Strategy Games

Shattered Galaxy

Shattered Galaxy

Platform: PC
August 21, 2001
Engage opponents in frenzied tactical struggles. Unite with allies to contest enemy nations' territorial claims. Customize your units with equipment best suited for your objectives. Achieve promotions for yourself and new upgrades for your war machines. Research new technologies to devastate the opposition. [Nexon]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.0
Conquest: Frontier Wars

Conquest: Frontier Wars

Platform: PC
August 14, 2001
Master the technology and tactics of three clashing races as you control strategic wormholes, maintain precious supply lines, and forge an empire from hundreds of unique units to attain total control of the galaxy in this fleet-based real-time strategy game.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.1
Saiyuki: Journey West

Saiyuki: Journey West

Platform: PlayStation
August 13, 2001
A Journey of Friendship...A Journey fraught with Danger...A Journey to Save the World...A Journey West. Based on one of the most popular legends of China, Saiyuki takes you on an epic journey from China to India and back. Recruit the Monkey King, Son Goku, and others like them to defeat untold monsters along the way.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.3
Shogun: Total War Warlord Edition

Shogun: Total War Warlord Edition

Platform: PC
August 13, 2001
This stand-alone package includes the original complete "Shogun: Total War" game and the "Mongol Invasion" expansion which includes Kublai Khan?s invasion of Mongol hordes that try to conquer Japan and three new Japanese campaigns.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.4
Fortress

Fortress

Platform: Game Boy Advance
August 13, 2001
Fortress is a FAST-ACTION strategy game where players build an endless variety of unique structures and compete against each other in an all out war to the end! Hurl Strone Age rocks during the days of the dinosaurs, engage in cannon fire from the Golden Age of Piracy to Medieval Times, and energize plasma projectiles in the world of tomorrow. Populate your fortress with a variety of humorous Twerp characters as you learn to unlock the secrets of the Wizard's Tower! Play alone or in head-to-head mode using the Game Boy Advance Game Link® cable feature.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.9
Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973

Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973

Platform: PC
August 1, 2001
Fight in the Independence War, through the War of the Waters, and on into the Six Day War! The ardent beliefs on both sides, combined with modern warfare technology and tactics, produce a succession of wars sending shockwaves throughout the Middle East. [TalonSoft]
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Cultures

Cultures

Platform: PC
July 31, 2001
Cultures offers the player 13 complex missions with multiple mission objectives and all the traditional elements of resource management, trading, military operations and discovery. With its rich and vibrant landscapes, colourful characters and nurturing gameplay, Cultures redefines this genre for strategy and simulation fans. [THQ UK]
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.4
The Settlers: Fourth Edition

The Settlers: Fourth Edition

Platform: PC
July 30, 2001
The latest in the God Sim series from Blue Byte is a mixture of real-time strategy and management sim, meaning you have to remember to feed your kingdom before moving on and kicking your enemies' butts.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
Combat Command 2: Desert Rats

Combat Command 2: Desert Rats

Platform: PC
July 29, 2001
Step into the shoes of Rommel or Patton in this second installment of the Combat Command 2 series with enhanced night attack capability and enhanced armor strength in 17 scenarios, including Sidi Rezegh, Kasserine Pass, El Guettar, and Oran.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Remote Assault

Remote Assault

Platform: PC
July 29, 2001
A "non-RTS" 3D real time wargame that provides you with tanks, supply vehicles, scouts, artillery, and a walker. The game features single and 2 player LAN and Internet play.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
Green Berets: Powered by Myth II

Green Berets: Powered by Myth II

Platform: PC
July 26, 2001
A squad-based tactical strategy game set in the treacherous jungles of Southeast Asia. Carefully plan your surgical strike, blast your way through enemy camps, or sneak deep behind enemy lines. Destroy radio towers, defend bases, or eliminate high-ranking VC officers! Your objectives are clear, but your path will be dark and dangerous! [Take 2 Interactive]
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

Platform: PC
July 23, 2001
Lead Cooper and his gang through 25 levels of this character-based real-time strategy game in which you're hired to find the banditos responsible for a train robbery in the old American frontier.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.8
MechCommander 2

MechCommander 2

Platform: PC
July 18, 2001
Take control of an entire company of the most fearsome military machines in history: BattleMechs! As a MechCommander, you command a unit of mercenary MechWarriors in a real-time strategy game of power, combat, and treachery set in the BattleTech® Universe. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.8
Empire of the Ants (2001)

Empire of the Ants (2001)

Platform: PC
July 17, 2001
Empire of the Ants takes you into the undergrowth of the frantic world of colonization and dominance within the insect kingdom. Build up huge colonies, lead your armies into battle for supremacy, hunt down food and breed to improve your numbers. The ANTicipation is over?it is time to experience a whole new world! [Strategy First]
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.9
The Nations

The Nations

Platform: PC
July 16, 2001
In this strategy/civilization-builder, players must build a nation comprised of several different tribes, using force or diplomacy and a healthy dose of leadership to bring the tribes along.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
The Corporate Machine

The Corporate Machine

Platform: PC
July 14, 2001
Winning design, powerful artificial intelligence, and a great sense of humor make The Corporate Machine one of the best strategy games so far this year.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.8
Star Trek Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates

Star Trek Starfleet Command: Orion Pirates

Platform: PC
July 1, 2001
Taking over command of one of the eight star empires from the original game, you choose between fighting against the Orion Pirates or joining forces with them to conquer the universe. During game play, players will control various ships and all of its systems while taking it into combat against enemy vessels. [Interplay]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.5
The Sting!

