Rediscovering Lost Legends: 22 more Forgotten Real Time Strategy Games

Hi. In the 2000s, developers gifted us with many great games that are now considered classics, and many of them are unjustly forgotten today. In this video, I will continue to talk about interesting old real-time strategy games. I remembered many of these games only thanks to your comments on the previous video, so this video was made thanks to you. Thank you.
1) 22 Forgotten Real-Time Strategy Games - • Rediscovering Lost Leg...
2) 22 more Forgotten Real-Time Strategy Games - • Rediscovering Lost Leg...
Games:
0:00 Knightshift
0:26 WorldShift
1:00 Castle Strike
1:30 Dark Reign
2:11 Seven Kingdoms
3:02 Act of War
3:47 War Front: Turning Point
4:26 KKND: Krush, Kill 'N' Destroy
5:04 World War III: Black Gold
5:40 Imperial Glory
6:20 Outlive
7:06 Sacrifice
7:48 Nemesis of the Roman Empire
8:22 Genewars
8:52 No Man's Land
9:32 War Wind 1-2
10:19 NetStorm: Islands at War
11:12 King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame
11:53 Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
12:37 Conquest: Frontier Wars
13:32 Ashes of Singularity
14:04 Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition 2015

[@Image_Game]

Don't miss part 4 of this clip "22 more Forgotten Real-Time Strategy Games" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWK1pWCBl7GMbrs

[@Fenris8800]

Saw one of your 2 previous videos already :D A great compilation of RTS again. Thx to your people here:) Like the fact you've choosen Warwind as the thumbnail🎉 Was damn young (9) as i play this on my fathers pc may in 1997. And didnt understand the game well back then :D

[@7h3d4rk4rch0n]

Im loving this video series so much, i grew up playing many rts games since childhood. You mencioned KKND but used footage from the sequel, kknd 2: Krossfire, but is ok.I have 2 more rts games you can use for the next video, one is called Rising Lands (Released in 1996-1997 cant remember exactly), and other one is named Echelon (This one came a bit later, in 1998 i think) Anyways, looking forward for the next video already :D Edit: Also forgot to mention another rts called Dark Colony, spent many hours in this one.

[@Zakkon]

Jesus Christ. Castle strike is the same game from my childhood. I've been trying for years to remember what kind of game it was, and only today you showed it to me. Thanks, I'm going to try it again, it's gorgeous!

[@SmogBot]

War Wind had a really cool story line. You could tell they put a lot of effort into designing the universe.

[@krux02]

Or they just copied The Dark Crystal. Nevertheless it is more interesting that just Orcs Elves and Humans

[@williamking3301]

It was definitely an interesting game to play. I could never get past the third mission with the Tha' Roon though.

[@etienne8110]

Yeah the plant snakes were kinda cool to play.

[@monarch8491]

It was so cool that every faction has a super unit, it was completely different from each other. It felt like a prototype battle realms.

[@lockedevilant]

woah! Nice list and amazing video!

[@mohammedkhatib4672]

There is a game I played in early 90s called Blood Magic, it is such a cool strategy game. Thank you for the video, you brought up so many good memories

[@Haterus_official]

You mean Blood and Magic?

[@nikoladedic6623]

The D&D one?

[@Haterus_official]

@@nikoladedic6623 yeah!

[@mohammedkhatib4672]

Yes yes blood and magic, my bad.

[@Anderwin]

Outlive is one of the best RTS games i miss and so want a remake/remaster. Had a lot of fun with it :D and love the style

[@visavou]

i have searched the internet for such a list but nowhere is such to be found .. you should win an award for making this

[@knyght27]

Good video! I hadn't heard of most of these games

[@jarrenraves]

thank you for reminding me of kknd, war wind and seven kingdoms! good memories

[@disiesgroto1881]

I think the most interesting RTS game I ever played was Achron - an RTS with actual ‘time-travel’ so you could send units back or forward in time, reposition units if needed to make a bad fight better, or to counteract how your opponent was meddling with the past/future. It was extremely polarizing though, because how the game worked either clicked in people’s heads and they loved it, or they found it confusing and difficult and refused to play it again.

