So, I've quit WoW and am now looking for a decent RTS that I can play with my girlfriend. Ideally would like co-op against the computer, LAN plan and some form of battle.net or similar internet play.

Any suggestions?

SC:BW

coh or dow2

Warcraft 3 so you can slowly ween yourself away.

heh... nah, I'm good. I've been weening myself off WoW since the last xpac. Just doesn't do it for me any more. It's now more World of Casualcraft and that kinda bugs me.

I'll look into CoH. Played DoW2, I'm not a huge fan of squad based games like that... I played Dune II back in the day, and all through the Warcraft series and C&C etc... Looking for something in that style (oh yeah, that supports 1680x1050 :P)

Hah, I was going to suggest Dune2 before I went for Warcraft 3. Starcraft 2 needs to come out already :(

war3 supports wide screen reso.

btw if you really want to quit wow then uninstall and sell the account.

Company of Heroes

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coh.

Company of Heroes and Dawn of War II are available along with a heap of other games as part of the THQ Weekend Collectors Pack special on Steam:

Full lineup for $74.99

Company Of Heroes
Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Frontlines: Fuel of War (good FPS)
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Juiced 2
TitanQuest
TitanQuest: Immortal Throne
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadows of Cherynobl
Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
Dawn of War: Gold Edition
Dawn of War: Soulstorm
Dawn of War II

Pretty decent lineup of legitimate gaming right there if you ask me

hit me up for a game. I will play anyone. Im invincible!!

Company of Heroes!

I've got a heap of rts games but they never seem to hold my interest and I usually go back to a FPS - However Company of Heroes has kept me addicted for ages :)

Can pick it up dirt cheap on ebay with opposing fronts.

where have u guys been??

http://springrts.com/

Open soruce Total Annhilation its bloody awesome... very balanced!!!

+1 warcraft 3.

Still played at the top competitive level and is so entertaining to watch.

halo wars.

Haha domino. Also End War lulz.

you're all un patriotic bastards, not once did i see anyone mention Dark Reign, s***s on all RTS.. except maybe w3... but that's fair bit after :D

Another vote for CoH. I got it off steam with the expansion for a reasonable price.

Dawn of War 2 is quite different. I would recommend checking the demo first, as the play style might not suit some people.

What TiT said ^

@ 1st it don't look like much but it's really in a class of it's own and I highly recommend.

infi ill have to get dow2 and play you...

and your meta gaming

Frozen Throne!

Spent half the day playing this on LAN yesturday. Good times.

Company of Heroes the best WW2 based RTS available. Would be difficult to top also.

i installed dow2, then i uninstalled dow2.

http://springrts.com/wiki/About

Spring is a project aiming to create a new and versatile RTS Engine. It features: Large battles limited only by the power of your computer; support for up to 10000 units and up to 250 players. Hundreds of large and highly detailed maps in which to wage those battles, fully 3D with deformable terrain, forest fires, dynamic and reflective bump mapped water, and custom skyboxes. Fully 3D combat in land, sea, and air, with realistic weapon trajectories (physics engine). Many different Games, made just for Spring. A full featured lobby client to easily play multiplayer games with hundreds of players just waiting for you at any time. Including automatic game and map downloading, chat, friends list etc A lot of third party widgets to improve the gui, the gameplay and the visual. Complex 3rd party AIs (Bots) that can work very competently in many cases with multiple Spring engine games and mods. A powerful GUI designed to minimize unnecessary micromanagement that is easily extensible via a Lua API. Frequent engine additions and bugfixes. Several camera modes, allowing for anything to be viewed from almost any angle.

http://linux.softpedia.com/screenshots/TA-Spring_1.jpg

Graphics look like anus.

that's because it's the old total annhilation engine which was an awesome game

only thing i don't like about that TA springs is the amount of units and builds is just ridiculous

its more about the game play then graphics... when you are zooming in and out of battle fields and your base u dont really care about the graphics more about the tatics...

with COH you get both great gameplay and great graphics.

dow2 new patch is pretty balanced

its more about the game play then graphics... when you are zooming in and out of battle fields and your base u dont really care about the graphics more about the tatics...

I'm aware of this, but you generally don't post a picture that big unless you're trying to say how cool it looks.

i think when you look at all thats going on, it dos look pretty cool.

agree i think that picture is aweosme... because you actually dont really play with that view as you have too much going on...

Take up surfing and extend your life ten years :)

I played my first coh multiplayer game last night - me and some random vs 2 computer ai players - and we won - love that english arty!

(I'm a noob at coh - go easy!)

Then proceeded to play 2 german lvl 7 players vs myself (lvl 1) and another lvl 7 and got owned :(

Gotta start reading up on some tactics I think - the relic forums have been a good start.

Also I f***ing hate pioneers(german base unit?) with flamethrowers

If you want to play a game add me - nick is 59fifty

Also - how f***ing awesome is the COH mutliplayer interface.

So easy to setup a game.

rts games are s*** and for uncos

you are s*** and unco

Company of heroes Anthology (game plus 2 expansions) AU$36 from the UK delivered
http://www.365games.co.uk/index.php?productID=4644

plus LARGE SCREENSHOT
http://www.gameogre.com/reviewdirectory/upload/Company of Heroes.jpg

I'm aware of this, but you generally don't post a picture that big unless you're trying to say how cool it looks.

Yeah well it's pretty ugly in comparison to other RTS games out there but considering this ones free and offers a great deal of strategy and tactics I just couldn't help but shamelessly promote it.