For the Strategic Game Lovers!!

[sumitava_b]

I was getting crazy to find that there is no dedicated thread in this great community for strategic games freaks!! Now we, the strategists, can discuss every nuances of any strategy game here. Let's begin the journey......[/b]

[sumitava_b]

Lets start with an uncommon game that I liked so much because I had to use all my thought-control to play that game. It's "Syberia". Puzzle-solving story-telling game with tremendous graphics. Has anyone played that game?

[Satissh S]

Not me! But Strategy surely is my passion. Any 1 nows how to play turn based games! I Like da aoe series and rise of nations.

[drvarunmehta]

Lets start with an uncommon game that I liked so much because I had to use all my thought-control to play that game. It's "Syberia". Puzzle-solving story-telling game with tremendous graphics. Has anyone played that game?
I have played Syberia. First of all it is an adventure and not a strategy game. Secondly, you are right about the graphics. they are truly mind blowing. Have you played Syberia II? It is even better than the first. Where did you get your copy from? I had to ask someone from the US to get it for me coz I couldn't find a copy anywhere here.

[Darthvader]

i dont agree man syberia was way better than its sequel

[drvarunmehta]

i dont agree man syberia was way better than its sequel
I guess you feel that way because you had already seen Syberia's awesome graphics, and since the graphics were pretty much the same in the sequel, they didn't seem good enough.
Syberia II was way more challenging than the prequel and had more intresting characters.

[sandeeprao]

has anyone played "fate of the dragons"????

[icecoolz]

has anyone played "fate of the dragons"????

played it quite a while back and completed it too. Oh I love turn based Strategies. Desciples & Desciples II and the expansions. Heroes of Might and Magic series, Etherlords I & II are just to name a few. Am playing a strato come RPG game right now called Spellforce. Its the Shadow of the Phoenix expansion.

[vamsi104]

I love strategy games.
especially aoe,aom,ronand the lotr series.

As far as turn based games are concerned,
I find mysely a bit more prone to impatience.

[anshul]

Hey bhai
Hum bhi hain team mein. I am also a lover of strategy games . I have not played the game you mentioned but I have played aoe, aoe2, command and conquer tiberian sun, red alert gold and ultima and many more. What do you think of them.

[saurya_mishra]

lets bring a true revolution in RTS gaming into discussion ... i am talking about ROME: TOTAL WAR
if u have played it at least the demo u know waht a game it is.
the thing that imprssed me was the team control and not indivisual. mpre than graphics it has inovation. what do u think ?

Saurya

[z00m]

Personal Favs: AOE, Neverwinter Nights, Warcraft TFT



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[z00m]

sheesh how can i 4get Diablo I, II
so crazy bout this game i actually purchased a Diablo battlechest worth 1500rs
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[icecoolz]

When did Diablo I & II become strategy games mate ? They are RPG's ;)

[z00m]

hm.. ofcourse its rpg.
I thought the thread read rts/rpg :?



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[anoopelias]

well RTS .......when it come to RTS it is warcraft 3 .what a game it is i spend a whole month continously for playing wc3. Breath taking graphics and a very fine game play . i like to be an orc. i played warcraft 3 and frozen throne .
ANY warcraft fan mail me at chosssm@sify.com

[sumitava_b]

True, Warcraft was a milestone for graphics, basically those interconnecting animation videoes in between episodes are really breathtaking. Sometimes I spent time seeing those animations only even after completing the whole game.. :) ...The story was also very engrossy....But I missed cute li'le Hobbits there.. :( ....

[sumitava_b]

I think everyone looking into this thread must be a big fan of civilization games. Then let's start a good discussion...WHICH ONE IS THE BEST CIVILIZATION GAME YOU HAVE PLAYED TILL NOW AND WHAT ARE THE REASONS?

Let's begin the game........

[Satissh S]

Some of the best titles that hit me are:
1. Warcraft 3
2. AOM and Titans.
3. Conquerors El-Cid and other Campaigns such as Joan of Arc.

The One That really involved me to a great deal is "The Fall Of Trident" Campaign in AOM. Scintillating! wasn't it?

[godzi_85]

i love startegy games. literally live on em!!! lol
hmm the last game i played was rome total war.. actualy just got the game.. finished the imperial campaiign...
its amazing.. rocks..!!!!! esp when you have huge armies. .and it boils down to your comanders influence and command and your units experience.. truly one of the best ever!! i say!!! .
the one hing i hate is the the long campaign after you capture 50 provinces the game returns back to he main menu i would love t ocapture the whole world!! lol
hmm also loved RON.. .. great strategies to appply and stuff.. and with so many customs scenarios available its a treat to play thge game man.. its truly rocking!!!!
hmm.. no one played home world 2.... i absolutely adored it.. it was one of the best i have ever played.. really nice game.. its a space strategy game..
and i though syberia 2 (which i loved ) is an adventure game....
also played ground control 2.. realy nice. with 2 campigns.... its rocking esp at the medium difficulty level....
i also liked command and conquer generals..... zerohour...
with age if empire being one of the first game of this genre i played..

[sumitava_b]

Sometime I wonder about microsoft who once made groundbreaking launch of games like AOE, AOM, RON. But I feel that after that it crawls back into its shell. Those games were like pioneers in strategy game with rocking graphix. But after that microsoft just could not cope up with the high expectations. Many other game-maker actually overtook them in terms of quality in game.

Ya it's true that Microsoft is trying to come back with AOE3 and all. but still we were expecting much more. :cry:

[Apollo]

Ever heard of Ice Wind Dale: I and II?

I got a cd of that from my friend and never did understand it much. It's the only RPG that I've.

Question: Would you classify military/secret agent type games as strategy games?

[sumitava_b]

As far as I know the answer is yes. I think u r talking about games like commando. They must fall under strategy games. U will burn ur gray cells off while playing those games :) [/quote]

[icecoolz]

Ever heard of Ice Wind Dale: I and II?

I got a cd of that from my friend and never did understand it much. It's the only RPG that I've.

Question: Would you classify military/secret agent type games as strategy games?

Ahh Ice Wind Dale...using the Dungeons and Dragons rules engine...awesome games...Got them and completed both. f you like it then try the Baldur's Gate series as well. Excellent games.

Military games such as C&C is a strategy games. However military/stealth games are actually FPS Stealth games such as Project IGI.

[Darthvader]

Try Knights of the old republic i and II . must have for any star wars fan

[devilhead_satish]

Warcraft and AOE and RON are my favs

[sumitava_b]

Hmmmmm....Looks like microsoft fan.. :P

[escape7]

Warcraft III had awesome graphics, and yes i agree with sumitava_b, the ingame videos were really breathtaking man, the last level was a bit difficult, but i completed it without using any cheats!

[wizrulz]

can anyone tell me more abt rome total war? read verym much on it nad would like to kmnoe its pice also?

[sumitava_b]

And GTA:vice city too.....I havnt played this much acclaimed game :cry: Can anyone tell me in which genre this games falls.?

Is there any recent Digit DVD (in past one year), in which I can find the demo of vice city or rome total war? :?:

[enoonmai]

@sumitava: GTA-VC is a game that seems to have a class of its own, since it falls into Action, Driving, FPS and TPS all at once. Yes, that's it, GTA is a genre in itself. As for Rome-Total War demo, it was on the October 2004 DVD. As for the GTA-VC demo, I am not aware of a demo.

@wizrulz: Read more about Rome: Total War here. (http://www.google.co.in/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/review.html&e=10167) In my opinion, its one of the best RTS's around these days. The overall game is so good that the Discovery Channel is using it in their "Medieval Battles" program. The game is marketed in India by WorldWide CDROMS and the 3-CD pack is priced at INR 1299.

[sujithtom]

I love strategy. I think i am the only guy here playing A.R.S.E.N.A.L Extended Power. Its cool. A world war II recreation. The opponent is not a fool like in AOE. Its really really cool.

[escape7]

try playing aoe on the hardest mode, that too without cheats. U'll get to know wether the opponents are foools or not :wink:

[sumitava_b]

Thanx enoonmai for ur explanation. U have sent a nice link for details about rome:total war. The review was good to understand the game. Can u please provide me similar links for gta too?

[Satissh S]

Since Sumitava started this as a thread dedicated to strategy, I think it's wise to post some essential strategies here.
Please Post the stategies known to u and also hear from others.
Let's Take it One by one starting with RON. I Think this strategy shd be applicabl to most rts games

Rushing:
This strategy involves taking out ur opponent b4 he has time to even find his feet.
1. As soon as the game begins resrch military1.
2. Create 2 citicens and use them on farms.
3. Build a Barraks.
4. Send your scout to the 4 corners of the map to get 4 sure shot ruins and also three at the centre.
5. Create 4 Hoplites ,2 slingers and attack the enemy villagers.
6. this would affect his economy.
7. If u use a civ. such as aztecs this wud also gain u bonuses.
8. Crete another 2 hoplites and attack the enemy capital with your entire force. Thats it Game Over for him!

Please Post ur Strategies Here!

[sumitava_b]

Most Welcome Satissh for such a generous posting :D .

Keep posting this type of posts explaining ur strategies and tactics. Let's not forget "United we stand, divided we fall". 8)

[godzi_85]

nice satish!!!

i`ll tell you about the strategy i have used for fighting against the selucid empire.... i`m playin the house of julii ....
okk so the selucid will always and always have a hell lot of hoplitles and their variants esp.. if you play in the meduim and the hard difficulty modes...
so what i do is have 4-5 roman cavalry or legionary cavalry.. and send then to places where the hoplites would go after em... so what i do is... that i use my cavalry to either tire the hoplites.... tired hoplited are a piece of cake .. !!!!
or.... once i got their backs turned attack them from behinf using my infantry.. or better form a wedge from a cavalry unit and attack em. from behind.... it becomes very easy to destroy em!!
heheheheehe
also one more stratregy i use while defind my cities is fight the attaker in the open rather than allowing him to come to my city ....
its like... i use archers ane velites(missle units) for skirmish.. and send them as close as possible to the enemy .. and when the enemy approaches or runs towards them... i rush in my cavalry if any from the left...(if i have any) and my infantry from the front.. damn i just love it whe nthe enemy gets kinda trapped.. and has no where to go .but to helll!!! heeehahahahahahaaaha
my two cents!!!!

