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From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: 90s RTS
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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.
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