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From the WRP homepage (http://wz2100.net/):

In Warzone 2100 you command the forces of "The Project" in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has almost been destroyed by nuclear missiles. The game offers campaign, tutorial, multi-player and single-player skirmish modes. An extensive tech tree with over 400 different technologies, combined with the unit design system, allows for a wide variety of possible units and tactics. Warzone 2100 was created by Pumpkin Studios, published by Eidos Interactive and is currently developed by the Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project.

I'm really glad that I found this before going to buy C&C3. If you can look past the graphics, This game is amazing. The single-player campaign is pretty good, but my favorite thing about this game is the skirmish battles. You can play against as many as seven other computers. You can form alliances with them, have fixed teams, of just play every man for himself. You can adjust the difficulty level of each team, And you can even play one-on-one on a map that was designed for eight different teams total.

And you don't just tell your factories to build units.

You actually design each unit.

There are about a dozen different body types to choose from, which you will then add a type of propulsion (ranging from wheels and tracks to hovercrafts to VTOL propulsion <3), and finally, a weapon. (ranging from the simple machine gun to archangel and scourge missiles to rotary howitzers)

In the place of infantry, you have cyborgs. Unfortunately, they aren't as customizable, but they are a valuable asset, as they can be loaded on to a transport and flown just about anywhere on the map.

The online mode seems to be... broken. (?) But the game is under development, and hopefully they'll get it working. The game isn't perfect, and it has a few bugs, but it's a heck of a lot of fun to play and the computers pose a good challenge.

The game is open source, and there are fan made mods and maps also available for download.

You can get Warzone for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux as well (I think). If you try it out, I highly suggest the tutorial, even if you've played C&C, because Warzone is quite a bit different from C&C.

I highly recommend this game if you like RTS'. Check it out.

Is command and conquer like the only other RTS you know of? And yeah I recall this RTS being fricking sweet.

I found this game while browsing the Add/Remove program repositories in Ubuntu.

Oh, that game. I remember trying it and finding it rather clunky and tedious.

Luminaflare wrote:Is command and conquer like the only other RTS you know of? And yeah I recall this RTS being fricking sweet.

Just about. I can think of one other, for macs that is. I'm sure there are plenty for windows.

Atilla, were you playing it on your computer? Because It was originally released for PS1. I can't imagine an RTS being very playable using a playstation controller.

Yes, on the computer.

Oh.

About how long ago? Because the current version is 2.1.0, and things have changed quite a bit.

Mmm, I don't remember, exactly. Six months ago?

I recall I found the graphics annoying because it was difficult to tell the difference between units at a glance. Also the interface wasn't as smooth as it could be. I mean, it's not terrible, but it doesn't really compete with the RTSs I already own.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_strategy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_st ... y_wargames

aside from the piece of shit that is C&C: Red Alert 3, nothing can really shake a stick to the C&C series, imo. sorry LF :P.

kai wrote:aside from the piece of shit that is C&C: Red Alert 3, nothing can really shake a stick to the C&C series, imo. sorry LF :P.

I never said anything could? I never said there were better RTS games I just asked if he'd never seen any others. There are some really amazing ones out like universe at war, dawn of war, company heroes, starcraft. Also I've not played much of red alert 3 but I like it, probably just because of empire of the rising sun though... <3 mechs.

red alert 3 didnt appeal to me cause the idea was completely lost. the red alert series was SUPPOSED to be about how Russia became the new Nazi war machine. in red alert 2 the story line lost that idea but the game play held it slightly. red alert just got too damn cartoony for me.

starcraft is good too.

Um the red alert series was intended be cartoony where the tiberium series was serious.

Wait, wait. Are we thinking that Command & Conquer beats Starcraft? Or the Dune series of games? Preposterous.