[godzi_85]

one more strategy if you have a lot more missile units is to ... use these units to tire the infantry or whatever units your enemy has.. do`nt worry if you lose a lot of these units.... cause whatevr infantry you have will be fresh..and eagar. ..and trust me.. very very strong against a winded enemy...
try and you` shall succed!

[sumitava_b]

As it seems the current hotshot strategy game is none other than Rome:total war can anyone share some good tactics adopted by him/her?

It would be helpful for those who are about to start playing the game like me... :)

[wizrulz]

hey has anyone played igi-2, its a good game, duno if it comes under strategy game! :oops: Operation flashpoint was good eneough as it allowed me to play on my old system w/o any agp. want to desperately play ROME:total war. medal of honor is good game.

[sumitava_b]

I think IGI-2 comes under FPS, if I am correct...although it requires a lot of strategy to tackle those terrorists..
8)

I dont think it will be possible to play rome:total war without agp.....Experienced ones can post some comments on that....

[wizrulz]

hey u have to red it properly man before commenting i said that abt mt old system and now have a new latest system..... so i think i can play rome:total war :lol: by ethe way how much video ram it needs????

[CyCo]

ok .. now that u guys are talkin abt strategy games FINALLY and tips for them lets go one by one ....

#1#
AOE2 CONQ{THE_ONE_AND_ONLY}

i dont kno how much time i must have spent on this game .. i played the first one 8 yrs back and then got hooked onto AOE ON LAN ...
btw i disagree with Satissh S when he says AOE is good for campagins ... dude acc to me AOE is actually fun only in multiplayer .. u can play on a 56k cconn in gamespy .. i used to paly with international players go it ws gr8 ...

too bad in 1 way that AOE3 is comin out ... i cd have played aoe2 foreva !!

**STRATEGIES**
For Black forest maps wall up ur city quickly as there are only a few entrances ... then make sure u have a city with seige onagers (highest lvl onagers) .. they can destroy trees on attack grnd .. sneak up on ur opponent while just wastin a few units near ur walls to keep him occupied ....

RUSH !! rush as fast as u can to castle age and attack with 5 knights .. i have won sooooo many games like this ... ur even 5 knights (or 5 more later if need be) can surround his base and kill workers ... stay away frm town center and attack his woodworkers 1st as the hear the town bell least smash the houses 1st .. before the barracks or anything .. this disables his power to make anything so everything goes KAPUT !!

make ur military base not in YOUR BASE but outside his ... therefore u can keep attackin him and keep the pressure up .. just make sure u have atleast some soldiers and the neccessary buildings in ur base 2 .. i have lost a few times coz i made my military base totally outside his and then sum1 came and razed my original base coz i 4got to make barracks and stuff there ....

HALBS ROCK !! these are the only units i use .. they are very cheap and can kill almost nethin .. good against the studs who thinks persian elephants cant b beat ....

JAPS .. HMM ... this is my fav civ .. coz the all the infantry bonuses .. + katapurato ... my trebs pack unpack so fast that they kick ASS !!

TREBS + INFANTRY : get some trebs .. minimum 4-5 best 10 ... and havin japs helps ... u can virtually wipe out bases .. the castles fall so easily and then the trebs can go wild... the infantry just protects ur trebs nothin fancy ....

WALLS SUCK .. they employ huge amts of resources .. and one hole thru them destroys the whole purpose ... u waste time makin em 2 ...

**DONT FORGET TO RESEARCH MURDER HOLES <-- UNIV **

researchin the whole blacksmithy acc to ur unit and some stuff in univ always gives that extra adv needed so badly in battle ... most ppl ferget this ...

make sure ur whole economy runs efficiently on autopilot ... dont make 10 farms and then keep replenishin .. make like 20 or 25 .. so more food and not so much rushin back to make more farms ..

GET THE RELICS .. the gold is the saviour in an all out unit war ...

get the stone and gold mines early .. mine the ones outside ur base 1st as the ones inside are always urs but ne1 mines the ones outside ...

dont waste time makin soldiers bfore castle age .. they suck .. 10 knights will kill whatever u made ...



#2#
C&c

make sure u kill ur enemy bfore they launch a superweapon .. then the game gets really messy and uncontrollable ...

#3#
Rome Total War {ITS_SOOO_GOOD}

MY OTHER SO FAV GAME
i played it for 10 hrs straight 3-4 times coz its so engrossin ...

**STRATEGIES**

play house of julii .. which u invariably will as u generally dont figure out that u can change ur house in the beginnin .. then when u attaack rome when the other 2 roman factions attack u to save rome u can just bribe their soldiers at a very reasonable price ...
the weird thing was that i needed 2000 soldiers to defeat the 600 in rome and i cdnt play it on battle map it lagged so badly (512 SDRAM ,XFX FX5200 lat driv) ...so it saves a lot of time just buyin off the soldiers and hence avoidin attack on ur soldiers 2 ...

see that the tick mark for the option whether u can govern a city w/o a governor is ON .. otherwise it becomes a pain ...

see that u dont lose ur family members early (which i did) .. therefore i had to wait and wait and adopt and adopt everyone i got...

make sure u combine ur navy ships .. dont sail less than 150 grpped at a time .. later it really really really helps .. specially when that b**ch cartage has such a HUGE navy ... then u will need to make those quadrimes and group lotsa those together .. therefore make sure u capture all bases with docks 1st ..


if some town revolts and it starts off a chain .. for me like 10 towns went on revolt .. just revert back to ur previous save and u will find that it doesnt happen at all ...

i somehow prefer the strategy part and not the on map battle .. its easier and faster .... so no comment to godzi_85 but i totally agree when godzi_85 says that i wd have loved to capture the world after my 50 provinces .. i had like 3 lakh denarii and profit of like 30000/turn ...

i cd never figg out how to get rid of disease even when my sanitation was full .. ???
help needed there ..

neways hope this helps



looks like this is a bit long ... but i think worth it in the end ...:D

8) CyCo 8)

[sumitava_b]

Well, this thread is getting more and more interesting, especially for strategy gamers.

Mod can please make this thread sticky, so that this thread would be visible to everyone in Gamers section.

Thanks in advance.....

[rohanbee]

WoW :o
Its great to see so many strategy gamers here. I thought there would be so few. Maybe we should start a club and review games for each other.

Rome:- total war just the other day i was going to buy that cd but left it. Now hearing some of you describe it has made me want to buy it immediately.

REally interested in some more reviews.

Does anyone here like strategy sim games too?? like this one that i am playing called SIMGOLF its quite good.

Anyone playing Roller coaster tycoon 3 i had to leave it as my onboard mobo graphics could not handle it.

[geek_rohit]

hey has anyone played igi-2, its a good game, duno if it comes under strategy game! :oops: Operation flashpoint was good eneough as it allowed me to play on my old system w/o any agp. want to desperately play ROME:total war. medal of honor is good game.

I too love IGI-2. It is not exact strategy though. It is a stealthy first person shooter. It requires strategy,planning combined with great stealth. It is a bit difficult in the start. But once you play it for some time. You start to play better. It is indeed a very nice game. A lot better than IGI-1.

[sumitava_b]

IGI-2 is a fine game, but I found it very much similar to Delta Force (as far as gameplay is concerned) which I played exhaustively for weeks. The only difference is that in DF u will get support team like alpha and charlie where in IGI-2 u have to fight alone....

[escape7]

Tips for AOE :

Keep a lot of archers and deploy them at various important points.

Have ur defense strong, surround your township with walls and guard towers.

As u explore more and more try to build guard towers regularly, 3-4 in one group, have some archers near them, the'll help safeguard ur town.

Expand ur towns, add more and more guard towers, keep a range of seige weapons.

For conversions, use two priests/monks together.

Safe guard ur resources.

Attack ur enemies regularly with large armies.

[CyCo]

sorry to say escape but i dont agree with u AT ALL

in regard to ur ealier postin playin with the comp on hardest is not fair to us as if u see in a recorded game that they start out with like 1000 or 2000 of each resource hence makin them advance faster , but not due to skill ...

then as u said abt archers .. they cant really do anything unless u r totally defendin ... wat u gave is a general defence strategy ...
but as the quote is : when the war is at the gates it cannot b won ..

3-4 guard towers in a grp cannot help .. then can max kill 5-6 of my infantry ..

conversion .. lolz .. wat will u do ?? convert 1 unit outta 50 when an army attacks ...

if u keep usin ur army to protect ur resources , then who will attack ?? ;)

ne1 else with some strategies ??

[sujithtom]

try playing aoe on the hardest mode, that too without cheats. U'll get to know wether the opponents are foools or not :wink:

In AOE opponents r fool even in Hardest mode unless u select the Conqueres (Attila the Hun, El Cid etc) or Age of the Kings (Joan the maid from the menu

[escape7]

Try Battling with archers(not only archers, have 6 of them with the others in your unit), They have an advantage over others, as of guard towers, i'm not talking about building them under townships, i'm talking about spreading them over the whole map, and two guard towers near the resources is enough to safeguard it so ur army can fight the enemies.

Monks/Priests do come in handy, looks like u never played AOE seriously CyCo...tell us ur strategy, playing like this i've played all the series and in the hardest mode, completed all of them without using cheats.