[@trenchbat]

Error: The KKND footage is not from KKND, its from KKND 2

[@Chertograad]

This

[@canadiansoviet]

I found a KKND walk through for both sides. And yes, it is the 1st not 2nd

[@Schproemftell]

The clip you showed of KKND is actually of part 2 with 3 factions Survivors (Humans) The Evolved (Mutants) Series 9 (mad revenge driven agriculture Robots)

[@brettpid6416]

great game, loved the robots

[@n3.00]

Great video, i love old games

[@d4vibi]

Suprised how many i know and played. :D Good memories

[@Awset]

Played most of these, such a nostalgia

[@monarch8491]

Grew up playing war wind and dark reign. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@daniellQCCA]

Reunion from Grandslam, Imperium Galactica & Imperium Galactica 2 was great too... my favorites !

[@kutaro633]

Hi, I Just found your Channel and I really like the series about Old rts games! I have some recomendations: 1. dragon throne: battle of red cliffs - Strategy in ancient china durring the three kingdoms period. Awesome 2. Chicago 1930 - if you like Robin Hood: Legend of Sharewood you must definetly check this out 3. Rising Kingdoms - I cant really say much but it is my friends childchood game so I feel obligated to recoment it in his name ^^ Thats all. Thank you for an awesome video and I hope the series will continue!

[@kutaro633]

Oh and definetly try Age of Wonders especially AoE 2 and AoE Shadow Magic!

[@NukeThemAllGame]

I'm making my own indie RTS and would love to get covered on this channel! "Nuke Them All" is an exciting indie RTS game set to launch in 2024, and we've already released the Demo, which is why we're reaching out to Steamers. It's a unique game in the style of classic golden-era RTS titles like Z, KKND, and C&C Red Alert. The primary objective is to capture flags and territories, speeding up production, upgrading factories, and ultimately destroying the enemy fort! The demo is LIVE on steam!

[@matym1000]

Maaaan finaly someone who remembers castle strike!

[@OperativeDivision-RTSgame]

Great list, thanks for the video!!! My favorites were Dark Reign. and KKND... But I haven't heard of the WarFront. Where did you find the material for the list?

[@liambreaden2681]

Sacrifice was an amazing game, I sunk days into it.

[@danielehartmann2787]

Grewing up with KKND1 and then playing KKND2 (the one you showed) for 1000s of hours... those were the days. Don't know if you covered it in one of the previous videos but big (!) shoutout to Haegemonia, a Space-RTS with at this time incredible graphics and also a lot of depth plus a pretty damn hard AI/Campaign.

[@C3lticlord]

The seven kingdoms sequel is very good. To add more to your list: Warlords Battlecry 3, The Settlers 3/4, Rising Kingdoms, Magic & Mayhem, Constructor, Metal Fatigue, Total Annihilation: Kingdoms

[@TeslaDeCastaka]

There are two previous videos, links in the description, but im not sure all this titles are in them, any suggestion are welcome, we are here to discover.

[@etienne8110]

Total anhilation kingdoms was cool bur very poorly balanced.

[@C3lticlord]

@@etienne8110 I never cared about the balance of it, I like the asymmetry it has between the factions. There actually are people doing balance mods and it got updated recently

[@etienne8110]

@@C3lticlord balance is not about symmetry bur rather of win rates. It s a game design core value in strategy games. Asymétrie is ok as long as it is balanced.

[@Astounding1]

Great video about forgotten gems a time where games where good

[@pongel7447]

8:00 is The successful of RTS and RPG combined in Historical game 👍

[@OperativeDivision-RTSgame]

Do you mean the Nemesis?

[@pongel7447]

@@OperativeDivision-RTSgame yes

[@Alex4n3r]

M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration was one of the best and complex RTS games back in the days.

[@citadeladun23]

Nice games i liked please continue this serie

[@SuperWazzz]

love seeing this list, although when it got to KKND and talking about it having two factions, i couldn't help but notice the footage was showing KKND2 with every fight depicting the new third faction, Series9

[@suoquainen]

KKND 2 was and still is a fantastic rts game. Many years ago i was making a game like KKND, but in a real world universe and so on. Sadly a hdd crash ended everything unexpected.

