Single Player Strategy

[kain611]

Looking for under played strategy games, real or turn based, that have a good single player campaign in them. Starcraft series and Warcraft series can be left out of suggestions. I personally love Sins of a Solar Empire but it always bugged me there was no single player story arc.

 

[adddeed]

Ground Control series.

Original War.

Age of Wonders 1

Myth 1 and 2.

HoMM 2 .

Perimeter.

Imperium Galactica 2.

Nexus The Jupiter Incident.

Act of War.

Empires Dawn of the Modern World.

World In Conflict.

 

[Raapys]

C&C games
Dune2(000)
Earth 2150
KKND 2
Dawn of War
Alien Legacy
Birthright: Gorgon's Alliance
Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain

 

[Markman]

http://www.cncnz.com/features/freeware-classic-command-conquer-games/

Some C&C games EA released for free. Tiberian sun + expansion(1999-2000), Red Alert (1996) and original C&C(1995). Complete with movies and all.

If you wanna buy em all 17(including expansions)
https://www.origin.com/store/buy/c-c-the-ultimate-collection/pc-download/bundle/standard-edition

 

[DeepOcean]

KKnD 1 and 2 are very fun.
The Cossacks series are fun too.
Age of Empires 2 has a fun single player campaign.
Don't forget Homeworld 1, Cataclysm and 2.
World in Conflict single player has an awesome what if Cold War story that is very worthy playing.

 

[kain611]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far. Does anyone know of anywhere to get Universe at War through digital means? Also does it work on Windows 7-64 bit?

 

[Tolias]

I know you said the Starcraft series can be left out, but there was [and somewhat still is] a a good-sized community making custom starcraft campaigns - some of them are incredibly good, with thousands of lines of triggers, voice acting and quality writing. Check Campaign creations starcraft forum.

 

[zerotol]

Deeper Dungeons (the expansion for Dungeon Keeper) it bring much needed difficulty to the game. A must play.

 

[catfood]

I'm going to add Disciples 2 to the mix next to the already very good suggestions so far.

 

[Renegen]

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat
Warhammer: Dark Omen

I also personally like the Elven Legacy games.

 

[Black_Willow]

Some underrateded RTS games:
Warrior Kings
Beasts and Bumpkins
Outpost 2
War INC
Earth 2150
Conquest: Frontier wars

 

[Destroid]

Homeworld
MechCommander
Crescent Hawks Revenge if you don't mind going waaaay back in terms of UI/graphics.

Did Battlezone or BZ2 have a good singleplayer? I don't remember.

 

[sser]

Uh, if you like Sins of the Solar Empire but want a singleplayer experience, you have to play Homeworld.

Alternatively, 'Ancient Space' is a relatively new singleplayer RTS set in space, but the reviews are mixed.

 

[markec]

Mission Force Cyberstorm

Warlords Battlecry

Warwind

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Disciples 2 (try the third game only if you need a time killer)
Heroes of Might & Magic 3
Battlezone series
Supreme Commander (iirc I enjoyed it)

Spoiler

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

 

[Dr Skeleton]

Lords of Magic - Turn based strategy with rtwp combat. No campaign here though, the entire game is one big map.

Kingdom under Fire - Starcraft clone with Warcraft skin. Has some horribly bad "RPG" levels, but the RTS part of the campaign is pretty solid if you want more of Starcraft.

 

[G.O.D]

Beasts and Bumpkins

Love that game.
I wish more people would vote for it on the GOG-wishlist.
Last time I installed it, I couldn't get it to work properly, even after tinkering with files and settings.
Got some UI and scrolling issues.

 

[Lyesmith]

Underplayed? Battle Realms - criminally overshadowed by Warcraft 3.

 

[Rpgsaurus Rex]

No one mentioned:

Populous: The Beginning (it's owned by EA, just torrent it); it's so good people still play it online.

Majesty + expansion http://store.steampowered.com/app/25990/

I second Battle Realms (flawed but interesting, also hard), Perimeter (underrated gem), Beasts and Bumpkins, HoMM3, Warlords, C&C: Tiberium Sun

 

[hoverdog]

Majesty + expansion http://store.steampowered.com/app/25990/

 

[kain611]

Yeah I have Battle Realms.

Aren't they making a new new Battle Realms? Or Re-make?

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

The Command and Conquer series is always a nice bet.
You can get Tiberium Dawn, Sun and Red Alert 1 for free, though not Red Alert 2.
Those games (the Westwood era ones) are better than the new ones anyway.

Ground Control is a nice little Real Time Tactics game.

Dark Reign is pretty cool. The tutorial is pretty funny - if you take too long the instructor starts verbally abusing you. Just like Arch Dornan would have done :D
It also has some interesting terrain mechanics, which were pretty neat for it's time.

 

[Gragt]

Sacrifice.

 

[Agesilaus]

Populous: The Beginning (it's owned by EA, just torrent it); it's so good people still play it online.

Ah, yes, Populous: The Beginning, otherwise known as the shittiest Populous game ever made. Play Populous 2 if you want to actually enjoy the experience.

It's not even a real Populous game, in the sense that you can just click and move your units around. Pitiful, poor form, so shame.

 

[Destroid]

Populous 3 might be different from the early ones, but it's still an unusual and interesting take on RTS.