Falconius Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 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 yearsC&C started: 1995 played: 4 monthsWarcraft2 started: 1995 played: 1 yearRedAlert started: 1996 played: 1 yearAge of Empires started: 1997 played: 8 monthsStarcraft started: 1998 played: 2 yearsDune2k started: 1998 played: 7 monthsAge of kings started: 1999 played: 9 monthsC&C - Tiberian Sun started: 2000 played: 3 monthsnote: still played Starcraft at this timeHomeworld Cataclysm started: 2001 played: 2 monthsEmperor started: 2001 played: 8 monthsSudden Strike started: 2001 played: still playingForever ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guusr5644 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 emperor started 2001 - still playing ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eric E. Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 well i don't have the Date but here's my history:Diablo 1 - played 1 yearDiablo 2 - played 2 years and still playing (A bit)Warcraft 1 - played 2 yearsWarcraft 2 - played 4 yearsWarcraft 3 - starting this weekendStarcraft (Broodwar) - Played 3 years (And still playing) (a bit)Emperor battle for dune - starting this weekendRed alert - played 6 month's (not very exiting)Red alert 2 - played 8 month'sEarth&Beyond Beta - 2 month's (Beta closed a month ago)Thats about it.RegardsEric E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 I cant tell you when i played them or for how long but these are all my games. ;DDuneDune2Emperor Deus Ex Black and White Baldurs Gate 2Ice Wind DaleHalf LifeZStar Wars: Galactic BattlegroundCaesar3Zeus: Master Of OlympusStar Wars: Racer Star Wars: Jedi KnightStar Wars: Jedi Knight 2Heroes of Might and MagicDiablo 2Starcraft Age of Empires 2Age Of mythologyRA 2Red Alert Unreal Tournament 2003Medieval: Total WarShogun: Total WarCivilisations 2Civilisations 3Giants: Citien KabutoC&C C&C Tib SunRenegadeMonkey Island 1Monkey Island 2Monkey Island 3Warcraft Warcraft 2Warcraft 3SettlersSettlers 2Settlers 3Settlers 4Metal FatigueCannon Fodder Simcity 3000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 I'm not sure... but at least all these strategy games i played, perhaps i forgot some.Dune2WarcraftWarcraft 2 (+beyond the dark portal)Starcraft (+brood war)Dune2000Total AnnihilationTotal Annihilation KingdomsStar Trek armadaStar Wars Galactic battlegrounds (+Clone Campaigns)Age of Empires (+Rise of Rome)Age of Empires 2 (+The Conquerors)Emperor Battle for duneAge of WondersAge of Wonders 2C&C (+Cover Operations)Redalert (+Counterstrike, Aftermath)Close Combat 3Warcraft 3Earth 2150 (+TMP)Knights and MerchantsSettlersSettlers 2Settlers 3Empire EarthMyth 2Lords of the Realm 2ZDark ReignConquest EarthCeasar 2PharaohMech CommanderHomeworldHomeworld CataclysmRA 2Medieval Total WarMetal FatigueCommandos (i don't know in what other category i would have to place this)StrongholdSimcitySimcity 2000SimfarmBattle RealmsStar Trek Birth of the FederationRival Realms (i don't think anyone knows this.. but i played it)Starfleet CommandBattlezoneBattlezone 2Dark ColonyCannon FodderCannon Fodder 2I will not list other games or the list would be too long :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Dune II 1994-?C&C 1996-1999Red Alert 1997-1998Earth 2140 1998-2001Tiberian Sun 1999-?Dune 2000 1999-2000KKND II 1999Dune I 2000Total Annihilation 2000-2001Commandos 2000MechCommander 2000-2002MechCommander II 2001-?Homeworld 2001Imperium Galactica 2001-2002Emperor 2001-2002Red Alert II 2002 (mostly moding)Shogun 2002Sudden Strike II 2002-?All others are miserable. Until I'll have Medieval... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Im not sure when but here are some of the strategy games that stand out in my mind.DuneDune 2KKND: KrossfireDark reignK240 (oh yes amiga oh yes)Populous 2 (gotta love that amiga)Sim city ( ;D)total annihilationSyndicate (amiga ;))XCOM (all of them)Emperor (duh)Heroes of might and magicimperium galactica 1 & 2Pax imperiamaster of orion 2Star lords =)AscendancyMagic and Mayhem7th Legion (enjoyable in a perverse, massochistic way)Earth 2150Star Generalstarcraftwarcraft age of empires 1 & 2Empire earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 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 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Sorry i thought this was just game history i've done quite a few none RTSs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Command and Conqure 1996-97Red Alert (Whenever it was released) to current( on ps one)Dune2000 1998-1998Red alert 2 2000-2002Panzer General Three Scorched earth 2002-currentEmp battle for dune. 2001-earily 2002Tib sun 1999-2000firestrom 1999-2000Yuries veng 2001-2002Empire Earth 2001-current.Strategic command...soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brennq Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Im not sure when but here are some of the strategy games that stand out in my mind.DuneDune 2KKND: KrossfireDark reignK240 (oh yes amiga oh yes)Populous 2 (gotta love that amiga)Sim city ( ;D)total annihilationSyndicate (amiga ;))XCOM (all of them)Emperor (duh)Heroes of might and magicimperium galactica 1 & 2Pax imperiamaster of orion 2Star lords =)AscendancyMagic and Mayhem7th Legion (enjoyable in a perverse, massochistic way)Earth 2150Star Generalstarcraftwarcraft age of empires 1 & 2Empire earthumm i thougth dune wasn't a strategic game. It was a platform game, rigth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 i beleive there is some strategy, but definitly not real time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigilVirus Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Dune 2000Emperor battle for duneWarcraft I Warcraft IIWarcraft IIICossacks: European warsSpace Empires IVEmpire EarthBattle realmsHOMM 3HOMM 4Red AlertTiberean SunBlack and WhiteStar Wars Galactic battlegrounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Dune 2000Warcraft IIRed Alertpanzer general 2(not realtime)army mensim cityage of empires 1 and 2starcraftlords of the realm 2total annihilation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Dune2k- 2001-?Emperor- 2002-??Red Alert- 2001-2days after that day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogue1896 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 C & C for 64Tiberian Sun for PCFirestorm for PCRed Alert 2 for PCEBFD for PCDune2k for PC(soon to be)Generals for PCi 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... :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Hum, can't remember any dates (that's what you get when you get older :))DuneDiablo I (played it a lot)ZWarcraft 2C&C seriesDark reign (just for a short time though)EBFD (online just once, but mostly Skirmish with friends)XcomAge of empires 2Diablo IIDiablo II: LoD => Still playing regulary !!Heroes of might and magic 3 & 47th LegionTotal AnnihilationSettlers 3And I probably forgot a few, but this should about be it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 I forgot the dates as well, but it's not because I'm getting old :)C&CRed AlertDune 2000Settlers 2Tiberian SunSettlers 3Earth 2150Earth 2150: The Moon ProjectRa2 (very, very briefly)Ra2: Yuris Revenge (even shorter)Mechcommander 2Starcraft (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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IxianMace Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 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 hardI 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.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 :) i got to lvl 11.... kinda hard.. snipers were cool though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconius Posted November 21, 2002 Author Share Posted November 21, 2002 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caid Ivik Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Why you write turn-based strategies? RTS means real-time. Games like Civilisation, Master of Orion, HOMAM, chess or XCOM aren't RTS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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