The Settlers 2 and 3! Best strategy games ever! :D

Settlers 4 soon... :)

The best strategy games by far are warcraft series, command&conquer series, and age of empires series. Oh, and perhaps the Caesar\Pharoah series. Settlers is a boring childish, cartoonish game, with little real srategy value.

I loved Warcraft, and Age of Empires but I've never even heard of Settlers (and apparantly there's 3 of them?) Have I been under a rock? What kind of strategy game is it?

I think that WarCraft and AoE are both great RTS series. Caesar is more of a sim then a RTS. It's a good game, I have Caesar III and I like it but I rather play starCraft or Total Annihilation. I've never been a real CnC fan.

the AoE series is good, but thats it for me when it comes to Strategy games. i didn't like Starcraft all to much and havent bothered to play any of the others. i have never heard of The Settlers.

anybody play the AoE2 expansion. just wondering if its worth picking up.

Wingfoot, you don't know what you're missing. The expansion, although not all that wonderful is worth it. I forgot to mention Starcraft, Dungeon Keeper, and any Sid Meier game.

I always like RTS games better than turn based but there are some good TB as well. I also like the Civ games. Each one's a little better but overall I find they all the same. Another great TB game is Xcom.

Starcraft, Warcraft, Red Alert, AoKings, Dungeon Keeper and all Sid Meier games (especially Colonization! anybody play it) are all great games.

But The Settlers beats them in graphics, way of playing and everything! The Settlers is always a head in front when it comes to this.

Mollusken? Settlrs is one bad game(s).
The settlers is just cartoonish buildings, and blocky clay-like characters, with a game engine. Frankly its a disgrace and an abomination. Probably why settlers was never praised by any top game designers or magazines. It was deemed acceptable, not above average, and certainly not as good as you say they are.

Let me start by saying I've never played Settlers, more than that I never heard of it before this conversation. So I went to see what I could find out about it. FiringSquard did not have a review, but gameSpot did. Settlers III received a score of 6.0 out of 10. The review used phrases like crude interface, blocky characters and (this was my favorite) combat sounds like silverware being thrown into a dishwasher.
Now I never played the game, and I like some games that are not that good. Some games have a personal connection to people. You like them even though they are only OK or even bad, but still fun. So I'm not going to say anything bad about Settlers III but in my opinion and in the opinion of Gamespot and many other game review sites, AoE, StarCraft, WarCraft, and Total Annihilation are rated much higher as RTS games go.
Again I will never put down what someone else likes. But I have an opinion too. Enjoy your game!

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But the graphics are just so SWEEEEET!!

Yes indeeeedy, Settlers is pretty damn good. But not as good as championship manager 99/00

The graphics look like sloppy molds of clay, the buildings are all right, but not "sweeet". If you want awesome graphics check out AoE 2, and if you have a powerhouse of a computer you could check out Dark Reign 2.

"Clay figures" my ASS! (sorry about the language).

And it's a very stabile LAN game too. AoE2 isn't that. Plus the graphics are way more detailed. :p

got to play settlers too! hehe cute.played settlers 2 and 3, not too good when compared to other strategy games, but was fun tho.(in my opinion) starcraft kiks ass too, like a lot.dark reign 2 is also good, as well as both AoE's. did anybody play disciples? was a nyc game too. also every civ game, and alpha centauri.
Hey, i played colonization too and i liked it! haha

mox

Settlers?? The one with little guys walking along roads, building houses and sawmills and stuff? It's not thaaaat bad, but I wouldn't call it a strategy game because:
>there's no money involved...you can build limitless quantities of anything
>combat is just tooooooo easy
>resources are everywhere...you don't have to work for anything

If you're looking for a real game, try Pharaoh, Warcraft of Ceasar.

Master of Orion 2. If you don't have the classic already go out and buy it. It's pretty old but it's the 2nd best game I've ever played.

I agree Masters of Orien 2 is a great game. So if it's your second favorite, what is your favorite?

Hey Fat Egg!!!

WHAT IS YOUR STINKING PROBLEM?!

I mean, I hate to insult you, but why do you have to be such an hypocritical dipsh*t? You got "oh so righteously furious" when anyone dared to say that Khalid was a terrible charcter in BG several weeks ago, but now, you can say whatever the hell you want and get away with it???

