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Gregorio:
I'm one of those people who likes the idea of strategy games, but I tend to be insanely picky about them. I'm not into Warcraft-style "gatherresourcesnowgetabunchoftroopshurryup" games or the Japanese "rock-paper-scissors" turn-based strategy games. That doesn't mean I don't have games I enjoy. I love the Brothers in Arms series' sense of hectic maneuvering and proper usage of squads, and R.U.S.E.'s emphasis on territory grabs/flanking/terrain/maneuvering. I'm currently plowing through Valkyria Chronicles and enjoying myself greatly. I also dug Homeworld 1&2 back in the day, and plan on picking up Company of Heroes when my new computer finally gets here. I was just wondering if you all knew any PS3/360/PC strategy games that I may enjoy.

P.S., I'm sorry if I insulted anyone's tastes. I'll pick on a game if I don't like it, but I won't dismiss someone's opinions if they just have a different taste.

EDIT: Changed topic title for just strategy game discussion since some folks seem to be diggin' it.

ackblom12:
It seems like this may not be exactly what you're looking for, but if you liked Homeworld, you might want to look into Sins of a Solar Empire. It's a really great mixture of 4x and RTS with massive fucking space navies and multiple star systems on a map. It doesn't have a single player campaign really, but it's really fucing fantastic and they are coming out with a sequel in the next few months.

TheFuriousWombat:
Although the campaign map might be too heavily turn-based for you, I would check out the Total War series, in particular Rome, Medieval 2, and/or Shogun 2. If you like maneuvering guys around the battlefield and enjoy using real tactics to win battles, it doesn't get much better than those games. Except instead of a squad, you have an army of hundreds or even thousands of soldiers at your command. Massive, incredibly intense battles complete with flaming arrows (and pigs), elephant herds, and massive cavalry charges ensure. One of my favorite tactics involves the false rout: send in a small number of troops to confront the enemy force. Once your guys take a beating, have them charge in the opposite direction. With any luck, the enemy force will break ranks and follow, drunk on the hopes of victory. Little do they know that you're leading them between two hills where a whole mess of archers will shoot them to pieces and then a bunch of heavy cavalry will ride down the survivors! Man do I love those games. And if the campaign mode with its fairly complex geo-socio-political manuevering and management isn't your thing, you can always just play randomized and/or customized battles to your hearts content.

snalin:
The old X-COMs are pretty cheaply available on steam. They're pretty damn great too!

Mister D Nomms:
I was really excited when I read the title, because I thought this thread would be about board games. Do you like strategy board games?

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