[@restoreleader]

That intro was great, i still remember it. "No, some groups dont get along" - it was like most lazy story reasoning ever :D

[@SuperWazzz]

that's a damn shame that you lost that progress, would have been great to see an homage to such a classic RTS

[@suoquainen]

@@SuperWazzz At least i learned from it and do multiple backups 3 times a year. Data doesn't gets lost like that anymore since then.

[@Betherek]

All Imperivm games are cool :) (nemesis of the roman empire is one of them) my favourite one is Celtic Kings: Rage of War

[@Termidorian90]

I got a few more a bit forgotten: Warlords Battlecry series (with WB 2 as my personal favourite), Impossible Creatures, S.W.I.N.E., Theocracy, Extermination. I cannot count hours spend in those games as kid. So much good memories. First 3 still available on GOG.

[@obake6290]

Warlords Battlecry series was so good. I think I liked 3 better overall, but 2 was better in some ways.

[@s.m.2523]

Impossible creatures defintively deserve a highlight. Sadly it released iat about the sme time as Warcraft 3...

[@hitofuuki]

Warlords: Battlecry 3 was covered previously. Agree on Theocracy though.

[@SuperWazzz]

i started on WBC3 and probably lean a little more towards the hero leveling in that, but WBC2 had such a great amount of charm to it

[@njalsand133]

Thing of note with dark reign, you pick a side with each mission and that determine what units from each faction you will have in the final mission

[@wamenslot]

Nice to see Outlive out here, its an old Brazilian game and looks like a lot with classic Starcraft, but, in my opinion, way better.

[@MarcoOdW]

Very nice games. Battle Realms also was a great game with a unique aproach. greetings

[@RowanDrake47]

They already showcased that in the first of these videos. I've never played it myself, but as a big RTS fan, I'm looking forward to the Steam remaster.

[@Jaws.of.Fenrir]

I spent ages on Seven Kingdoms as a kid!

[@apexpredator8395]

Good choices.Thank you for considering the commenters suggestions.

[@DeusAlgor]

WW3: Black gold was such a great RTS back in the time. Loved its campaign and gameplay mechanics. Was really surprised about how badly it was received on the West.

[@Dobriden_dobriden]

A few good RTS games that came from little Bulgaria where the genre was very respected - WorldShift, Rising Kingdoms, Nemesis of the Roman Empire, Celtic Kings, Tzar: The Burden of the Crown and Knights of Honor.

[@VideoGameQuizChannel]

Had lots of fun with Sacrifice - such a shame it's less known.

[@CommanderBohn]

Way ahead of its times.

[@tont3]

Sacrifice is a legend game dude!!

[@Krysnha]

I am a fan of rts, and loving them, many of those i play them and find how unique many were

[@JuanLopez-vu7oo]

Sacrifice and Seven Kingdoms are 10/10 games

[@knightchef]

Lord of the rings battle for middle earth 1, 2 and wraith of the witch king were fantastic and probably my favorite RTS’s of all time.

[@Psykrom]

I remember playing Dark Reign and thought back then how good the graphics were, roflmao! Somehow it had atmosphere, I remember it fondly. Even played KKND back then but do not remember much.

[@franzvongoding3385]

Nice video, but i missed one great RTS on your list - Original war🎉

[@Tenvir]

Aaw, i truly loved Netstorm. It was such a fascinating game!! I played the demo to death, but the noises of the priest being sacrifices scared me. That, and i felt sad for him 😥 such a shame it didnt do well. I would love to play it again. Its freeware now (though i did find a cd-copy on a flea market once!) and i have heard of a remake being worked on. Sadly the work died out :/

[@RodrigoSpacecpp]

Netstorm hq is still up. Dunno if anyone still plays online btw

[@Tenvir]

@@RodrigoSpacecpp oh really? Thats awesome!

[@neutonm]

Truly marvelous game... Played the hell out of it more than decade ago. The multiplayer was the biggest source of fun.

[@Michael-zv8nc]

KKND krossfire was amazing. you could limit the tech level and that was handy because the aircraft was overpowered. we did come up with a nasty way of using flying troop transports and anti aircraft turrets to destroy enemy buildings though

[@wizardscrollstudio]

Some more largely obscure or forgotten RTS games: Z, Battlezone, Earth 2140/2150, Dark Colony, MAX 1 and 2, Enemy Nations, Myth I and II, Populous The Beginning, Tanktics ... Oh I forgot to mention. I played some in the list Netstorm is quite good even today's standards. Sacrifice is really fun. War Wind is a bit difficult but very unique story/plot. Dark Reign 1 and 2 as well as KKND 1 and 2 are very fun RTS with really unique units and solid gameplay.