Settlers is an amazing game. The graphics are supposed to be blocky, and the sound is supposed to be strange. Wanna know why? Because it's supposed to appeal to all ages! It's supposed to be one of those educational games that's fun at the same time. I'll bet it's got just as many buildings and characters as Starcraft (I've beaten both games) and you have to have a good economy in Settlers. Comparing Starcraft and Settlers is like comparing Diablo and BG! One's more hack-and-slash.

You got any other brain farts Egg?

Sapiryl, I believe you're getting Fat Egg syndrome (???,!!!). Now, that that is settled, why in the bloody, bloody, bloody hell do people continually piss me off!? (my little salute to Loxley from fallout 1) I like khalid a lot and hate settlers a lot, if someone said AD&D sucked wouldn't you be pissed? Well I'm pissed, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I'm merely expressing mine differently from others, I have my rights to free speech don't I?! If you got a problem with that too bad! At least I'm nice enough to call you a dipshit! And why the hell would any person with functioning gray matter want to create a game with crappy graphics and some seriously *****y sounds. Not to mention that it was so easy (and so non-strategic) that I beat them all in a total of about 7 1\2 hours (that includes a 20 minute coffee break every game, thats right, it was that boring).

[This message has been edited by The Fat Egg (edited October 12, 2000).]

Why does everybody have to constantly piss you off? Because they have the freedom of speech too.

Taluntain: If your tired of our bickering, just tell us to knock it off. That goes for Nazgul and Moonbow as well.

And the language? I had assumed that this message board had some kind of language code, things you just did not write. That is why I put in my own little goofy editing thing.

I could go on and be nasty, but I'll stop there.

But your right, I do have Fat Egg syndrome!!!

And yes, I would be pissed if someone said that any of the D&D games sucked. (I'm playing Vampire right now, with some of my friends).

I hear what you're saying about D&D. In all honesty 1st and 2nd ed. had a lot of problems. The systems, by today standard, are all screwed up. But that's the point - by today standards. In 1980 there really wasn't anything else to play. Thus D&D was the first RPG I played. I think this a a true fact for most role-players. Due to this fact D&D, even with all it's problems, has a special place in my heart. I think 3rd ed. fixed a lot of problems but still there are better gaming systems out today. I'm more into GURPS and shadowRun today but still don't go saying crap about my D&D or I'll stab you with those plastic die, that had to write the number on with a crane and which changed color in the freezer, I still have from the first boxed set. :)

On the subject of RTS, in terms of pure fun Warcraft II was the best. I played it an older couple's house and soon had them quoting the peasants going around complaining "Mo wohk?" heh heh. Great game.

Starcraft was awesome as well. The storyline is actually compelling. Amazing for that genre.

Hey, hey I dont hear you mentioning 2 BEST and MOST ADDICTIVE GAMES EVER!
Of course:
1. Heroes of Might and Magic 3
2. Jagged Alliance 2


As for the best game to play over mutiplayer ofcourse it is Command & Conquer. (Original, not sequels)

Well Heroes of Might and Magic 2 will also do, Jagged Alliance was also good, especially the lack of ability to save game during the combat. You was pushed to think of your strategy, not to reload every time you re hit and hope that next time your opponont misses. Of course it is up to player to use the save game cheat or not, but i personally like it to be mandatory.

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Who are the to resurrect such old posts? BTW: Settlers 4 sucks oh so hard. I have become totally addicted to Starcraft lately. Soon completed all campaign, both normal and Broodwar.

If I wish to resurrect old posts that is MY PREROGATIVE!!! **ROAR**

Jagged Alliance was pretty cool, but there was something that turned me off to it... I forget exactly what. yeah yeah shuddup I'm not really that old, it just feels like it this morning.

HoMM is a good game; I'm somewhat biased toward turn-based actually.

"If you want awesome graphics check out AoE 2, and if you have a powerhouse of a computer you could check out Dark Reign 2." by Fat Egg

What is deemed a "powerhouse" of a computer?

I do apologise on behalf of everyone on the Sorcerers Place UBB for not being a positive front for the revolution that is Black and White.