Strategy games (Age of Empires etc)

[Os Cangaceiros]

Did anybody else used to love these sorts of games? I did when I was 12 to about 15. I owned at AOE 2: Age of Kings. I also played Empire Earth a lot...that game deserved to be bigger than it was. I liked how you could upgrade your civilization from cavemen to dropping nukes to fucking mecs and spaceships. I liked Myth, too. Basically any game that involved extracting resources, building a big army and then hurling it at your enemies.

Thought of this topic because I'm nostalgically torrenting Starcraft right now lol

[Quail]

Heroes of Might and Magic III was one of my favourite games ever.

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

Once in Age of Empires 2, I once made a map consisting of a small player settlements and then a gigantic forest, just so I could see the forest be progressively chopped down. The 200 pop limit really bothered me all the time however; I wanted larger civilian populations.

[Princess Luna]

My favorite strategy game is ethier Rise of nations or Age of empires 3, oh and fuck Microsoft for shutting down Emsemble studios :cursing:

[Rusty Shackleford]

Rise of Nations (and its expansion Thrones and Patriots) are THE SHIT. THE BEST. FUCK EVERYTHING ELSE. IF I WERE STUCK WITH ONE STRATEGY GAME IT WOULD BE RoN!

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that being said.

i hate super sci-fi type hames. i like realistic historical progression. Civ III IV and V were great games.

Empire Earth was memorable. I looooooooved making maps. Especially really detailed and realistic ones. In fact, i used to be a good map maker for games like black hawk down and EE. very methodical. (to toot my own horn)

AoE II and III were awesome. i really liked AoE III but the maps got a bit tiring after they started to feel rigid and predictable online.

i have to note though, i started out with AoE II on my grandfathers laptop when we were living in his RV :lol:

i wont touch the command and conquer series with a ten foot pole though. EE III+ as well. Startcraft was ok.

Warcraft III was fun, but too cartooney sometimes.


forgot to mention. Medieval Total War had a great atmosphere for some reason. everything was just dark and dreary. Empire total war is fun too :D

[Lyev]

Me and my friends are massive nerds for Age of Mythology and AoM Titans Expansion Pack. I'm usually Isis, but when the Atlantians came in, that was a whole different kettle of fish (to play with, and to play against). I am also a fan of the Loki rush, but I can't do it that well. Playing these kind of games online is a nightmare though, because everyone is so good; they send a massive army over when I've still only got villagers picking berries. I also played as the Japanese on my friend's AoE III.

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[Olentzero]

A friend of mine tried to convince me to pick up Europa Universalis a while ago but I never got around to it. Did find a copy of Rome in a bargain bin and try playing that every once in a while, but I haven't got the hang of it yet because even as Rome I get my ass beat by barbarian neighbors long before the rise of Julius Caesar. Still fun, though.

[Apoi_Viitor]

Empires Dawn of the Modern World

[Bandito]

Crusader.

End of discussion. :)

[Wanted Man]

I'm not extremely good at these games, but I do enjoy them. Nice to see Rise of Nations already mentioned. I have it installed here right now, so if anyone's up for a round...

[Triple A]

Rise of nation, age of empires, total wars, hearths of iron, luv em all.

That being said I'd enjoy some online playing with you people, I saw a guy named revleft at rise of nations was that anyone here?

[piet11111]

I love empire total war for the naval battles.
Rise of legends was very nice with the wacky units (especially the vinci units)
Empire earth is great too.

Also stronghold is awesome building a castle and defending it while trying to run an economy was great i cant wait for the new one to come out.

[Rusty Shackleford]

oh wow. totally forgot stronghold and stronghold 2 (stronghold 2 had a wacky map system though) Victorita 2 and the HoI series.


as for a round of RoN. i only have a pirated version. is it still able to be played online?

[Triple A]

oh wow. totally forgot stronghold and stronghold 2 (stronghold 2 had a wacky map system though) Victorita 2 and the HoI series.


as for a round of RoN. i only have a pirated version. is it still able to be played online?

it is able to play online but you cant host games.
Join me for a game someday.

