RPS' Top 50 Strategy Games 2016

[Valmy]

A pity that the Imperialism series stopped at just 2.

Yeah that was a great series.

[mongers]

A pity that the Imperialism series stopped at just 2.

Trump bought the rights, hear he's planning on doing a MMRWRPG version.

[Josephus]

HoI 4? TW: Warhammer? Really?

Yeah that makes me wonder how they compile this list. HOI IV?

[Josquius]

HoI after 2 is just awful.

Small typo?

No, the site says IV. Which is just odd. How is 4 better than 5?  (I've yet to play 6)

[Razgovory]

I think the sequels are counted as the entire series.  For instance, Civ II was the game in that series I got the most fun out of.  I've played 29.  That all the games aren't from the last five years.  Some call-backs to the 1990's are good.  I didn't play PC games in the 1980's so I don't know much about those.

[Duque de Bragança]

A pity that the Imperialism series stopped at just 2.

Yeah that was a great series.

I really only enjoyed Imperialism II, despite various bugs.
More than the very good already Conquest of the New World, better than Colonization IMO (unless it's the modded new version).

[garbon]

HoI after 2 is just awful.

Small typo?

No, the site says IV. Which is just odd. How is 4 better than 5?  (I've yet to play 6)

I think I'd say II and IV are my favorites. Played a lot more of each one of them than I played out of V. VI is nice but as their blurb about Civ suggested, it still has a bit to go before its the best of the series.

[grumbler]

I really only enjoyed Imperialism II, despite various bugs.
More than the very good already Conquest of the New World, better than Colonization IMO (unless it's the modded new version).

I dunno.  Colonization (the original version) was very good.  I loved the idea of crating up horses and storing them for use in the war for Independence.

Imperialism II was good, but not that good.

[grumbler]

Jagged Alliance 2 the number ten strategy game of all time?

Fuckin' A.  This game never got the praise it deserved.  I still play it today.

[Tamas]

I liked Imperialism I better than II.

Colonization was far superior to Conquest of the  New World.

[Duque de Bragança]

The biggest joke of the list is Panzer Corps, how a graphic improvement of the good ole Panzer General made it to 19 is beyond me.
Panzer General II, People's General are way ahead, despite being published in the '90s. Open General, Battle of Wesnoth for the Panzer General series, is so much better and no DLCs to buy.

[Tonitrus]

I liked Command HQ.

[Sophie Scholl]

Colonization was far superior to Conquest of the  New World.

I loved both of those games.  They were both in heavy rotation in my earlier computer days along with No Greater Glory and Kingmaker.  That being said, I think the Starcraft was the game that really broke my preference for consoles and turned it to pc.  If we're going for series as opposed to the seemingly random ones listed, I've spent at least a few hours with about 11 of the different games.  Some a lot more than that.  Hahaha

[garbon]

How many of these have I played.

1   Civilization IV
2   Alpha Centauri
3   Crusader Kings II
5   King of Dragon Pass
7   Europa Universalis IV
12   XCOM 2
24   Galactic Civilzations 2
26   Dwarf Fortress
28   Rise of Nations
32   Startopia
33   Cities: Skylines [new entry]
34   Warcraft III
35   Age of Wonders II
37   Prison Architect [new entry]
39   Heroes of Might and Magic III
44   Battle for Wesnoth
46   Warlords II [This is a typo as their list has a page about Warlords III]
48   RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

So 18.

[Pedrito]

1   Civilization IV
2   Alpha Centauri
3   Crusader Kings II
5   King of Dragon Pass
7   Europa Universalis IV
8   Endless Legend
9   Homeworld
13   Distant Worlds: Universe
18   Company of Heroes
21   StarCraft II
23   DEFCON
24   Galactic Civilzations 2
26   Dwarf Fortress
27   Gary Grigsby's War in the East
28   Rise of Nations
29   Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
31   Championship Manager: Season 01/02
32   Startopia
33   Cities: Skylines [new entry]
34   Warcraft III
37   Prison Architect [new entry]
39   Heroes of Might and Magic III
40   Offworld Trading Company [new entry]
45   Darkest Dungeon [new entry]
48   RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Oh gosh, 25 of them  and other games in the Total War, XCOM and Banner Saga series.

Most hours spent on:
Civilization franchise
Alpha Centauri
CK2
GalCiv 2
Championship Manager franchise

Total tally of hours: ridiculous.

L.