It’s simple - what other games from the RTS genre (heck you can even list your non RTS games) do you, as an age 2 fan enjoy?
While i have played many games in the genre over the years (C&C, SC/WC, and others) the ones I find the most entertaining are Northgard, Homeworld 2 (Stoked for 3), and the HoMM games.
outside of RTS i mainly enjoy RPGs.
RTS: AoM, SWGB, Empire Earth 1, Shogun Total War 1 blow my mind and Medieval TW 2 hooked me too. Stronhold 2 Crusader. Commandos complete Saga.
Non RTS: Counter Strike, Deus Ex 1 and new reboot, Carmaggedon 2, Jedi Knight Saga, Worms saga, Monkey Island!
honestly i hate the total war everything with the passion that cannot be expressed in words.
started with Settlers (II, III, IV) games, Stronghold (1 and Crusader). played some Empire Earth II for a while. Then got into the Total War series.
I still frequently play Total War, AoE2. Occasionally AoE3 and very rarely Stronghold
other games: stardew valley, factorio, Civ V, terraria, Skyrim, Just Cause 2, Witcher 3, Kerbal Space Program, Cities: Skylines, XCom, Dark Souls, Hades, Guild Wars
but at this point im just listing my steam library
11… Why? ? They almost created a new gender and become real the a generatiion’s wet dreams of big armies clashing in a game
I fell in this drug too…
it’s just not my cup of tea i guess. just like for example, I like RPGS but i can’t stand Dark Souls type games.
Not quite RTS, but I really like Stellaris.
The problem is the time to play, RTS games require time to learn them (which I don’t have).
Mainly I just play AoE2, nothing else
check out northgard - it’s pretty casual friendly.
I used to play Dota 2 but that game eats your life hobbies free time friends significant others ect
As a history nerd, the more mundane setting doesn’t bother me one bit.
Not much of a gamer outside of AoE2 as it’s often hard to justify even the time I put into that, but…
Back in the day, I liked:
RTS: AoE1, Battle for Middle Earth 1&2, dabbled in AoM and SWGB
Other: Final Fantasy Tactics, Halo series (especially 2 on Legendary 
), Ultima VI, Lords of Magic, Civ II. Monkey Island was dope, but my siblings were more into it than I was (and not the greatest replay value on those linear story games).
Apart from Age2 content though, probably haven’t bought a game in 10 years or so. Nor will I.
No one played knights of honor?
a little hidden gem I can really recommend is ‘Baba is you’. Amazing puzzle game. you are sure there is no solution 80% of the time, feel stupid for 15% and really smart for 5%. Ok, I’m not selling this
Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Terraria, Minecraft and Factorio mostly.
My 2nd most favorite RTS series is C&C + Rise of Nations and Wacrafct 3.
Edit: Plenty of other games that I’ve played in the past which I might return to: Skyrim, Doom, Black & White, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, Plague Inc…
I don’t really play other RTS games much anymore. I used to love WarCraft III when I was a teenager, but replaying it when Reforged came out, I realised the combat in it is really grindy, since most units are hit point sponges that take no meaningful bonus damage from anything and have puny attacks. I still think the singleplayer campaigns (which are essentially an RPG) are great, but the standard game/multiplayer I found really disappointing as an adult.
Similarly, I like StarCraft 1 and 2 singleplayer campaigns, but the multiplayer feels really short and shallow relative to AoE2, especially the very basic economy.
I second that. Baba Is You is fantastic, one of my favourite games.
I really want to like Total War, but I find it much too difficult. Especially the real-time battles, it just feels like my units don’t do what I tell them, and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
Well thanks.
Now I want to play black and white again
Other RTS games i enjoy as an AoE2 fan are AoE3 and AoE4
RTS:
Non-RTS:
I dont play much at the moment, because I dont have time. But generally I play strategy games with some exceptions.
On my list, and I hope I will have time to play them a bit, are Homeworld 3, Tempest Rising and the System Shock remake.