What is the most realistic strategy PC game?

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2006-05-14 01:34am

That old "Bridge to Far" game?

Adrian Laguna · Post by **Adrian Laguna** » 2006-05-14 01:39am

Stark wrote:Turn based is not real time.

Are you replying to me? If you mean my use of the word "tactical" I meant it in the sense "you're not gonna be commanding tank divisions here".

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-05-14 01:43am

The Close Combat series are pretty cool. And when it comes out, the new king of realistic strategy will be World in Conflict.

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2006-05-14 01:52am

the Only thing I find that RTS games have been able to do realisticly is the "OMG, how on earth I'm gonna be able to all this in the same time" fleeling

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-05-14 01:55am

Adrian Laguna wrote:Are you replying to me? If you mean my use of the word "tactical" I meant it in the sense "you're not gonna be commanding tank divisions here".

Ooer, we were talking bout RTSs. He DOES want good tactical games all round tho, so mea culpa.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2006-05-14 02:13am

weemadando wrote:The Close Combat series are pretty cool.

No the Close Combat games suck for realism when it came to infantry VS infantry combat.

You can't tell me a fucking elite SS MG 42 team fortifed in a three story building, facing off aginst an eight man american paratrooper squad who's charging across FOUR HUNDRED METERS of open ground(Cut friggin grass) and that MG42 team expend over 800 rounds of ammunition and not inflict one injury on that eight man squad and then have that eight man squad charge the house and kill the mg42 team in close combat with not even a skinned knee on the american side!

Close combat was semi-famous for VERY screwy infantry combat when occasionaly(As in every city battle) certain units would get "godmode" enabled it seemed as they blazed through buildings like lightining killing dozens of people in close combat.

Nevermind the screwy medal awarding
Heck when fighting in Close Combat III I had one Panzershriek team (Two man, one loader w/k98 and the Pshriek man) end up with over fourty kills combined after one rough city battle, 28 infantry kills by the loader and four full tank crews from the AT man.... and the game awarded them both a Iron Cross second class...

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-14 08:21am

weemadando wrote:GC1. Jaegers. Artillery. The only 2 units you EVER need.

Artillary, medium tanks, Marines. The three units that will make a joke of your Jaegers.

GC1 is STILL a godlike game, and anyone who dosn't use hte free download from Fileplanet shall forever be mocked.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2006-05-14 10:57am

The Myth series, especially Myth 2, are excellent and much more realistic than other RTS games. Very challenging games, though.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2006-05-14 12:10pm

Always have been a sucker for the original Sudden Strike

I believe there is also a good realisme mod for the (already good) Codename: Panzers game

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2006-05-14 01:58pm

Can't believe I didn't think of this before. Any of the 'Total Wars' were pretty realistic. You use large formations, movement and attack angles decide victors, plus unit types being applied correctly.

It's even realistic in having a really unresponsive control system.

R.O.A · Post by **R.O.A** » 2006-05-14 06:46pm

Its old, but the World War III: Black Gold was pretty realistic. The only exception being the ridicules humvee+mortar rushes.

Star-Blighter · Post by **Star-Blighter** » 2006-05-14 11:55pm

Ace Pace wrote:GC1 is STILL a godlike game, and anyone who dosn't use hte free download from Fileplanet shall forever be mocked.

Well, I guess I won't be mocked then. It seems that fileplanet removed the GC1 download in favor of a GC "anthology", so they can still milk cash from my strained wallet...

Oh woa is me.

I wonder how Company of Heroes stacks up in the "realism" catagory. Haven't played nor heard much about it.