What is the best single player RTS game and why?

[racofer]

What single player RTS game offers great campaign and worthwhile mods to keep it enjoyable in the long run?

Discuss!!

 

[circ]

I like Rise of Nations. Simple, spartan but detailed and nice graphics. Runs on shitty systems. Lots of variety in units. Pretty much bug free. Atleast I haven't run into any. Pretty dull campaign though.

Dune 2k because it's based on my favorite sci-fi novels and because it looks better than Dune II. Emperor Battle for Dune had cool Fremen, but that was all.
Campaign doesn't offer much variety.

C&C: Tiberian Sun. All the usual RTS goodies are there, really sweet mini graphics. Excellent interface. Good variety in units. Campaign has variety but is a little weird.

C&C: Generals. Yeah yeah, original fans hated it. But it was a very enjoyable RTS. Great units, specially terrorists. You actually got to play as a terrorist! It had lots of variety in units and hey, snipers! Also, fun campaign(s).

Of the above, none have mods that I know of. Then again I haven't bothered looking. Rise of Nations and Generals have add-ons that are good.

I didn't mention Star Craft because all that does is invoke a mental image of 1 million Koreans shouting MAKE PORTAR GOGOGO whilst zerg rushing. And that spills into the single player too. Decent campaign though.

 

[DraQ]

Homeworld 1 was faptastic.


Also, :dancingandharia.gif:

 

[Suicidal]

I had the most fun with Starcraft, so... Starcraft.

 

[pipka]

Dawn of War 1. For the sheer love of gore.

 

[DraQ]

Myth and Nexus were teh sex too.

 

[circ]

CCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.

How could I forget Homeworld. It's just so uniquely engaging you don't think of it as an RTS.

 

[someone else]

Total War series.
Majesty.
Get a Genesis emulator and try Herzog Zwei.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Total War series.

:facepalm:

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

What more needs to be said?

 

[DraQ]

What more needs to be said?

Apart from the cutscenes it was just a rehash of the Dune 2 minus the cool encyclopaedia, though.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

That's true... I liked them both though.

 

[Jack_Deth]

Get a Genesis emulator and try Herzog Zwei.

http://sites.google.com/site/gamecyberwing/ <-- Game is based off that concept

 

[Major_Boobage]

Best single RTS by far is Starcraft. Great campaign by far the one with the most dept in any RTS game.

I didn't mention Star Craft because all that does is invoke a mental image of 1 million Koreans shouting MAKE PORTAR GOGOGO whilst zerg rushing. And that spills into the single player too. Decent campaign though.

Goddamn retarded newfags

 

[Satori (original)]

Panzer General

 

[bat_boro]

Knights of Honor and World in Conflict are both pretty cool, with the latter being badass, too.

 

[circ]

Best single RTS by far is Starcraft. Great campaign by far the one with the most dept in any RTS game.

I didn't mention Star Craft because all that does is invoke a mental image of 1 million Koreans shouting MAKE PORTAR GOGOGO whilst zerg rushing. And that spills into the single player too. Decent campaign though.

Goddamn retarded newfags

Zergs don't rush you in the single player campaign? Really? What StarCraft were you playing?

And since Homeworld was mentioned. HW had fathoms more depth than SC ever did.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Red Alert 2, because it has Yuri.

 

[Major_Boobage]

Lol homeworld more depth, you are dreaming.

 

[DraQ]

Lol homeworld more depth

The key to understanding null-tool.

 

[Mister Arkham]

Lol homeworld more depth, you are dreaming.

If that's the case, then I think a lot of people in this thread are going to be dreaming. Homeworld has a greater depth of mechanics and tactical options, from formations, to upgrades, to simple resource harvesting. I will give you that Starcraft has a much longer and more personally engaging story, and a lot more personality, but even that is narratively shallow when compared to the sheer level of history and trauma that Relic wrote into Homeworld. Homeworld is, along with Company of Heroes, one of the only RTS games that I've played where I felt that I was literally fighting for every step of ground that I took. Starcraft, by comparison, is a lot more fun, but the difficulty is measured in sheer opposing numbers most of the time, with some brilliant moments stuffed into the cracks.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

Lol homeworld more depth

The key to understanding null-tool.

 

[Major_Boobage]

Lol homeworld more depth, you are dreaming.

If that's the case, then I think a lot of people in this thread are going to be dreaming. Homeworld has a greater depth of mechanics and tactical options, from formations, to upgrades, to simple resource harvesting. I will give you that Starcraft has a much longer and more personally engaging story, and a lot more personality, but even that is narratively shallow when compared to the sheer level of history and trauma that Relic wrote into Homeworld. Homeworld is, along with Company of Heroes, one of the only RTS games that I've played where I felt that I was literally fighting for every step of ground that I took. Starcraft, by comparison, is a lot more fun, but the difficulty is measured in sheer opposing numbers most of the time, with some brilliant moments stuffed into the cracks.

I am only talking storywise.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Lol homeworld more depth, you are dreaming.

If that's the case, then I think a lot of people in this thread are going to be dreaming. Homeworld has a greater depth of mechanics and tactical options, from formations, to upgrades, to simple resource harvesting. I will give you that Starcraft has a much longer and more personally engaging story, and a lot more personality, but even that is narratively shallow when compared to the sheer level of history and trauma that Relic wrote into Homeworld. Homeworld is, along with Company of Heroes, one of the only RTS games that I've played where I felt that I was literally fighting for every step of ground that I took. Starcraft, by comparison, is a lot more fun, but the difficulty is measured in sheer opposing numbers most of the time, with some brilliant moments stuffed into the cracks.

I am only talking storywise.

 

[Major_Boobage]

Dont be sad Darth Cocksucker its normal that Homeworld cant measure up to the de facto RTS pinacle.

It's still a good game, although i dont know if it aged well.