[Vendetta]

Sudden Strike is one of the greatest WW2 games I've played.

[Rjevan]

I play few strategy games but those all the more excessively :D:
- Total War: Rome, Medieval 2 and Empire (all with expansions)
- Hearts of Iron II and Europa Universalis III (see above)
- Civilization IV
- Anno 1701; dunno how established this game is outside of Germany but it's cool!

That's my personal ranking, can't really get a final decision about the first two blocks. Preference changes back and forth between the Total War series and the Paradox games. Also played Warcraft 3 and Empire Earth 2 for some time but completely lost interest years ago.

[Wanted Man]

as for a round of RoN. i only have a pirated version. is it still able to be played online?

I dunno, you check. :p RoN came at a time when I still bought some games... Perhaps we could start a usergroup or something to agree on a specific date and time for a game, since not all of us are available around the clock (or at least, I'm not ;)).


- Anno 1701; dunno how established this game is outside of Germany but it's cool!

Anno 1602 is always kind of nostalgic for me, haven't played the rest of the series though.

[piet11111]

Empire earth 2 never appealed to me for some reason.

[Rusty Shackleford]

RoN group? i like the idea. if its possible to play as 3 people on one nation, i call dibs on military


also, i have RoN Gold

[Triple A]

RoN group? i like the idea. if its possible to play as 3 people on one nation, i call dibs on military


also, i have RoN Gold

Its possible but sucks.
The funniest game types to me are scenarios.

btw anyone wanting clan in RON talk to me.

[Rusty Shackleford]

oh thats fine then.

im totally free on saturday and sunday so maybe a few games then?

[Triple A]

oh thats fine then.

im totally free on saturday and sunday so maybe a few games then?

Cool. Hope someone has the legal game tough or we wont be able to host and i'll have to ask a geek ron player.

btw share your nicknames.

[Catmatic Leftist]

Starcraft 2

[Rusty Shackleford]

ill just go as rusty shackleford

[Triple A]

ill just go as rusty shackleford

I am on now.
If anyone stops by I am [RA][SC]euu[ENK]
(fancy clans might change)

[ExUnoDisceOmnes]

I was a boss at Empire Earth

[Tablo]

I played a lot of AOE and AOE 2. Some great times with those games.

[Red Future]

Empire total war was good ..though I liked Medieval 2 for its complexity and its higher difficulty a lot more

[Triple A]

My fav was empire because of india and americas and the trade.

[Octavian]

I've invested a ridiculous amount of time into the total war series that sometimes it makes shocked and sad, my favorite being Rome.

Also Europa Universalis III is the king of historical accuracy and a lot of fun, especially multiplayer. Hearts of iron is ok but I dont like the restrictive system of relations because it makes declaring war hard and makes the game too restrictive. Thank bog for mods.

Also if anyone isn't aware, you can play RoN and just about any other game that supports LAN over program called tunngle(http://www.tunngle.net/index.php?l=en). Me and my friend have used it for a lot of games and it works better than hamachi.

[Wanted Man]

I'm available in the weekend as well, a dinner date just got moved to Friday so I'm good for Saturday and Sunday. I have the legal version of RoN Gold and I'll test if I can host a game tomorrow.

[Rusty Shackleford]

wanna do a test game now? all i have to do is install it
EDIT: installed and updating

also, im actually free for tonight. all i have going on is research and im writing something.

[Dogs On Acid]

Rise of Nations was awesome. Age of Empires 2 was a really great too. Never played 3, what's it like?

[Red Commissar]

Back in the day I played a lot of Command and Conquer. I played the original, but then I played more Tiberian Sun and Red Alert. I still play the series today though I'm not as involved in it as I used to be.

I never really got into Warcraft 3. A lot of my friends got into it but I noticed we never actually played the game itself much, but rather DOTA or DOTA-type matches.

