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Started by Syt, November 20, 2016, 07:53:38 AM

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Syt

November 20, 2016, 07:53:38 AM
You can click through the list here (still the same rule, only one game per franchise):

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/11/18/the-50-best-strategy-games-on-pc/



Or you can just see this list below:


The Complete List
1   Civilization IV
2   Alpha Centauri
3   Crusader Kings II
4   Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
5   King of Dragon Pass
6   UFO: Enemy Unknown
7   Europa Universalis IV
8   Endless Legend
9   Homeworld
10   Jagged Alliance II
11   Invisible, Inc. [new entry]
12   XCOM 2
13   Distant Worlds: Universe
14   Dominions IV
15   Solium Infernum
16   Total War: Warhammer [new entry]
17   Neptune's Pride
18   Company of Heroes
19   Panzer Corps
20   Men of War
21   StarCraft II
22   Unity of Command
23   DEFCON
24   Galactic Civilzations 2
25   AI War
26   Dwarf Fortress
27   Gary Grigsby's War in the East
28   Rise of Nations
29   Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
30   Wargame: AirLand Battle
31   Championship Manager: Season 01/02
32   Startopia
33   Cities: Skylines [new entry]
34   Warcraft III
35   Age of Wonders II
36   The Banner Saga 2 [new entry]
37   Prison Architect [new entry]
38   Frozen Synapse
39   Heroes of Might and Magic III
40   Offworld Trading Company [new entry]
41   Myth
42   Ground Control
43   The Settlers II
44   Battle for Wesnoth
45   Darkest Dungeon [new entry]
46   Warlords II
47   Imperialism 2 [new entry]
48   RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
49   Hearts of Iron IV [new entry]
50   Transport Tycoon

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Syt

#1
November 20, 2016, 07:57:59 AM
The entry for DEFCON may have been written by fahdiz:

QuoteDEFCON is the strategy game most likely to make you wake up in a cold sweat. It's an abstract simulation of thermonucler war, in which the tension rises along with the DEFCON level, and frantic deals lead to bitter betrayal. It's a game in which people are reduced to numbers (and ashes). Scores are measured in megadeaths inflicted and, in the default setting, causing a megadeath on an opponent's territory is worth two points while losing a million citizens in your own territory only loses one point. The value of life.

The presentation is immaculately sinister and minimalist, and while DEFCON is unlikely to keep you playing through the night, you might lose sleep anyway. The closest strategy gaming comes to horror.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

mongers

#2
November 20, 2016, 08:46:35 AM
I've played all of six of those games.  :blush:

1   Civilization IV
2   Alpha Centauri
....
5   King of Dragon Pass
....
28   Rise of Nations
......
43   The Settlers II
.....
50   Transport Tycoon
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Syt

#3
November 20, 2016, 08:51:17 AM
I have not played (i.e. spent at least an hour with) these games (though I own some of them, thanks to sales):

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Homeworld
Invisible, Inc. [new entry]
Dominions IV
Total War: Warhammer [new entry]
Neptune's Pride
StarCraft II
AI War
Dwarf Fortress
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
Wargame: AirLand Battle
Startopia
The Banner Saga 2 [new entry]
Offworld Trading Company [new entry]
Ground Control
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Razgovory

#4
November 20, 2016, 09:48:27 AM
Command and Conquer/Dune deserves some mention.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Josquius

#5
November 20, 2016, 10:42:59 AM
Civ IV? :unsure:
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garbon

#6
November 20, 2016, 10:59:29 AM
Startopia isn't a very good game let alone great.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

mongers

#7
November 20, 2016, 01:59:02 PM
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

CountDeMoney

#8
November 20, 2016, 04:39:51 PM
Quote from: Syt on November 20, 2016, 07:57:59 AM
The entry for DEFCON may have been written by fahdiz:

QuoteDEFCON is the strategy game most likely to make you wake up in a cold sweat. It's an abstract simulation of thermonucler war, in which the tension rises along with the DEFCON level, and frantic deals lead to bitter betrayal. It's a game in which people are reduced to numbers (and ashes). Scores are measured in megadeaths inflicted and, in the default setting, causing a megadeath on an opponent's territory is worth two points while losing a million citizens in your own territory only loses one point. The value of life.

The presentation is immaculately sinister and minimalist, and while DEFCON is unlikely to keep you playing through the night, you might lose sleep anyway. The closest strategy gaming comes to horror.


Oh, for fuck's sake. :rolleyes:

dps

#9
November 20, 2016, 09:19:31 PM
I've played:

2   Alpha Centauri

3   Crusader Kings II

24   Galactic Civilzations 2

27   Gary Grigsby’s War in the East

39   Heroes of Might and Magic III

47   Imperialism 2 [new entry]

That's 7 of 50.

I'd only consider CKII, War in the East, and HoMMIII great games.  Though to be honest, there haven't been 50 PC strategy games that I'd consider to actually be great.  And Master of Orion (I or II, definitely not 3), Master of Magic, and Colonization should be in there somewhere.

Ed Anger

#10
November 20, 2016, 09:25:35 PM
Startopia is trippy while waiting for the novocaine to wear off and the vicodin to kick in.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Alcibiades

#11
November 20, 2016, 11:43:01 PM
I've played 33 of the 50 on the list.  Startopia isn't one of them...
Wait...  What would you know about masculinity, you fucking faggot?  - Overly Autistic Neil


OTOH, if you think that a Jew actually IS poisoning the wells you should call the cops. IMHO.   - The Brain

11B4V

#12
November 21, 2016, 12:28:13 AM
 :huh:

Only 3 here from that list.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Valmy

#13
November 21, 2016, 12:38:14 AM
HoI 4? TW: Warhammer? Really?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Richard Hakluyt

#14
November 21, 2016, 03:06:55 AM
A pity that the Imperialism series stopped at just 2.
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