Risk
Risk
I mostly stopped playing strategy games but I all the time used to play Civilization 4: Beyond The Sword, and Starcraft: Brood Wars.
I mostly stopped playing strategy games but I all the time used to play Civilization 4: Beyond The Sword, and Starcraft: Brood Wars.
Plenty of good ones out there, but if I had to pick one I would go with Jagged Alliance 2 with 1.13 mod.
Plenty of good ones out there, but if I had to pick one I would go with Jagged Alliance 2 with 1.13 mod.
Chess. I enjoy puzzle games like Talos principle and the portals. As far as RTS goes I'd say Shadow Tactics and Shadow Tactics: Aikos Choice. Desperados 3 isn't bad. As far as rpg strategy I'd say Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre.
Chess. I enjoy puzzle games like Talos principle and the portals. As far as RTS goes I'd say Shadow Tactics and Shadow Tactics: Aikos Choice. Desperados 3 isn't bad. As far as rpg strategy I'd say Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre.
Honestly I love Stratego. I find the whole aspect of the initial setup being the key as fascinating. Risk is a great game too but seems a little bit of a pain to play on a board with physical pieces.
On the computer, the all time winner for me is probably Civilization, more specifically Civ II or Civ III. In the most recent versions of Civ you’re literally not allowed to completely destroy another civilization, which is a big downer for me. The newer games are a bit more complex and offer neat features, but they really pussified things.
Honestly I love Stratego. I find the whole aspect of the initial setup being the key as fascinating. Risk is a great game too but seems a little bit of a pain to play on a board with physical pieces.
On the computer, the all time winner for me is probably Civilization, more specifically Civ II or Civ III. In the most recent versions of Civ you’re literally not allowed to completely destroy another civilization, which is a big downer for me. The newer games are a bit more complex and offer neat features, but they really pussified things.
This is why Civ 4 was my last Civ. They started fucking it up at 5.
This is why Civ 4 was my last Civ. They started fucking it up at 5.
Those military RTS Command & Conquer games were the bomb back in the day.
Those military RTS Command & Conquer games were the bomb back in the day.
HoMM3, hands down. If we count it, OpenXcom is also up there, with many of its total conversion mods. RTS games are too stressful. Although my guilty pleasure is Empire Earth 2, because I played it way before Age of Empires, and it lets you evolve all the way from spear chucking ooga boogas to space faring battleship civilization, something I thought the latter game could do, but it disappointed me.
HoMM3, hands down. If we count it, OpenXcom is also up there, with many of its total conversion mods. RTS games are too stressful. Although my guilty pleasure is Empire Earth 2, because I played it way before Age of Empires, and it lets you evolve all the way from spear chucking ooga boogas to space faring battleship civilization, something I thought the latter game could do, but it disappointed me.
Dune 2000. I like the Dune 2000 mod for Open Red Alert. They enhanced the game without losing the feel of the original.
Dune 2 is the game that kicked off the modern RTS genre. Command & Conquer was a new version of Dune 2 without the Dune IP. Building a base, building units, sending out a harvester to collect resources, attacking your enemies; those all came from Dune 2. Many other games used the same formula, and they’re great, but they all came from Dune 2. Dune 2000 is an enhanced version of Dune 2.
I also like the sci‐fi setting of Dune.
Dune 2000. I like the Dune 2000 mod for Open Red Alert. They enhanced the game without losing the feel of the original.
Dune 2 is the game that kicked off the modern RTS genre. Command & Conquer was a new version of Dune 2 without the Dune IP. Building a base, building units, sending out a harvester to collect resources, attacking your enemies; those all came from Dune 2. Many other games used the same formula, and they’re great, but they all came from Dune 2. Dune 2000 is an enhanced version of Dune 2.
I also like the sci‐fi setting of Dune.
Stellaris is my fav 4x.
Stellaris is my fav 4x.
Dune
Dune
The building, of a dynasty.
The building, of a dynasty.
FF tactics et al are fun, and I am a big fan of Baldurs Gate 3. That said, I thoroughly enjoy tabletops. Go is top of my list.
FF tactics et al are fun, and I am a big fan of Baldurs Gate 3. That said, I thoroughly enjoy tabletops. Go is top of my list.