Warzone 2100 -like games

[SeriousToni]

Hey there all you forum trolls! *just kidding*

 

Some of you might remember Warzone 2100?

http://wz2100.net/

 

I tried to play it with my cousin some time ago, but there was always the problem that the multiplayer games got asynchron, even in LAN. I don't know if it was solved with the latest community patch (its still beta), but nevertheless I wanted to know from you guys if you remember more of those kind of games?

They can be older or just fresh. Only thing I rely on is that you have a big tech tree to research and combine it to different units. Best suits if the game is LAN compatible and real time strategy, but that's no must.

 

My example for this would be "Thandor - die Invasion"

http://thandor-world.de/index.php

 

I don't know if it's a game that only was contributed in Germany, but it's much like Warzone (though not that big tech tree it was made with love). A shame that it didn't go open source like warzone did. You still would have to buy it if you find it somewhere and I don't know if it is running under Windows 7. I hope that I find my old Thandor CD some day, insert it and cry lucky tears

[Sotha]

I actually introduced myself with wz2100 relatively recently. Single player was fine, but I did not like the micromanagement. There is a lot of that.

 

Check the springRTS thread. Zero-k frees you from a lot of micromanagement and it is designed for online play and is well balanced. No singleplayer with a plotline, but you can train against ai bots or play a survival game against ai chickens (starcraft zerg-kind alien race).

[PsymH]

Hm... what's about Earth 2150 and it's sucessor Earth 2160? I think they have similar gameplay like WZ2100.

[SeriousToni]

Thank you Sotha and Mr. Moderator

 

Yes indeed. The Earth Saga is a good example - I should try these out! They even have completely different sides to choose

 

Warzone has many problems with pathfinding expecially if you had many troups, yes. But I almost sacrificed them all in the battlefield so early that it never really came in my mind to have to micromanage them all ^^

I looked in the springRTS thread - seems interesting! If I find the time I'll go check it out - but it looks like I'd had much to learn o_O Hmm..