All Games
Star Trek Starfleet Command III
25 Aug 2003
A tactical starship simulator, Star Trek Starfleet Command III will be the first title in the game series to take place in the Star Trek: The Next Generation timeline.
Genre: Strategy
Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
25 Aug 2003
On one hand, it's a derivative real-time strategy game. But on the other, it's a tidy little bundle of escapism that's perfect for a generation of gamers raised on Star Wars.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.7
Stronghold
25 Aug 2003
Stronghold simulates castle sieges well enough to recommend it to those who are interested in the premise.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.0
Stronghold: Crusader
25 Aug 2003
Firefly Studios has polished up its old game nicely and has sent it on a long road trip into the Crusades.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.8
SuperPower
25 Aug 2003
SuperPower will please neither hard-core wargamers nor those just looking for an enjoyable way to conquer the world.
Genre: Strategy
S.W.I.N.E.
25 Aug 2003
While the gameplay isn't quite as unusual as the premise, S.W.I.N.E. is a solid real-time strategy game with plenty of humor, all wrapped up in a beautiful shell.
Genre: Strategy
Age of Empires
24 Aug 2003
This is not quite the game you hoped for. Even worse, it has some definite problems.
Genre: Strategy
Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
24 Aug 2003
If you've ever liked any other real-time strategy game in this classical style, then you'll clearly see why this one deserves so much credit.
Genre: Strategy
Age of Empires 2: Conquerors
24 Aug 2003
It's a suitably excellent expansion to what remains one of the best real-time strategy games to date.
Genre: Strategy
Age of Empires: Rise of Rome
24 Aug 2003
All the additions are nice, but they aren't necessary for your continued enjoyment.
Genre: Strategy
Age of Sail II: Privateer's Bounty
24 Aug 2003
It's the game that Age of Sail II should have been.
Genre: Strategy
Age of Wonders
24 Aug 2003
Age of Wonders encompasses many facets of games that have preceded it, but it adds improvements of its own and is consequently a complex and highly evolved strategy game.
Genre: Strategy
Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne
24 Aug 2003
Though it may seem difficult for beginners, Age of Wonders II sounds good, looks great, plays terrific, and improves on every aspect of the original game.
Genre: Strategy
American Conquest
24 Aug 2003
American Conquest offers plenty of single-player campaigns, plus skirmish and multiplayer maps and a good history lesson to boot, and it makes a great addition to any real-time strategy enthusiast's collection.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.2
Battle Realms
24 Aug 2003
Battle Realms has style in spades--everything about it is slick, and it's noteworthy for that reason alone, as well as for many others.
Genre: Strategy
Black & White
24 Aug 2003
No other PC game to date has so effectively combined so many seemingly incompatible elements into one highly polished game.
Genre: Strategy
Black & White: Creature Isle
24 Aug 2003
Creature Isle will certainly appeal to anyone who enjoyed Black & White in the first place. Surprisingly, though, it's also suitable for some of those who didn't.
Genre: Strategy
Caesar III
24 Aug 2003
Despite the small problems, building a thriving city in Caesar III is fun.
Genre: Strategy
Capitalism II
24 Aug 2003
Once competition picks up against the aggressive AI, Capitalism II shows its colors as a great strategy game. Also, as if to help your own bottom line, the game's a real bargain at $20.
Genre: Strategy
Celtic Kings: Rage of War
24 Aug 2003
Haemimont Games has done an admirable job of bringing together two different types of games.
Genre: Strategy
Civilization: Call to Power 2
24 Aug 2003
Call to Power II is definitely a superior game to Civilization: Call to Power, which should be enough to recommend it to those players who did enjoy the previous game.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 6.0
Civilization II
24 Aug 2003
The design team at Microprose has managed to add a score of new play elements that help the aging strategy classic evolve - without sacrificing the game's addictive qualities.
Genre: Strategy
Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
24 Aug 2003
Barbarossa to Berlin raises the wargaming bar even higher with its pitch-perfect, ultra-polished improvements to an already great game.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.5
Command & Conquer: Generals
24 Aug 2003
Generals is easily one of the best Command & Conquer games yet.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.5
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
24 Aug 2003
Red Alert 2 offers lots of challenges and variety for real-time strategy players of all skill levels, and it'll be particularly fun for fans of previous Command & Conquer games.
Genre: Strategy
Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge
24 Aug 2003
All its new features combine to make Yuri's Revenge ideal or even downright necessary for anyone who enjoyed Red Alert 2.
Genre: Strategy
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
24 Aug 2003
It can be a difficult game, especially at first, but Commandos 2 truly evokes the intensity of World War II that you've probably seen in film or on television.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.8
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
24 Aug 2003
A genuinely original game of tactics, planning, and precision.
Genre: Strategy
Conflict: Desert Storm
24 Aug 2003
Conflict: Desert Storm's problematic gameplay and run-of-the-mill presentation keep it from succeeding on any level.
Genre: Strategy
Conflict Zone
24 Aug 2003
Conflict Zone isn't a completely terrible real-time strategy game, but there's nothing about it that will scream for you to play it.
Genre: Strategy
Conquest: Frontier Wars
24 Aug 2003
Conquest succeeds in large part due to an epic atmosphere and a number of unique design elements that convey the complexity of waging war, from establishing supply lines to commissioning talented commanders.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.8
Cossacks: The Art of War
24 Aug 2003
Its additions to the gameplay make Cossacks much more enjoyable by opening up more strategic options.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.7
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis
24 Aug 2003
Many of Dark Planet's problems have been solved in other real-time strategy games, so it's disappointing to find them marring what should have been a better game.
Genre: Strategy
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy
24 Aug 2003
The game's unique style and great gameplay, with its distilled strategic and tactical elements, makes for a very enjoyable experience--one that can last you for a very long time.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 7.3
Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
24 Aug 2003
Emperor is a fun and satisfying management game, but it is primarily the same fun and satisfying management game as those that have preceded it.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.0
Empire Earth
24 Aug 2003
An entertaining story, an impressive mission design, and a lively combat system have been brought together in such a way that the complete game works on nearly every level.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.5
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest
24 Aug 2003
The Art of Conquest doesn't add enough to make much of a difference.
Genre: Strategy
Europa Universalis II
24 Aug 2003
The new game has a broader focus, one that will interest returning veterans of the first game, and it greatly improves the tutorial and documentation to ease the significant learning curve for new players.
Genre: Strategy
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
24 Aug 2003
It'll provide dozens of hours of entertainment to both fans of squad-based combat games and fans of the series and stands a good chance of turning one into the other.
Genre: Strategy Our score: 8.3
Fate Of The Dragon
24 Aug 2003
Unless the historical Chinese context interests you, you'll find that Fate of the Dragon is just another real-time strategy game with nothing really outstanding to recommend it.
Genre: Strategy
