what is a real good rts or first person shooter?

[crazed_clown]

what is a really good rts or first person shooter?

 

[folken]

For a first person shooter you want Half-Life 2, you just can't get any better than that. If there was a greatest game of all time award I think it would have it. Now I'm goona get flamed by all the Farcry, D3, and Halo2 fans, lol.
I haven't played any RTS games lately to know what is good. I've been playing to much HL2 to have time for other things

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[jammydodger]

Dawn of war is a great RTS, I have played a lot o RTS games in my time (TA, WarCraft1, 2, 3, RA2) and I can def say this game rates up there with theh best.

 

[pauldh]

You left out Starcraft.


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[folken]

Omg I can't believe I forgot about starcraft, that game was soooooo sweet!
I'd still be playing it but I can't stand the 640x480 res on my 22" monitor, everything is to frekin big! lol
They need to make a starcraft that is like cossacks. Cossacks has insane map sizes and you reach the pop limit when your computer crashes I've had battles with about 10000 units on each side, lol. It kicks so much ass.

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[mopeygoth]

Dawn of war is great, don't forget about Silent Storm though

oh.. and RA3 is announced!!!

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[jammydodger]

I dont believe I forgot to mention starcraft! That games rules, I still have network games of that. Which is saying a lot considering how old it is. Its gotta be in my top3 RTS games of all time.

 

[Wolfy]

Best shooter ever go for Call of Duty. Don't listen to all the HL2 fanboi's out there... They wouldn't know a good shooter if it bit them on the ass.

Admitedly HL2 and Farcry are good games so I can strongly recommend em.

D3 on the other hand I'd hesitate to recommend. It looks good initially and also will scare the pants off u but the game has major flaws.

As for a good rts. Not really my cup of tea. DoW is somewhat simplistic in nature but looks good and has a decent story. If you can classify them as such, Medieval total war or Rome total war are the best rts's out there.

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[pauldh]

Yeah, I've been wishing for a Starcraft 2 for years. One of Blizzards only mistakes I have seen is not continuing that series along with WarCraft and Diablo. I'd plunk down the money for Starcraft 2 without hesitation, especially considering how Blizzard seems to know how to make good sequels.

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[pauldh]

For anyone liking fps games, COD and the MOHAA 3 pack are both bargain bin items that are definately worth grabbing if you don't have them. I can't believe Target had MOHAA and both expansions for $30!

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target eh? ill have to check it out today, i only have the original MOH

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[folken]

COD and MOHAA are good games but I've played them to death. That is all my friends wanted to play at lan parties when they came out
After playing hl2 and cs source I couldn't go back to COD and MOHAA. I admit they are still entertaining but not nearly on the scale of hl2. I can't wait to see how DOD source is. I think that will own most other wwii games.

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[pauldh]

I think Spearhead and Breakthrough expansions are $9.99 each alone.


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[pauldh]

Does Joint Ops interest you? I am amazed how smooth that game plays with a huge number of players.

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[Wolfy]

I still haven't completed HL2... in fact I played it for a few days.... I'm more or less to the end but nothing about the game interests me anymore. I can see why ppl got excited about it but for me it had major flaws crucial to make a good FPS.

Namely AI was lame and the weapons (except the shotgun) were also dire and finally the feeling and atmospehere was muck....

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[folken]

The weapons are sweet if you have a nice speaker system. The rocket launcher, grenades, and the pulse rifle really pack a punch with a big sub. I love crankin up my klipsch promedia 5.1 system when I play, the sounds are just so cool Having a 22" CRT doesn't hurt either, lol.

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[Zoron]

Dawn of War is excellent... I love the way you can zoom in on the action and watch your guys getting impaled by some of the machines. Very innovative RTS to be sure. The only major flaw was that the single-player campaign was way too short. There is only 11 or 12 missions total... and you can only play as the marines... so no orc or other campaigns. The multiplayer is supposed to be fun (haven't played yet), but has a limited number of maps.

I sincerely hope there will be an expansion pack that will add a much larger single-player campaign... with the possibility of non-human campaigns.

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[phsstpok]

I'm interested in RTS games too but single player. What are the good ones?

Anyone know anything about Warhammer 40,000awn of War?

I think I'll dig up some old games that I managed to accumulate yet never played.

Total Annihilation

Command and Conquer + Red Alert

Dark Reign

Star Craft

Poseidon

Alpha Centauri

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[pauldh]

You bought Starcraft and haven't played it. Start installing now!


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[phsstpok]

Yeah, can you believe it?

I never had enough time for RTS games. There's learning to play them, then learning to play them well, and there's a time commitment. Get away from them for too long and it's like starting over again.

FPS's are easier. Just gun and run. Play for minutes at a time or for hours. You can drop them for weeks and start up right where you left off. You can't do that with RTS games.

Got plenty of time now.

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[Spitfire_x86]

Rise of Nations is a great RTS game.

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[pauldh]

I am similar as i have a hard time resisiting "former great games" that hit the $9.99 price tag. I have probably 10 such unopend games hanging around. i should post the titles to see if anyone tells me to "install now" also. But some such as NFSHP2 ended up being $10 favorites of mine.



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[phsstpok]

That reminds me...

This is great time of year to check the bargain bins!

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[gometro33]

Starcraft is, IMHO, the best RTS ever.

As for FPS game, I've been playing HL2 and CS:S for a couple months now and I'm not gonna lie, they are both awesome games. But neither of them are the kind of game that keeps me drawn in for hours. The only FPS game that has done that is Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. I've been playing RvS since the demo came out (almost 2 years) and there is something about it that I just love. Whether it's the realism, the gameplay, or whatever, I just can't get enough of it.

Just my $.02

 

[Locomotive000]

warhammer 40000 dawn of war is a must for rts games
either that or try the warcraft III with its expansion
both awesome games that u wont regret

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