What's your favorite RTS to play a quick skirmish in?

Tempest Rising is on sale on Steam. Can anyone recommend?

>>713162181 (OP)
rise of nations or supreme commander 2 if i want it to be really quick

>>713162312
It copies classic C&C down to needing silos for resource caps and adds a buncha micro with multiple abilities per unit. I didn't find it that fun because it looks like ass. Rather just play RA2.

>>713162181 (OP)
I used to have an RA2 save vs 3 hard bots that I just load over and over again. I probably had something like 500+ hours on that particular save. I've never played any other map.

Also something like few hundred hours in battle realms playing 4v4 bots.

>>713162181 (OP)
FAF
Mostly because 'quick skirmish' can be anything from over in 15 minutes or over in 15 hours depending on what I want to do

The Protectors Mod for super fun with my waifu, Balora

>>713162181 (OP)
>quick
none of the ones i play are quick, but i suppose the quickest tends to be aoe2:de.
i hope handcannoneers are buffed in the future.

>>713162979
>The Protectors Mod
I need to try this. I always liked playing WBC, but it felt bloated and imbalanced.

>>713163374
Never played 1
But 2 and 3 are utterly imbalanced. It's just part of the game
Protectors mod is a bit more balanced in some ways and a but unbalanced in others
AI is overall better and doesn't cheat at lower levels which is nice

>>713162181 (OP)
Sins of a Solar Empire if it didn't run like absolute dogshit.

Homeworld 2 me + 2 CPUs vs. 3CPUs.

If a bit longer then Red Alert Remastered me vs. 7 CPUs on a custom map I made with a single chokepoint so I have to defend against hordes of poorly pathfinding tanks.

>>713162181 (OP)
>quick skirmish
Red Alert 2 or Generals, though.

>>713163727
>generals

The AI can be pretty crafty 1vs1 on a small map. I got it working on an old laptop but can't remember what I did to make it work on my other PC. Zero Hour would never run unfortunately.

>>713163808
Get Genpatcher, works fine with it.

>>713163953
Thanks will take a look. Is there a way to zoom out more?

>>713162181 (OP)
>Rise of Nations
Has anyone played Rise of Legends?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvXF3oGy-iE

>>713163972
I think some mods add it for singleplayer, but genpatcher is made for MP sweats so it doesn't allow it.

>still no good Napoleonic Era RTS

>>713164131
>Cossacks 2

>>713164037
Vinci campaign is great. The other two are not so good

Without a doubt, this is the pinnacle of strategies at the time of 2000. But it's still kinda clunky

>>713162181 (OP)
Supreme commander skirmish vs. bots is always comfy

>>713164037
>hey hey people

>>713162181 (OP)
I played AoE3 nearly every day last year on increasingly higher difficulties, eventually reaching the hardest (which is actually the second highest level). At that level the computer starts being actually interesting to play against, being able to kite and raid, but it countered my favorite Chinese civ a little too well and also cheated, so I got burnt out.

>>713162312
Just bought it. Looks kino. Honestly we need to support more RTS games, especially ones that pour their heart and soul into. We can't expect new franchises to always pull the legwork especially in depreciated gaming genres.

>>713162181 (OP)
quick? 1v1 brood war

>>713164037
Viva la Vinci.

>>713162181 (OP)
I like long drawn out wars

For a genre that's mostly dead, 2024 had some good hits. Starship Troopers and Last Train Home were both pretty neat.

>>713166586
i hope the territory update for starship troopers is good.

>>713166739
It's been in foreverbeta for god knows how long. Wonder what's taking them so long