RTS PC game

[Caradhras]

Not quite an RTS, but Arma 2 I am playing atm is close. It is a 4 man US marine recon squad and it's virtue is an all out effort for realism. Downside (tho not for me, this is good imo) of this if you get shot, you are down or dead...no health bar Medics can patch up non-fatal wounds if they can get to you in time.

Later levels (I am approx 11 of 15 through the campaign atm), has you controlling troops, APCs and Armour. Driving a BMP cross country to capture an enemy village watching out for AT infantry is good fun. The array of weapons and vehicles is impressive, I havent got to use helicopters yet but they are in there. The computer AI is good, it wont frontal assault it will try to flank. If you are in a building, the troops dont run in to be bodies stacked at the door like many others. They surround and wait.

To come I think is the command and control of units, like a proper RTS, but not really tested this.

If you want to play around with weapons and armour (modern) with max realism without getting dirty, this is the game for you - but it is hard!

[Caradhras]

Oh afterthought - I bought the latest (2007! ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpoon_(series) from Matrix games (couldnt find it anywhere else). Was more out of nostagia than anything else, but what an excellent naval RTS - again 'realism' over graphics etc. It will get some play once I done with Arma 2.

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Caradhras

Not quite an RTS, but Arma 2 I am playing atm is close. It is a 4 man US marine recon squad and it's virtue is an all out effort for realism.

I bought ArmA 2 recently but I'm still learning how to play it. Visually it is very impressive but there is a steep learning curve.

[MajorPo]

I think Total Annihilation is one of the best RTS games ever published for the PC. There are a huge number of mods and improvements out there for it too. Hours of fun, though not very twilighty