Age of Empires
Age of Empires is a marvelous MMO-RTS video game developed by Ensemble Studios and distributed by Microsoft studios back in 1997. The Original game came with 7 sequels and 3 spin-offs. From its first release till date, the game titles are all historical real time strategies and the game-play offers single and multiplayer player gaming modes along with a number of fantastic Campaigns, missions and stuff. Age of Empires is set in a historical eras like Stone Age, The Rise of Roman Empire, Europe and Asia in Middle Ages, Spanish Conquest of Mexico, Asian Dynasties, Rise of Asia etc. The latest inclusion to this amazing real time strategy game series is “Age of Empires Online” which is the 7th sequel to the game. This sequel of the game also revolves around historical events. Age of Empires ruled the world and sold almost 20 Million copies and handed back a really sizable profit to Ensemble Studios. The game allows you to control the whole Empires, train massive armies, build your defenses, wage epic wars against your enemies and defeat them to prove your supremacy. With a very thrill filled game-play that offers a number of amazing campaigns, beautifully created 3D visuals and loads of fantatsic things to discover, Age of Empires in one of the best MMO-RTS games and typically a trend setter for this specific genre.
#1 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth 2
Set in the universe of LOTR, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II is a great MMORTS video game available to play on PC and Xbox gaming platforms. First off for a better gaming experience, the game lets you decide about on which side you want to be. You can either be a companion of the Evil or you can patch up with Good. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II quite resembles to the RTS games in the LOTR series and provides with a similar game-play. You will have to build your base by building different structures such as defense, barracks, refineries, farms, etc. and gather up the resources. The game allows you to choose any one from the six given factions to enjoy the game-play in different variations. You can also select skills for combat from the five given categories and you can also call the LOTR heroes to assist you in the battles. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II is a great MMORTS video game and it provides with a similar game-play and other characteristics to its predecessors. Do try it out and enjoy the ultimate Action and RTS fun.
#2 Supreme Commander 2
Supreme Commander 2 is a wonderful RTS (Real time Strategy) and tactical War-Based MMO video game developed by Gas Powered Games. Supreme Commander 2 focuses on the character of Dominic Maddox who works for the UEF (United Earth Federation). The federation grows conflicts with the illuminate and declares them a threat and orders Maddox to eliminate every operative of the illuminate. Maddox refuses to accept the order because of his relations with an Illuminate and goes rogue against the UEF. Supreme Commander 2 consists of three mission campaigns and allows you to take part in the campaigns by completing one and unlocking the next. You as Maddox must act according to the storyline and instead of going to the mission assigned by UEF, you must go on your own Mission Campaign to kill your own former commanding officer and his forces. After the first campaign finishes the next campaign gets unlocked and you can act as the story of the game suggests. Supreme Commander 2 lets you strategize your moves by giving you the tactical advantage over your enemies. The game allows you to select a location on the game map and be a commander, build different structures Factories, Power Houses, Research Facilities, train Land, Air and Sea troops and build facilities according to their requirements, gather up resources and wage massive wars against your enemies to defeat them and conquer their settlements. The destruction of enemy research facilities and experimental units provides you with better tactical advantages so make them your primary targets. Supreme Commander 2 is an amazingly addictive and quite engaging video game that offers beautifully created visuals, a great story and an immersive game-play to enjoy. Do try it out for a great Strategy and Tactical gaming experience.
#3 Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 is an extremely wonderful RTS video game like Supreme Commander. The game is one of the most popular and well-liked addition to the Command and Conquer series and offers a similar game-play and mechanics to its predecessors. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 takes you to World War 2 era and allows you to part of the massive conflict between the Soviet Union, Empire of the Rising Sun and their Allies, choose one of the powerful sides and begin making strategies that will eventually write the fate of world. Dominate and seize the power by simply building your own bases, collecting resources and by conquering the enemy installations. The unique RTS element of the game lets you gather up enough resources, build your defenses and make strategies, raise immensely powerful armies to defeat your enemies, attack on your enemies from ground, air and sea and dominate where ever you go. Amazingly addictive and long campaigns, combats, beautiful visuals and an immersive game-play are the key parts of this wonderful game. For a great Supreme Commander like experience, you should totally try this one out.
#4 From Dust
From Dust by Ubisoft is an Open-World City-Building and Management RTS video game that offers unique gameplay from a First-person perspective. The game offers a beautiful Sandbox style environments and it is set in an Archipelago like Environment and allows you to manipulate it in order to save the Nomadic Tribe. From Dust allows you control 3 main types of matters named as Soil, Water, and Lava and craft different items with them. These three elements will help you restructure whole islands in minutes and will let you enjoy being in full control of almost everything. From Dust offers two main game modes, Story mode, and Challenge mode. Each mode offers different missions, stories, and other characteristics. With a wonderful setting, great abilities to use, cool visuals, and amazing mode based storyline and an immersive gameplay, From Dust is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.
