I've tried quite a few of the modern RTS' and I can't think of one that doesn't have a hero type figure. First theres Spell Force, which is basically an RPG fantasy game. Your hero can build a base and army in each level\island as it doesn't go with you when you move to another island, to try and wipe out the opposing force. So it is partly RTS. Then there is WarHammer 40k and Battle for Middle Earth, which are both good for squad based tactics. However they also have hero units. (although in Wh40k they arn't as superior to the other units).
For a realistic medieval simulation game there is http://www.taleworlds.com/ quite a good game. It'll be even better when its finished.
The orignal Red Alert, yeah, you could only make "melee" maps, but Red Alert 2 you could make "ums" maps just fine. Althought it wanst nearly as user friendly as SC. I made 26 maps for Red Alert 2, half of which were ums, including racing maps, tag maps, art of defense (helms deep style) maps, click defense maps, even a successful AoS map complete with heroes and upgrades for spawns and so forth. -VGsatomi
XeridanusTotal Annihilation. now thats a good ol' game. Who agrees with me?
There are different thoughts about that game. There are both bad and good sides. Bad sides: - Can feel very boring at some times, nothing happens. - Many structures take incredibly long time to build. - All units are very slow. - Stupid AI. Units sometimes get stuck and doens't shoot back at attackers. The last thing was ever worse in Red Alert. - Too large maps. Combined with the slow units it takes years to make an assult. yes you can use air craft but they take very long time to build compared to land units. - Over all slow. The whole game feels so slow. - Completely lack of interesting story. I never read the text shown before a mission starts. - Feels a little bit dorky with those two transformers looking commanders. - Too few resources, often. It takes much time to get any resources to build anything, unless you play on the metal planet.
Good sides: - Many many units. I like this very much. - Units for both land, air and water combat. - Most units are used for a specific purpose. - Unusually amount of defensive structures with dfferetn specialites. An they are powerful. I like that very much too. - 3D models. All untis are in full 3d. - Unique radar system. Units can only be seen on mini map if they are within a radars' range. Some people may like it other don't. It opens new ways of how to lead an assult.
There are sure other attributes but this is way I can figure our now. Some people like this game others hate it. I liked much.
