Strategy Video Games19
Strategy games. Victory depends here on player’s strategy and tactics. Main task is to control resources (e.g. troops, civil workers) in order to defeat an enemy or achieve some other goal. The gameplay can be turn-based or in real time (RTS). Specific types of strategy games are economic games and so called ‘tycoons’.
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Total War: Medieval II - Kingdoms
8.2 Game Score
An official expansion pack for Medieval II: Total War, another installment in a series of popular strategy games developed by Creative Assembly - the base game was released at the end of 2006. Kingdoms introduces mainly four new campaigns. The player is given an opportunity to take part in Hernan Cortez's conquests, Teutonic Order's fight against the pagan peoples of Northeastern Europe, crusades in the Holy Land and military conflicts during the rule of Henry III.
Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday - Armageddon
8.2 Game Score
An expansion to the enhanced version of the popular grand strategy game, Hearts of Iron 2, by Paradox Interactive. The production lets us assume control over a country of our choosing and lead it to victory on the fronts of the World War II.
Impossible Creatures
8.2 Game Score
Command an army of mutant and genetically modified animals, then demonstrate the skills of a seasoned commander and strategist to turn the scales of victory into your side in many challenging battles.
Industry Giant II (2002)
8.2 Game Score
The successor to the well-known economic simulation allowed us to create a global economic empire from scratch, starting with the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century up to the modern technologies of the late 20th century.
Sid Meier's Civilization III
8.2 Game Score
The third full-fledged installment of the popular series of turn-based strategy games. The Firaxis Games studio, founded by Sid Meier after leaving Microprose, is responsible for its creation. As in the previous iterations of the cycle, in Civilization III we take the wheel as the leader of a selected civilization, and our task is to guide it through the subsequent eras of development, from 4000 BC to the present day. Our duties include e.g.
Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania
8.2 Game Score
Tycoon Zoo: Marine Mania is the second official extension to Tycoon Zoo's economic strategy. This time, developers from Blue Fang Games studio decided to allow players to build a virtual oceanarium. The supplement introduces, among others, 20 species of marine animals, 21 types of underwater organisms and plants and five toys useful for demonstrations with dolphins.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault
8.2 Game Score
The first official expansion for the real-time strategy game that takes place in the Warhammer 40,000 universe and was developed by Relic Entertainment. In Dawn of War: Winter Assault the developers greatly expanded the single player mode by adding four separate story campaigns and many new functions. The expansion takes place on the cold planet Lorn V and focuses on a destructive machine called Dominatus.
Evil Islands: Forgotten in Astrale
8.2 Game Score
Forgotten in Astrale is a subtitle of a stand-alone addition to Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul, a well received by players position of the cRPG genre with elements of strategy. Behind the plug-in is a group of enthusiasts of the original version of the game, gathered in the Matilda Entertainment development studio, who in the final phase of the project received support from Nival Interactive, producers of Evil Islands.
Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
8.2 Game Score
The first official add-on to the third installment of Total War – the popular series created by Creative Assembly. As suggested by the title, Rome: Total War – Barbarian Invasion focuses on a very unfavorable time for the Roman Empire between 363 and 476. At that time, Europe had fallen under the reign of barbarian tribes, while the east had a new power player emerging in the form of Persian Empire.
Defcon
8.2 Game Score
Defcon is the third project of developers from Introversion Software studio, who are behind the creation of Uplink: Trust is a Weakness and Darwinia. The inspiration for this game was undoubtedly the 1983 film War Games (WarGames), and more specifically the scene where the local supercomputer conducted numerous simulations of the global nuclear conflict.
Armies of Exigo
8.2 Game Score
Real-time strategy implemented by the Black Hole Games development team, which consists of great fans of RTS ideas, including some of the best Starcraft players in the world. In line with current trends, AoE expands the standard RTS scheme with elements typical of the cRPG species, and also reduces the importance and impact on a single unit's struggle for the huge masses of clashing troops.
Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency
8.2 Game Score
The Core Contingency is an extended addition to the popular real-time strategy (RTS) entitled Total Annihilation.
Halo Wars
8.2 Game Score
A side-episode of the flagship shooter series, transferring the well-known universe of the Halo series into the realities of a typical real-time strategy. Unlike the previous instalments in the series, this spin-off was developed by Ensemble Studios, known for their cult classic Age of Empires. Halo Wars is set before the events shown in the first Halo and focuses on the first great battle which took place on the planet Harvest between human forces and aliens known as Covenants.
Zeus: Master of Olympus
8.2 Game Score
Another economic strategy game by Impressions Games, known from e.g. Lords of the Realm and the Caesar series. The production is set in ancient Greece, where you play as a leader of a city, which means, you have not only to develop your domain, but also to care for its citizens and appease the gods overseeing the region.
Heroes of Might and Magic V
8.2 Game Score
The fifth installment of the popular fantasy turn-based strategy game series. To freshen up the franchise, the production of the game was entrusted to Nival Interactive, an experienced Russian developer, whose portfolio includes such games as Rages of Mages, Etherlords, Silent Storm, and Blitzkrieg. The game takes place in the land of Ashan and focuses on the war with hosts of demons, who, having killed the king, are ravaging the country.
American Conquest: Divided Nation
8.2 Game Score
The next installment of the American Conquest series, whose creation is again the responsibility of the gentlemen from the Ukrainian studio GSC GameWorld. This time the creators enabled us to take part in the American Civil War. The game offers the opportunity to lead not only the armies of the Union and the Confederation, but also to take command of the Texan militia and pirates.
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
8.2 Game Score
The second entry in a great strategy games series created by Stardock Corporation. It uses new and fully three-dimensional visual engine.
Europa Universalis III
8.2 Game Score
The third major installment of the popular strategy game series that is being developed by Paradox Entertainment since 2001. The action of Europa Universalis III takes us to the middle of the 15th century and lets us control the development of a chosen nation throughout the period of around 350 years. The gameplay mechanics do not significantly deviate from the solutions known from the previous installments of the series.
Railroad Tycoon 3
8.2 Game Score
The third part of the strategy game Railroad Tycoon, which originally debuted in 1990. This title again enables users to lead the development of a transport consortium specialising in rail transport.
Extermination (1999)
8.2 Game Score
Polish RTS, which enables fighting on many fronts at the same time, as well as transport of troops and resources between the captured colonies.
Reunion
8.2 Game Score
Reunion is a strategy game developed by the Hungarian studio Amnesty Design, which will allow you to play the role of the leader of the first extraterrestrial colony. The task ahead of you is not easy: you need to build a self-sufficient base, extract resources to develop new technologies and create a solid army.
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul
8.2 Game Score
Sequel Savage: The Battle for Newerth, an original mix of strategy, action game and cRPG elements dedicated to multiplayer team fights, which debuted in 2003.
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings - Legends
8.2 Game Score
The second official extension to the fifth installment of The Settlers series. It gives the fans of the cycle four new campaigns consisting of a total of 17 missions. Each of them has its own story connected with the heroses of the world of settlers.
Steel Panthers: World at War
8.2 Game Score
World at War is a classic strategy game, a continuation of the famous Steel Panthers series, celebrating its greatest triumphs in the mid-1990s.