RTS

The RTS genre is getting more diverse, so you should think about that when you look at what games to pick up. Warcraft/C&C clones aren't the only game in town. Dawn of War and Company of Heroes are pretty different, overall.

Not to mention the Total War series, which is generally slower-paced and more focused on larger groups of troops rather than individual units.

I'm also really shit at RTS games, but enjoy playing online with friends. Dawn of War really is great, and has a nice learning curve.

I would recommend playing whatever RTS you choose on the easiest difficulty in a quick match type game, to familiarize yourself with what structures, units and upgrades are worth working towards. You really need to know what you need on the board before you can start thinking about strategies.

You can get Warcraft 2 BNE for $5, which is way better than feeding a starving African for a day or whatever the hell else you can do with $5.

The Relic games (Dawn of War and Company of Heroes) are really good, but I don't think they'd make good beginner RTSes. The resource management in those games is much different than what you find in any other RTS game.

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Originally Posted by kingoffighters

Play Starcraft and then brood expansion.

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Originally Posted by kingoffighters

Play Starcraft and then brood expansion.

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Thanks for the replies guys. I think i might have WC3 around here somewhere, my friends force me to play dota sometimes (which sucks arse, its like baldurs gate: dark alliance minus the combat). I'll definitely give it a go. I'll also buy a bunch of the other shit recommended.

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Originally Posted by AstroBlue

Arjue, I want the same thing. I only really played the Starcraft and Warcraft 3 single player campaign; the only other time I've played against people in these games was against fucking hardcore people from Clan Love and IRL friends.

WE SHOULD PLAY!!! Do you still have my phone no from Big Day Out?

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I'd definitely be up for some slow paced noob games of something, I just gotta actually get some RTS' to play. I know my brother and his friend play Dawn of War occasionally, I'm sure they'd be up for some 1v1v1v1 of the other games.

Yeah, I'd be up for anything.

I'll play starcraft with you anytime, Arjue. It's not slow-paced but we can slow the speed down and play co-op against some comp players.

It depends though, if you're super into macro style games then you should probably play something like age of empires or some shit. Civilization.

Warcraft II is absolutely a good intro choice, I think.

Why don't we play some Starcraft right now?