Please recommend a game

[Tokyo!!]

i actually read wdc's post now. Civ4 wins for what you're looking for.

[wdcbooks]

I have played the original Starcraft and loved it. The problem is that my friend Kevin is completely inept when it comes to button pushing games. I am pretty bad, but in the past I owned him in stuff like that. In turn my brother would own both of us. Strategy games will give us a more even playing field.

[Stephen H]

Starcraft is probably the pinnacle of RTS. I think you can start without Brood War and still enjoy it a ton.
I asked a friend of mine who'd played Heroes multiplayer, and he still recommended it. Said it takes about 4 hours or so to play due to the slowness of a TBS being played multiplayer.
Man, I wish I could remember the name of the play-by-email game turn based space exploration game we played back in college. It was fantastic; I'd probably play it again now. But I remember so little about it, so there is the possibility that it's only good while drunk.

[lastchance]

Ok, got it.

Yeah, the four best fairly recent TBS's (turn-based strategy games) are Civ IV and Advance Wars I, II, and III (I haven't played III). I like Advance Wars, personally, a lot more, just cuz Civ IV can just get too long (one more turn syndrome).

Advance Wars is quicker and a lot of fun, though not as deep strategically, and multiplayer gets pretty unbalanced (I think it gets better in the sequels).

[His Boy Elroy]

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i recommended him star control 2 so he can start playing the best game of all time immediately; best game of all time + free = awesome

ship it

http://sc2.sourceforge.net

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Oh my god! I remember playing this game when I was like 10 and loving it. My brother bought the 3rd one and it turned out to be not as fun. Melee mode was the best.

[sightless]

Rise of nations

[shortline99]

i love all HMMs

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The original (with expansions) Total Annihilation is my favorite RTS. Might be hard to find 10 years later, of course [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[SoloAJ]

Don't Command and Conquer games fit this mold? Or does no one play those anymore?

[durron597]

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i recommended him star control 2 so he can start playing the best game of all time immediately; best game of all time + free = awesome

ship it

http://sc2.sourceforge.net

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Oh my god! I remember playing this game when I was like 10 and loving it. My brother bought the 3rd one and it turned out to be not as fun. Melee mode was the best.

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yes, the 3rd one was not as good. but #2 was amazing.