[sumitava_b]

In AOE priests r very useful to heal the wounded units, not to convert enemies. Form different teams of army including some priests in each team. During a battle, make two or three priests standing just behind ur army (make sure they dont get hit) and keep them busy healing ur expensive soldiers. :twisted:

[geek_rohit]

AOE-II
I've used this strategy many a times depending on the map. And have been successful with it.
As soon as the game starts, try to fortify your area like in the fortress map. And make towers on the boundary at such a distance that as one tower's area of attack finishes another towers in there. This will help in preventing attacks in the initial stages and make a gate or two in all the 4 directions. And keep your army near the gates. When you plan to attack. Always make 5 or something trebuchets and order them to destroy the enemy gates and towers so that your army can move in without problems. And keep them as away from the enemy region as possible, and order 5 paladins or 2 paladin and 3 ranged units, or whatever combination suits you, to guard the trebuchets. This will prevent them getting underattack. Then after the enemy gates and towers on the other area are destoyed attack the enemy and now order the trebuchets to attack the castle, and keep the army of the enemy busy meanwhile we have some units gurading the trebuchets, but still keep checking that the units guarding have not fled to kill others, and keep the attack going, now as soon as the castle is gone destroy the town centre. And now ask all your units to attack the town centre this way you can win the game easily.

[escape7]

AOE-II :

ur way of playing is perfect rohit.

An idea on how to distribute ur units

population limit : 75

u should have :

3 villagers - wood
3 villagers - food(farms etc)
3 villagers - gold
3 villagers - stone
1 villager - repairman
(have lumber camp, mining camp etc near the resources, this way u'll save time and gather the resources quickly)

attack Unit:

archers - 2
footsoldiers(from barracks etc) - 4
special units - 2
paladin - 2

(u should have 4 such units)

Total population by now : 53

monks 2 with each unit(for healing, and adding t ur units by conversions)

Population : 61

U should have a navy of 5 attack ships, 2 fishing boats, 1 transport ship.

Population : 69

Seige weapons : 6

Total Population : 75

*It depends upon u, it could be that this style couldn't suite some out there.

fortify ur township it with walls, build guard towers at regular intervals, and spread them over the map in groups.

have around four guard towers outside ur gates, u'll have a strong defense.

fortify your coasts with guard towers
(they don't add up to your population limit)

use seige weapons extensively, they have a large range(excluding baterring rams), and the key to ur victory.

repair ur buildings & heal ur units at regular intervals.

most important of all, after reaching the population limit, try to convert as many units as u can, it'll help u a lot. :)

[geek_rohit]

Yea this is good. I too have a strategy that in the inital stage when the resources are less I make the villagers the 30-45% of the population limit and when it is attacking time I make it 25%.
TIP When u begin a attack, top up the production queue in all the barracks, stable, and the other mitilary buildings, then set the gather point for all the buildings in the enemy area where your current war is staged, like if you are attacking the town centre set the gather point there. This will ensure that you have a good amount of soldiers and the army is never short of men when some get killed. For a faster rate of production make more and more military buildings and fill up the queue. But do not fill the queue for the siege weapons it won't be of much help.

[rohanbee]

Yea this is good. I too have a strategy that in the inital stage when the resources are less I make the villagers the 30-45% of the population limit and when it is attacking time I make it 25%.
TIP When u begin a attack, top up the production queue in all the barracks, stable, and the other mitilary buildings, then set the gather point for all the buildings in the enemy area where your current war is staged, like if you are attacking the town centre set the gather point there. This will ensure that you have a good amount of soldiers and the army is never short of men when some get killed. For a faster rate of production make more and more military buildings and fill up the queue. But do not fill the queue for the siege weapons it won't be of much help.

i go even more overboard and make them upto 60% even right at the start and reduce it to an extreme of 10% by sending them into the enemy territory to get killed and free up my pop quota.
Seige engines i always tend to keep only 2-3 as they get destroyed very fast i usually keep them behind a wall for defensive purposes (unless i need to use them at the begining of an offensive move) as well otherwise they tend to move out on their own and then get ambushed. Also they need to be constantly protected by other infantry units and then they tend to destory everyone including your own units!!!

[escape7]

Seige engines i always tend to keep only 2-3 as they get destroyed very fast i usually keep them behind a wall for defensive purposes (unless i need to use them at the begining of an offensive move) as well otherwise they tend to move out on their own and then get ambushed. Also they need to be constantly protected by other infantry units and then they tend to destory everyone including your own units!!!

thats the only thing i don't like about seige weapons, they destroy our own units :(

[sumitava_b]

I am not very much agreed with Rohit on the strategy of putting the gathering point in enemy's base. This will result in sending your soldier one by one, especially when ur initial army got outnumbered in enemy-base. At that time enemy will just chew and throw your soldier one by one :( . Better gather them in ur base and send them in team. You know Teamwork always works.

Rohan, for siege weapon, make it stand ground near a watchtower or 1/2 infantry in guard mode. This will prevent the siege weapon to get ambushed while strolling around and also make it less vulnerable from enemy infantry. When u need one expensive siege weapon on a roll in aggresive mode, always put a infantry in guard mode. He will always run along with the siege protecting it :twisted: . I used to keep a villager near by the costly sieges. Whenever my siege got damaged the villager came and repaired it quickly. 8)

[geek_rohit]

I am not very much agreed with Rohit on the strategy of putting the gathering point in enemy's base. This will result in sending your soldier one by one, especially when ur initial army got outnumbered in enemy-base. At that time enemy will just chew and throw your soldier one by one :( . Better gather them in ur base and send them in team. You know Teamwork always works.

Rohan, for siege weapon, make it stand ground near a watchtower or 1/2 infantry in guard mode. This will prevent the siege weapon to get ambushed while strolling around and also make it less vulnerable from enemy infantry. When u need one expensive siege weapon on a roll in aggresive mode, always put a infantry in guard mode. He will always run along with the siege protecting it :twisted: . I used to keep a villager near by the costly sieges. Whenever my siege got damaged the villager came and repaired it quickly. 8)

Read it carefully mate. What I mean to say is when you begin the attack top up the queue and set the gather point in the enemy base. And take the current army with you. I said so because when u reach the population limit, you take the whole army in a team and attack. But during the war many of your units are killed to replace them I said that you should top up the production queue. This will ensure that you are never short of units. Because when your units are in short number they outnumber you and destroy your forces. And then rebuilding your force again and then taking them for another attack will give the opponent the chance to rebuild his forces and repair the damaged buildings.

[Satissh S]

Hey! Have you guys finished the Age of Kings Barbarossa scenario 5 "The March of Barbarossa" at hard mode. I have not been able to do so . :roll:

[sumitava_b]

Rohit, you are majorly talking about topping up the queue in barracks and all. I really dont have a problem with that. In fact that is only strategy left to u when ur army is getting thinner.

But I am talking about setting of gathering point of barracks. My point is that replacement should not reach the battlefield one by one. Your lone soldier running to the gather point can easily be ambushed especially when u r playing with multiple enemeies. Place ur gathering point little away from battlefield. When u get at least 4/5 soldiers then send them together to frontier.

[rohanbee]

I am not very much agreed with Rohit on the strategy of putting the gathering point in enemy's base. This will result in sending your soldier one by one, especially when ur initial army got outnumbered in enemy-base. At that time enemy will just chew and throw your soldier one by one :( . Better gather them in ur base and send them in team. You know Teamwork always works.

Rohan, for siege weapon, make it stand ground near a watchtower or 1/2 infantry in guard mode. This will prevent the siege weapon to get ambushed while strolling around and also make it less vulnerable from enemy infantry. When u need one expensive siege weapon on a roll in aggresive mode, always put a infantry in guard mode. He will always run along with the siege protecting it :twisted: . I used to keep a villager near by the costly sieges. Whenever my siege got damaged the villager came and repaired it quickly. 8)

Read it carefully mate. What I mean to say is when you begin the attack top up the queue and set the gather point in the enemy base. And take the current army with you. I said so because when u reach the population limit, you take the whole army in a team and attack. But during the war many of your units are killed to replace them I said that you should top up the production queue. This will ensure that you are never short of units. Because when your units are in short number they outnumber you and destroy your forces. And then rebuilding your force again and then taking them for another attack will give the opponent the chance to rebuild his forces and repair the damaged buildings.

Yes rohit i agree with you. That is quite important especially if you have suddenly walked into something you did not expect. Sometimes i queue them up at slightly a distance (From the attack target) just in case the main forces are depleted and need to make a quick retreat. This way they can be re-inforced pretty quick. Otherwise we might send in new units one by one to their inevitable destruction.

[escape7]

Yes, but in all this the defense of the base should not be compromised.


My take about the gather points:

I make the gather points outside the enemies gates, and also set up lots and lots of guardtowers inside their township, a hectic task but it pays out. Then i set the gather point on the enemy buildings, while the units collected outside the gates move in. This way i have an attack unit with replenishments and with a li'l bit help from the towers the attack becomes a bit easier; also the building from which the replenishment units comes from, i place it near the enemy location, fortified heavily with guard towers.

TIP : Destroy enemy houses before attacking the main buildings & don't let them repair the buildings etc. Their military will become small in number, and a li'l bit easier for us to beat them quickly..............i love this game :)

[rohanbee]

Yes, but in all this the defense of the base should not be compromised.


My take about the gather points:

I make the gather points outside the enemies gates, and also set up lots and lots of guardtowers inside their township, a hectic task but it pays out. Then i set the gather point on the enemy buildings, while the units collected outside the gates move in. This way i have an attack unit with replenishments and with a li'l bit help from the towers the attack becomes a bit easier; also the building from which the replenishment units comes from, i place it near the enemy location, fortified heavily with guard towers.

TIP : Destroy enemy houses before attacking the main buildings & don't let them repair the buildings etc. Their military will become small in number, and a li'l bit easier for us to beat them quickly..............i love this game :)

Guard towers like a lot of stone which is always the scarest of items and since it is utilised for building walls at the begning as well i think the need is quite a bit.
as regards destroying enemy houses isn't it true that the enemy might already have a sizeable force ready lets say 30 ppl and you reduce it to 15 (house wise) the population still remains??

[CyCo]

Try Battling with archers(not only archers, have 6 of them with the others in your unit), They have an advantage over others, as of guard towers, i'm not talking about building them under townships, i'm talking about spreading them over the whole map, and two guard towers near the resources is enough to safeguard it so ur army can fight the enemies.

