Vote Dom3 as Strategy Game of the year on Gamespot

Saarud · #1 December 20th, 2006, 03:32 AM

I voted for Dom3. I must say that I really dislike the way RTS and Strategy games are mixed. RTS games are as much strategy as Pacman, with a few axceptions ofcourse.

HoneyBadger · #2 December 20th, 2006, 03:37 AM

The best (and only, as far as I'm concerned) RTS is Starcraft. That's the only one I'd put forth as a real hardcore "strategy" game.

Reverend Zombie · #3 December 20th, 2006, 11:54 AM

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HoneyBadger said:
The best (and only, as far as I'm concerned) RTS is Starcraft. That's the only one I'd put forth as a real hardcore "strategy" game.

Kohan: Ahriman's Gift was an awesome, strategic RTS--better than Starcraft IMHO. I can't vouch for the latest iteration of the series however--I've heard it was substantially dumbed down and lost the hardcore following that KAG had.

Twan · #4 December 20th, 2006, 12:57 PM

There is a good number of RTS that are real strategy games not for click fanatics (and in most cases pausable) : the Kohan serie, all Paradox games, one of the many serie of games about WWII -forgotten it's name, a rts with mechanisms very close to squad leader/spww2-, the old Seven Kingdoms serie very slow paced and about gestion/spying more than fights, etc... There are also some TBS with far simpler mechanisms and no strategic interest.

RTS should be splitted in several genres considering their diversity (command&conquer inspired games are very arcade, warcraft/starcraft/ToA inspired games a little less, rts with buildings and an important financial element, rts without troop construction, rts using tabletop mechanisms / maps with provinces like Paradox games, etc.... and each of these categories can be splitted between pausable and non pausable games which are very different).

Potatoman · #5 December 20th, 2006, 02:15 PM

Yeah, Kohan II was a huge step backwards from the near-perfection of Kohan: Ahriman's Gift. 6 years after Kohan came out, I still play it online. It's that good!

Reverend Zombie · #6 December 20th, 2006, 02:22 PM

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Potatoman said:
Yeah, Kohan II was a huge step backwards from the near-perfection of Kohan: Ahriman's Gift. 6 years after Kohan came out, I still play it online. It's that good!

How many of the old diehards are still there? I played a fair bit of MP under a different name--you used Potatomon in KAG too, IIRC.

calmon · #7 January 9th, 2007, 12:04 PM

bump

Lets defend the second place on the "more top picks" list. Heroes of Might and Magic 5 is only 2 votes behind us!

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Faenaris · #8 January 10th, 2007, 09:51 AM

I have voterized.