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Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:19:09 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: 90s RTS Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <lvb10sF6pv4U1@mid.individual.net> <6i32pjpadvncckjskif5dt54tlvrbhgmue@4ax.com> <ffn4pjpf0mh2jg6dai3rsbseecbo5oa49u@4ax.com> <mu75pjdk4h4aomfc4vj4fintsghe5pvnhc@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20241224 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/6.12.6-200.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: <Wt-cnS2AVfLgQQ_6nZ2dnZfqn_QAAAAA@earthlink.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:19:09 +0000 Lines: 33 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-s2cK/GDsFGI3rqeyCJUbvw8ghPCt6723DQfMTJ7zqep/Y2VnR48vY9Jv/FW80O+I9uyZ9sM6qzehJb9!J8u+biPrjCtNmTegLxWYRdlvFVqRRuWIZtKjHqmLur0QnDlAjR5BykF1njjHJsKpceeA6Zbdqtxk!AMV4MpSGAPtWMgjI6BDrp9o6z4IKOHC0 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3068 Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:32:00 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson > <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote: > >I always had more fun with the Command & Conquer series, but when it > >came to games of the genre that I enjoyed the most, I tended to favor > >the games that leaned more towards the tactical aspects. Games like > >"Myth", "Ground Control", "Company of Heroes" or "WH40K Dawn of War". > > > >But I tended to be fairly gregarious with the RTS genre, and made an > >effort to play many of the games from that era. Still, a lot of the > >RTS games that I remember best (aside from the obvious ones) came from > >after the turn of the millennium. Games like "Nexus" or "Battle for > >Middle Earth" or "Homeworld". > Besides Warcraft 1 and 2, I played Dune 2, C&C and Total Annihilation. > They were ok games to me but they never clicked for me the way they > did for others at the time. So I mostly gave up on the genre. When I > think of tactical games, I think of something like Jagged Alliance > which I like more then RTS games. > But one RTS series I do enjoy a lot and that is Age of Empires. I > always have at least one game in this series installed. I enjoyed the original AOE game. I couldn't get into TA. Funny my next door neighbor bought me the retail. I never opened it. Ha. -- "But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." --2 Corinthians 12:9. Catch up hump day after a very slammy Tues. It had been a decade since this old ant was laid off from a FTE job. :( Beat Boston! :P Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )