Lets Kick around the RTS subject again.

So whats the new top game? Please don't say starcraft 1. I agree that game was 10 years ahead of its time, still an awesome peice, but after playing supreme commander I think I am gonna go blind zoomed in that far.

My current favs;

Supreme commander (love the style, and the zoom feature)
Company of Heros (I think the controlls are kinda annoying and klunky honestly, but still a fun game for a change of pace)

What am I missing? Didn't like total war series, just not my type.. Considering Dawn of war 2, but have heard its not that "hardcore"

Can't wait for SC2 !

Whats something similiar to Sup Com that I am missing?

For more casual I like Demigod. It's probably the only RTS I will try right now besides Starcraft 2 when it comes out. It's not really a competitive game but I've been hearing Dawn of War 2 getting tossed around but I'm not a RTS guy so I couldn't tell you. Oh and there's another one from Stardock that came before Demigod (Sins of a Solar Empire) but it's way too hardcore for me but I had a descent time with it.

Imo supcom was decent, Forged alliance did it for me rly.. epic game indeed. Altho gotta h8 it that most ppl pc isnt up for long games whit lotsa units (lag etc) online. Wich is a shame, wich often forces me to just go single player . Also Total was great indeed still rememkber playing that for hours on my p2 450mhz with igp!.

And for CoH, I liked it a lot bot i got bored with it rather quick, idk was to ''generic'' after a few games, buit thats prolly just me.

I still play both SC and Forged,But the rts i played the most (online aswell) is/was Zero hour.

In short *1: zero Hour

I been debating DoW 2.. I played the single player demo on steam which was fun, but I am more interested in the multiplayer, and have heard mixxed reviews on it. One of my friends said it was fun, but there were some major balance issues... Any thoughts on that?

Very sorry I missed the 29$ weekend on steam!! Now its back up to 49$

I would say world in conflict. While it's over a year old, it's a very different kind of game, and it has ideas that I have a feeling will be used for a long time in the RTS world.

That game is ancient and outdated to say the least. I would go for something less nerdy and more to the point.

I'd recommend Sins of a Solar empire by Ironclad games.

Its got good enough artificial intelligence to give a good challenge, the graphics are great too, really neat engine with the way you can zoom all the way from viewing a solar system into viewing capital ships right down to individual fighters smoothly.