Recently I've played games like Company of Heroes and Dawn of War I and II. I really like those games and play them with some contacts from time to time.

I bought Men of War off steam when they were selling it along with its expansion for $5, which I find to be refreshing. It feels different from others I've played before.

I also like the HoI and Victoria series. They aren't RTS but still strategy. There are some older games I like from back in the day too, like Ground Control and Warzone 2100. I used to play a lot of World in Conflict, but not so much anymore.

[Dogs On Acid]

Warzone 2100

:thumbup1:

[Manic Impressive]

I'm playing Paradox games a lot at the moment Vicky 2 I'm very good at but they ruined it with the patches, not too keen on HoI - too restrictive, EU3 I can't play until they bring out the new patch :cursing: and supreme ruler 2020 which is on sale at the moment really cheap and it's the most insanely complicated game I've ever played (it's brilliant)

[Metacomet]

Rise of Nations was awesome. Age of Empires 2 was a really great too. Never played 3, what's it like?


I love 3. With all the expansions you can play as the main euro powers (Britain, France, Russia, Ottomans, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands) and as native American and Asian civilizations (Ming/Manchu China, India, Japan, Iroquois, Sioux and Mexica)


I'd give it a try. All the civs have their drawbacks and advantages, and all offer a unique game. The problem is I can't play online (pirated the Asian dynasties Xpack) and the AI gets easy to beat.

[Rusty Shackleford]

i played the hell outta 3 online.

i played as russians because of a slight slavophilia when i was younger and also mass units and if you play your cards right. INSTANT UNITS!

i fought a battle where it go to the point where my team basically funneled resources to me and i mass produced units to go straight to the front.

something around a minimum of 2000 deaths for each player. it was INTENSE. and awesome. this was a standard match mind you.

[piet11111]

Warzone 2100 wow that one had ridiculous amounts of possible vehicles.

[Red Commissar]

i played the hell outta 3 online.

i played as russians because of a slight slavophilia when i was younger and also mass units and if you play your cards right. INSTANT UNITS!

i fought a battle where it go to the point where my team basically funneled resources to me and i mass produced units to go straight to the front.

something around a minimum of 2000 deaths for each player. it was INTENSE. and awesome. this was a standard match mind you.


Well, while we're on the topic of ridiculous casualties

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7283/relic00927pc2.jpg

That was against an AI though. Still generally in that game even in the 100s is considered too high. I'm not sure why it ended up that way. And just to clarify, I played that game over a week, that was not in one sitting if you are curious about the time there.

[Rusty Shackleford]

i kind of want to play a RoN game like that now.

probably one of my favorite aspects of strategy games is a good post game analysis full of charts and what not :D

[Wanted Man]

Tried it just now, can't log on with Gamespy for some reason. :-/ How can people join when you play via "Direct internet"?

[Rusty Shackleford]

i think it requires IP addresses right?

[Wanted Man]

Could you join if I PM'd you my IP?

[Rusty Shackleford]

yeah. im gonna hop in the shower real quick though. so, in 20 minutes. ill check right when i get out so you arent waiting.

[synthesis]

I don't even know what game that is, but if the other guy had 5831 guys, how'd you kill 5842 of them?

[Rusty Shackleford]

me and wanted man just played a game of RoN together. it was epic.

china kept lobbing nukes at us while i was constantly bombing them and launching cruise missiles :D

[Wanted Man]

Fucking maoist-thirdworldists keep trying to engulf the first world in nuclear holocaust. Typical.

[Rusty Shackleford]

hahahahahah

except it was emperor Wu Di and i was the americans who had a socialist government that happened to bomb everything :D

[Wanted Man]

It was a fun game though. I'd gotten a bit rusty (no pun intended) at it, but RS just carpet-bombed the shit out of them, we both did a decent job at keeping the seas clean (or rather, the Chinese were inept at the naval thing), and I opened two cans of ground troops to mop them up. All the while, the Chinese were nuking the hell out of me, but we had enough troops to take the game anyway.

