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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:01:50 GMT, "Spork" <asdf@ewr.com> wrote:
>hello. I'm looking for some fun strategy games to play. I have warcraft 3
>and starcraft which are my favorites so far. gave warhammer 40k a try and
>was not really impressed. Also not really interested in age of empires or
>rise of nations.
>
>Are there any games that arent just a huge click race? Even so I think
>strategy games give you more fun and play time than any other games in
>existence. here are a few games I've found and wondered what they were like.
>
>Rome Total War
>total annihilation kingdoms
>empire earth 2 (coming up)
>act of war (also coming up, not sure if i have the name right)
>and civilization 3
>
>I've been so hooked into sc since it came out that I never bothered with
>anything else. I also enjoy any sim city type games too.
>
>thanks
>
I haven't played most of them since I don't really like most strategy
games. I have played Rome: Total War and though it was great. There's
a demo that will let you try out the combat in a couple of missons.
The full game consists of a turn based strategy game on the campaign
map and a pausable RTS on the battle map. You build and move your
armies and upgrade your cities on the campaign map. When one of your
armies encounters another or you attack an enemy city, the game loads
the battle map. At this point you're limited to whatever troops you
have in that army and fight it out as an RTS that you can pause to
give orders.
Unlike a lot of other RTS games, each unit is a group of soldiers
rather than a single one. This gives you large cinimatic battles that
can have thousands of soldiers involved. Each side is limited to 20
units but sometimes there will be reinforcments controlled by the
computer. (depends how close they were on the campaign map)
As the soldiers in a unit get depleted you can merge them on the
campain map (same type only) or retrain them in cities to replenish
their ranks. (provided the city could produce that type of unit)
Unit's range from infantry and cavalry to heavy onagers. (what most
people would think of as a catapult)
When attacking cities you can use onagers to break down the walls and
gates or build seige equipment. (ladders, battering rams, seige
towers, ect) Carrying heavy weapons slows down the movement of you
army while building seige equipment onsite takes a turn. (and your
enemy might use the time to bring in additional troops)
Once you capture a city it becomes part of your empire and you can
upgrade it as you see fit, set the tax rate, and produce new troops
there.
If you get tired of fighting a lot of small battles to take territory,
the campain map gives you the option of auto-resolving battles based
on the number and type of troops in each army. You may take a few more
casualties, but it saves you from having to deal with every small
skirmish and lets you worry about your overall conquest of the map.
On a fast computer with the details maxed the graphics are VERY good.
You can zoom down and watch individual soldiers fight. Fields often
have grass. If you're fighting near a farm you can hide troops in
cornfields for an ambush. Roads and cities from the campain map are
visible on the battle map. Sometimes it rains or snows depending on
the season. Lot's of cool stuff.
I'd avise you to try the demo and if you like the combat, get the full
game.
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