#5 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II is a Real-time Strategy, City-Building, Combat, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and EA Games. In this game, the mutilated task of the player develop his own land with various building and units, collect resources, and create the defense around the area in order to save his land from the enemy creatures. The game allows the player to make his own military force and train them that will help the player in during the battle. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II offer a massive game map and allows the player to create unlimited building and units. The player must build walls to defend his land. The units classified into the multiple classes such as Siege, Ranged, Infantry, and Pike man, and each unit has its own specialty and weakness player can choose each one. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II includes prominent features such as more than six different Nations, different Modes, Upgrades, create Unlimited Building, powerful Attacks and much more. With stunning gameplay, content rich story plot, brilliant mechanics, and fantastic visual details. It is one of the best RTS game to play and enjoy.
#6 R.U.S.E.
R.U.S.E. is a Single and Multiplayer Real-time Strategy video game released by Eugen Systems and Ubisoft. The game takes place during WWII and centers on the invasion of Nazi Germany in 1944. It includes various historical places and fictional events. The player can assume the role of the protagonist who is a commander and his ultimate task is to command his army during battlefield against another team. The primary objective is to build the units, recruit and control land, sea and air army to take over the opponents and defeat them to progress through the game. The player can use a variety of decoys and ruses to trick his enemies and modify the outcome of the battles. There are different factions available including United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, Kingdom of Italy, and more. The ruses system is split into three different categories such as Decryption, Radio Silence, and Decoy Offensive. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, superb mechanics and lots of challenging opponents, R.U.S.E. is the best game to play and enjoy.
#7 The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Electronic Arts is an Action, Single, and Multiplayer video game. The game takes place in the stunning world and enables you to play as both the forces of evil and good, but the ultimate task of the game remain same, in which you have to fend off the One Ring from being smashed and using it to restore the power of your Kingdom. In the game, you can assume the role of the soldier of Rivendell, Isengard, Gondor, depending on the campaign you selects. It offers objective-based gameplay, requiring you to slaughter a specific amount of foes before time runs out. The game starts from the right place where your character dies. There are a variety of levels, and each level has a variety of objectives and tasks that you have to complete to progress through the game and unlocks other levels. Each character equips with a variety of classic weapons and spells that can be used to take down the enemies. Explore the world from third-person perspective either on foot or by horseback and fulfill your objectives to dominate the playfield. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb visuals, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is the best game to play and enjoy.
#8 Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath
Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath is a Downloadable Content Pack for the Real-time Strategy (RTS) video game Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, created by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. The story of the game takes place between the Tiberian Sun’s end and the starting of Tiberium Wars. The plot follows the immortal leader named as Kane, as he struggle to escape death in the year 2031. The game introduces a risk-like gameplay mode, known as Global Contest, where the player create and command his forces from the global and strategic level, with an ultimate task of either demolishing all foes or accomplishing the objectives. The game using the turn-based system, instead of Command and Conquer gameplay, where the player issues orders like create a base, upgrade the base, attack enemies, and more. The player assumes the commander’s role in the game with an objective to build the base, recruit armies, train them, and lead in battlefield against other players for glory. With an addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and superb mechanics, Command and Conquer 3 Kane’s Wrath is the wonderful game to enjoy.
#9 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is an Isometric, Real-time Strategy and Single-player video game created by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. The game combines the elements of military-based and science-fictional. It takes place seventeen years after the Tiberian Sun: Firestorm’s event and revolves around two different factions such as the Brotherhood of Nod and the Global Defense Initiative, and the game offers third new faction called the Scrin. The Brotherhood of Nod launches a global offensive against the second faction the Global Defense. Select your faction and jump into a war where you’ve to build your unit, Recruit your armies, and fight against other factions. Gather resources and lead your army in the battlefield, an attack against armies to defeat them and loot their resources. Earn points and use them to upgrade your units, weapons, and armies. There are different types of weapons that you can use during the war. It has over thirty-eight missions divided into three campaigns. With brilliant mechanics, addictive gameplay, and superb visuals, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is the best game to play and enjoy. Try it out.
#10 Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander or popularly known as SupCom is a wonderful Real-Time Strategy and MMO video game by Gas Powered Games. The game allows you to Pilot giant Mechs named as Armored Command Units (ACUs) and lets you build your own Base, build more Mech units like the one you are piloting, use sophisticated technologies to upgrade your mech units, wage wars against the enemies and conquer their outposts. You can select anyone of the three main factions, go hunting on the enemies and eventually expand your mechanical reign. With a number of fantastic Single and Multiplayer Campaign, missions and side missions for you to engage yourself in and enjoy a brilliant experience. Supreme Commander is the predecessor to 1997’s “Total Annihilation” if you consider it to and it offers almost similar game-play and mechanics and allows yo to have a totally unique MMO-RTS experience. With a futuristic game setting, beautifuly created 3D visuals and all the thrilling Campaigns in the game, Supreme Commander is one of the best games of this specific genre.