What are you waiting for?

[Devec]

Are there any good/great RTS games* coming out that people are looking forward too? I was thinking about setting up some LAN games with my housemates, but most of the RTS games we brainstormed were somewhat old. I saw some people mention Homeworld 3, but I get the feeling that's not actually happening any time soon...

*besides Starcraft which most of us aren't really into

HW3 exists only in the fevered dreams of madmen at this point, someone somewhere owns the rights to it and they are, in fact, a video game company so it could eventually happen but no idea if it will or when

the only 'big name' RTS i'm aware of coming out is company of heroes 2, and steam says that's not due till 2013

better off playing the old games tbh anyway

Actually the right have landed back at the THQ/Relic bunch. But with THQ in stormy weather the question is if they are willing to take the gamble of reviving a game series that has seen its last release 8 years ago. But we can hope, there are reports of Relic dropping hints of Homeworld 3's coming. I guess within a year we will know. But don't hold your breath for any more information on it beforce company of heroes 2 is released.

[rufuske]

Falcon 4 BMS 4.3
X: Afterbirth
ArmA3

Umm. Last year? http://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/s...-4-32-Update-2

[Paradox]

Are there any good/great RTS games* coming out that people are looking forward too? I was thinking about setting up some LAN games with my housemates, but most of the RTS games we brainstormed were somewhat old. I saw some people mention Homeworld 3, but I get the feeling that's not actually happening any time soon...




*besides Starcraft which most of us aren't really into

Supreme Commander Forged Alliance is from 2007ish and is imo one of the best RTS game of all time. GPGnet discontinued multiplayer support from their official servers but there's a community driven multiplayer lobby that is really really good and deserves a lot of recognition, they've patched some balance issues and hold regular tournaments with a small but dedicated playerbase.

http://www.faforever.com/?page_id=2

downloads and forums here, it's really good. I imagine you've played it before but it deserves so much more attention than it's got.

Alternatively there's Wargames: European Escalation, they say that's pretty good although I haven't played it. Also World in Conflict is pretty fun but I'm not sure how it is multiplayer.

[depili]

Are there any good/great RTS games* coming out that people are looking forward too? I was thinking about setting up some LAN games with my housemates, but most of the RTS games we brainstormed were somewhat old. I saw some people mention Homeworld 3, but I get the feeling that's not actually happening any time soon...





*besides Starcraft which most of us aren't really into

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is quite old, but still looks good and actually now runs good with modern hardware and 10k units on the map at once. There is a new lobby system for the game also, called forged alliance forever. The game can be bought from steam cheap.

Edit: This is what I get when I reply before reading the whole thread...

Edit2: for videos of current SC:FA gameplay see http://www.youtube.com/user/felixlighta/videos
Also don't be fooled into getting supreme commander 2, it's utter shit.

[Eard]

I'd still argue Sup Com 2 on its own merits isn't too bad of an rts, but yes, it's a terrible Sup Com game by comparison. They should have just went with a new name

[Paradox]

If I had enough money I'd buy Chris Taylor, lock him in a room and tell him to make a proper sequel or expansion to Supreme Commander/ Total Annihilation and see if he could. I'm beginning to suspect that he's not quite the RTS genius I think he is. (He is responsible for Age of Empires Online)

[friznit]

Falcon 4 BMS 4.3
X: Afterbirth
ArmA3

Umm. Last year? http://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/s...-4-32-Update-2

4.33

Will add stuff I'm apparently not allowed to divulge, which is odd for a community mod but I'll respect their wishes I guess. But involves fixing a lot of stuff that isn't fixed yet, and F18s.

[ValorousBob]

[QUOTE=Paradox;485289]
Supreme Commander Forged Alliance is from 2007ish and is imo one of the best RTS game of all time.

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance is quite old, but still looks good and actually now runs good with modern hardware and 10k units on the map at once. There is a new lobby system for the game also, called forged alliance forever. The game can be bought from steam cheap.

Fuck, I forgot about FA. I played the shit out of SupCom but never got the expansion. I'll definitely pick FA up on Steam, and +rep to both of you for the suggestion.

I'd still argue Sup Com 2 on its own merits isn't too bad of an rts, but yes, it's a terrible Sup Com game by comparison. They should have just went with a new name

TBH you're probably right, but my expectations derived from SupCom cause me to hate SC2 with a burning passion. In comparison it's just such an utterly horrible sequel.


As of now, the games we've come up with so far for epic LAN battles are:

Age of Empires II
Age of Empires III
SupCom:FA
Star Wars: Empire at War (fuckin love this game)
Total War (probably Shogun 2 or Rome, maybe a LOTR mod for Medieval)
Hopefully one of the Paradox games (EUIII, HoI, Victoria, Crusader Kings 2), but I'm not sure if my friends will be in to that
Battle for Middle Earth


I've never played Homeworld, is it worth adding to this list? (ie: is it good for LAN play?)

[Doomed Predator]

Not really looking forward to anything that is officially announced, but I do want to know how the following look and hope they won't suck:

-Fallout 4
-Doom 4
-The next Half-Life game
-Supreme Commander 3(if they don't can it)
-Dawn of War 3


Sad thing is my laptop probably won't be able to run any of those.

