Strategy Video Games19
Strategy games. Victory depends here on player’s strategy and tactics. Main task is to control resources (e.g. troops, civil workers) in order to defeat an enemy or achieve some other goal. The gameplay can be turn-based or in real time (RTS). Specific types of strategy games are economic games and so called ‘tycoons’.
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Sid Meier's Civilization III
8.2 Game Score
The third full-fledged installment of the popular series of turn-based strategy games. The Firaxis Games studio, founded by Sid Meier after leaving Microprose, is responsible for its creation. As in the previous iterations of the cycle, in Civilization III we take the wheel as the leader of a selected civilization, and our task is to guide it through the subsequent eras of development, from 4000 BC to the present day. Our duties include e.g.
Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
8.2 Game Score
The first official add-on to the third installment of Total War – the popular series created by Creative Assembly. As suggested by the title, Rome: Total War – Barbarian Invasion focuses on a very unfavorable time for the Roman Empire between 363 and 476. At that time, Europe had fallen under the reign of barbarian tribes, while the east had a new power player emerging in the form of Persian Empire.
Warlords: Battlecry II
8.2 Game Score
Warlords: Battlecry II is a continuation of the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) with cRPG elements released in 2000, developed by the Strategic Studies Group development team. The action of the game was set in the fantastic world of Etheria, torn apart by conflict, in which 12 races participate. The player chooses the faction, which will be controlled by the character of the main character.
Evil Islands: Forgotten in Astrale
8.2 Game Score
Forgotten in Astrale is a subtitle of a stand-alone addition to Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul, a well received by players position of the cRPG genre with elements of strategy. Behind the plug-in is a group of enthusiasts of the original version of the game, gathered in the Matilda Entertainment development studio, who in the final phase of the project received support from Nival Interactive, producers of Evil Islands.
Defcon
8.2 Game Score
Defcon is the third project of developers from Introversion Software studio, who are behind the creation of Uplink: Trust is a Weakness and Darwinia. The inspiration for this game was undoubtedly the 1983 film War Games (WarGames), and more specifically the scene where the local supercomputer conducted numerous simulations of the global nuclear conflict.
Halo Wars
8.2 Game Score
A side-episode of the flagship shooter series, transferring the well-known universe of the Halo series into the realities of a typical real-time strategy. Unlike the previous instalments in the series, this spin-off was developed by Ensemble Studios, known for their cult classic Age of Empires. Halo Wars is set before the events shown in the first Halo and focuses on the first great battle which took place on the planet Harvest between human forces and aliens known as Covenants.
Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency
8.2 Game Score
The Core Contingency is an extended addition to the popular real-time strategy (RTS) entitled Total Annihilation.
Heroes of Might and Magic V
8.2 Game Score
The fifth installment of the popular fantasy turn-based strategy game series. To freshen up the franchise, the production of the game was entrusted to Nival Interactive, an experienced Russian developer, whose portfolio includes such games as Rages of Mages, Etherlords, Silent Storm, and Blitzkrieg. The game takes place in the land of Ashan and focuses on the war with hosts of demons, who, having killed the king, are ravaging the country.
American Conquest: Divided Nation
8.2 Game Score
The next installment of the American Conquest series, whose creation is again the responsibility of the gentlemen from the Ukrainian studio GSC GameWorld. This time the creators enabled us to take part in the American Civil War. The game offers the opportunity to lead not only the armies of the Union and the Confederation, but also to take command of the Texan militia and pirates.
Zeus: Master of Olympus
8.2 Game Score
Another economic strategy game by Impressions Games, known from e.g. Lords of the Realm and the Caesar series. The production is set in ancient Greece, where you play as a leader of a city, which means, you have not only to develop your domain, but also to care for its citizens and appease the gods overseeing the region.
Europa Universalis III
8.2 Game Score
The third major installment of the popular strategy game series that is being developed by Paradox Entertainment since 2001. The action of Europa Universalis III takes us to the middle of the 15th century and lets us control the development of a chosen nation throughout the period of around 350 years. The gameplay mechanics do not significantly deviate from the solutions known from the previous installments of the series.
Railroad Tycoon 3
8.2 Game Score
The third part of the strategy game Railroad Tycoon, which originally debuted in 1990. This title again enables users to lead the development of a transport consortium specialising in rail transport.
Extermination (1999)
8.2 Game Score
Polish RTS, which enables fighting on many fronts at the same time, as well as transport of troops and resources between the captured colonies.
Reunion
8.2 Game Score
Reunion is a strategy game developed by the Hungarian studio Amnesty Design, which will allow you to play the role of the leader of the first extraterrestrial colony. The task ahead of you is not easy: you need to build a self-sufficient base, extract resources to develop new technologies and create a solid army.
Armies of Exigo
8.2 Game Score
Real-time strategy implemented by the Black Hole Games development team, which consists of great fans of RTS ideas, including some of the best Starcraft players in the world. In line with current trends, AoE expands the standard RTS scheme with elements typical of the cRPG species, and also reduces the importance and impact on a single unit's struggle for the huge masses of clashing troops.
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul
8.2 Game Score
Sequel Savage: The Battle for Newerth, an original mix of strategy, action game and cRPG elements dedicated to multiplayer team fights, which debuted in 2003.
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Legends
8.2 Game Score
The second official extension to the fifth installment of The Settlers series. It gives the fans of the cycle four new campaigns consisting of a total of 17 missions. Each of them has its own story connected with the heroses of the world of settlers.
Steel Panthers: World at War
8.2 Game Score
World at War is a classic strategy game, a continuation of the famous Steel Panthers series, celebrating its greatest triumphs in the mid-1990s.
Hearts of Iron 2
8.2 Game Score
A sequel to the well-received grand strategy game set during World War II, developed by Paradox Interactive. Hearts of Iron 2 spans the entire world and requires us to oversee not only military activities but also all kinds of economic, political, and social dependencies. The player can lead any country, including the biggest superpowers of the era, such as Germany, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. Hearts of Iron 2 offers great freedom in preparations for the outbreak of the World War II.
Command & Conquer: Generals
8.2 Game Score
Another installment in a series of popular RTS games, which was initiated by Westwood Studios in 1995. Once Electronic Arts took over, EA Pacific was entrusted with the task of creating the game; creators of the original Command & Conquer were included in the team as well. C&C: Generals is not connected to any of the franchise's previous iterations in terms of the story.
Anno 1701
8.2 Game Score
Anno 1701 is a position that will be of particular interest to lovers of the laborious development and expansion of overseas properties and growing into power through skillful, economical manoeuvres.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
8.2 Game Score
A turn-based tactics game set in the World War II, created by Spanish developer Pyro Studios. In Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines you take command of a small squad of specially trained soldiers sent on a variety of high-risk missions behind enemy lines. The game offers 25 missions with varying objectives and difficulty levels. One of the characteristic features of Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is the fact that each member of the team has different skills.
From Dust
8.2 Game Score
Created under the direction of Eric Chahi, the cult author of Another World, an extensive strategy in which players try to harness the forces of nature to ensure the safety and development of a tribe of people.
