War Leaders is a poor man's Hearts of Iron III, which may be a good thing for beginner and intermediate wargamers. If you can get it for $20 or less, I found it certainly worth the price. And I do not particularly like RTS games. You can also just play the game from the strategic map and auto-resolve the tactical battles.
.: September 7, 2009.: October 21, 2008War Leaders: Clash of Nations is a global bundled with a real-time tactics game mode, similar to that of the series.It was developed by Enigma Software Productions and was published by under its publishing sub-brand V.2 Play in Europe, E-Frontier in Japan and in North America.Plot War Leaders: Clash of Nations is set in World War II. In Campaign Mode, the player can choose to play as one of seven real-life 'war leaders'- (United States of America), (Great Britain), (Fascist Italy), (Empire of Japan), (France) (Deutsches Reich) and (Soviet Union). There are three historical accuracy levels: Low, Medium, and High. In Low accuracy level, the player's faction can make alliances and declare war against any other major nation, while in Medium and High levels, the alliances are Axis/Allies and cannot be changed. To win the game in Low accuracy mode, the player must defeat all other nations or rule 80% of the world's territories (territories can be part of major nations or are the entirety of minor nations, with the exception of Holland, Belgium, Poland, China, Spain, and Portugal, minor nations that have more than one territory). In Medium accuracy mode, it is necessary to defeat all other nations by 1950, as in High accuracy.
To defeat a major nation, you must kill or capture the 'War Leader' animated figure representing the leader of the country or capture all of the nation's territories.Battles can be fought in Campaign Mode like they are in Battle Mode, but the units that make up each 'army' are pre-set, based on units created by the player through various 'buildings', such as barracks, elite troop barracks, and aircraft factories. The player can choose to skip the battle and just learn the outcome, or else can retreat from battle. There are five outcomes for a battle: Major Defeat, Minor Defeat, Minor Victory, Major Victory, and Heroic Victory. A Heroic Victory gives the victorious army a 'hero' character, and morale levels for the player's troops are raised. Sometimes, if a player wins a Major or Heroic victory, a 'general' character is given to the victorious army.There is a Multiplayer mode, as well as Battle mode, where Custom and Quick battles are playable. In a Quick Battle, the player chooses a battle with pre-set units (each country has different levels of units-infantryman, elite soldier, commando, machine-gunner, etc.) and a pre-set faction.
There are two different types of Custom Battles: Annihilation and Kill the General. In Annihilation mode the player can choose his/her faction, the computer 's faction, and the units he/she wants to use in the game. All opposing units must be defeated in order to win.
In Kill the General mode, a General ( for the US, for the UK, for Germany, for France, for the USSR, for Japan, and for Italy) is pre-set, while other units are chosen by the player. The opposing faction's General must be killed in order to win.References.
Command Ops 2
Command Ops 2 is a wargame engine that lets you assess, plan, order and react at the operational level just like a real Corps, Division and Brigade commander.
What sets Command Ops 2 apart from the competition is the most advanced and realistic model of command decision-making.
Was this recommendation..?Blitzkrieg 3
Blitzkrieg 3 is an innovative online real time strategy game, where tactical multiplayer combat, player's base developement and historical battles merge with each other to create a unique gameplay experience. Blitzkrieg 3 continues the world-renowned Blitzkrieg game series that won over 40 awards.
The main feature of the game is a unique asynchronous multiplayer mode. It allows players to fight each other, even if one of them is offline. The defencive installations, which he built, and troops, placed by him in the defence, will pass under the control of AI to ward off other players’ attacks.
And so while you relax – the enemies break their teeth on an impregnable fortress you have made, losing their troops and bringing you valuable resources, that will help you to improve your base, or buy new army units for future victories.
Blitzkrieg 3 is a first real online-RTS, long-awaited by all strategy gaming fans. Innovative PvP will give you a brand new experience of RTS playing, while historical campaigns for each of the side of the conflict will present you with classical gameplay and valuable rewards for the online mode.
Was this recommendation..?Bannermen
Bannermen is a real-time strategy (RTS) game, developed by the Swedish studio Pathos Interactive. The game will test your abilities as a battle commander where the main tasks consist of base building, resource management and battling enemy armies.
