Anyone know of good war games for PC?

Wiseacre · Rated PG-13 Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 45

I'm looking for presents for a buddy of mine. He's a pretty hardcore RTS gamer, so he has most stuff that's popular. I'm not really familiar with the genre and I don't know all of what he has. I need either something obscure or something new or coming soon. Anyone know any good RTS war games? Any suggestions are appreciated!

HackaX0rus · Posted: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:48:54 Post Subject:

Age of empires 3 is due for release soon and judging by how good 2 was it should be an awesome game.

Wiseacre · Rated PG-13 Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 45

Cool, I will add AOE III to the list. Hey, have you heard anything about Act of War? There's a demo out, but my computer isn't hi spec enough to run it. It looks pretty cool, but I can't tell if it's something that a hardcore RTS gamer would like.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/actofwardirectaction/media.html

vulcan · Posted: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:53:02 Post Subject:

Rome: Total War is excellent.

Wiseacre · Rated PG-13 Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 45

He has Rome:Total War. It's hard, he has almost everything.
Bang Head

It looks like Age of Empires III won't be out until too late, too. I guess I could get it for him next year. I'm still thinking about Act of War, just cuz I know he won't have it. I haven't heard any news about it though, so it makes me nervous.

HackaX0rus · Posted: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:17:19 Post Subject:

Oh that warhammer 40K game dawn of war is awesome its the only strategy i play. its a tad futureistic but very well designed.

KickDrunkPunk · Rated PG Joined: 28 Mar 2005 Posts: 5

Call of Duties are good games

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 707

Heritage: the settlers was a decent game, judging from the demo I've been playing. I like AoE and Civ3 and Starcraft. Heritage seemed like AoEmpires with some Myths thrown in because it had Heroes. Funny thing... the "find idle villager" key was exactly the same in Heritage....

Enforcer · Posted: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:34:47 Post Subject:

Toms

Just saw this, worth a look since it looks to come out in a month or so.

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 707

I just thought of another game he may not have: Lords of the Realm 3. It's decent for gameplay and the strategy makes it pretty difficult. Definately work a look. It's a surprisingly good game once you get over the fact that it's bargain priced. I was nonplussed when my dad got it for me, but after I spent two hours learning how it works, it's a lot of fun.