![]() Haegemonia: Legions of Iron: one of the grandfathers of Sins of a Solar Empire and Stellaris (the only older real-time entry in the genre that I know of is Imperium Galactica, made by the same developer).Available on Steam, but has some minor crashing issues on modern systems. Three playable factions with one 10-mission campaign each.If you like the idea of watching Animesque robots tear each other to pieces in melee combat on a multilayered battlefield with Supreme Commander-esque infinite resources, this is for you. Metal Fatigue: the shortest possible definition of this game is Humongous Mecha: The Video Game.Difficulty varies, with 21: Lost Souls approaching Nintendo Hard at times. Two factions in 2140, three in 2150, four in 2160, with a total of 15 singleplayer campaigns across the entire franchise.Available on Steam and GOG, but take note that the HD version of 2140 offered on both has no functioning enemy AI at all, only the GOG-exclusive DOS version does.2160 dropped some of 2150's features like the double-layered battlefield in favor of even more unit customization options and a fourth faction. Somewhat buggy and unpolished at times, but Earth 2150 has a small but active multiplayer community maintaining unofficial bugfix and balancing patches to this day. Earth series: this was to European RTS gamers what the old C&C games were for the US, with Earth 2150 in particular strongly resembling Warzone 2100.Only a few have story campaigns and a map editor is added in the expansions, but there are historical battles and random map skirmish. Many playable countries, many of which have at least one unique unit.franchise, with the same level of attention and effort. Made by the same studio responsible for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The original has some minor issues running on modern operating systems. Cossacks: European Wars: if you're a 17th/18th century warfare enthusiast and find the idea of army sizes that put even Supreme Commander to shame intriguing, this game is for you. ![]() ![]() Some recommendations that might've flown under the radar for US audiences: Probably not enough to get a proper Trope page up and running, but still interesting to explore nonetheless. It included the Brood War campaign, but for some stupid reason you needed the N64 Expansion Pack to play those missions.Īnd now I'm wondering if any other popular RTS games have a similar history with odd or watered-down iterations. I think the system-link was possible, too.Įven Blizzard tried this: Star Craft 64 was a thing (obviously on the Nintendo 64), and it included splitscreen multiplayer along with unique PVP and co-op scenarios. The PC version is 2D sprites/voxels, just like the older C&C games, whereas the Play Station got a 3D version of the game that again played exactly the same. Westwood had another RTS that received a significant graphical overhaul when being ported to another system with Dune 2000. And unlike C&C 64, it actually ran quite well, though you were limited to fighting against 3 A.I.s only in skirmish mode. Multiplayer was actually possible with this one, provided you had the equipment for the system-link and two separate TV screens. Red Alert had C&C: Red Alert Retaliation for the Play Station 1, which was just the Aftermath expansion but ported to consoles. It ran like ass unfortunately (even with the N64 Expansion Pack), and detonating Nod's nuke in a crowed enemy base guaranteed the framerate would hit the lower single-digits for a good moment. The Command & Conquer franchise comes to mind with Command & Conquer 64, which brought the original Tiberian Dawn into a 3D environment while not changing the gameplay in any way, except for the lack of multiplayer. ![]() Could've sworn they had more releases of the PC version on the consoles, but I guess not.Īge of Empires wasn't the only RTS franchise to get some significantly altered takes on their most popular entries. Zade released a video discussing the various versions of Age of Empires II, including the Play Station 2 version, a barely-playable flip-phone version from 2005, and even a decent turn-based version for the Nintendo DS, which may as well been given a different name entirely. ![]()
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