Pirates: Tides of Fortune
Pirates: Tides of Fortune by Plarium Games is a brilliant combination of typical MMO and Strategy elements and it offers a great 2D experience. The game takes you to the beautiful Island of Isla Fortuna and lets you build your own Stronghold where you can simply be a skilled and experienced pirate known as Captain Anne O’Malley, control a unique band of Pirates, find and collect resources, build and improve technologies, and attract the most powerful Pirates, adventure across the world of seas, attack the enemies and enjoy the ultimate Pirate thrill. Your Stronghold plays the main part of the game as it is your only main resource generation site, building and management hub and your ultimate defense against the high caliber pirate attacks. The economy is the second most important thing in the game that you can control by the three main currencies such as Lumber, Rum and Gold (Resources basically). These currencies can be traded for more resources such as Gears, Pearls, and Idols etc. With a very interesting and quite engaging gameplay, epic quests, impressive game visuals and loads of other cool things, Pirates: Tides of Fortune is one amazing MMORTS video game to play and enjoy.
#1 Tropico 4
Tropico 4, developed by Haemimont Games and Feral Interactive is an Open Ended City-Building, management and MMO-RTS Simulation video game. The game allows you design, build and manage the Cities as the President of Tropical Islands (Banana Republic). You must govern over Banana Republic and build buildings and structures on any island by choosing one from the map or you can just randomly select an island and start building. The game lets you be part of the game world by selecting and customizing an online avatar for yourself and after you have completed the initial steps you can start working on your cities. Tropico 4 allow you to play game in Campaign and provides with 20 levels of addictive and engaging game-play in which you get a chance to attack your enemies and conquer their lands and loot their resources. You must use best Turn Based Strategies to eliminate your enemies and any threat that diverts your attention from building your cities. Tropico 4 is an amazingly cool MMO-RTS, City Building and Management video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 Tropico 3
Tropico 3 combines the elements of Construction and Management, Political, and Economic Simulation. The game supports single-player mode developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media. It takes place on the Caribbean Islands of Tropica where the player can rule as EI President. There are a variety of levels consists of different missions and objectives. The main duty of the player is to develop the area where the rules, gather resources and use them to building structures, units, roads and more. It includes seven different factions such as Nationalist, Communist, Militarist, Capitalist, and more. Each with its unique requirements and attributes. The player has to lead the inhabitant of his Island, create shelters, collect rare artifacts, and make a beautiful city. He will face different challenges such as garbage, overpopulation, political issues, and more. He has to builds roads for vehicles, grows crops, and earn money to unlock other features and more. The game will unlock other buildings and units as you progress through it. Tropico 3 offers core features such as Vehicles, Online Scoring, Visits to Islands, Election Speeches, Timeline Editor and more. Try it out.
#5 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.