Hm… I didn’t care much for Tropico, but I’d give it a fair chance. Is there any indirect RTS you specifically had in mind? By the way, there’s no need to grab the old Starcraft discs-- you can download the remaster on BattleNet for free, with the only restriction being that you can’t use the remastered graphics unless you pay for the actual “remaster.”
I don’t know why, but I also used to play with an inverted Y axis. Everyone I knew got so mad at me for constantly switching the axis controls that they forced me to get used to the “real way.” After a few months of painful Halo 2 matches, the “correction” process was complete.
I relate to this so hard. With everyone I’ve ever switched off controllers with on a single player game, every time we handed it off, first thing we had to do was pause and “fix” the inversion. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to play the “real way”. Lucius was completely unplayable for me because they left that option out!
I didn’t have any on mind, I just kind of wanna make one where you give training to your units, deploy them and issue orders during battle like if you were watching some real-time feedback of the battlefield but they go about their business the best way the can.
Also, I never had any issues with the inverted axis, is kind of like a switch in my head that I can turn on and off whenever I want.
I’d be up for some RTS action, it’s a long time since I played anything though so I’ll be really rusty and under all that rust I was never even really good to start with. I think I might be the most accomplished in SC2 though.
I have Oldest original copies of Red Alert 1 and 2, OpenRA, Starcraft 1 and 2, Homeworld (old and remastered), War for the Overworld, Warhammer 40k DoW and +2: retribution.
Games I have but never tried: C&C RA3-Uprising, Company Of Heroes (several), Grey goo, Offworld Trading company, Planetary Annihilation, Supreme commander 1 and 2.
I kind of doubt that a PSX version would actually be readable, but you’re free to download C&C1 with the Unofficial Patch or through OpenRA. It’s been free for about a decade since EA was using it to promote Red Alert 3.
you’re right, I’ll just put it in my dreamcast instead.
jokes aside now
I have a few RTS games that aren’t C&C gonna have to look up those links for anything else needed when we decide whats being played, though I have experience in Red Alert 3 specifically and C&C 3 less so but still quite a bit.
it appears that origin only allows the collection to people who have their premium service, otherwise its 25 pounds.
yup, but you can usually pick up the collection for a fraction of that price at a another (legit) retailer. Origin’s bs pricing scheme is exactly why i linked another (local) 3rd party when HouGuard mentioned the c&c games
once in a blue moon, origin might have a decent sale that actually makes some games a decent price, but most of the times we get served an expensive version,
if a game cost 10$ (sale or not) it’s a pretty fair bet it cost 50% more in the EU (tho the £ might vary slightly on that fixed %vs €), no idea why , but i guess they prefer us buying those games at retailers
https://206.81.1.216/t/what-kind-of-humblebundle-would-you-make-if-you-were-in-charge/11536/7?u=gnuffi
it’s a danish site i just posted because houguard was from around these parts as i recalled, and i knew it off hand, but not without checking if they were actually even the cheapest atm
i’ll bet you can use pricerunner or something similar to find it in the UK at a decent price in places that ITAD doesn’t cover too
that danish site has it for price that somewhere around 9.3€’ish, and that’s with only a 30% discount, pretty sure it has/will be higher discounted sometimes/or elsewhere too
but at least it’s a far cry from the ridic 33€ origin charges here (3€ more than the rest of EU might i add lol)
-sry for the slight off topic diversion @CptMold , proceed back on with the game night
I’m thinking I’ll leave this thread for about a week to discuss games, and I’ll update the OP with a poll. Whichever game wins… wins. Closing… June 31? Does that sound good to everyone else?
Make it pick 3 or something at least. There’s no reason we can’t play more than one game, or even have multiple groups playing different ones. Lets see what people have and want to play then try to swing something together.
Tiberium Age seems to have the CnC-net option right on the main menu so I hope it works. Red Alert 2, as I think I mentioned in that earlier thread just works on it’s own if you direct connect via TCP/IP or want to mess around with a virtual lan for IPX.
I kind of want to stay away from Tiberium Age simply because it may end up feeling a little too different for veterans. If we don’t play vanilla or basic “updated” versions, the only real source port I know that’s faithful enough to the originals is the OpenRA project. This has support for Dune 2K, C&C1, and RA1, though the singleplayer support is pretty weak (it’s not the focus anyway).
Oooh, may I just derail this thread just a tiny little bit?
This game is one of those old lost treasures that I played for a little while as a kid, lost and could never find again! It’s been completely impossible to get hold of for decades and now, TODAY, GOG launches it right there on their store front page. I can scarcely believe my eyes.
This picture is all you needed to sell me on the game. I’m a sucker for crappy 90’s CGI.
Assuming it has a good multiplayer component, it does seem rather interesting… we may have to check this out in the future. It looks like the sequel Liberation Day has online support, though it may need some workarounds to play today.
Come to think of it, their other big RTS re-release seems pretty cool too!
It seems to be all about a simultaneous land, air, and space battle where you’ll be stuck managing all three. This would be insane in multiplayer, and thus it has my full attention.
(3€ more than the rest of EU might i add lol) 
, proceed back on with the game night 