Monks/Priests do come in handy, looks like u never played AOE seriously CyCo...tell us ur strategy, playing like this i've played all the series and in the hardest mode, completed all of them without using cheats.

dude i am quite sure i must have played more AOE than ne1 in this forum .. i have been playin aoe in general since 8 yrs and competitive since 3 . in the first WCG the national champ was from pune and i used to play with him ... :D

monks and priests are only userful for relics .. dude when ur infantry is fighting y wd u wanna wait for ur slow preists to catch up .. and waste gold in upgradin or even makin em ... use the gold for extra trbs or better units ..

and that thing abt 75 pop was extensive but silly .. every1 plays with 200 pop .. i have NEVER in 3 years national and international see a game with 75 pop !!!

ut strategies may wrk in single player (i played the whole thing once but found it not so interestin) .. the strategies i have are purely for multiplayer where time is the most crucial factor ...

destroyin houses is a good idea .. as u can see on that HUGE article i wrote in my prev post ..
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19307&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

rohanbee ur right that the units still remain .. but the thing is that once his houses are gone he cannot make a new army unless he builds new houses (or castle or town C) that takes him time and till then ur second army can come and destroy his base ...

and instead of makin the gather point a lil far from his base geek_rohit y dont u just make 2-3 buildings of whatever u need outside his base .. then u also save the time ur units take while walkin ...

[escape7]

Yes, i was talking about single player games.

As of stones instead of building a complete section of walls build a few towers, u'll have a good defense system & can then concentrate into attacking the opponents.

As of monks, not necessary u keep them with the infantry, have them seperate. I convert a unit and then send it to attack its own army, atleast some damage is done.

As of playing AOE, CyCo u must have played more than me but i'm also playing this game since the last 6 years. :)

[CyCo]

Yes, i was talking about single player games.

As of stones instead of building a complete section of walls build a few towers, u'll have a good defense system & can then concentrate into attacking the opponents.

As of monks, not necessary u keep them with the infantry, have them seperate. I convert a unit and then send it to attack its own army, atleast some damage is done.

As of playing AOE, CyCo u must have played more than me but i'm also playing this game since the last 6 years. :)

dude u tell me what can towers do .. that also guard towers .. if u wd have said those bombard towers then fine coz those cause mass damage so u cnat use infantry to blow em up u need seige weapons and then it takes time to destroy them .. but guard towers will do what kill 2-3 units MAX .. what diff does it make to me when i am gettin an army of 50 ...instead of that the best defense is like 5 castles .. thats 2 mines worth fo stone. .. u said with a monk u convert a unit and send it back .. dude what will 1 unit do ?? thats what i said for single player all this is fine coz the comp gets small armies frequently so its good to have a defense and all ..

but in a multiplayer defense really does not have so much of a role . coz its more attack based .. the first person to attack generally wins cause it all depends on how u attack .. and thats where my yrs of experience count.. especially when i played online with people from spain , germany , holland etc .. and then the pros here in pune taught me a lot 2 ...

play multiplayer sometime .. on ur home connection on gamespy .. its much much more fun than single player ...

[escape7]

OK, i got the towers wrong there, i meant bombard towers. :oops:

[CyCo]

ya then the thing is all that u get for spendin so much resources on researchin for bbrd towers and then stone on buildin them outside your base + the time is like an early warrnin system .. better thhan that would be to make an outpost .. its cheaper and lets u see to a long range ..

coz seriously bbrd towers come in castle age .. in castle who has the time to reserach all that and tthen beautify ur base frm outside ...

just make some units quick send them over to the enemies base .. then concentrate on ur offense .. and doin the RUSH not on defense ...

NE1 else with some tips ????

[sujithtom]

Well This is my AoE strategy:

Build a wall around as soon as possible. All gates will be locked (I will wall in all the resourses in the area). Then plant fully upgraded archers throughout the side of wall (Elite Longbow if britons). At first make only a few but strong and fast melee fighters. They can be used to to take care of Siegh units outside archers range.

After advancing to Castle age it might be a good idea to make castles close near to the walls. They r stonger than towers, have better fire power and more range but they r costly.

After my units reach the population limit and fully upgraded i usually attack them. My mode is lightining attack (just like Adolf Hitler's Strategy)

First i will send a lot of Pretards to destroy there walls and adjoining towers. Then i will make other units ASAP to make up the lost Petards (The enemy don't repair their walls or towers. This is why i said they r fools :-) ) Then all other units will rush in destroying offensive units. Seigh units will attack on Barrack,archery range town centre etc.

Fully upgraded archers or long bows are the best units. I usually group a huge number of them (as much as i can select at once). Guess what? They all can kill a fully upgraded Paladian in just one shot. Ya thts rite. When the combine their efforts.

I only use Priest to heal and convert opponent towers and building. I never use them to convert opponent units.

Ok guys tell me how my strategy is? Does it sux or does it rocks?

[geek_rohit]

It is very fine sujithtom. Pretty good. Infact my strategy is pretty similar to yours. :) Not much of a difference.

[escape7]

nice strategey.................

by the way, i connect to the net using r-connect(reliance) FWP, i try to play aoe on the net, but the connection doesnot go thru. How do i do it, i just can't go to a webworld etc everyday to play aoe :(

[rohanbee]

I am a defensive player. I don't believe in making sorties and forays just so that your armies get depleted.

Even if i convert enemy units i bring them back to the base this way i can extend my armies BEYOND THE POPULATION LIMIT.

Usually i send a scout or any quick cavalry near the enemy base and entice units out of their guard or patrol mode into following me. Then either i ambush them with some 2-3 priests standing behind some really strong Defensive infantry units. This way when they come near just to follow the cavalry/scout they come way out and then they try to attack my infantry after seeing them but before they reach us the combined power of the priests converts the units to my army. :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[sumitava_b]

Well This is my AoE strategy:

Fully upgraded archers or long bows are the best units. I usually group a huge number of them (as much as i can select at once). Guess what? They all can kill a fully upgraded Paladian in just one shot. Ya thts rite. When the combine their efforts.

I only use Priest to heal and convert opponent towers and building. I never use them to convert opponent units.


Sujithtom, ur strategies are very good indeed...But it seems like u r taking a lot of time during gameplay......Upgrading the archers fully (that means upgrading both at barracks and blacksmiths) and also the priests so that they can convert a watch tower standing from a safe distance will take a while. Isn't it? AOE is all about speed. If u r not striking first, just to upgrade ur army fully, ur half resource will be lost just defending. This is my opinion only. Strike them off when they r kids only. :twisted:

[escape7]

if u have a strong defense, attack becomes much easier

[rohanbee]

if u have a strong defense, attack becomes much easier

You said it dude! you might have the best offensive team but with a weak defense you will always lose. With a good defense you might not win but then you might not loose as well. A draw is still better than a loss.

[escape7]

nobody here is with the towers, just try using them as ur line of attack & defense, yes resources is needed but then why r u collecting them when not using them, now don't tell me u just keep building walls with them and nothing else

[rohanbee]

Obviously i use towers, i dont think anyone would use walls without the towers to protect them. Sometimes when i have enough stone i build a weapon building and a tower real close to an enemy's base....

[escape7]

towers near the enemy base is a good idea, try having 4-5 of them( 2 or more places), they will probably be attracted towards destroying them & in the meanwhile u can take ur forces and attack ur opponent from the other direction. :)

[sujithtom]

Well This is my AoE strategy:

Fully upgraded archers or long bows are the best units. I usually group a huge number of them (as much as i can select at once). Guess what? They all can kill a fully upgraded Paladian in just one shot. Ya thts rite. When the combine their efforts.

I only use Priest to heal and convert opponent towers and building. I never use them to convert opponent units.


Sujithtom, ur strategies are very good indeed...But it seems like u r taking a lot of time during gameplay......Upgrading the archers fully (that means upgrading both at barracks and blacksmiths) and also the priests so that they can convert a watch tower standing from a safe distance will take a while. Isn't it? AOE is all about speed. If u r not striking first, just to upgrade ur army fully, ur half resource will be lost just defending. This is my opinion only. Strike them off when they r kids only. :twisted:

Strike them when they r kids??? Don't forget we r also kids at tht time. At in some maps (Conqurers Campaign) we start as kid buy they as fully grown adults

BTW call me tom(too late to change name)

[rohanbee]

Well This is my AoE strategy:

Fully upgraded archers or long bows are the best units. I usually group a huge number of them (as much as i can select at once). Guess what? They all can kill a fully upgraded Paladian in just one shot. Ya thts rite. When the combine their efforts.

I only use Priest to heal and convert opponent towers and building. I never use them to convert opponent units.


Sujithtom, ur strategies are very good indeed...But it seems like u r taking a lot of time during gameplay......Upgrading the archers fully (that means upgrading both at barracks and blacksmiths) and also the priests so that they can convert a watch tower standing from a safe distance will take a while. Isn't it? AOE is all about speed. If u r not striking first, just to upgrade ur army fully, ur half resource will be lost just defending. This is my opinion only. Strike them off when they r kids only. :twisted:

Strike them when they r kids??? Don't forget we r also kids at tht time. At in some maps (Conqurers Campaign) we start as kid buy they as fully grown adults

BTW call me tom(too late to change name)

When they are kids u will be one too............so the odds are still against you since you will be foraying into their territory tom.... :wink:

[Raghav Talwar]

I love strategy games.My fav game is AOE:The rise of rome.

[sujithtom]

Well This is my AoE strategy:

Fully upgraded archers or long bows are the best units. I usually group a huge number of them (as much as i can select at once). Guess what? They all can kill a fully upgraded Paladian in just one shot. Ya thts rite. When the combine their efforts.

I only use Priest to heal and convert opponent towers and building. I never use them to convert opponent units.