[@pavelyankouski4913]

"7 Kingdoms" is an absolute unique game

[@vectorstrike]

Missing Dark Colony, Warzone 2100 and Earth 2150! PS: Outlive is a Brazilian game :)

[@bytemyvoid]

dark reign was my first rts - really good game

[@hitofuuki]

I'm surprised nobody mentions Praetorians - RTS on bit more tactical side, where you side with either Roman Empire or as some barbarian tribes (can't remember which, but could be germanics and celts or something like that). Also Blitzkrieg - tactical RTS similar to Sudden Strike.

[@GamerbyDesign]

The graphic difference between Act of War and other RTS released around the same time as it are crazy. I also like its expansion.

[@erikaweber_]

I don't know if these were already mentioned in the other video, but here's a bunch of more names i remember from my youth: • Total Annihilation: Kingdoms • Dark Colony • Echelon • Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

[@wizardscrollstudio]

TA is better than TA:K in my opinion. I finished TA but TA:K couldn't get through is very painful. Dark Colony finished it is quite good.

[@ricardovieiradasilva6902]

You need to add several to your list... Warzone 2100, Earth 2150, Dark Colony, Total Annihilation, just to name a few...

[@eXtreamAngel]

I played: - KKND 2 - Dark Reign - War Front: Turning Point - Outlive - NetStorm And I realise how many games I missed earlier )) I think in nova-days, the gamers want something where they can challenge like Battle Royale, or coop-play, like Battlefield or COD. I'm happy that Foxhole become more popular than in 2017, and Northgard continue to receive new clans, but I don't remember so "loud" announcements of srtategy games for the last few years.

[@Horrorkid18]

I know WarWind from the GoldGames2 collection ... and KKND is one of the favourites of my brother

[@Beastmaster_OG]

Hello! Can you please tell me what tracks are playing in your video?

[@Schmidt54]

KKnD is displayed wrong. The game shown is actually KKnD 2: Krossfire, the second KKnD-game. The first was just "KKnD" and was more oldschool. Krossfire had some mad stuff because you could build maps AND change ALL stats of ALL units for custom games.

[@DeltaCentauri]

@Image_Game there is another one - Joint Task Force (2006). One of my favorites.

[@marcelmichelfelder3505]

nice to see dark reign again. im missing earth, total annihilation, z and battle realms

[@TheLoneRayven]

Empires Dawn of the Modern World is a gem you might have missed.

[@mariopossente5697]

Nemesis of the roman empire should be " Imperium the punic war "

[@Chertograad]

Correction: The video footage is from KKND2: Krossfire. NOT from KKND: Krush, Kill 'N' Destroy. They're both great games tho'.

[@amirulamin3210]

BC kings also forgotten rts. Humans vs dinosour, cool concept

[@Beer_Wolf]

Seven Kingdoms was a fantastic game. Loved sending in someone into an enemy town to cause an uprising and have the rebels join my side. 😅

[@feliciajohnson6350]

Great ✨✨ 🤪👑😘

[@Iceburnification]

Does anyone remember the title of the RTS game where you can play as a faction with zombies/vampires, and the high tier unit was called Nosferatu? The other faction has humans. But my memory is vague. I'm not sure if it was a stand-alone game or a mod of some other game. I believe it was around 2001-2009.

[@DrDezaro]

I remember Supreme Commander on the first list but not sure if Total Annihilation was … I think there are many others I liked but they are so hard to get them to run on modern computers that it’s just too hard now. My main case in point would be Rise of Legends but also Empire Earth.

[@artofwar420]

I love these games, if only I knew them when they came out I would have played less Warcraft 3. A little variety in my RTS games was needed.