I didn't manage to host a game, but Rusty did. So I think we're good to go for the weekend. Would be cool if we could get, say, 4 people and do some team play or something, without AIs.

[Rusty Shackleford]

i was surprised i still was able to tech up so fast against tough AI.


but yeah, ill host. you all wanna figure out some times for sat and sun?

EDIT: also, it was kind of funny. once i got missile shield. you got nuked 4 or 5 times and basically everything you had was damaged or in ruins and you still captured all but 2 of their cities (i sent a small army to assist).

[bcbm]

i still have your expnsion pack cd for age of empires u left in my computer... sorry dog

[thefinalmarch]

I used to play (and still have) AoE (+RoR expansion), AoE II (+TC expansion), AoE III (+TAD expansion), AoM, RoN (+T&P expansion) CNC Generals (+Zero Hour expansion) and RA3 (actually a shitty game).

[piet11111]

For zero hour i highly recommend Crosus
http://www.isotx.com/?page_id=6

bottom of the page you can download it.
Its essentially a mod download tool for several games but for zero hour its perfect as it also allows you to easily connect with friends for multiplayer.

[thefinalmarch]

Tbh Generals/Zero Hour was the one game I lied about when I said I still had all of them. I gave it to one of my mates, and he no longer knows where it is :(

[Os Cangaceiros]

i still have your expnsion pack cd for age of empires u left in my computer... sorry dog

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Metacomet]

me and wanted man just played a game of RoN together. it was epic.

china kept lobbing nukes at us while i was constantly bombing them and launching cruise missiles :D

I'd be up for a game sometime, I'm installing the game now........

[Rusty Shackleford]

possibly tonight then

[Black Sheep]

I remember in CIV 3, being technologically superior to a couple of countries, and invading them to gain control of their Oil resource.

And i was like "Well, i need the oil and they won't trade, whadoyouwantmetodo?"

Funny how this was common sense to me back then

[Triple A]

possibly tonight then

You play pure ron or thrones and patriots?
And do you play on lobby or direct connection?

[Dogs On Acid]

Well, while we're on the topic of ridiculous casualties

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/7283/relic00927pc2.jpg

That was against an AI though. Still generally in that game even in the 100s is considered too high. I'm not sure why it ended up that way. And just to clarify, I played that game over a week, that was not in one sitting if you are curious about the time there.

Is that Company of Heroes?

[piet11111]

Is that Company of Heroes?

Hells no its the game of games warhammer 40.000 dawn of war !!!

A true gentleman's game (with giant fucking robots cutting the enemy in half with half claw half chainsaw hands)

[Dogs On Acid]

Hells no its the game of games warhammer 40.000 dawn of war !!!

A true gentleman's game (with giant fucking robots cutting the enemy in half with half claw half chainsaw hands)

But the soldiers in the background are in modern-day equipment... Isn't warhammer all sci-fi with huge suits?

[RedStarOverChina]

My friends and I played AOE 2 EVERY SINGLE DAY back in high school. We got really good at it, too, I was the best in my group. Now I play Shogun 2, really liking it.

[Lyev]

No other AOMers? :(

[Rusty Shackleford]

whos up for a game of RoN?

[Le Socialiste]

I used to play Age of Empires II all the time. The 200 population limit always bugged me, though. I always wanted bigger armies. :laugh:

[piet11111]

But the soldiers in the background are in modern-day equipment... Isn't warhammer all sci-fi with huge suits?

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Imperial_Guard

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/mediawiki/images/thumb/4/47/Guard_trench.jpg/515px-Guard_trench.jpg


Not the imperial guard they die by the millions in the average battle.

[Kamos]

No other AOMers? :(

I have played AOM a lot. The vanilla, not Titans. My favorite was Odin because of the superjarls and the hunting bonus. Unfortunately, I was never much good at multiplayer - I learnt the basics but never got above 1650.

[Rusty Shackleford]

i actually liked AoM a lot too.