Sujithtom, ur strategies are very good indeed...But it seems like u r taking a lot of time during gameplay......Upgrading the archers fully (that means upgrading both at barracks and blacksmiths) and also the priests so that they can convert a watch tower standing from a safe distance will take a while. Isn't it? AOE is all about speed. If u r not striking first, just to upgrade ur army fully, ur half resource will be lost just defending. This is my opinion only. Strike them off when they r kids only. :twisted:

Strike them when they r kids??? Don't forget we r also kids at tht time. At in some maps (Conqurers Campaign) we start as kid buy they as fully grown adults

BTW call me tom(too late to change name)

When they are kids u will be one too............so the odds are still against you since you will be foraying into their territory tom.... :wink:

Well if i understood well wat u said i think i have said the same thing in my quote.
"Strike them when they r kids??? Don't forget we r also kids at tht time"
+ since most of the area is unexplored in will be huge mistake to attack at first itself

[escape7]

i completely agree with u. first explore the entire area then plan ur attack, outposts here come in handy

[sumitava_b]

Well well well....lotsa kids n adults discussions.....Lemme clear my point of view....I never meant to say that we should shoot in dark, that starting attack without forming a decent defence or exploring the entire area.

What my policy is try to be the first person to launch an attack...May be in first 1 or 2 attacks u may be outdone (but the wreakage on the victim will be havoc, as they r caught offhand), but during that time u must continuously upgrade ur defence as well as offence. This will hamper the process of upgradation of ur enemies.

After that take ur full-grown army and dust off the enemies who are still spending time and resources repairing the damages that u have done initially. I am agreed with Tom that in some maps like Conqurers Campaign, this strategy is absurd. In those games u r in backfoot right from the begining. No point in attacking first. I got this strategy useful only when enemy and me are begining the game from same stage.

Is there any fun left if u r playing for a draw, if not lose?

[sujithtom]

No there r no fun left Sumitava. But if any ppl haven't noticed this yet (I am taking abt ordinary game modes not Conquerers Campaign) no matter how big the enemy is they always come to attack us in twos and threes.They never come together and attack us. This makes the game as simple as child play and boring. But this is not the case in Conqurers Campaign. The bots r smater than othr modes and there is only 50% or less chance for u to win. This is why i like Conqurers Campaign

[sumitava_b]

Agreed Tom, Conqurers Campaign is altogether a different ball game. I accepted this in my previous mail too.

:arrow: However, help needed from MODERATOR. Please make this popular thread (See the reply:view ratio for this thread. Its almost 1:6.5, one of the lowest :D I would say. Hats off to Stategy gamers!) a STICKY one so that everybody can find this thread atop. Waiting for the action...

[drvarunmehta]

Haven't we discussed enough AoE already? Anyone here like Command & Conquer? Especially Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge.

[sujithtom]

Yeah sumitava is rite. Thsi thread is so popular.Plz mods make this thread sticky.

Dr Varun why don't u start discussing abt those games ppl will automatically follow ur path :))

[g0rd0n]

this thread has become very popular. Even my vote goes "make it a sticky" :D

Now i love most of the strategy & RPG games , & ppl i have great news for all u strategy lovers like me (u may already know abt it or not),

Well one of the best strategy games which was released in 2003 was RISE OF NATIONS , well it was a great game , now it seems, sequel to Rise of Nations is ready to be released very soon , its called RISE OF NATIONS :RISE OF LEGENDS , well its gonno be totally diff from the first , well it will be featuring a history-versus-fantasy conflict rather than the purely historic focus of its predecessor. :roll:

AND another thing it will have a new 3D Engine rather than that 2D like in Rise of Nations.

Take a look at the screenshots
here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/riseofnationsriseoflegends/preview_6123931.html?tag=nl.e579)

[escape7]

Any body here who has played Tiberian Suns?

[drvarunmehta]

Any body here who has played Tiberian Suns?
Yes I have. I play anything and everything in the Command & Conquer series.
Tiberian Sun wasn't one of Westwood's better games. Still an average game by Westwood is better than a good game by most other developers.

[escape7]

i enjoyed playing that game, an FPS was also released based on this...that was also good.

[pallavnawani]

i enjoyed playing that game, an FPS was also released based on this...that was also good.

Yes, I have played Tiberian Sun, and also the FPS. The FPS was good in parts. It started to get very difficult and frustating at the end, but the most annoying thing was that you had to protect people, and those brainless people had a habit of running ahead and getting killed. And then you had to wait for 5 minutes to reload the game. Grrr.

Pallav

[CyCo]

No there r no fun left Sumitava. But if any ppl haven't noticed this yet (I am taking abt ordinary game modes not Conquerers Campaign) no matter how big the enemy is they always come to attack us in twos and threes.They never come together and attack us. This makes the game as simple as child play and boring. But this is not the case in Conqurers Campaign. The bots r smater than othr modes and there is only 50% or less chance for u to win. This is why i like Conqurers Campaign

the thing abt conquerors is that u cant really play hardest coz its unfair .. they start out with 2000 of each resource whereas u have only 200 .. so its not really that they play better just that they can make stuff faster than u and u cant as its not possible .. so its fun if u want a really long game [like i played once 2 on5 hardest] but not so good for playin multiplayer ...

[CyCo]

if u have a strong defense, attack becomes much easier

You said it dude! you might have the best offensive team but with a weak defense you will always lose. With a good defense you might not win but then you might not loose as well. A draw is still better than a loss.

i disagree ..
again i clarify this is for multiplayer

my defense will just be my base havin 2-3 castles in the direction where my enemy is.. thats it .. and the rest of it is that when my army gets made the gather point is in that direction where the enemy may come from ... so .. i dont need a defense ...

[CyCo]

nice strategey.................

by the way, i connect to the net using r-connect(reliance) FWP, i try to play aoe on the net, but the connection doesnot go thru. How do i do it, i just can't go to a webworld etc everyday to play aoe :(

try using gamespy .. it will detect AOE on ur comp .. and u may need to d/l a latest patch 1.0c or sumthin but that u can ask the ppl playin on gamespy and they only will tell u ...

[CyCo]

Well This is my AoE strategy:

Build a wall around as soon as possible. All gates will be locked (I will wall in all the resourses in the area). Then plant fully upgraded archers throughout the side of wall (Elite Longbow if britons). At first make only a few but strong and fast melee fighters. They can be used to to take care of Siegh units outside archers range.

After advancing to Castle age it might be a good idea to make castles close near to the walls. They r stonger than towers, have better fire power and more range but they r costly.

After my units reach the population limit and fully upgraded i usually attack them. My mode is lightining attack (just like Adolf Hitler's Strategy)

First i will send a lot of Pretards to destroy there walls and adjoining towers. Then i will make other units ASAP to make up the lost Petards (The enemy don't repair their walls or towers. This is why i said they r fools :-) ) Then all other units will rush in destroying offensive units. Seigh units will attack on Barrack,archery range town centre etc.

Fully upgraded archers or long bows are the best units. I usually group a huge number of them (as much as i can select at once). Guess what? They all can kill a fully upgraded Paladian in just one shot. Ya thts rite. When the combine their efforts.

I only use Priest to heal and convert opponent towers and building. I never use them to convert opponent units.

Ok guys tell me how my strategy is? Does it sux or does it rocks?

good for single player ... bad for multiplayer ...

[CyCo]

sorry net ws down so had to reply to many posts at 1 time ....

1 ques open to ne1 ..

in a normal [not turbo random] what is ur advance time to castle age ?? [to find out press F11 when u play]
the game speed shd b fast ... and u start with normal resources , dark age , random map etcetc

i jsut wanted to kno ..
earlier when i used to play a lot it was arnd 17:10 but now its more like 19 or 20 ...


ALSO, the strategies which most of u r discussin are for single player .. ne1 who plays multiplayer here ??????? and can add to my strategy here at the bottom of http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19307&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30


also, mod can u make this thread sticky ??

[Satissh S]

Hey! No reply to my post yet! :cry: Help Please! :!: In The Barbarossa Scenario 5 The March Of Barbarossa , how do you get past that saracen navy! In easy mode I Had no problems in landing my troops in the coast opposite to the constantinople. But in Hard mode the saracen Navy Sinks all my transports in mid sea! Help Please! How Would it be if we directly attack and threaten the constantinople's Hagia Sophia Wonder With our Siege. I haven't tried it yet.

[sujithtom]

No there r no fun left Sumitava. But if any ppl haven't noticed this yet (I am taking abt ordinary game modes not Conquerers Campaign) no matter how big the enemy is they always come to attack us in twos and threes.They never come together and attack us. This makes the game as simple as child play and boring. But this is not the case in Conqurers Campaign. The bots r smater than othr modes and there is only 50% or less chance for u to win. This is why i like Conqurers Campaign

the thing abt conquerors is that u cant really play hardest coz its unfair .. they start out with 2000 of each resource whereas u have only 200 .. so its not really that they play better just that they can make stuff faster than u and u cant as its not possible .. so its fun if u want a really long game [like i played once 2 on5 hardest] but not so good for playin multiplayer ...

Well don't say u can't win. U can surely win but ur win % will fall from 50% to some 10%. U can still win if u plan ur strategy well.

And if you are about to fail....psst try cheats cough hem.

Wow i am making the 100ths post here. Yet this thread is not sticky

[CyCo]

i didnt say u cant win and the %age shd b more than 10 ... its just that its not so much fun playin with comp as multiplayer

multiplayer ROCKS !!!

and only the loserz use cheats .. so lets remover that comment ................

[escape7]

seriously CyCo, multiplayer sure rocks, but most of us don't have that amount of time to spend. In singleplayer we can save and then continue sometime later. :)

[CyCo]

ya ... i get u ..
but i was tryin to talk to the ppl who played AOE seriously like me in tourneys ...

[sandeeprao]

has anyone played "lord of the rings:war of the rings"??? or has anyone played "fate of the dragons"??/

[escape7]

Guys, what do u think about the story of
warcraft-III, our hero joining the undead...

[CyCo]

what abt some other strategy games .. i think AOE III has taken the home city concept [read it at gamespy.com] from RON .. coz RON was the first game i feel which had the concept of developing successfully cavalry and all into tanks with introducin a new resource to b gathered ... otherwise empire earth 1 was there but 13 ages made it really painful to play ...

1 thing i think AOE III has really ripped off from RON is the final battle thing .. in RON in the last age there are 3 or 4 options available to decide the fate of the game and they require HUGE resources .. Same thing in the AOE III review ..

what do u ppl think ???