[@omerqureshi5578]

i think most people dont talk about the earth series earth 2140, 2150 and its expansions and 2160, Populous the beginning, Warzone2100, Armies of exigo and Peremeter (might have butchered the spellings) but i used to play these as well :)

[@troi951]

Thx for sharing. Mayday: Conflict Earth is missing and also Earth 2150 🙂

[@s.m.2523]

Sacrifice definitively deserve it's own video. It's a big cult classic for a reason. Nice to see Act of War too, it's schlocky in it's plot and presentation but it's superingly high value for what was th equivalent of a AA game at the time. Like really has a feeling of "I want to be Command and conquer genrals bbit with some actual addiotnnal mecanics". The few mecanics like infantry ambush, garison fighting and prisoner capture made it decently fresh. Go a DL too that added mercenaries and naval combat. Shame the spiritual successor Act of Agression was a complete flop. No man's land defintively deserve a shout out fo being one of the very few Western themed RTS. Fels there would be more that could be done with that. Netstom is very unique and also a cult classic for a reason. Both it's mecanics and aethetics stands out.

[@titnicmclaible8183]

Hello there. This is KKnD 2. Greetings.

[@Crimerenegade]

4:33 video is from KKnD 2 not the first one. The original KKnD was relesed in 1997. I think autor meant to put the KKnD 2: "Krossfire". But the more critically acclaimed is the first part from 1997 with the avg. 85% mark while the KKnD 2 gets avg 65% grade....

[@godfatherofbloedniss]

oh yeah KKND. crazy game and fun to play hard as fuck in the higher lvls. same goes for war front. one of the hardest RTS i´ve ever played

[@krux02]

Regarding Genewars: The story is a bit different, civilization das destroyed the environment and the etherials are not happy about it and punish them for it. So your are obligated to regrow the environment, gain points. You may also attack each other, but only when the etherials are not watching, otherwise they will punish you. The story is only presented in the manual, the intro and gameplay does not explain this.

[@Psykrom]

Sacrifice was amazing and memorable. Though my only gripe was the strongest unit of one faction (think it was a flying winged demon) was bugged and did zero damage unfortunately. It was one of the reasons why I could never beat that campaign.

[@MrFirecam]

You are probably referring to the Hellmouth. That thing does poison damage and sadly it's a projectile with a small range. Beside healing itself like all charnal creature the poison is actually powerful and can outdamage a healing mage if stacked. If you attack a manalith with it it deals a good chunk of damage instantly. It's good to make one and harass manalith with it but in the campaign they are guarded and a dragon do the job better. They can also consume blue souls but that's a huge risk, if you resurrect them with a spell they keep the souls tho, so that's pretty neat. Probably the worst lvl 9 creature but i like his quotes. To make them stronger i'd say that the poison should be able to spread like the Plague spell, that'll also heal them more and allow them to live long enough to stack poison with deadeyes. Abomination and styx under guardians will take care of marduk's army and you can slowly destroy his defenders with Intestinal Vaporization and run towards the neutral blue souls.

[@pesaduspi3255]

Take a look at the DOS Game Dominus next - that is a really odd gem! :)

[@TruculentGoose]

I loved Dark Reign when I was a kid

[@ComissarYarrick]

Act of War has one little design quork that I perosonaly adore for some reason. Game has 3 armies - USA ( self explanatory ), task force talon ( USA^2) and Consortium ( the bad guys). 'Muricans have 3 tech tiers, consortium has 2. It was very common for RTSs of that time to portray USA as super high tech spec force, with it's enemies standing a fighting chace only by overwhelming numbers, brute firepower and/or underhanded (terrorist) tactics. And consortium on thier tier 1 look exactly like this. However on their tier 2 they reveal all thier cool toys and things go 180 - Now they have the technological edge over eveyone. Game may be overall quite meh ( it's esencialy slightly worse C&C Generals ), but devs made concoius choice to make non-usa the technodominat fraction in the game, in 2005 of all times, right in the middle of USA world police craze, and I love them for doing so XD

[@ebee-uz1oz]

I got Act of war DA and its addon so cheap on steam....found out no achievements. fun game though; was a pain in the a$$ before to play on modern systems.

[@HostileAmbience]

For the longest of times I've been trying to find a cooky RTS I played while I was very young. It was ur typical RTS but the faction/races were very random. I remember they had Dinosaurs, Elves and Angels as playable factions/races. Anyone remember the name?

