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[a4bvx]

After a bit of advice folks. Wanting to invest in a strategy game on pc but have no idea whats decent, I have played a lot of the command and conquer games so something similar would be ideal. Also nothing too high spec as I recently tried company of heroes on my laptop but it was super slowwww!!!! Any thoughts? P.s-Not football manager as the only way I can stop playing it is to throw it away Thanks

[TangoAlpha]

Stronghold & Stronghold: Crusader

[Ash]

I would suggest Empire Earth, it's not too technical and covers the cave men, all the way up to the future. It's not too bad for an older game to be honest. But then, I haven't looked at strategy games for ages now. LIke I mention to Fluffy in a post recently, I bought the Star Wars Stratey game, Empire at War, and found it frustrating, I hate having a unit limit, particularly a low unit limit. Empire Earth has a 1500 unit limit which is plenty.

Edited by Ash, 04 December 2006 - 04:35 PM.

[TangoAlpha]

A friend of mine has suggested Warhammer.

[Shep]

A friend of mine has suggested Warhammer.

Dawn of war is definitely worth getting.

[fluffy]

Warcraft II BattleNetEdition is in the shops for a £5 or less. I bought this and its really quite funny as it revolves around trolls, knights, elves, mages, dwarfs, goblins etc... Also starcraft is quite similar but set in the future with Warhammer style marines etc. Haven't got fully into that yet, will probably download the cheats and then play it all the way through. Can't think of anything else I'd recommend. Apart from the Mechcommander series if you can get hold of them. They're quite old so should run on a slower machine. (mechcommander 1 runs fine on my old PII 233 Mhz!)

[Crimson_Killa]

How about Black & White or Black & White 2? a bit different but like populous (if you can remember that far back) I picked up a Windows XP version of Black & White for £3.99 in virgin the other day.

[ricer]

Any of the total war games will knock your socks off try ROME total war or Medieval II total war

Edited by ricer, 14 December 2006 - 10:05 AM.

[bAAx]

company of heroes is one of the best games ive played EVER, never mind one of the best RTS ones .. you have to "like" WWII tho just about everything about it is totally awsome, the level and attention to detail is absolutely staggering, you will not be dissapoited big up to you, relic! edit to say: OOOOOPS sorry , didnt read yr post completely .. what about ground control (the original one).. i enjoyed that on my laptop recently...

Edited by bAAx, 05 January 2007 - 09:38 PM.

[Gnits]

I would go for Ground Control too - and Ground Control II too (not tutu) - fantastic graphics and sound really v impressive bearing in mind how old it is. Black and White I and II are good. Can't beat Warzone2100, bloody great! Earth2150 was OK Haegemonia was rubbish. Full Spectrum Warrior was only good for a couple of missions and then it was all the same over and over and over again. am looking around for something myself at the mo.

[Crimson_Killa]

Ive just bought Command & Conquer - The last Decade for £19.99 in Game Going through all those classic old campaigns again and throughly enjoying Generals again

[Jaysith]

for strategy i feel you just can't beat Warcraft3, should be plenty cheap by now, and the expansion should be fairly cheap too good storyline, and slightly different tactics to the usual, mass units quickest scenario