[Triple A]

Anyone up for RON?

[Lyev]

I have played AOM a lot. The vanilla, not Titans. My favorite was Odin because of the superjarls and the hunting bonus. Unfortunately, I was never much good at multiplayer - I learnt the basics but never got above 1650.Best thing about the norse is they generate favour through battle, and their fighting units can build stuff so they're pretty good for invading. Though their buildings are pretty weak and the armour of their fighting units is pretty poor. Oh yeah and dwarves are so cool.
I agree as regards the multiplayer. there are some serious players on there, who could play against 3 AIs on titan mode just for fun

i actually liked AoM a lot too.yeah it is my favourite RTS, for sure. I have always played it (since I was about 11ish), and I have played AOE at friend's houses, but never quite got the hang of it. only other strategy game i go on a bit is Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth-- the story mode is way better than playing with other people or just some scenario

[Rusty Shackleford]

i am right now. wanna play triple a?

[Triple A]

i am right now. wanna play triple a?

I am on too.
If you tell me username I get you in pro game.

[Rusty Shackleford]

pro game?

im Rusty_Shackleford.

i was planning on doing a direct connect. more stable connection that way but yeah. ill get on now.

[Triple A]

pro game?

im Rusty_Shackleford.

i was planning on doing a direct connect. more stable connection that way but yeah. ill get on now.

go to lobby quick

[Rusty Shackleford]

it crashed me.

[Triple A]

it crashed me.

lol it happens sometimes go to lobby again dude

[Rusty Shackleford]

again....

[Rss]

But the soldiers in the background are in modern-day equipment... Isn't warhammer all sci-fi with huge suits?

You are thinking http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Space_Marines . These guys are indoctrinated übersoldiers who sport power armors, wield automatic rocket launchers as easily as regular dude wields rifle and they fight space demons from psychic hell, egalitarian space cows with anime mechas, genetically engineered fungus space orks who love (literally) war, S&M space elves with protonic bondage whips and hivemind space bug dinosaurs who eat planets.

Imperial Guard however are regular guys and girls doing all this with dinky laser rifles and god-sized tanks. They also have missiles which open portals to aformentioned psychic hell to eliminate entire armies.

Any Civ 4 players here?

[Triple A]

again....

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
lets go 1 on 1
go to lobby so we talk and decide game type

[Rusty Shackleford]

that attempt to connect was an utter failure :(

[Wanted Man]

Anyone up for RoN tomorrow (tonight for Americans I suppose)?

[Triple A]

It was hard to play with rusty, games crashed cause I didnt have the mods );

But we exchanged some flames with the fasicts :lol:

[Rusty Shackleford]

im up for it right now. just message me when you want to. ive got nothing going on today :D

[Triple A]

On ron now

[Rusty Shackleford]

me and wanted man are too.


Wanted, you wanna do antoher one? see if we can get Trip A in there too?

im hostign right now

[Triple A]

me and wanted man are too.


Wanted, you wanna do antoher one? see if we can get Trip A in there too?

im hostign right now


Imma join y-day IP

Reset your host port in ron.
Because of conflict issues


Options-reset default

[Rusty Shackleford]

done and done

[Rusty Shackleford]

also, im going to smoke real quick

[Wanted Man]

Yeah let's go. Will you be hosting again? I'll be with you in 5-10 minutes.

[Rusty Shackleford]

ok cooool!!!!!!!! :D DDDDD all 3 of us!!!

[Triple A]

Good job causing armagedon :rolleyes:

[Rusty Shackleford]

woops :(

accidentally nuked too much. my apologies.

wanna do another game? im hosting again.


or, i can see if i can find some scenarios real quick.

[Wanted Man]

Wow that was a crappy game on my part. I wanted to try playing China, but getting instant civvies isn't that great a benefit in the end. I played like a damp rag this time around, and I ended up on the defensive with few cities and hardly a military before long. But I felt that it was possible to get the teal team out of the way, when suddenly armageddon was caused...