The game takes place in a semi-fantasy medieval world that has been brutally damaged due to decades of war, starvation and natural disasters. The people are in desperate need of a powerful leader that can unite the kingdom. Many tribes claim their right, but there is only room for one banner in the kingdom capital.
Command your troops through the war-ridden land, place your banner and let no one stand in your way to fame and glory!
Was this recommendation..?The game takes place in a semi-fantasy medieval world that has been brutally damaged due to decades of war, starvation and natural disasters. The people are in desperate need of a powerful leader that can unite the kingdom. Many tribes claim their right, but there is only room for one banner in the kingdom capital.
Command your troops through the war-ridden land, place your banner and let no one stand in your way to fame and glory!
Age of Empires IV
It's time to battle through history once more in the latest entry of the landmark Age of Empires franchise.
Was this recommendation..?RimWorld
A sci fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller.
RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.
RimWorld follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000.
Manage colonists' moods, needs, thoughts, individual wounds, and illnesses. Engage in deeply-simulated small-team gunplay. Fashion structures, weapons, and apparel from metal, wood, stone, cloth, or exotic, futuristic materials. Fight pirate raiders, hostile tribes, rampaging animals and ancient killing machines. Discover a new generated world each time you play. Build colonies in biomes ranging from desert to jungle to tundra, each with unique flora and fauna. Manage and develop colonists with unique backstories, traits, and skills. Learn to play easily with the help of an intelligent and unobtrusive AI tutor.
Was this recommendation..?Ancestors Legacy
Ancestors Legacy is a history-inspired, real-time strategy game influenced by historical events in the Middle Ages. The game combines resource management and base building with large-scale, squad-based battles across vast battlefields, all rendered in superb detail with Unreal Engine 4. Experience medieval bloodshed like never before thanks to the cinematic action camera that puts you right in the middle of the battle at the press of a button.
Was this recommendation..?Forts
Forts is a physics-based RTS where foes design and build custom bases, arm them to the teeth and blast their opponent's creations to rubble.
Was this recommendation..?Spellforce: The Order of Dawn
In a world beyond imagination..
In their immeasurable greed and constant thirst for power, the thirteen most powerful Mages of all time doomed the land, hurling it into an endless spiral of chaos and despair. Entire countries were wiped out in the blink of an eye when the devastating power of the Elements was unleashed – Elements summoned by dark rituals. Continents shattered like glass, the pieces strewn about like leaves in the wind. Huge armies, bound by the the power of ancient runes, brought war and destruction to the lands that survived the initial onslaught. All that was left were a few islands, connected by magic portals.
Now, only a few years after the end of the Convocation, evil is back – stronger and more powerful than ever before – to finish what was started.
Yet there is still hope. The prophecies tell of a human. A human damned to immortality, bound forever by the power of the blood runes…
Elizabeth Holmes is defending herself by phone. The former chief executive of Theranos Inc., who lives in California, appears regularly in San Jose federal court with a team of high-caliber. Elizabeth holmes. Last year we listed Elizabeth Holmes as the world's youngest self-made woman billionaire, worth an estimated $4.5 billion. But Theranos, the blood-testing company she founded in 2003 and owns 50%. Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman who founded and was the CEO of Theranos, a now-defunct health technology company.
Soon, the time will come when the power of one may change the destiny of many. For better or for worse..
Summary of the most important features:
Innovative game design: The unique mixture of RTS and RPG elements offers a brand new game experience.
High degree of identification with the hero-avatar, whose skills and strengths can be improved by the player
Click’n’Fight: This revolutionary control system guarantees instant action, the best possible overview and completely new tactical possibilities in battle
6 races – Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Dark Elves, Orcs and Trolls – that can be used simultaneously (!) to build settlements and fight battles
More than 30 different enemy races, from cowardly goblins to powerful demons and dragons
A multitude of spells, divided into different categories of magic (white, black, elemental, etc.)
Persistant game world with continuous, gripping storyline and myriad sub-quests
Awe-inspiring 3D graphics with zoom levels from isometric to 1st-Person-views
Was this recommendation..?High degree of identification with the hero-avatar, whose skills and strengths can be improved by the player
Click’n’Fight: This revolutionary control system guarantees instant action, the best possible overview and completely new tactical possibilities in battle
6 races – Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Dark Elves, Orcs and Trolls – that can be used simultaneously (!) to build settlements and fight battles
More than 30 different enemy races, from cowardly goblins to powerful demons and dragons
A multitude of spells, divided into different categories of magic (white, black, elemental, etc.)