[Paradox]

Homeworld is freaking amazing but I never played it multiplayer, the problem is that it's kind of a bitch to get it to run on people's machines at least in my experience (which is the reason I never played it multiplayer)

edit:

-Supreme Commander 3(if they don't can it)

woah woah woah what's this? sauce?

[Takon Orlani]

Homeworld is freaking amazing but I never played it multiplayer, the problem is that it's kind of a bitch to get it to run on people's machines at least in my experience (which is the reason I never played it multiplayer)

edit:

-Supreme Commander 3(if they don't can it)

woah woah woah what's this? sauce?

Only if those people are Bads.

[Doomed Predator]

Homeworld is freaking amazing but I never played it multiplayer, the problem is that it's kind of a bitch to get it to run on people's machines at least in my experience (which is the reason I never played it multiplayer)

edit:

-Supreme Commander 3(if they don't can it)

woah woah woah what's this? sauce?

http://www.gamingdaily.co.uk/2011/da...e-commander-3/


Haven't heard anything more about it, so it's most certainly not coming out this summer, but I hope it's still in development. Some people are calling it a joke article, I honestly have no idea if it's true or not. But god damn I want my huge spiderbots ripping shit up!

[Paradox]

Homeworld is freaking amazing but I never played it multiplayer, the problem is that it's kind of a bitch to get it to run on people's machines at least in my experience (which is the reason I never played it multiplayer)

edit:

-Supreme Commander 3(if they don't can it)

woah woah woah what's this? sauce?

http://www.gamingdaily.co.uk/2011/da...e-commander-3/


Haven't heard anything more about it, so it's most certainly not coming out this summer, but I hope it's still in development. Some people are calling it a joke article, I honestly have no idea if it's true or not. But god damn I want my huge spiderbots ripping shit up!

I'd say that is almost definitely a joke article, regardless Sqeeenix will shit all over it even if it does come out ever, with any luck Chris Taylor will just pull his trick and make a "spiritual successor" under a different name with a new IP. As you probably know that's exactly how supreme commander came to exist in the first place.

To get a little bit back on topic:

  Spoiler:

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this is supposedly from the next Total War game... DO WANT.

[Synapse]

PLANETSIDE 2 - I expect to go full nolife fanboy on this.
Torchlight 2 - For when planetside is down

[Logan Feynman]

In the past three years, I was only looking forward to these:
- CiV
- Dragon Age 2
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Mass Effect 3

And now, somehow, I don't feel like looking forward to a game ever again.

I'll probably check out Heart of the Swarm and the X-Com remake, though. Expecting to be dissapointed.

[Xiang Jiao]

Waiting for Diablo III and Eve Online to become F2P, then I still probably won't play them with friends.

[ValorousBob]

I'd say that is almost definitely a joke article, regardless Sqeeenix will shit all over it even if it does come out ever, with any luck Chris Taylor will just pull his trick and make a "spiritual successor" under a different name with a new IP. As you probably know that's exactly how supreme commander came to exist in the first place.

To get a little bit back on topic:

  Spoiler:

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this is supposedly from the next Total War game... DO WANT.

How did Square Enix even get their hands on SupCom 2 in the first place? And tbh I hope that screenshot ISN'T from the next Total War game because those graphics appear to be total shit. Don't get me wrong, I'll support graphics being compromised for me important things, but there's no reason for a regression when you've had such a long and successful series.

[Pacefalm]

In the past three years, I was only looking forward to these:
- CiV
- Dragon Age 2
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Mass Effect 3

And now, somehow, I don't feel like looking forward to a game ever again.

I'll probably check out Heart of the Swarm and the X-Com remake, though. Expecting to be dissapointed.

Yeah Bioware did take a dump the last couple of years didn't they

[Paradox]

I'd say that is almost definitely a joke article, regardless Sqeeenix will shit all over it even if it does come out ever, with any luck Chris Taylor will just pull his trick and make a "spiritual successor" under a different name with a new IP. As you probably know that's exactly how supreme commander came to exist in the first place.

To get a little bit back on topic:

  Spoiler:

[

this is supposedly from the next Total War game... DO WANT.

How did Square Enix even get their hands on SupCom 2 in the first place? And tbh I hope that screenshot ISN'T from the next Total War game because those graphics appear to be total shit. Don't get me wrong, I'll support graphics being compromised for me important things, but there's no reason for a regression when you've had such a long and successful series.

Well THQ has been losing money for quite a while and in 2008 they sold GPG to Squeenix for quite a lot of money to help them keep afloat, of course the Supcom IP went with them and lo we have supcom 2 which didn't do very well because it was shit.
Also I imagine that screenshot is from a very early WIP build, they might be trying to drum up some hype, do idea though, might just be a hoax.

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_powered_games if this article doesn't depress the piss out of you then I don't know what will.

[Varcaus]

Waiting for Diablo III and Eve Online to become F2P, then I still probably won't play them with friends.

lololololol you think bots are bad now?