What kind of game do you want to play? I might join and avenge this performance, but then again I might just go to bed and try again tomorrow.

The game against RS was one to save for the future, though. :D

[Rusty Shackleford]

its up to you. trip a wants to do instant. i dont knwo how fun it will be though. well see.

[Wanted Man]

I'd never tried co-op before. It was a bit easy, though. Anyway, this'll be the last game for tonight, it's 2 AM here and I'm going to get some sleep.

[Rusty Shackleford]

next time on tough haha.


alright night man.

[Red Commissar]

Hells no its the game of games warhammer 40.000 dawn of war !!!

A true gentleman's game (with giant fucking robots cutting the enemy in half with half claw half chainsaw hands)

Yes, it is indeed Dawn of War I. I'm not sure why I forgot to mention that. This was from sometime ago, a rather bloody and violent battle I had. I believe it was on the Winter Assault expansion. Coincidentally I was actually the Imperial Guard and my opponents were Chaos.

I have what seems to be a screenshot in my old stuff on imageshack. It doesn't show much though.


http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/3140/relic00915jq9.jpg

[piet11111]

Winter assault added the impy goo as a playable race if i recall correctly so its at least that expansion you where using.

[Leonid Brozhnev]

Company of Heroes is the only real strategy game I play at the moment, mainly because I'm a Dev for the Eastern Front mod.

I also have Rise of Nations Gold but I aint played it in aaaaaages.

[Rusty Shackleford]

you are a dev on the eastern front mod!?


you are a god.


EDIT: as for RoN i will be available in about 2 hours to play.

[Wanted Man]

Same here.

[Triple A]

scenario plyer on

[Triple A]

On RoN lobby needing ppl for scen.

[Rusty Shackleford]

im gonna be another hour.

[Rusty Shackleford]

ok well, in about 30 min. gotta drop my friend off.

[Rusty Shackleford]

hosting now.

[Wanted Man]

Sleepy time now.

[Leonid Brozhnev]

you are a dev on the eastern front mod!?


you are a god.


:lol:

Only active 3D/2D artist on the team, things are very slow. Still, I do this for free because I love it... after the current Nazi crap comes more Soviet stuff which I'm seriously fired up for :thumbup1:

[Rusty Shackleford]

:lol:

Only active 3D/2D artist on the team, things are very slow. Still, I do this for free because I love it... after the current Nazi crap comes more Soviet stuff which I'm seriously fired up for :thumbup1:
theres an expansion with the soviets?


also, spamming conscripts and trenches was awesome. you can seriously make an actual border with them :lol:

[Vendetta]

Has anyone ever played the Cossacks games?

They're definitely one of the best 17th-18th century strategy games I've played, especially the combat system in Cossacks 2 (and the fact that you can have an army of up to 64,000 troops is just badass).

[Rusty Shackleford]

Has anyone ever played the Cossacks games?

They're definitely one of the best 17th-18th century strategy games I've played, especially the combat system in Cossacks 2 (and the fact that you can have an army of up to 64,000 troops is just badass).
does it lag?

[Vendetta]

not at all, to my experience...i've never gotten around to 64,000 troops because holy shit that's a lot, but, i use a 5 year old laptop and it runs just fine.

[Rusty Shackleford]

awesome. ill check it out then.

[Leonid Brozhnev]

theres an expansion with the soviets?


also, spamming conscripts and trenches was awesome. you can seriously make an actual border with them :lol:

I planned up an extra 'reward' faction based on the NKVD, troops of higher quality with early war and prototype 'Field testing' vehicles like the T-44 through support of the RKKA. If the team accepts it, I hope to start that along with some new Red Army vehicle models after the extra German faction [Ostheer] is released, probably before the end of the year. Hopefully the faction will prove to be more fun than vanilla Soviets which as always been a little bit of a mess imo.

[Rusty Shackleford]

goddamnit. my dvd drive doesnt read my CoH disk anymore. (one of the few games i actually bought because it was that good)