[sujithtom]

Guys here goes the screenies of A.R.S.N.A.L Extended Power. The graphics may not be that good but the game rocks. This screenies were taken from World War (a World War II recreation)

http://img159.echo.cx/img159/7893/screen010ay.th.jpg (http://img159.echo.cx/my.php?image=screen010ay.jpg)

When world goes on flame...

http://img159.echo.cx/img159/5568/screen022lr.th.jpg (http://img159.echo.cx/my.php?image=screen022lr.jpg)

Peace at home... My HQ

[[flAsh]]

Has anybody played Close Combat and Comand and Conquer series

[esumitkumar]

How about Thief II ?

[escape7]

Why don't we discuss about one game only, that way we'll have a nice interactive session.

[[flAsh]]

Why don't we discuss about one game only, that way we'll have a nice interactive session.

Everybody doesn't like same game sadly but this is tru :cry:
Everybody wants 2 share his/her interest

[sujithtom]

Both Flash and escape7 has a point. If we choose only one game it will be good (like wat happened to AOE a few posts back) but the same ppl will post abt it over and over again and other ppl may not reply since they may not like tht game much......

[sumitava_b]

No probs....we'll cover each and every strategy game present on the earth (Am I being little over-confident? :twisted: ) so that everybody will get turn to pour their inputs :D .....

To involve more viewers we can discuss simultaneously two games at a time, but not more than that. Otherwise it would be too difficult to watch this thread.....

[rohanbee]

]Has anybody played Close Combat and Comand and Conquer series

Then lets discuss the Command & conquer series:- I only played C & C Red alert though. Any other fans of this version??

[netcracker]

I am A Big Fan C&C:Generals and Zero Hour.The Graphics are amazing and so is the Story....Btw Anybody Heard of the game called Earth 2150?

[Satissh S]

Guys, what do u think about the story of
warcraft-III, our hero joining the undead...Heck! I Don't Consider Arthas a hero. Thrall , Grom and Jaina are the Real heroes along with the Druids in the night elves. Arthas kills his own father because he wants to fulfil his vengeance. He takes the cursed sword of Frostmourne and turns into a wretched creature. He releases all the evil and brings the Burning Legion back. He Kills his own friends such as Uther and Antonidas. He is also responsible for the death of Muradin. So can it be concluded Arthas Sucks :x

[Satissh S]

By the way, What of Empire Earth ,Mythology and RON. Do you guys know that in the latest expansion of Ron, the Thrones and patriots they have added civs such as Indians Americans and Persians. We haven't discussed about Commandos III Destination Berlin. Surely, it's quite tough and requires a lot of planning, strategy and team co-ordination.

[sumitava_b]

C&C is a nice game with splendid game-play. Story is good too. But I hate those game videoes. Man, americans make other countries' statesmen look like a bunch of jokers!! :evil: Imagine some other country's game-devlopers make american president a big fool in a game, what american will do with that country next day? :twisted:

Other than that I really enjoyed the game. particularly in Yuri's revenge, those superpowers like iron curtain and all are really superb :wink:

[anubhav_har]

has anyone played age of wonders II

[escape7]

I think this thread is going dead!

[escape7]

What do expansion packs do?

[sumitava_b]

Generally expansion packs to a paricular game add a few more scenario or campaign in that game. It will be installed on the platform of the original game. Like, Yuri's revenge is an expansion pack of C&C II. After installing this pack, you will get a new team (called something like psycho, I forgot :P ) apart from America, Russia etc. I found that team better than any other previous team. There will a new campaign where Yuri, former right hand of Russia's president, captured the president and takes the control. The story is nice and good.

In one word, its kind of value-adding to the present game. :D

[rohanbee]

What do expansion packs do?

Simply put Expansion packs are basically ad-ons to existing games. These WILL NOT work if the original game is not loaded onto your computer.
These are quite the in-thing now days. They are usually made for simulator, startegy, based games as these sometimes have an engine which becomes so popular that the consumers would prefer additions rather than a totally brand new game!!!
At the end of the day it ia also a good way to make quick money for game developers as they have already done the main work, and the expansions usually sell for almost as much as the original game. :wink: :wink:

[escape7]

Is there any expansion pack available in the market for AOE-II age of kings...New Delhi/Gurgaon only............where?

[sumitava_b]

I dont think there is any expansion pack for AOE series. Please correct me.

[sumitava_b]

]Has anybody played Close Combat and Comand and Conquer series

Then lets discuss the Command & conquer series:- I only played C & C Red alert though. Any other fans of this version??

what happened to you, gamers? Is there none who enjoyed C&C?

In C&C, I liked that harvesting funda. That's cool way 8) to generate recources and also fight with enemies to get hold of remaining recources.

Defending your town in C&C is little bit fun. I used to put my human armies inside those tall multi-storied buildings. By that way ur army will be safe and secure and ready to bang bang! :twisted: In the start of the game, I generally used to fill all the building around enemy base with infantry. That way u can stop them moving out of their base. Basically a siege policy :wink: . After that expand ur machineries and give a final blow. :twisted:

[rohanbee]

The one thing i love about c & c is the ability to garrison buildings.
and the para-trooping feature has been one of my fav things. You could drop down a small plattoon of soldiers anywhere on the field and make lightning attacks on enemy harvesters.
Sumitava how many times have you played it. I finished the russian and american campaignes 4 times each in Red alert....

[sumitava_b]

Sorry, Rohan. I completed each campaign only once :cry: . Was it necessary to complete them more than single time? I didnt understand that :shock: .......

In the initial stage of a game, I try to explore and capture as many harvesting field as possible on the entire map. Just keep producing harvester.It has got a good armour too, so it is good at fighting in critical situations. During exploring, if I find enemy's harvester I employ my entire to blow that off. Computer will be kept busy to use its limited resources to create the replacements of the destroyed harvesters. That way you will be able to cut the rate of pregress down by a substantial amount, even if at the cost of the loss of some of ur infantry (thats okay because u can anytime produce infanry until and unless u r running out of harvesters).

I felt that Yuri's team is more powerful than American or Russian team. Some of their uncanny powers, i found amazing. Their army's (I am not able to remember their name...Psycho, isnt it? :roll: Oh God, What is happening to me?) brain-controlling power :twisted: ....awesome, man.

The best thing American army has is Nuclear weapon, apart from paratroopers. Those are amazing in crunching a strong enemy base.

[rohanbee]

Sorry, Rohan. I completed each campaign only once :cry: . Was it necessary to complete them more than single time? I didnt understand that :shock: .......

No no i didn't mean that. What i meant was that i have played all of the missions in the campaign 4 times. that is played mission 1 thru 9 and then again and again :lol:

Then i made some custom missions and played them as well.

I think you are talking about C & C:yuri's revenge i have not played that. As far as i remember in C&C :Red Alert the Nuclear weapon was the domain of the Russian Armed Forces!

[sumitava_b]

Rohan, Ohhho ur idea is very good to get some serious expertise on a game. Keep revising them 8) .

Again I messed up in remembering the details of C$C (I played it one year back). Yeah, u r right. Nuclear weapon is the property of russia. Thanks for correcting, Rohan. :P

Anyway I am getting a feeling that this discussion is getting two-men's mission. :arrow: If any other gamer feel that we should discuss any other game along with C&C also please come up with the idea. Or post with ur strategies in C&C too :) .

[sumitava_b]

What happened, Gamers :?: Running out of strategy or eventually, games :?:

:o :o :o :o :o :o :idea:

[Satissh S]

I'm Gonna start playing C&C. Whatz the latest version guys :?: I'm Gonna buy it. :wink:

[sumitava_b]

Acc to my knowledge (which is always limited, u know that :wink: ), Red Alert2 and Yuri's revenge expansion. Can anybody confirm this?

[escape7]

What happened, Gamers :?: Running out of strategy or eventually, games :?:

:o :o :o :o :o :o :idea:

Games for me.................

[rohanbee]

Ok here is the low down:-
Command and Conquer (developer Westwood) has basic these types or versions quite different from one another and similar also in some sense:-

:arrow: C & C -- The first one Focusing on the global conflict between the fictional Global Defense Initiative (read "NATO with a budget problem") and Brotherhood of Nod (read "Illuminati meets Warsaw Pact") organizations. They later came out with a Gold edition too. Quite useless though.

:arrow: C & C (Red Alert) -- Start of one of the most successful series where The Allied forces fight the Russians.......classic cold war battles. Same time frame as Dune2, Warcraft2 both of which excellent games in their own right.

:arrow: C & C (Red Alert) Counter strike -- An expansion to the Red alert series. Never did well and had nothing much to offer. Quite Forgettable.

:arrow: C & C (Red Alert) The Aftermath -- Is a heck of a deal that practically turns Red Alert into an entirely new game. Basically an expansion for the original game with new units and maps.

:arrow: C & C (Red Alert) Covert Operations -- Contrary to belief not a sequel to Red Alert but rather a new game in itself. Flopped badly and nothing much to offer but just stuff put from the original game but with new missions and a cheper price tag.

:arrow: C & C (Tiberian Sun) -- Tiberian Sun takes few risks, and feels and plays just like the original Command & Conquer. Nothing much to this game after Red Alert.

:arrow: C & C (Red Alert2) -- Bigger better graphics. My personal favourite among all the series. Same thing where the Allied and Russians fight each other but an added twist with Yuri (russian side)

:arrow: C & C (Red Alert2) Yuri's Revenge -- All its new features combine to make Yuri's Revenge ideal or even downright necessary for anyone who enjoyed Red Alert 2. A continuation to the saga of red alert.

:arrow: C & C (Generals) -- Generals is easily one of the best Command & Conquer games yet, with the impressive visuals and highly refined and accessible gameplay that have come to characterize the best entries in this genre. It includes 3 factions
Usa -- With a very Hi-tech Army at your command
China -- Strenght in numbers
GLA -- Global Liberation Army -- a terrorist outfit faction made out of many rag tag groups but with excessive speed & stealth.

:arrow: C & C (Generals) Zero Hour -- Yhis is the latest offereing from Westwood. An Expansion pack for Generals. Improve on original gameplay and ensures the longivity for this ever popular C&C series.