Persistant game world with continuous, gripping storyline and myriad sub-quests
Awe-inspiring 3D graphics with zoom levels from isometric to 1st-Person-views
Bad North
'Bad North is a minimalistic real-time tactics roguelite game that combines a charming aesthetic and simple, accessible controls with a surprisingly deep combat simulation.'
Was this recommendation..?Battle Academy
Battle Academy is an action-packed tactical strategy game where you have to take command of a select group of units and lead them through battles on the many different fronts of World War II. As a commander, you will have to employ real world combined-arms tactics in order to secure victory. This means you will have to lay ambushes to surprise opposing forces, use suppressing fire to pin them, flank hostile armor for maximum effect and, if necessary, assaults the enemy to clear strong points. In some cases you will also have access to powerful off map artillery and air support with the capacity to weaken the enemy defenses or even stop an enemy attack dead in its tracks. At the same time you will have to play close attention to the morale of your own troops and use recon units to spot any hostile ambushes or flanking attacks.
Was this recommendation..?Real Warfare 1242
Russia during the XIII century was a huge state, much larger than any other European country. Split by internal conflicts, and yet standing strong against numerous outer threats, it was attacked by the infamous Mongol Horde. They came suddenly and pierced through the country like a blazing arrow. The native people fought valiantly, led by a fierce warrior and prince, Prince Alexander Nevsky.
Real Warfare: 1242, is a realistic real-time strategy game based on authentic historic events. It invites you to experience the glorious times of princes, knights and vast battles. The player’s goal is to direct Alexander Nevsky through meticulously recreated historic battlegrounds and achieve the greatest of victories by repelling the attacks of Teutonic and Swedish knights, bringing Lithuania to peace and eliminating every single invader in 1242.
Was this recommendation..?Ashes of the Singularity
Ashes of the Singularity is a real-time strategy game set in humanity’s not-so-distant future. What it means to be human has changed with the coming of the singularity.
In the post-human economy, sentience is now the most valuable commodity in the universe. The only way to acquire more of that is through the control of Turinium – programmable matter – which can extend consciousness to levels we can't even imagine. Worlds are being transformed into this substance and wars are now being fought across the galaxy for control of those worlds.
Each conflict takes place across an entire world. It isn't a skirmish. It's a war. Thousands of units are constantly constructed and sent across the planet with the player directing entire armies, in real time, to capture key resources in an effort to gain total control of the planet.
Was this recommendation..?Homeworld: Remastered Collection
Homeworld Remastered Collection updates and introduces the landmark space strategy games to modern audiences. The collection includes Homeworld and Homeworld 2, painstakingly remastered by Gearbox in cooperation with key members of the original development team and members of the series’ passionate fan community. As a free bonus, this collection also includes the original versions of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 with compatibility updates, preserving the purest form of the original releases. Anyone who purchases Homeworld Remastered Collection will also receive free access to the Homeworld Remastered Steam Multiplayer Beta when the collection releases on February 25, 2015.
The Homeworld series has a long legacy and is regarded by many as one of the best strategy series of all time. Following its release in 1999 by publisher Sierra and developer Relic Entertainment, Homeworld received several Game of the Year awards and redefined the RTS genre. Its sequel, Homeworld 2, launched in 2003, and was similarly praised by critics for its innovative controls and changes to multiplayer. Brian Martel, Gearbox Software's Chief Creative Officer, has great love and respect for Relic's brilliant, fun and innovative franchise and personally spearheaded Gearbox Software’s acquisition of Homeworld from THQ in 2013.
Was this recommendation..?The Homeworld series has a long legacy and is regarded by many as one of the best strategy series of all time. Following its release in 1999 by publisher Sierra and developer Relic Entertainment, Homeworld received several Game of the Year awards and redefined the RTS genre. Its sequel, Homeworld 2, launched in 2003, and was similarly praised by critics for its innovative controls and changes to multiplayer. Brian Martel, Gearbox Software's Chief Creative Officer, has great love and respect for Relic's brilliant, fun and innovative franchise and personally spearheaded Gearbox Software’s acquisition of Homeworld from THQ in 2013.
