Red Alert series was fun. But thats also cause Tayna (aka Tari Wuhrer) is smokin hot. But I cant seem to think of a storyline better than BW. It was an all around complete package for me.

Bloodash

Netherlands1384 Posts

March 24 2011 12:58 GMT

#45

fullhearthedly (spelling? :p) agree with WC3, after that probably RA1

in cinematics, I was quite impressed with armies of exigo, tough the story itself kinda sucked

Jayjay54

Germany2296 Posts

March 24 2011 12:58 GMT

#46

BW, red alert 1 and 2.

KinosJourney2

Sweden1811 Posts

March 24 2011 12:58 GMT

#47

I liked the SC2 campaign alot, also WC3 and TFT had pretty LONG campaigns, i played them for multiple days and ended up using cheats to get through the storyline (I didn't like most missions, but some was fun, especially the Bonus Mission with Rexxar

)

Obsolescence

United States270 Posts

March 24 2011 13:01 GMT

#48

SC/SC2 are the only RTSs I ever finished the whole campaign for (including extra missions). However, I loved the campaign for Supreme Commander. Not because the story was any good, it was terrible, but it gave you a feeling of large scale battle unlike any other RTS I've experienced.

Thrill

2599 Posts

March 24 2011 13:09 GMT

#49

World in Conflict.

Baldwin <3

RyanRushia

United States2748 Posts

March 24 2011 13:16 GMT

#50

lord of the rings: battle for middle earth

not only did it follow the movie quite well in a linear fashion... the large-scale battles of helms deep.... minas tirith... the black gates.. and many more were extremely epic, best campaign ive played

Wolfsinus

United States22 Posts

March 24 2011 13:19 GMT

#51

Warcraft 3 and TFT for sure. The story alone is so compelling and then mixed with the outrageously fun gameplay is just beautiful.

EdSlyB

Portugal1621 Posts

March 24 2011 13:27 GMT

#52

I would go with Warcraft 3. The story and the campaign was really good.

Delvin

Finland141 Posts

March 24 2011 13:38 GMT

#53

SC2 for gameplay. WC3+TFT for story.

I tried to like the SupCom campaigns but a lot of the missions felt like they were very repetitive.

Basically you'd have some objective and enemies would continue to attack in regular intervals (including spawning outside the map) until you completed the objective, after which the map expands and you'll get some extra resource nodes along with a new objective. You could even abuse this by massing a huge army before completing an objective and be more than well prepared for whatever the next area of the level contains (because the enemy is stuck in the weaker spawn patterns until you move on).

Glueburn

United States496 Posts

March 24 2011 13:46 GMT

#54

i really liked the Brood-war Campaign, and then reign-of-chaos would be the closest second.

Excessive

Denmark151 Posts

March 24 2011 13:58 GMT

#55

WC3 was the first RTS campaign I actually cared about and it still has a great story and some great lore. I actually played it before the SC campaign and SC was my first RTS =/

GGTeMpLaR

United States7226 Posts

March 24 2011 14:01 GMT

#56

either WC3 or SC1 for me

nothing else comes close in the RTS department and those two stand out

nShade

Bulgaria296 Posts

March 24 2011 14:04 GMT

#57

Ground Control 1 and 2.
Those games are soo underrated.

Odeyuken

France94 Posts

March 24 2011 14:08 GMT

#58

The SC2 story was the worst I've ever seen. Really. It sounds even worse than a Hollywood movie, even the dialogs are made out of stereotypical stock phrases... a true shame. The gameplay is absolutely brilliant though, and - I don't think anyone has mentionned this so far - the brutal difficulty actually is worth it. Some missions are a nightmare to deal with, even if you are an experienced RTS player.

Of course WC3 had a much better story... but even if the gameplay was not as rich, I think there was a true link between the buidling up of the tension in the storyline and the missions themselves. The final missions for each race were phenomenal... the final Night Elf mission is probably the best EVER. Plus, I think being limited to play with the Terrans only is pretty lame, in WC3 you usually was delighted to control a whole new race along with new heroes once you had completed a set of mission.

sc4k

United Kingdom5454 Posts

March 24 2011 14:12 GMT

#59

Red Alert 1/ AOE 2 easily imo

Bacillus

Finland1986 Posts

March 24 2011 14:15 GMT

#60

On March 24 2011 23:04 nShade wrote:
Ground Control 1 and 2.
Those games are soo underrated.

This was my thought. Although I don't think I ever completed GC1, the campaign I got to see left a very positive feeling. The missions are quite variable, the gameplay feels challenging and even the storyline seemed interesting. It felt like the game was actually designed for people able to think on their own instead of pointing out every slightest bit of detail with huge highlights.