Your RTS playing history?

[Falconius]

i am very curious to see how people started and about how much time they spent playing specific games. i will give mine as example:

Dune2 started: 1993 played: 2 years

C&C started: 1995 played: 4 months

Warcraft2 started: 1995 played: 1 year

RedAlert started: 1996 played: 1 year

Age of Empires started: 1997 played: 8 months

Starcraft started: 1998 played: 2 years

Dune2k started: 1998 played: 7 months

Age of kings started: 1999 played: 9 months

C&C - Tiberian Sun started: 2000 played: 3 months

note: still played Starcraft at this time

Homeworld Cataclysm started: 2001 played: 2 months

Emperor started: 2001 played: 8 months

Sudden Strike started: 2001 played: still playing

Forever ;D

[guusr5644]

emperor started 2001 - still playing ::)

[Guest Eric E.]

well i don't have the Date but here's my history:

Diablo 1 - played 1 year

Diablo 2 - played 2 years and still playing (A bit)

Warcraft 1 - played 2 years

Warcraft 2 - played 4 years

Warcraft 3 - starting this weekend

Starcraft (Broodwar) - Played 3 years (And still playing) (a bit)

Emperor battle for dune - starting this weekend

Red alert - played 6 month's (not very exiting)

Red alert 2 - played 8 month's

Earth&Beyond Beta - 2 month's (Beta closed a month ago)

Thats about it.

Regards

Eric E.

[Khan]

I cant tell you when i played them or for how long but these are all my games. ;D

Dune

Dune2

Emperor

Deus Ex

Black and White

Baldurs Gate 2

Ice Wind Dale

Half Life

Z

Star Wars: Galactic Battleground

Caesar3

Zeus: Master Of Olympus

Star Wars: Racer

Star Wars: Jedi Knight

Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2

Heroes of Might and Magic

Diablo 2

Starcraft

Age of Empires 2

Age Of mythology

RA 2

Red Alert

Unreal Tournament 2003

Medieval: Total War

Shogun: Total War

Civilisations 2

Civilisations 3

Giants: Citien Kabuto

C&C

C&C Tib Sun

Renegade

Monkey Island 1

Monkey Island 2

Monkey Island 3

Warcraft

Warcraft 2

Warcraft 3

Settlers

Settlers 2

Settlers 3

Settlers 4

Metal Fatigue

Cannon Fodder

Simcity 3000

[Terror]

I'm not sure... but at least all these strategy games i played, perhaps i forgot some.

Dune2

Warcraft

Warcraft 2 (+beyond the dark portal)

Starcraft (+brood war)

Dune2000

Total Annihilation

Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Star Trek armada

Star Wars Galactic battlegrounds (+Clone Campaigns)

Age of Empires (+Rise of Rome)

Age of Empires 2 (+The Conquerors)

Emperor Battle for dune

Age of Wonders

Age of Wonders 2

C&C (+Cover Operations)

Redalert (+Counterstrike, Aftermath)

Close Combat 3

Warcraft 3

Earth 2150 (+TMP)

Knights and Merchants

Settlers

Settlers 2

Settlers 3

Empire Earth

Myth 2

Lords of the Realm 2

Z

Dark Reign

Conquest Earth

Ceasar 2

Pharaoh

Mech Commander

Homeworld

Homeworld Cataclysm

RA 2

Medieval Total War

Metal Fatigue

Commandos (i don't know in what other category i would have to place this)

Stronghold

Simcity

Simcity 2000

Simfarm

Battle Realms

Star Trek Birth of the Federation

Rival Realms (i don't think anyone knows this.. but i played it)

Starfleet Command

Battlezone

Battlezone 2

Dark Colony

Cannon Fodder

Cannon Fodder 2

I will not list other games or the list would be too long :)

[Caid Ivik]

Dune II 1994-?

C&C 1996-1999

Red Alert 1997-1998

Earth 2140 1998-2001

Tiberian Sun 1999-?

Dune 2000 1999-2000

KKND II 1999

Dune I 2000

Total Annihilation 2000-2001

Commandos 2000

MechCommander 2000-2002

MechCommander II 2001-?

Homeworld 2001

Imperium Galactica 2001-2002

Emperor 2001-2002

Red Alert II 2002 (mostly moding)

Shogun 2002

Sudden Strike II 2002-?

All others are miserable. Until I'll have Medieval...

[Apollyon]

Im not sure when but here are some of the strategy games that stand out in my mind.

Dune

Dune 2

KKND: Krossfire

Dark reign

K240 (oh yes amiga oh yes)

Populous 2 (gotta love that amiga)

Sim city ( ;D)

total annihilation

Syndicate (amiga ;))

XCOM (all of them)

Emperor (duh)

Heroes of might and magic

imperium galactica 1 & 2

Pax imperia

master of orion 2

Star lords =)

Ascendancy

Magic and Mayhem

7th Legion (enjoyable in a perverse, massochistic way)

Earth 2150

Star General

starcraft

warcraft

age of empires 1 & 2

Empire earth

[Terror]

simcity is not realy a strategy game.. wel it's strategy.. but it's more city building...

otherwise i'll add simcity, simcity 2000 and simfarm to my list :)

[Khan]

Sorry i thought this was just game history i've done quite a few none RTSs

[exatreide]

Command and Conqure 1996-97

Red Alert (Whenever it was released) to current( on ps one)

Dune2000 1998-1998

Red alert 2 2000-2002

Panzer General Three Scorched earth 2002-current

Emp battle for dune. 2001-earily 2002

Tib sun 1999-2000

firestrom 1999-2000

Yuries veng 2001-2002

Empire Earth 2001-current.