The distribuitors for them is www.gamemasti.com in india. You can buy directly from there as well or from a retailer i guess.

C&C generals -- Rs.1499/-
C&C Yuris revenge -- Rs.699/- (needs original C&C red alert to play!!)

[sumitava_b]

Adding to the info, there was one more version of C&C....Renegade. This one introduced a array of weapon of mass destruction like, Tiberium Auto Rifle, Chemical Sprayer and the devastating Personal Ion Cannon...nothing much other than this....

If u r gonna buy C&C, buy red alert2...that is too good. I havnt played General. heard that is too rocking!!

[rohanbee]

I think Renegade does not qualify as a startegy game. Its a FPS (first person shooter) .......
cheers

[sumitava_b]

Yeah u r right. I was just informing satish it as a part of the C&C series, not as a strategy game........

[deathvirus_me]

Any of u guys like Zoo Tycoon ????

[sumitava_b]

Nice game......knew a lot about animals during game play :P

But those campaigns, I found them a bit easy to achieve. What do you say?

[escape7]

Yeah. i agree. I used to play that a few years ago. A bit easy, and a bit difficult too.
Time ka pata hi nahi chalta tha!

[escape7]

On C&C :
i've played Tiberian Sun from the above given list. That game was nice. I used laser fences to protect my base and a few sams & a little bit of infantry, 2 titans, and turrets etc. The rest made up my attack force. I also kept a few harvesters(4).
While playing with NOD i used the stealth tank to explore.
This was one of my first strategy games.

[rohanbee]

Tiberian sun never got good reviews from anywhere. U'r the first. i guessit pailed in comparison to the other C& C versions..........Or did you just play that one?

[escape7]

Tiberian sun never got good reviews from anywhere. U'r the first. i guessit pailed in comparison to the other C& C versions..........Or did you just play that one?

I used to play this game 2-3 years back, i used to enjoy playing it.
I guess u r right, it pailed in comparison to other c&c. But this game is nice, u'll not get bored playing it, there r some challenging levels also.

[CyCo]

hey ..

i played ra1 and it ws good ..

ra2 rocked !! it was much better than the first one .. and the mods for it were very good and made the game interestin enuff to play over and over ...

i din play yuris revenge but i did play generals and feel that it isnt in the same class as ra2 ..

[CyCo]

hey ..

i played ra1 and it ws good ..

ra2 rocked !! it was much better than the first one .. and the mods for it were very good and made the game interestin enuff to play over and over ...

i din play yuris revenge but i did play generals and feel that it isnt in the same class as ra2 ..

are the tycoons and all included in this post ???

[escape7]

are the tycoons and all included in this post ???
Well as they require a li'l bit of thinking & planning, i think they can be discussed here.


what is ra1, ra2 etc....... :(

[escape7]

how silly of me :oops:
ra : "Red Alert" :oops:

[escape7]

What happened, no strategic game lovers left here?

[sumitava_b]

are the tycoons and all included in this post ???

@Cyco, you are welcome if you wanna discuss tycoons here. They r one helluva strategy game indeed.....

Please come forward................ :)

[escape7]

Zoo Tycoon 2 is the best so far. What do u guys think about that.

[CyCo]

yuck .. y wd u wanna control animals .. i have been playuin tycoons for ages now .. railroad tycoon was quite good .. but in the end i stuck to rollercoaster tycoon .. and it latest version rocks !! u can actually design custom fireworks and all .. its really really ccool ..
AND NOTHIN BEATS THE THRILL OF MAKIN UR OWN ROLLER COASTER !!!

[sumitava_b]

yuck .. y wd u wanna control animals .. i have been playuin tycoons for ages now .. railroad tycoon was quite good .. but in the end i stuck to rollercoaster tycoon .. and it latest version rocks !! u can actually design custom fireworks and all .. its really really ccool ..
AND NOTHIN BEATS THE THRILL OF MAKIN UR OWN ROLLER COASTER !!!

@Cyco, Zoo tycoon is not controlling animal. If u have played it already u may know that u have to take a lot of headache to design the zoo plan, setting the shops and facility to entertain the visitors other than putting up suitable cages for animals. If u say making the cage suitable for animas is sort of controlling them, its really ur choice. No offence.....

However, I havnt played roller coaster :( . Can anyone tell me hows that game?

[escape7]

Roller Coaster tycoon is good,though i was never able to play it properly.

@CyCo : Zoo Tycoon is not only about contoling animals. :x ,looks like u never played this game before :) , or u didn't like it, :) or u were not able to run the zoos u made :)

[sumitava_b]

[quote="escape7"]Roller Coaster tycoon is good,though i was never able to play it properly.
quote]

I wanted to know about basic game-play and objectives of Roller Coaster Tycoon.

[pallavnawani]

Putting up suitable cages for animals. If u say making the cage suitable for animas is sort of controlling them, its really ur choice. No offence.....


Making cages for animals? Where are the Animal Right Activists? This game should be banned!! ;)

[sumitava_b]

Putting up suitable cages for animals. If u say making the cage suitable for animas is sort of controlling them, its really ur choice. No offence.....


Making cages for animals? Where are the Animal Right Activists? This game should be banned!! ;)

Cool down, Pallav. Its my mistake. I didnt mean for cage actually, but making fences around the the place where a particular animal is residing. You know that is xtremely necessary to keep the visitors safe (otherwise human rights activists will come up to break the hell down!! :wink: )

So no need to call animal activists. Njoy the game.

[escape7]

what the hell r u guys doing :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[sumitava_b]

Oopppsss..we got little diverted. :oops: ..okay, lets get back to the point..... :) :)

Yet I havnt got any reply of my query about Roller Coaster even after it being so popular game? :roll: :roll: :roll:

[rohanbee]

Yes, i was playing Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 two months back. A very addictive business sim. In it you make your theme park and place various rides in them.
But.........
the main objective here is to create your own roller coasters. At the end of the day they will be the main attraction of your theme park..........The mission series of the game throws around 15 odd challenges at you and you have to complete them.
main features that i loved--
Building your own coaster
and the ultimate thrill is
Riding it.........

Its quite and engrossing game i will definately give it 4/5 marks. 1 mark less cause it is taxing on the system and you need a good graphics card as its mem requirements are much higher than the min.system specs written on the game box!~

[GameAddict]

Hi Strategy Lovers,

Anybody played Jagged Alliance 2/UB/WF ? I completed the expansion Unfinished Buisness, before the original one :wink:

You can discuss the strategy with me. I am not much into Strategy, but this game (Turn Based Strategy) really hooked me for weeks.

And I rate is the Best Game, I have ever played.:)

Bye!

GA

[sumitava_b]

Seems like nobody around has played that game Jagged Alliance mentioned by GA, atleast not me :cry: .

GA, if u r so fascinated about that game can u please elaborate a liitle about that game so that we can also consider it for buying.

[GameAddict]

Seems like nobody around has played that game Jagged Alliance mentioned by GA, atleast not me :cry: .

GA, if u r so fascinated about that game can u please elaborate a please about that game so that we can also consider it for buying.

Sure! Here are the links of Game Reviews and Screenshots.Check them out and then we will talk ;)

AVault Seal of Excellence:
www.avault.com/reviews/review_temp.asp?game=ja2&page=1

GameSpot Review:
www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/jaggedalliance2/review.html

The beauty of the game is that inspite of poor/no marketing and hype it has a cult following, entirely because of its fans. :)

Bye!

GA

[sumitava_b]

Thanks GA. The review is quite a long indeed. I will get back to you very soon.

[anuraag_01]

and what bout commandos??

i think beyond the call of duty was great.
yes aoe and aom rock....can't wait for aoeIII, it's coming soon....

[rohanbee]

Yup !!!
Loved commandoes. I used walk-through in quite a few of the missions though............

[sumitava_b]

Yup !!!
Loved commandoes. I used walk-through in quite a few of the missions though............

You said it!! You'll definitely need walk-through in some missions if u want to save some nights!! :) Amazing game!! but sometime too exhausting to complete all the maneuvers there, especially with green berret who doesnt have any hi-fi skills, except strong biceps!!

[Dipen01]

yuck .. y wd u wanna control animals .. i have been playuin tycoons for ages now .. railroad tycoon was quite good .. but in the end i stuck to rollercoaster tycoon .. and it latest version rocks !! u can actually design custom fireworks and all .. its really really ccool ..
AND NOTHIN BEATS THE THRILL OF MAKIN UR OWN ROLLER COASTER !!!


hey cyco..

Even i am big fan of Roller coster tycoon... have played 1st part... even palyed second demo... the second one sucked hard... even graphicsd were unrealistic...
heard that the latest one is damn good...


Even i live in Pune.. so may be if u dont mind i can borrow it from you..
BTW i live near FC.. what abt u..Its ok even if u dont to share :wink:


anyways...


Cheers..
Dipen

[sumitava_b]

Hi Strategy Lovers,

Anybody played Jagged Alliance 2/UB/WF ? I completed the expansion Unfinished Buisness, before the original one :wink:

You can discuss the strategy with me. I am not much into Strategy, but this game (Turn Based Strategy) really hooked me for weeks.

And I rate is the Best Game, I have ever played.:)

Bye!

GA

GA, just gone through the rame review of JA2. Quite a good game. But little on the dark side, hiring mercineries/killers, training them to kill people......But its okay if u r above 21!! 8) 8)

From the review, it seems that the graphics in the game is not that eye-candy. How did u find it?

However, i am going to add this game to the list of games that I will play soon. :D

[GameAddict]

Hi Strategy Lovers,

Anybody played Jagged Alliance 2/UB/WF ? I completed the expansion Unfinished Buisness, before the original one :wink:

You can discuss the strategy with me. I am not much into Strategy, but this game (Turn Based Strategy) really hooked me for weeks.

And I rate is the Best Game, I have ever played.:)

Bye!

