Are you eagerly awaiting the arrival of Age of Mythology Retold on PC and Xbox Game Pass? If you love Age of Empires-style video games, here are five RTS games that are perfect for while away the time until the launch of AoE’s mythological spin-off.
Halo Wars 2
The second chapter of the real-time strategy odyssey set in the science fiction universe of Halo represents the ideal starting point for those who are new to this genre and for long-time fans of the Master Chief saga who, perhaps, want to reconnect with the series by living an experience very different from the one offered by John-117 in the original shooters.
Halo Wars 2, in fact, makes immediacy and depth its two sharpest weapons, involving the community in a no-holds-barred challenge with many tactics to implement by shuttling between the battlefields of the main Campaign and the Control, Deathmatch and Stronghold modes. For further information, here you can find our review of Halo Wars 2.
Company of Heroes 3
The latest installment in Relic Entertainment’s acclaimed strategy series is inspired by the bloodiest battles of World War II. Unlike titles like Age of Empires, Company of Heroes 3 focuses on the more ‘warlike’ aspects, offering gameplay that combines classic RTS elements with the complexity of battles to be fought in an ever-changing theater of war, such as that offered by the Mediterranean, the deserts of North Africa and the mountains of Northern Italy.
In our review of Company of Heroes 3, the good Fabio Canonico praises the efforts made by the Relic team, highlighting the numerous improvements made to the gameplay and content of the series, with a clever mix of classic strategy and simulation that is enhanced by a dynamic main campaign full of surprises.
Age of Mythology
More than twenty years after its launch, Age of Mythology continues to be a benchmark for the entire real-time strategy genre, as well as one of the most entertaining and profound experiences ever offered to RTS fans. The excitement surrounding the ever-closer release of Age of Mythology Retold is a perfect litmus test of the love that strategy fans have for this series born as an offshoot of Age of Empires.
Between capricious deities and creatures belonging to the main mythologies of ancient civilizations, Age of Mythology does not feel the weight of its age and continues to deliver a fun and layered interactive experience to the screen, with dozens of structures to build and just as many strategies to implement to snatch victory from the enemy of the moment.
Steel Division 2
After Company of Heroes 3, in the vein of war-themed RTS games, we also find Steel Division 2, the new chapter in the strategy series by Eugen Systems that immerses fans of the genre in a battle theatre as vast as it is gripping.
Among the undeniable strengths of Steel Division 2 are the quality of its graphics, the 600 armored and infantry units reconstructed down to the smallest detail, the variety of challenges offered by the 25 maps and the attention to detail placed by Eugen Systems in recreating Operation Bagration conducted by Soviet troops against the Nazis in Belarus.
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
We close our special on the best AoE-like RTS by looking towards Electronic Arts to recall the memory of the unforgettable battles fought against the backdrop of the interactive arenas of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3.
The alternate reality reconstructed by the EA Los Angeles team relies on a stellar cast to best accompany the frenetic land and sea battles to be fought in a large-scale main Campaign, with an incredibly wide range of units and structures to build to stem the advance of the Empire of the Rising Sun and its futuristic armies that blend souls, martial arts and robotic culture. If you want to take a dip into the past, we invite you to stay on the pages of Aroged.it to read our review of Command & Conquer Red Alert 3.
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