Act of Aggression
Act of Aggression is a Single-player and Multiplayer RTS (Real-time Strategy) video game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Focus Home Interactive for Microsoft Windows. The game takes place in the year 2019, where the Shanghai Crash triggered the eventual collapse of the whole Chinese financial system. It plunged the entire world into the economic crises, and the third biggest country is suffered from the crisis and standing on the edge of destruction. There are three different factions such as the Cartel, the Chimera, and the United States Army, each with its unique set of objectives, abilities, and attributes. The game offers the traditional RTS gameplay and is set near the future, offering the similar gameplay to Command and Conquer video game series. The game lets the player create the base for his army, gather and manage resources, recruit new army and units, partake in battles against AI, and struggle to dominate the world. Act of Aggression includes core features such as Several Units, Three Factions, Competitive Multiplayer Mode, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#1 Company of Heroes 2
Company of Heroes 2 is a popular RTS game that offers an amazingly addictive and quite immersive game-play similar to the popular Supreme Commander video game. This sequel to the original Company of Heroes lacks the allies feature and instead it takes you to the eastern frontiers in order to battle against the enemies and experience an extremely action-packed game-play ever. As usual the game sets you up into the character of a commander/lieutenant and allows you to focus on building your own base, gather up resources, and build immense man power by building and training troop units, and finally embarking on amazing journeys that will eventually lead you to huge battles against the enemies. Your task is to simply conquer the enemy bases, outposts etc. in order to eliminate the threat and to expand your reign. Every outpost and base capture awards you with points that you can use to buy more upgrades and stuff. Building, defending and occupying enemy territories are the main parts of the core game-play, so the more you are tactically strong, the more chances of success you get. The unique combat system allows you to use your amazing militaristic approach to cater with the armies, use heavy machinery, artillery, military grade vehicles and stuff to defeat your enemies and enjoy an amazing gaming experience.
#2 Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth by Firaxis Games is another cool video that offers a gameplay slightly similar to the popular StartCraft series games. The game provides with an amazing Turn-based Strategy and 4X game-play in which you with all the human populace are destined to travel through space and find a suitable new habitat. The event of The Great Mistake left no choice but to leave Earth and that resulted in a years long exploration, wars between countless alien races and a lot of amazing stuff. Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth lets you experience and amazing Strategy and combat filled game-play with a unique and wonderfully written story, great visuals and lots and lots of other cool things.
#3 Sid Meier’s Civilization V
Sid Meier’s Civilization V or shortly named as Civilization V is a wonderful 4X Turn-based MMO-RTS video game by Firaxis Games. The game is based on the player who leads a civilization from Primordial times to the future on a methodologically created map. The game lets you use your skills and experiences for the Research, Exploration, Diplomacy, Expansion of the lands, Economic and technological development, Governmental and Military Conquests etc. Civilization V inherits a lot of characteristics and mechanics from Civilization IV but a slight change is the absence of a lot of expansion packs. Unlike the previous versions of the game, Battle and combat characteristics are quite changed, Cities can now defend themselves by devastating the enemies situated nearby, and a lot of military restrictions are gone. Sid Meier’s Civilization V resembles Age of Mythologies a lot, story-line and game-play is quite overhauled and the game provides with Single and Multiplayer Campaigns so you can enjoy it more. Graphics are greatly enhanced as compared to the older versions of the game. With 2 expansion packs Civilization V: Gods and Kings and Civilization V: Brave New World, this game offers wonderful visuals, a brilliant game-play etc.
#4 Total War
Total War is a fantastic series of Action and Strategy video games. Created and published by The Creative Assembly, the game offers a brilliant combination of Turn-based mechanics and Real-time Tactics as well to engage the players deeply into the most addictive gameplay ever. Total War offers ten main games and sequels along with four Spin-offs and allows the players to enjoy the most amazing Tactical Strategy games. Throughout the series, Total War offers the games with historical events and allows the players to be some of the most powerful and influential figures, govern over the masses and be part of the huge wars against the most significant powers of the times. Total War series includes some of the most popular and critically acclaimed video games in the series such as Total War: Shogun (First game of the series), Total War: Rome, Total War: Empire and Total War: Attila, etc. With all the amazing Single and Multiplayer campaigns throughout the series, Total War allows the players to witness some of the most epic battles of the times such as in the eras of Mongol Invasion, Viking Invasion, Roman Republic (Barbarian Invasion), American and European Conquests, French Revolutionary Wars (Napoleonic Wars), 16th Century Medieval Japan and loads more. With a very addictive nature, beautifully portrayed timelines, fantastic characters, and their roles, variety of different timelines and Specific Events, plenty of room for the gameplay throughout the series, Total War is one great collection of games for all the hardcore Action, Strategy and Real-time Tactics fans. Do play the games in the series and enjoy the ultimate never ending fun.
#5 Empire: Total War
Empire: Total War is a Turn Based Strategy, Real Time Tactics and MMO video game created by The Creative Assembly and Feral Interactive. The game is set in the Early Modern Period of 18th Century and allows you to choose a faction for yourself and dominate over the known world by the use of massive armies, diplomacy and economics. The turn based element of the game allows you to engage yourself in wars against the enemies in real-time. You can select any campaign and wage wars against your enemies through land and sea and use differently trained troop units. Empire: Total War lets you see and take part in some of the biggest wars of the history like American War of Independence, Battle of Fontenoy, Battle of Rossbach, Battle of Brandywine etc. Every campaign of the game allows you to build and manage your own settlement in which you can erect different structures, gather resources and train your troops etc. Multiplayer mode of the game allows you to make alliances with other online players and fight with your enemies with doubled strength and resources, defeat them and conquer their territories. Empire: Total War is a great Tactical MMO-RTS game to play and enjoy.
#6 Total War: Rome 2
Total War: Rome 2 is an amazing Real-Time Strategy and MMO video game by The Creative Assembly, set in an alternative Historical setting of Rome. The game focuses basically on Real-time Combats, Battles and Faction-based conquering themes. With choices to select your character from a number of races, skill trees and experiences, Total War: Rome 2 allows you to be part of an enormously huge kingdom ranging from Spanish coasts to far-situated kingdoms of the east, get into a specific faction, lead your people, take part in epic wars, and show off your best commercial, statistical, military and democratic strategies and skills. Running whole kingdoms, making rules for the living, building cultures, controlling economies and constructing buildings, businesses etc. are the unique aspects of this wonderful game. Try it out and you’ll definitely feel like being part of the great Roman Empire.