Recommend me an historical strat game, released from 2000 or so to 2005 or so

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by lord of the mark

I dunno, i like to follow what BR is doing, and Ive heard here and elsewhere some very good things about RON.

Well $40 just isn't worth it for an old mediocre game - you should pickup at least WC3 and the original Dawn of War (which I think you should be able to run) first. If it was £4 then possibly.

Originally posted by lord of the mark

Yeah, but ive got at least some interest in each (TW) era. And getting them altogether nicely elides the question of whether to get the latest or not.

Okey doke. This is worth the $40.

Originally posted by lord of the mark

There have been a few (Combat Mission games), I think. You played the first one only, I take it?

The first and the Barbarossa one. Didn't know there were more, but if it's the same guys then I'm sure they are good too.

[Ecthy]

Hey folks tell me about the Total War series. It seems so hard to grasp.

[General Ludd]

I think you might like Crusader Kings. It's as much a roleplaying game as it is a strategy game. It's been a long time since I played, though. I don't know how the patches are doing. (it needed a bit of work still when I played it last, but that was 2+ years ago)

[DrSpike]

Not really. You build stuff like a traditional TBS and move units around. Then the turns are resolved in epic battles played out in real time.

[General Ludd]

Another game to look into is Europa 1400: The guild. A mix between roleplaying and buisness sim.

[lord of the mark]

ah well, thats done.

I was sent to Staples to pick up looseleaf paper for POTM, and I saw RON for $10, no xpack, so I bought it.

More on this, anon.

[DrSpike]

It's probably worth $10.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
I saw RON for $10, no xpack, so I bought it.

More on this, anon.

We can swap n00b tips.

[Zero]

total war series can be pretty fun.

it would be especially good game for TBS players to get into RTS type games...

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Revolution makes Vicky a much better game.

CK has some serious flaws, but it still a game which has given me great fun over countless hours. If you get it, make sure to install patch 1.05 before playing.

Yeah, with the most recent patch it is quite a decent game. Still some serious flaws but it is very different from most of what's out there and if you like Paradox games at all you'll have fun with it for a while.

Also its the only game in which I married a girl because she had no brothers so that my kids would be able to inheirit their maternal grandfather's land, had my mother in-law die, had my step-father marry a young girl and then have to resort to knifing my wife's half-brothers in order to keep my hands on the inheiritance. Great fun

Then there's the great new event series, where I screwed a peasant girl, had a bastard, choose not to give my bastard any good jobs, had him murder my trueborn son and then run off and join my enemy's court and give them some claims on my land.

If you like the RPing angle it can really be a lot of fun, despite the flaws.