GA

GA, just gone through the rame review of JA2. Quite a good game. But little on the dark side, hiring mercineries/killers, training them to kill people......But its okay if u r above 21!! 8) 8)

From the review, it seems that the graphics in the game is not that eye-candy. How did u find it?

However, i am going to add this game to the list of games that I will play soon. :D

The good points of the game are the uniqueness of 50 or so mercenaries and dialogues.Every merc. has a character, distinct voice, his/her own whims and comfort level with other mercs. So you can have two mercs who are compatible with each other, and work very well if both are together.On the other hand, if two mercs hate each other, they will keep taunting and after some time one of them will leave. Adds a twist to the game! :)

Yes, graphics are pre-2003, dated, I must say, but still quite good and weapons effects (Gun fire, Grenade, Rockets, Knives etc.) is impressive.Just wait for JA 3/3D to appear...it has very good graphics.

And the dialogues are hilarious for foreign mercs. like Russians, Chinese and French, in thier own accents and cultural biases. ;)

Give it a try! You won't regret it!

GA

[Satissh S]

Yup !!!
Loved commandoes. I used walk-through in quite a few of the missions though............You are right rohan! Commandos 3 Destination Berlin is quite tough. It's Hard to finish it.:roll: But Here's a strategy that will help you guys kill most of the guards.

Ambushing
First u'll have to ensure that atleast two of your men have the gun with unlimited ammo, then select the using right click drag box. Next press A to enable cover mode and [ctrl]+Right click on the direction of the path where u want the enemy to come. Next use your other man (Preferably green beret) to distract enemy soldiers to your ambushing place either by knocking in the door using fists or by appearing b4 them for a short while and then running towards the ambushing place or shooting with a gun. You will be able to kill a lot of guards by this method.

If you have Sapper and a mantrap u can also place it in the way to kill him.

U can also use the decoy for the same purpose.

cheers

Satish

[sumitava_b]

Ambushing
First u'll have to ensure that atleast two of your men have the gun with unlimited ammo, then select the using right click drag box. Next press A to enable cover mode and [ctrl]+Right click on the direction of the path where u want the enemy to come. Next use your other man (Preferably green beret) to distract enemy soldiers to your ambushing place either by knocking in the door using fists or by appearing b4 them for a short while and then running towards the ambushing place or shooting with a gun. You will be able to kill a lot of guards by this method.

If you have Sapper and a mantrap u can also place it in the way to kill him.

U can also use the decoy for the same purpose.

cheers

Satish

Satish, ur strategy is okay until and unless ur green beret gets attention of too many guerds. Many times after a alarm raised, a group of guerds (sometime with dogs :twisted: ) generally visits the area. Also using green beret as a bait is quite risky. Slight sloppiness may get him shot :( .

Using mantrap to kill guerds is really a pain in hand. In one mission, I had to do that to kill some 20 guerds :cry: . Setting the trap and taking the dead body away to some covered place everytime is tiresome.

The best part of the gameplay is when the guy with specs (i forgot the name) gets a enemy uniform. Wear that and start playing like invisible :twisted: :twisted:

[rohanbee]

yes very good point there!

[sumitava_b]

In commandos, I think no particular strategy should necessarily be successful for the entire game. Each mission has its own agenda. Like in a certain mission, one out of your four or three army men will be proactive mainly. Others generally just play a supporting role. For example, in one mission u need to go around with sapper only. You cant tackle with all ur recources.

So in each mission, I just used to take my time to observe all the obstacles and analysis which one of my army men will be useful for this mission according to their own pros and cons.

[rohanbee]

Thats what so beautifull about the game. It has these various characters that you need to utilise fully to complete the game. This is what keeps it so engrossing and playable all the time.

[Satissh S]

Ambushing
First u'll have to ensure that atleast two of your men have the gun with unlimited ammo, then select the using right click drag box. Next press A to enable cover mode and [ctrl]+Right click on the direction of the path where u want the enemy to come. Next use your other man (Preferably green beret) to distract enemy soldiers to your ambushing place either by knocking in the door using fists or by appearing b4 them for a short while and then running towards the ambushing place or shooting with a gun. You will be able to kill a lot of guards by this method.

If you have Sapper and a mantrap u can also place it in the way to kill him.

U can also use the decoy for the same purpose.

cheers

Satish

Satish, ur strategy is okay until and unless ur green beret gets attention of too many guerds. Many times after a alarm raised, a group of guerds (sometime with dogs :twisted: ) generally visits the area. Also using green beret as a bait is quite risky. Slight sloppiness may get him shot :( .

Using mantrap to kill guerds is really a pain in hand. In one mission, I had to do that to kill some 20 guerds :cry: . Setting the trap and taking the dead body away to some covered place everytime is tiresome.

The best part of the gameplay is when the guy with specs (i forgot the name) gets a enemy uniform. Wear that and start playing like invisible :twisted: :twisted:Yep, It's the Spy! Watch out though, Some germans such as the getsapo seargent can still identify and attack him!

Again if you think using GB as a bait is risky then try this. When you watch out the line of sight of the german soldiers, when it's red it means they are a bit alert. When it's green it's normal. The above strategy i told requires some serious practice. When you are near a door, don't blindly enter it use the examine mode 'z' and click on the door to see what's going behind! Don't worry about the dogs if u have the thief u can use the dog food to kill them easily.

When behind a boor use the fist icon and slam on it, the guard will be alerted and now quickly double click on a safe location to have the GB run there this will surely create noise and the guard standing near the door would be shot down by u'r men!

Remember u'r men aren't soldiers to shoot as a group and go after the enemy as in conquerors. u'r men are the commandos the have to sneak behind the enemy and kill. If there are 4 to 5 soldiers at a bunch roaming here and there and your sapper is at a location close to them then use the gas grenade. Don't forget to wear the gas mask while doing this or your man will also faint :roll: . Also after doing this get u'r green beret quickly and stun all of them and tie them up. Give their weapons to u'r team. Always dispatch enemy soldiers one by one silently using green beret's Knife or thief's piano wire. If they are coming in bunch a lot far from u. Then throw grenades or moltov cocktail. While all u'r men can throw grenade, only the sapper can throw the cocktail. Using the sniper rifle is also good but u won't get much ammo for it.

cheers

satish

[Satissh S]

Er. Sorry for re-posting i forgot about the mines. Yes, In some chokepoints where the enemy enters as a bunch place the Anti-Personal mine there using u'r sapper. In a scenario in the last mission of normandy a tank wud come at u, use the anti tank Mine there and blow up the tank or use the sapper's bazooka and blow up the tank. While some of these will be available by default u'll have to search the nearby boxes to find the others.

I Agree with u sumit each mission needs it's own strategy. But there are some comman strategies in commandos too. Bet u guys didn't know this, not only the spy but all u'r men can wear an enemy soldier uniform and pass through the light line of sight of the guards without being detected!
Avoid getting into the darker section or into those getsapo seargents.

The Germans who'll identify the spy even if he's in officers uniform:
1. Getsapo Seargend
2. Tripod Machine Gunner
3. The guy with the dobber man dog
4. If u'r wearing the Light green color uniform then ever the other officers who're wearing the same color uniform will identify u.
5. It u'r wearing the Black color uniform then the light green color officer won't identify u but the black guy will.
6. Enemy Snipers

cheers

satish

[anubhaw]

"syberia"!!!!never heard of it.... must hav been good but sorry i didnt play it.... altho iv played another such uncommon game : "Warlords: Battlecry".... it was waaaaaaaaaaay fun playin it :lol: .... all the bounty huntin 4 d "crowns".... hirin of merceneries.... facin ambushes.... it was fun....my big bro always asked me y d hell did i play it,n i cant xplain it 2 him....can any else???? :?:

[anubhaw]

ya d 1st 2 installments of commandoes wer fantastically soooooperb....
i cant say much bout d 3rd 1 cuz i havnt actually played it....but of wat i hav hurd, it is not as good as a 3rd sequel 4 such a cool game shud b....

[Satissh S]

ya d 1st 2 installments of commandoes wer fantastically soooooperb....
i cant say much bout d 3rd 1 cuz i havnt actually played it....but of wat i hav hurd, it is not as good as a 3rd sequel 4 such a cool game shud b.... U 'r Right anubhaw, but did they say anything abt the gameplay. It Rocks. There are a lot of possibilities now, and actually u can pick (steal) virtually anything u'r enemy has and use it! Isn't it nice.I have played Behind the Enemy Lines , Beyond the call of duty and destination Berlin. All the 3 are very good in their own right. Also don't Judge any game by just somebody's words. Experience it Yourself! :wink:

[CyCo]

hey im back ..

a sorry to all the zoo tycoon fans ..
i really havent played much of the game .. i didnt really find it absorbin ..

rollercoaster tycoon 1 was awesome .. 2 was not at all good considerin they just put in more shops and rides .. its was more like an addon ..

but RCT3 was AWESOME .. from designin the coasters to creatin ur own fireworks .. its really really good ..
worth a buy ..

but it requires hours and hours of gameply so u better have time on ur hands .. say like in the holidays ...

*******BTW TO ALL THE AOE FANS************
goto
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/ageofempiresiii/preview_6125816.html

that is a small , but good preview of AOE and in the downloads section there are 4 sexy vids of aoe III battle scenes .... definitely worth a d/l .. they are approx 15MB each .. check them out !!

[sumitava_b]

Just read the review of AOEIII. The idea of "Home city" is interesting. The review really puts the foot on the pedal although it seems that the reviewer has written it after playing some initial stages only. Good enough! just cant wait for this game.......

[rohanbee]

Hey no fans of roller coaster tycoon 3 here??

[harsh singh]

how can one forget Roller Coaster Tycoon with its rich details and maps

[sumitava_b]

how can one forget Roller Coaster Tycoon with its rich details and maps

Only a single liner from Harsh who is seemed to njoyed the game :roll: :roll: This is a forum for strategic gamers. So please discuss the nuances of strategy games, not just one-line comment. That way we can know lot about games, no matter whether u have played it or not .........

[Satissh S]

Hey! What happened to u gamers? u think we've had enough of conquerors or Kings! Then lets discuss some other game may be RON or rol