Crusader Kings

Crusader Kings is a non-friendly strategy game to beginners. Also there is no specific goal that has to be accomplished. What you have to do in this game is to ensure the survival of your dynasty. At the beginning of the game, you have to choose a dynasty and after that you have to gather gold and also earn prestige points. You can appoint your own advisors and each of them should have a particular trait for them to be appointed to a post. You can gather army and conquer other areas and this will also increase your prestige points. Likewise other non-player countries will also do the same and the course of the game depends upon how you interact with the other countries. The most disappointing point in this game is there is no turorial.

Axis and Allies

Axis and allies is a strategy game which can be a little bit hard at first but once we get used to the units, then it becomes easy. In this game, we have to conquer or occupy as much of the area as possible. If an area is vacant, then we can occupy it and if contains enemies, then we can battle them and conquer the area. The more land that we occupy, the more revenue we can generate. Although the revenue generated primarily depends upon building revenue generating buildings. This game suffers a disadvantage like other strategy games in that when a regiment is involved in battle, some of the units will stand simply. Altogether the game is playable

Blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg is a strategy game which can be totally different for those who have played warcraft and red alert. Unlike the other strategy games we encountered, this game does not give us an option to build a base. We have to play with only the units which were given to us at the beginning of the mission. Though we can call for reinforcements, we are forced to plan a strategy at the beginning in order to complete the mission. Apart from this the graphics is very good and the most promising aspect of this game is the clarity of sound. We can easily distinguish between the firing sound of our own units and that of enemy units. Except from the fact that we cannot create our own units, Blitzkrieg is a fun to play.

Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes is the most entertaining game of all the real-time strategy games. Unlike the other games where you can win with sheer brutal strength of the units and a little strategy, this game can only be won by carefully planned strategy. This game teaches the ups and downs of war. Apart from good graphics, the excellent sound makes us wanting to play this game. The game is interesting because it allows us to achieve the goal in more than one way. In short, one could say that Company of Heroes is an evolution of the previous real-time strategy games.

Battle Realms

This game is a traditional Japanese style real-time strategy game. The storyline is good which keeps the player interested in the game. In this game you take a good or a bad path of your choice and this is what makes the game interesting. The game's graphics is good but not the best and considering it as an old game, it has pretty good graphics for its age. Overall this game is pretty good to play in single player mode although the multiplayer mode is not up to the mark but this game did not sell well due to tuff competition from other strategy games.

Armies of Exigo

Armies of Exigo can be regarded as a copy of warcraft with little variations. In this game we play three campaigns : the humans, the beasts and the fallen. The storyline is also not that clear and the game has several glitches. we often think what makes a unit stand simply while the other neighbouring units are involved in combat. The graphics is clear with crisp clarity but the game lacks imagination. The background throughout the game doesn't have any interesting sceneries. Altogether the game is a fun for warcraft lovers but a waste if someone is bored after playing warcraft.

Act of War: Direct Action

Act of War is a real-time strategy game which is much more similar to Red Alert except that it makes us think seriously. It is rather a normal game where we gather resources to make money and use the resources to train new units. There is also another way to earn money in this game and that is by capturing enemy units as prisoners. The 3D graphics engine used for this game is nearly flawless without any distortions except in some places and the sound is pretty good. Overall the game is fun for strategy game lovers.