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 Command & Conquer Remastered Collection is a new version of the old Command&Conquer and Red Alert games with improved visuals. Visuals aren't that improved, and of course the control schemes still work like they did in the 90s. If you were a fan of the games, you might enjoy this for nostalgia's sake, but I doubt it work otherwise.

Forged Battalion is an RTS game for PC, currently in early access. It is overall generic, except for the faction design, which allows you to create your own units, as well as upgrade structures, and the deep, persistent tech tree. Overall, I found it conceptually interesting, and graphics are nice, but it did not work for me as it is. Maybe later in development.

Forts is a nice RTS, where you make forts to destroy other forts. You build the whole structure, then add stuff like mines for metal, and wind turbines for power (the only resources). Then you add weapons (such as mortar, machines guns, cannons, missiles and lasers) and upgrade these while shooting at your enemy and doing repairs. Overall, it is fun. Took me 6 hours to finish the campaign, but there are many more maps.

Age of Empires 2 HD is a relaunch of the old RTS classic with improved graphics. So, how does it look? Like an old game with improved graphics. If you expected it to look like a brand new game, you will be quite disappointed. That is particularly apparent on the animations, which can look a bit silly sometimes. But overall, if you are a fun of the original, you probably can't go wrong with a better looking version (which I imagine looks VERY dated now - and I understand there were problems even with wide screen modes). If you never played but you have played newer RTS games you might be a little bothered. It goes the classic RTS way of accumulating resources, and using them to build, create your army and upgrade everything.  Upgrades stops in the Imperial Age. One particularly lame move is that the start screen is messed up if you don't have the screen DPI (Font Sizes) on the default. And them they have the nerve to point you to a page (which opens in IE, no l...

LASW - Land Air Sea Warfare is a RTS game that seems to specialize in massive battles. The tutorial is almost good enough, and graphics and sound are acceptable. I played for quite a while and the music didn't bother me at all - it just seemed repetitive at first. Most things are common - the base, factories, defenses, tech levels you can upgrade, etc. One very different thing is that there are minerals spread on the map which allow you to build special, massive units when you mine them. There are a few things I really didn't like, mostly where it differs from convention: - no cursor stop for the screen. On a multiple monitor setup, this is VERY annoying. - you use left click to select, move, and attack. The result, of course, is that you will try to select a moving unit only to move another you didn't deselect first - you can build anywhere an unit can see. I can only imagine what kind of crazy battles that causes in multiplayer, but even against the computer, ...

I had played and bought Titan Attacks - a wonderful Space Invaders style shooter, with great retro graphics and neat physics - quite a while ago. So I was on Puppy Games list and got the pre-release demo of Revenge of the Titans. It was an incredibly annoying RTS (some might say tower defense game). You had to click on your refineries to collect cash. You had to click on your guns to reload. I honestly thought I was doing a re-review here, till I noticed I didn't ever review that version. I just forgot about it till it was included in the new Humble Indie Bundle. I bought the bundle, and didn't even bother to download it. That is, until I got a message mentioning that the new version completely removed all the clicky mechanics I hated... Then I downloaded it (and a few extra releases - they had several in the last couple of months), just to check out how it played now. And turns out I really like it. It always had a fun retro style I liked, but with the changes in rel...

I've just noticed the demo for Iron Grip: Warlord on Steam, and checked it out. It is a mix of RTS, FPS and a tower defense game. The graphics are so outdated it's silly. The level design is barely ok. That said, I just loved the gameplay... I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a demo so much. And if you have an older computer, it should still play fine (an advantage for those outdated graphics). I've sometimes thought of RTS/FPS hybrids. This one is everything I dreamed of. After playing a level I went and bought it - it's pretty cheap at US$9.95. Totally recommended. Drop by their site  now, and download the demo.