Steel Division 2
Steel Division 2 is a historically-accurate WW2 real-time strategy game set on the Eastern Front. Features 1:1-scale turn-based army management and real-time tactical battles with thousands of men at your order.
Was this recommendation..?Anno 1800
Welcome to the dawn of the industrial age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you renovator or exploiter? Suppressor or liberator? It's up to you how the world will remember your name.
In Anno 1800, players will take charge of their own fortune as they navigate the rapidly evolving technological and malicious political landscape of the 19th century in their quest to build an empire that will stand the test of time.
Combining beloved features with innovative gameplay in a memorable new setting, Anno 1800 marks the beginning of a new era for the Anno franchise.
In Anno 1800, players will take charge of their own fortune as they navigate the rapidly evolving technological and malicious political landscape of the 19th century in their quest to build an empire that will stand the test of time.
Combining beloved features with innovative gameplay in a memorable new setting, Anno 1800 marks the beginning of a new era for the Anno franchise.
Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon
Three Kingdoms: Fate of the Dragon is a Real Time Strategy game based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Your little planet will attract lots of neighboring merchants wishing to trade materials and rare ingredients.Play and relaxSmooth and cute graphics as well as a relaxing soundtrack to ease up the bustling everyday routine. About This GameDeiland is a single-player adventure RPG with several sandbox elements, such as farming, crafting, and building.Put on the mantle of the Little Prince of Deiland and rule over your own planet!Tend DeilandYour planet is your home, turn it into a unique and special place. Improve your skills, craft tools, cook delicious food, brew potions, and create many more items that you can manage and trade.Enjoy the story12 available characters and over 100 quests. Deiland tiny planet online.
Was this recommendation..?Hearthlands
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, heroes, magic and other things a typical king deals with on a daily basis.
Was this recommendation..?Imperium Romanum
The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire and players will marvel in the incredible attention to detail when working on a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. As governor of a Roman province, the fortune very much lies in the players own hands.
Imperium Romanum is the sequel to Glory of the Roman Empire.
Was this recommendation..?Imperium Romanum is the sequel to Glory of the Roman Empire.
Timelines: Assault on America
July 20, 1942, Berlin, Germany:
The United States’ Office of Strategic Services (OSS) take advantage of information provided to them by the underground German resistance against the Third Reich. The OSS launch operation ‘Wolf’s Head’, where top marksmen hide among a rally given in honor of Adolf Hitler.
Thousands of onlookers salute and cheer as the blue Mercedes convertible carrying the Third Reich leader makes its way through the downtown Berlin rally. Gun shots are heard, and the crowd screams. In a panic, several German officers run towards the convertible. There, they see Adolf Hitler with two bullets in the head. One man shouts out ‘He is dead!’
July 21, 1942:
Thousands of Germans are arrested and interrogated by enraged German Leaders. The German army learn of Operation ‘Wolf’s Head’ and decide to abandon plans of invading Russia. The Germans convince their Axis ally Japan to launch a two front invasion of the United States of America. Germany will attack from the East while Japan will invade on the West. The United States Army must defend their country from the Assault On America.
Was this recommendation..?The United States’ Office of Strategic Services (OSS) take advantage of information provided to them by the underground German resistance against the Third Reich. The OSS launch operation ‘Wolf’s Head’, where top marksmen hide among a rally given in honor of Adolf Hitler.
Thousands of onlookers salute and cheer as the blue Mercedes convertible carrying the Third Reich leader makes its way through the downtown Berlin rally. Gun shots are heard, and the crowd screams. In a panic, several German officers run towards the convertible. There, they see Adolf Hitler with two bullets in the head. One man shouts out ‘He is dead!’
July 21, 1942:
Thousands of Germans are arrested and interrogated by enraged German Leaders. The German army learn of Operation ‘Wolf’s Head’ and decide to abandon plans of invading Russia. The Germans convince their Axis ally Japan to launch a two front invasion of the United States of America. Germany will attack from the East while Japan will invade on the West. The United States Army must defend their country from the Assault On America.
Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
The old Empire is crumbling. Younger hungrier realms wait like vultures for their chance to pick at the carcass. Thus begins the grand campaign of Sovereignty. Rule your realm wisely and decisively. Play as the Boruvian Empire and try to recapture former Imperial glories. Or play any of 34 other realms, each with their own rich history, culture and play-style.
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