rolls can be fixed by Windows 7 or by installing free version of Adobe Director floating around the Internet. Neither (tried just compatibility mode for win7) worked for me in any noticeable way, whatever might have worked for others is probably just old software working in mysterious ways with different modern hardware combinations.
It is not that big of a deal luckily, it can be played windowed so the long seconds of rolling can be spent by clicking on websites.';

'>>1659478
>Formerly the Chuck';

'I don't want to kill a thread just to ask, but are there any good games focused on defending? Like a tower defence but RTS. I remember one custom map for WC3 that had this idea and I really liked it.
I know that a lot of RTS players despise turtling, but the fact is that it's fun to build up your defences and fight the enemy sending waves after waves. Is there any game for that?';

'>>1730138
There Are Billions';

'>>1730138
“Diplomacy is not an Option” is nice
I liked it at least';

'>>1730138
They are billions, Diplomacy is not an option, From Glory to goo, Dead of Winter, Darfall, Nuke them All, Deep among the swarm, Lanternia, Cataclismo...';

'>They are billions
Okay, okay, I didn't know...
Jokes aside, thank you for the suggestions, I'll look them up and play.';

'>>1636607
got pic related for like 2bux on GOG.
not a fan of pixel art, and i think this game's art is worse than average. also, it is proto woke, but i found it mostly tolerable.
i like the era/ genre, and was happy the game is fanciful instead of simulation.
the dice combat system grew on me, and i appreciated the short game loop.
definitely unique, original and not discussed here.';

'>>1732312
CE is awesome. The sequel was a massive disappointment for me, the devs really misunderstood what was fun about the first game and doubled down on aspects that ended up making CE2 a slog to play.';

'>>1685017
More like chaotic good, am I right Vic?';

'>>1636607
I love warzone2100- still have my physical copy.
Bought pic related for the unit design. Very granular, but excellent.
Nice weapon variety. And physics!
The maps are small. The campaign was boring.
Very unique and never discussed here.';

'>>1675785
it was good, what's the issue?
I wanted to play Tellurian but they apparently felt the need of reducing all def by 40 points and adding like two 11 and 12 sized animals put me off';

'>>1737877
>warzone2100
I too still have the physical copy.
It was good for the time.
That say, nowadays I would require more. Encouraging design for every environment.

Example: include climbing speed & different depth for water, amphibious frame that make boat.

Wheeled: extremely fast in desert, asphalt, slow in rocky soil, nearly dead in muddy-soil
Tracked vehicle: slower but best one in grassy/rocky soil, horrible in muddy-soil, good climber
Hover: Fastest over water & desert, bit slower over grassy soil, horrible in rocky soil, poor climber.
Legged: Average best, include shallow water, maybe even bonus against mines.
VTOL: would have different range/ammo based on the frame used.

And of course your campaign map would have those alternate route that reward creative design.';

'>>1646369
Installing again...';

'>>1693888
It was just super fun to find different ways how to beat missions or just blow shit up.';

'>>1738556
maybe try Earth2160
it is clearly inspired by Warzone2100

The OST is really good as well
https://youtu.be/bregXidDzkU?feature=shared&t=332';

'>>1738591
>Earth2160
Thanks for the thought,
but I looked at some wiki, it look like the typical specialized unit with upgrade with method of locomotion being mostly a matter of appearance.

Warzone 2100 design might have been 99% pointless design for 1% of actually useful unit, that's what should have built upon.

Shit now I'm reminded there's no good tactical vehicular games like Battlezone
Or better than Carrier Command Gaia (I just hate those instant laser weapons)';

'>>1636607
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Basically a remake of Defender of the Crown from Amiga.
The game has a storyline, every few turns there's some dialogue or event happening. I found that very refreshing compared to sandboxy games like Total War, where there's no story and characters are only pawns on the board with no personality. Also, voice acting is suprisingly good.
Aside from strategy, there are also action oriented segments: a bow shooting raid, swordfighting raid and jousting tournament. Though you quickly figure out that the first two, although fun, are a waste of a turn compared to capturing provinces or tournaments.
The game is pretty short. Sadly there's not much replayability, i wish they was some kind of higher difficulty setting or something.';

'>>1682166
I see your point but it's not a blanket rule. I've played some old games as an adult for the first time and found them great. There is a lot devs used to do to make up for small disk space and low specs, some of their solutions were truly remarkable in creating a better experience than modern games that are 4,000x as large and use 100x more powerful specs.';