[@patrickv1080]

Dinosaurs were neutral creatures and the races were barbarians Elves demons and lizard/dinohuman like things ? Than its maybe primitive wars

[@ahmedbasic1682]

Before I watch I this, did you included Ground control in any video? Can not belive that I know 90% of games and played 80% of them haha

[@gustavocrespi4451]

Hi guys! Maybe you can help me with this: I´ve been trying to remember the name of this RTS that I used to play like 20 years ago. It was a city builder, but you could only build defensive structures (towers, fortesses, etc) and docks, and only in islands, and build ships and load them with units like archers, spearmen and catapults. Also you could board enemy ships and make it yours. There was also this "magic" component in the game that allows you tu use spells and global habillities. Any help will be greatly apreciated!

[@loganmyrthu7686]

Military Madness on the TurboGrafx-16 (Bit obscure but wanted to share)

[@allanplays]

2 jogos que joguei muito que nunca vi em rewil foi Dark colony e Knights and Merchants, vi um vez cultures. bom video meow

[@canadiansoviet]

I subbed.

[@kirby1893]

I suggest adding Urban Assault to the next episode 😀

[@ukaszbeben2557]

The machines from 1998 year - 3d strategy with controllable fps units.

[@restoreleader]

War front: Turning point was quite good - but i really remember it as a good looking thing, while this footage looks... well terrible. Maybe im spoiled and 16:9 also broke it obviously, but it was really good design of animated building back then, mostly steel smelters and so, with some advanced effects.

[@mdl2427]

Warbreeds definitely should have got a mention here

[@PatientZero1312]

Where are the Earth 2150 series ? The Moon Project was the first game I have ever bought, unique up to this day. I have never seen any other RTS, where You can create, modify and weaponize combat units like in TMP.

[@Wariat4747]

Robin Hood is not RTS its stealth RTT, even Total War don't have RTS elements, its turn based strategy with real time TACTIC battle, i know that many people don't see the difference between RTS and RTT but it is. Besides, I really like your materials, there are many games that I haven't seen yet, but they seem worth playing, and thanks to your work I can learn about them at all.

[@olexandrdv7383]

Не обращай внимание, я уже убедился в том, что он не понимает в данной теме. Для него и sims будет как rts

[@mesarthim640]

I've been wanting a new War Wind for yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars now !! Okay, War Wind 2 s*cked badly but gosh, 1 was such a classic !!! Same with Dark Reign, such a classic, I didn't like 2 as much but it had amazing ideas. On a side note, Conquest Frontier Wars is still very much alive same as Act of Aggression and Ashes of the Singularity (is that even a lost game? it's still pretty new)

[@kethemine8221]

I am surprised "Sacrifice, Krush Kill N Destroy, Act of War and Dark Reign" is considered forgotten, I get sacrifice, it's a unqiue rts that most people don't think is considered an rts, though KKND and Dark Reign is more or less a command and conquer clone in it's own lil post appocalyptic world while Act of War is more or less a command and conquer generals clone which I really love.

[@Image_Game]

Steam keys gift: Warbringers Of Angrul GEH5V-WYM5Q-RNF[number]N Soul's Spectrum: Awakening [number]CCK6-QD7IR-GAAFK RAIN IN THE ABYSS [number]TA0Z-DLZM2-IG2IK FIND ALL 4: Magic KLFCH-9GAEK-Q09E[number] Instead of [number], you need to insert a digit from 0 to 9. You must guess. But I think these keys are already taken.

[@art-hx6hq]

Those games were forgotten for a reason, I think exploding indie scene due to Flash shutdown is like new PS2 era now.

[@TeslaDeCastaka]

@@art-hx6hq Hello, can i ask what the title of the thumbnail/image for the previous video? cause i don't recognize from the list, and i play almost all of them kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXm4n2eXnKqSkNE And thanks for you informative video.

[@lqdlqd1385]

Could you please tell us what is the very first game shown in this video (the game with the German captions)?

[@user-jp7jg2ks4j]

Where is Perimeter ? Greatest and original old RTS!!!

[@TeslaDeCastaka]

@@lqdlqd1385 In the description there's the full list. I don't know this title, but i can inform you that the pinnacle of the RPG/RTS genre is Spellforce (Phenomic, 2003) that's for sure totally outclass such like warcraft3 titles form the same period.

[@ichwillkeinaliasmachenmussaber]

13:51 I know that profile : D i see what you did there