[Wiseacre]

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!

[jd_957]

Americas Army, fun to play, very interactive. FREE. The only problem being. It is a BIG download. Every time you turn around. they are updating it.(and that is a plus)

http://www.americasarmy.com/

[Couriant]

Your friend better have Command and Conquer... all of them!

[jett_30032]

I would definately suggest "Call of Duty", the original and "Call of Duty" United Offensive, it is first person but has a very real time sense to it. and maybe even "Age of Mythology"

[funkdmonkey]

Rome:Total War and Rise of Nations are good. I reccommend you check some reviews.

[AdamR78]

technically, america's army and call of duty aren't rts games

how about the new lord of the rings rts? battle for middle earth...

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[jd_957]

i was going by title of thread only. RTS to me is GREEK. Games get anymore complicated than IONTHUNDER (search that one). I am lost.......lol

[AdamR78]

RTS - Real Time Strategy, games like Warcraft 1, 2 and 3, Dune, Command and Conquer, etc.
America's Army, Call of Duty are FPS, or First person shooters. think wolfenstein 3d, doom, quake, and the millions and millions of clones.

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[Skivvywaver]

Line of Sight Vietnam is good.
Vietcong is OK. There are so many war games anymore that it is hard to figure what to get next. LOS Vietnam never made the big time for some reason so maybe he doesn't have it yet. It is one of the best.

[timothye]

americas army --FPS
counter strike source --FPS
call of duty ( united offensive ) --FPS
Doom 3 --FPS
Vietcong --FPS
Battlefield ANy of them --FPS
battlefiled 2 --FPS not out yet
S.T.A.L.K.E.R --FPS&RPG mixed not out yet
Swat4 . --FPS . demo available
Far cry --FPS
( FPS first person shooter )
road to rome --RPG
( RPG role playing game )

cheers

[RkcYanYan]

Counterstrike: source AKA half-life 2 (fps), *FREE* Americas Army (FPS) , Battlefield Vietnam (or 1942)(FPS), Rome: Total War (RTS ), Battle for middle earth (ignore the lord of the rings... ITS STILL A GREAT GAME) (RTS), Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War (rts) , Tribes: Vengeance (FPS)

i just listed games that are the best of best, you cant go wrong with the

[Clumbsy_Mage]

Try finding Earth 2150, and it's sequel which I forget the name of. I used to play it, it's quite an old game but 3D...

[Wiseacre]

Excellent, thanks people for coming through. I'm going to print out all the suggestions and try and sneak in and check them against what he has. I have been reading reviews, he's just very hard to shop for because he's hardcore RTS so everythign I look at he either already has or he wouldn't play because it's not his style.

His favorite is C&C:Generals so I did a search for games coming soon like that. I found this: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ion/media.html
Has anyone heard anything about Act of War? There's a demo out, but I don't have a gamespot membership. Anyone played it?

[OhNos111]

Originally Posted by Wiseacre

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!

I'm surprised no one has stated the obvious choice, besides Americas Army. Did you all forget about Full Spectrum Warrior? It's a 3rd person, real-time strategy with a heavy emphasis on military tactics. I mean, for god sakes, it was designed to train Soldiers in the US Army but later decided to be ported for civilian sale.

Not to meantion that it's a freakin awesome game. It's a total adrenalin rush from beginning to end.

The Army paid to have this developed. How much more authentic can you get?

[Wiseacre]

Originally Posted by OhNos111

The Army paid to have this developed. How much more authentic can you get?

Wow, I wasn't aware the army was involved in video game development. Was it for training? Or recruitment?