Strategic command...soon....

[Brennq]

Im not sure when but here are some of the strategy games that stand out in my mind.

Dune

Dune 2

KKND: Krossfire

Dark reign

K240 (oh yes amiga oh yes)

Populous 2 (gotta love that amiga)

Sim city ( ;D)

total annihilation

Syndicate (amiga ;))

XCOM (all of them)

Emperor (duh)

Heroes of might and magic

imperium galactica 1 & 2

Pax imperia

master of orion 2

Star lords =)

Ascendancy

Magic and Mayhem

7th Legion (enjoyable in a perverse, massochistic way)

Earth 2150

Star General

starcraft

warcraft

age of empires 1 & 2

Empire earth

umm i thougth dune wasn't a strategic game. It was a platform game, rigth?

[Andrew]

i beleive there is some strategy, but definitly not real time

[VigilVirus]

Dune 2000

Emperor battle for dune

Warcraft I

Warcraft II

Warcraft III

Cossacks: European wars

Space Empires IV

Empire Earth

Battle realms

HOMM 3

HOMM 4

Red Alert

Tiberean Sun

Black and White

Star Wars Galactic battlegrounds

[Andrew]

Dune 2000

Warcraft II

Red Alert

panzer general 2(not realtime)

army men

sim city

age of empires 1 and 2

starcraft

lords of the realm 2

total annihilation

[ethan]

Dune2k- 2001-?

Emperor- 2002-??

Red Alert- 2001-2days after that day

[rogue1896]

C & C for 64

Tiberian Sun for PC

Firestorm for PC

Red Alert 2 for PC

EBFD for PC

Dune2k for PC

(soon to be)Generals for PC

i don't have any dates tho. EBFD was the first game for me online. b4 that i used to just play skirmishes. i don't like to remember those times... :'(

[Nyarlathotep]

Hum, can't remember any dates (that's what you get when you get older :))

Dune

Diablo I (played it a lot)

Z

Warcraft 2

C&C series

Dark reign (just for a short time though)

EBFD (online just once, but mostly Skirmish with friends)

Xcom

Age of empires 2

Diablo II

Diablo II: LoD => Still playing regulary !!

Heroes of might and magic 3 & 4

7th Legion

Total Annihilation

Settlers 3

And I probably forgot a few, but this should about be it..

[Terror]

Hah, i saw someone else who played lords of the realm 2... kickass huh :)

And Nyar... you played Z too? what did you think about it? it was a strange game... very good in a certain way.. but it was hard... very hard

[Anathema]

I forgot the dates as well, but it's not because I'm getting old :)

C&C

Red Alert

Dune 2000

Settlers 2

Tiberian Sun

Settlers 3

Earth 2150

Earth 2150: The Moon Project

Ra2 (very, very briefly)

Ra2: Yuris Revenge (even shorter)

Mechcommander 2

Starcraft (still playing)

Earth 2150: Lost Souls (still playing)

Warcraft III (I don't really play this anymore, it didn't really grab me)

Settlers 4 (still playing)

Emperor (still playing)

Stronghold (still playing)

Medieval: Total War (still playing)

[IxianMace]

I'll have to follow suit with the forgetting the dates business. ^-^ No seriously, I just can't remember, why would I keep track? Anyway, here are the RTS games I've played, not in any sort of order.

Earth 2150 (stopped playing it until I figure out how to beat the ED campaign!! >:()

The Moon Project (3 months)

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (6 months)

Red Alert 2 (1 month)

Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge ( 2 weeks)

Dune 2000 (3 years approx)

Total Annihilation (6 months)

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (3 years)

Starcraft (8 months)

Starcraft: Brood Wars (6 months)

Warcraft (8 months)

Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome (1 year)

Age of Empires: The Conquerors (6 months)

Emperor Battle for Dune (still playing from when I bought it)

I'd have to say out of all the RTS games I've played, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri was the most satisfying, in terms of how it kept me occupied. There was just so much stuff to learn, and the diplomatic conversations with the other faction leaders were a nice touch to the interesting side of the game. It did get linear after awhile though.

[Nyarlathotep]

Hah, i saw someone else who played lords of the realm 2... kickass huh :)

And Nyar... you played Z too? what did you think about it? it was a strange game... very good in a certain way.. but it was hard... very hard

I liked Z. It's an easy game in terms of setup and game play. The assignments could be difficult to accomplish. What was funny were the movies between lvl's :) Haven't played it for a loooooooong time though..

[Terror]

:) i got to lvl 11.... kinda hard.. snipers were cool though :)

[Falconius]

Thanks for the replies. It is one of the best ways to rate a game by asking how long it gets played.

Warcraft 2 has the highest rating from Eric E: 4 years.

If i get some more replies i'll do the math and figure the average for the listed games. BTW the example i gave was only chronologic to help me, and maybe you, remember. i cannot claim to have kept a perfect record of the RTS games i've played so it is all more or less. i didn't mention games like RedAlert2 or WarriorKings because i played it for less than a week and didn't like it, so for me it isn't worth mentioning.

Oh and it started with Dune2 since thats where RTS started.

[Caid Ivik]

Why you write turn-based strategies? RTS means real-time. Games like Civilisation, Master of Orion, HOMAM, chess or XCOM aren't RTS.

[Terror]

hmm starcraft is higher... it is 5 years old now.. and me + more people still play it..

I played war2 about 3 years i guess