Matruchus: ....
Basically I like games like:
- Master of Orion series, C&C Series, Supreme Commander series, Tropico series, Crusader Kings series, Hearts of Iron series, Civ series, Warhammer Dawn of War 1, Empire: Dawn of the Modern World, Starcraft 1, Warcraft 1-3, Dune 2, Dune 2000, Emperor: Battle for Dune, Universe at War: Earth Assault, Cities in Motion series, Europa Universalis series, SunAge, Act of War, Star Ruler, Total War games, Anno games, Dead Island, Dying Light, Settlers games, Sins of a Solar Empire, City builders (Pharoh, etc,), etc.
Great list (always good to see DoW in a rts list), perhaps you might've left out something? Warzone 2100 perhaps? Apparently it's open source now, so now I for one have no excuse not to properly check it out. I only ever played the demo over and over, but I recall really enjoying it. Thought it had a great atmosphere as well.
paladin181: One genre I want to love because it looks and seems so fun is strategy. I get bored or overwhelmed in turn-based strategy, and in RTS, I just don't like it. I prefer RTWP, but that won't work in multiplayer at all.
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Have you tried Warcraft 3 or any of the Dawn of War games (Dark Crusade specifically)?