RTS recommendations?

[IAmAndre]

Hi,

 

I'm a huge Age of Empires fan but haven't been able to play AoE 3 for the past 2-3 years or so thanks to Microsoft's crappy servers. While AoE 2 still has an even more active community, I don't really like that iteration so I'm looking for an alternative.

Now I'd like to avoid nerdy games like Dota or LoL so the best equivalent I found is Company of Heroes 2. But this game is poorly optimized and can only run on my gaming desktop PC. Do you have any other recommendations? 

[Stefan Payne]

19 hours ago, IAmAndre said:

I'm a huge Age of Empires fan but haven't been able to play AoE 3 for the past 2-3 years or so thanks to Microsoft's crappy servers. While AoE still has an even more active community, I don't really like that iteration so I'm looking for an alternative.

Command and Conquer 2, maybe 3 and Red Alert, Warcraft 2 BNE.

Newer: StarCraft and StarCraft 2.

Ashes of the Singularity

[Richard Webster]

I have a code for Ashes of the Singularity if it's your taste OP.

[Giganthrax]

2 hours ago, Richard Webster said:

I have a code for Ashes of the Singularity if it's your taste OP.

For free? I've really been wanting to try it out for a  while now.

[IAmAndre]

3 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Command and Conquer 2, maybe 3 and Red Alert, Warcraft 2 BNE.

Newer: StarCraft and StarCraft 2.

Ashes of the Singularity

Thanks. The only one on the list I might like is StarCraft 2 since I've played StarCraft 1 as a kid and kinda liked it, but still preferred AoE.

3 hours ago, Richard Webster said:

I have a code for Ashes of the Singularity if it's your taste OP.

Just checked the review, not really my taste  I'm more into resource management and history.

[Richard Webster]

Yea it's a bit of a different game to AoE mate. Have you considered Rise of Nations? I love it and scratches my AoE itch. There's also Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, Warcraft 3, and Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (fun fact, it's basically AoE2 with a Star Wars skin).

[tatte]

Give 0 A.D. a look, it's free and looks the part if you want more AoEish games.

[IAmAndre]

4 hours ago, Richard Webster said:

Yea it's a bit of a different game to AoE mate. Have you considered Rise of Nations? I love it and scratches my AoE itch. There's also Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, Warcraft 3, and Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (fun fact, it's basically AoE2 with a Star Wars skin).

Rise of nations does look a lot like AoE indeed. I might give it a try. Thanks

1 hour ago, tatte said:

Give 0 A.D. a look, it's free and looks the part if you want more AoEish games.

Very interesting for a free and open source project. I should give it a try too

[Acid Panda]

Dawn of War the first one and all its DLC

[Mira Yurizaki]

If you've played Company of Heroes 2, the first game is just as good. The Total War series also handles its battles RTS style while resource management and troop placement is done via turn based. And if you want something that's kind of like real-time 4X and you don't mind the sci-fi setting, Sins of a Solar Empire is a great game.

[Bouzoo]

If you like AoE, then Age of Mythology is a must for you. 

[IAmAndre]

2 hours ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

If you've played Company of Heroes 2, the first game is just as good. The Total War series also handles its battles RTS style while resource management and troop placement is done via turn based. And if you want something that's kind of like real-time 4X and you don't mind the sci-fi setting, Sins of a Solar Empire is a great game.

Interesting. Actually I own COH 1 as well so I might give it a try. Does it still have an active community?

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, IAmAndre said:

Interesting. Actually I own COH 1 as well so I might give it a try. Does it still have an active community?

If you wanted to play online, there's a slight snag. The original version used GameSpy to handle everything, but that no longer is around. I believe Sega released a new version that still allows for online play without it (it's called Legacy in my library).

 

Otherwise I don't know how the community is these days.