great "casual" rts games

[zoobo]

I'm looking for some casual rts games, like Tropico or Rise of Nations. Pretty casual, fun to play. Any tips?

 

[Megazell]

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Those are easy enough to get into for casual gamers.

 

[strikeratt]

The age of empires series is always great, extremely quick to learn, and did I mention great?

 

[Morrigan Lover]

Also, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds is basically just a skin for Age of Empires II

 

[j-cart]

Civilization.

 

[zoobo]

looking for newer ones... i'm done with Civilization and AoE...

 

[panzerfaust]

Starcraft II is pretty basic

 

[j-cart]

[quote name='zoobo']looking for newer ones... i'm done with Civilization and AoE...[/QUOTE]

Point that out in your OP then. Lose the ellipsis or it will look like a dick post (plus in written terms is means you are omitting a section of your passage, video games used it to express thought in passages). Asked for help and we are replying. Be nice to your contributors.

-Company of Heroes (GREAT SP campaign)
-Warhammer: Dawn of War II (same team as CoH, but Warhammer)
-Ruse (Very simple rts)
-Risk Factions (original rts with a twist)
-Total War series
-Mount & Blade? (never played it though)
-StarCraft 2

 

[blueshinra]

Uhhh... Tropico isn't an RTS. Technically, it's a city-builder. If you want more of those types of games, my favorite in that genre is StarTopia.

As for proper RTSes, I second the recs for StarCraft 2.

 

[zoobo]

loved Cities XL! you guys should try