Locke

RTS games are pretty much all my pop plays. So, I was planning on getting him another one for Christmas. I don't know what to get him though. He has Rise of nations (+ expansion) Command and conquer (+ expansion), Warcraft3, Starcraft, age of mythology, age of empires (+ expansion). So I am at a loss here. I hear good things about total war:rome. Is that as good as its reviews?

__________________
CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN!!!! - Pat Hughes
"Don't surround yourself with yourself." Yes

Carno

R:TW is a must have. It is an awesome game.

Just make sure his computer can handle it, it's a beast.

00111000

I second the total war games. Very well done but a resource hog. Those huge battles are damn cool though!

__________________
- And so he says, 'I don't like the cut of your jib.' And I go I says, IT'S THE ONLY JIB I GOT, BABY! -

Coppertop

All the Total War games are excellent. Shogun especially as the Japanese Feudal era is a largely untapped era in PC gaming.

FngKestrel

Considering that Shogun comes with a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War, you know they take their warfare very seriously.

Great games.

Pellaz

I vote for snagging a copy of the Total Annihilation Battle Chest. Sure, it's dated graphicaly, but it's stood the test of time. I think any strategy gamer would enjoy it over many newer releases. Also, if he's a Star Wars fan, there's a total conversion mod for it, I believe.

__________________
" ' Big Mouth.
Remember it took three of you to kill me.
A god, a boy, and, last and least, a hero.' "

MooseMan3000

I, for one, don't particularly like the Total War games. Not because of the battles, however. I thought the battles were fantastic, but the Civilization-esque world map was cumbersome and disctracted from the thing. I would have enjoyed it more if it were a more traditional campaign driver game, but that may just be me.

I would recommend highly the Warcraft 3 expansion, Frozen Throne. Also, there are lots of other Command and Conquer games besides the original. (New games, not just expansions). My favorite is Command and Conquer Red Alert, with its expansions, followed closely by C&C Red Alert 2. Very fun.

YaWhateva

Warhammer: 40K Dawn of War.

__________________
“If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again.” - Bill O'Reilly

"This is my United States of Whateva!"

BuddyHawks

Warcraft3 with Frozen Throne expansion is my pick.

__________________
Watch More TV

Stare At The Sun

Warhammer 40k Dawn of war is a great game. Really fun and great graphics/gameplay.

Locke

Warhammer looked interesting. What are the requirements for rome?

__________________
CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN!!!! - Pat Hughes
"Don't surround yourself with yourself." Yes

losthellhound

TA kicks ASS.. Only RTS to do elevation correctly..

My vote is for Dawn of War

__________________
"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

Mantus

Warhammer: Dawn of War - an amazing game.

Kadath

I agree with TA, but warn that the total conversion of TA into Star Wars was pretty disappointing.

Age of Mythology is good. Galactic Battlegrounds is okay if he likes star wars.

I totally forgot to get Warhammer 40K. The demo was fun.

__________________
it's quiet in here

NeverBorn

All the TW titles. I actually love Homeworld, never played the 2nd but the first is absolutely amazing. Also Dawn of War is spectacular

omega2K4

Rome: Total War! Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is okay, the gameplay is a little dated, but its still a pretty good game.

__________________
"While the State exists there can be no freedom. When there is freedom there will be no State." - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

"Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form."- Karl Marx

fugue_life

he has starcraft, he needs nothing else, buy him some Jack Daniels, he will enjoy that more

__________________
ba-weep=gra=na-weep-nini-bon?

Melinith

Warhammer 40,000 is pretty. I cant say much for TW myself as I havnt played it (Though I came looking for new game ideas myself, so I think i might)...ahem anyway. Warhammer was fun for awhile but it became pretty redundant. Its also a slight step away from the games your pops like. Warhammer doesnt focus as much on reasource management as the other games your dad plays. So if your dad likes that aspect of the game (the collecting reasources well to kick your opponents arse) then he might not like Warhammer....on the flipside if your old man loves huge battles he might love it.

However on my own small review, some battles in Warhammer are so incredibly easy you couldnt lose them unless you were 10. So he might think the ease of play makes it boring.

Locke

Thanks for all the advice. I went with Rome:Total war. It should run ok. Thanks again.

__________________
CUBS WIN, CUBS WIN!!!! - Pat Hughes
"Don't surround yourself with yourself." Yes

Ripsaw

My vote goes to Kohan. An excellent and entertaining game with a slightly different take on resources and unit control.

__________________
"We are supposed to be masters of space, but we cant even line up our shoes?"

One life, one chance, one opportunity.

Pham

In my opinion Total Annihilation is very overrated. It just has too many units meaning that they don't have any purity of purpose. Also the resources are unlimited, which often results in statemales in multiplayer games. This fact is also magnified because defensive structures are too good.

I would recommend Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, that's one of the best RTS games, second only to Starcraft. If not that Age of Mythology is quite good also. I haven't tried WH40K: Dawn of War yet, but I've heard it's nice.

Kadath

The stalemate between two porcs can indeed occur, which is when something like a Krogoth comes into play. I don't see how TA can be overrated, though, as very few people even know about it anymore. Also, as for the number of units, one of the best things about TA was that you could restrict your unit list before a battle. When they released the FARK I (playing ARM) would utterly dominate my buddy (CORE) with the fast rush. Once we outlawed that and its pathetic counterpart the Necrobot, we were back on even keel.

__________________
it's quiet in here

Homey_V

I hated TA. It just seemed to jumbled and not focused. But whatever. Its old.

Now Warhammer 40K Owns me. Its really a very tight game, well balanced, fun, and pretty as hell.

__________________
You did what with a duck?