The Sting!

Platform: PC
July 1, 2001
In this underworld, you will need to make your way up (or down) the criminal ladder to become the most respected burglar on the streets. To gain the honor you crave from the most notorious criminals in the underworld, you will need to pull off the crime of the century -- The Sting! [JoWood Productions]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.6
Zeus: Master of Olympus - Poseidon

Zeus: Master of Olympus - Poseidon

Platform: PC
June 25, 2001
With 45 missions spread out across six campaigns, Poseidon features new units to command during war, new monsters, new raw materials to trade (black marble & orichalc), and hippodromes providing much needed city-wide happiness and cash.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.8
Startopia

Startopia

Platform: PC
June 19, 2001
Any "Futurama" fanatics out there need another hit of space humor? Rebuild and manage a giant 2001-esque space donut/station and attract a variety of alien species to it in a game that plays like the deep space version of "Dungeon Keeper."
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.6
Worms World Party

Worms World Party

Platform: PC
June 16, 2001
"Worms Armageddon" freaks will find much of the same with this turn-based 2D strategy game sequel (or upgrade--you decide) in which you lead your team of cute little worms and annihilate the other teams with bazookas, uzis, cluster-bombs and other subtle weoponry.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.9
Steel Soldiers

Steel Soldiers

Platform: PC
June 15, 2001
The Bitmap brothers bring us the sequel to 1996's real-time strategy "Z," jumping into 3D yet sticking with the same quirky sense of "robot" humor and style of game that made the original game a success.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.3
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

Platform: PC
June 13, 2001
Ever see Stallone's "Demolition Man?" Sure, think 2032, a peaceful society without weapons...that is until a renegade group of magnates arrives forces you to excavate the war cruiser Adaptive Cruiser Antaeus from the ocean floor and use it to save the world from the clutches of tyranny.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.8
Emperor: Battle for Dune

Emperor: Battle for Dune

Platform: PC
June 12, 2001
Based on the universe created in the Frank Herbert novels and in David Lynch's 1984 movie, this long-awaited sequel to the early '90s game "Dune II" -- the granddaddy of the real-time strategy genre -- puts you in command of a military faction fighting for control of the desert planet Arrakis and its critical resources.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.4
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars

Platform: PC
June 10, 2001
Raging through the final two seasons of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," the Dominion War pitted an alliance of the Federation and Klingons against the Cardassians and invading Dominion fleets in a prolonged and costly battle for control of the Alpha Quadrant. Now you can join this epic struggle. [Simon & Schuster Interactive]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.3
Gangsters 2: Vendetta

Gangsters 2: Vendetta

Platform: PC
June 5, 2001
As small-time mobster Joey Bane, you have the opportunity to avenge your father's death and rise to power by hiring a bunch of gangster henchmen with specialized skills such as bombing, kidnapping, and running illegal businesses to do your dirty work.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.6
Worms World Party

Worms World Party

Platform: Dreamcast
June 3, 2001
You are invited to the ultimate gaming experience. And if you can't make it, we'll bring the party to you! Those loveable worms are back again, annihilating each other with zany weapons on wacky landscapes. Worms World Party is the pinnable of evolution for strategy gaming enthusiasts. With "Worms" already having a reputation for being a party animal, there is just no reason not to come.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.1
Golf Resort Tycoon

Golf Resort Tycoon

Platform: PC
May 31, 2001
Design difficult par 3s, challenging par 5s, and wicked par 4s for the ultimate test of golf! Create bunkers, water hazards, elevation changes, and more! Watch golfers' "emotions" to help manage your resort! Design your own golf resort and maximize your resources to attract more guests! [Activision]
Metascore:
55
User Score:
6.8
Air Command 3.0

Air Command 3.0

Platform: PC
May 14, 2001
An air traffic control simulator that puts you in the seat of an air traffic controller at a major international airport (or one that you create using the Airport Editor). Using your radar screen, you must direct all air traffic to and from your area, as well as grant permission for takeoffs and landings.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
RoboForge

RoboForge

Platform: PC
May 14, 2001
A PC game that you download (only 30mb) to build robot gladiators, train for combat then submit to online tournaments to win fame and prizes. [Liquid Edge Games]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
Merchant Prince II

Merchant Prince II

Platform: PC
April 30, 2001
This turn-based strategy game focusing on the development of Venice and the establishment of Venitian commercial trade routes is really the third quite similar incarnation of the original "Merchant Prince" which debuted in 1993 (yes, 1993) and which reared it's head again in 1995 as "Machiavelli."
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
Cossacks: European Wars

Cossacks: European Wars

Platform: PC
April 14, 2001
A real-time strategy game set in 17th and 18th century Europe, the age of Napoleonic war and early gun combat, and similar to "Age of Empires II."
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.3
Tropico

Tropico

Platform: PC
April 5, 2001
Picture a city-building simulation, god game combination with a good splash of humor set in a third world, Caribbean island setting.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.4
Robot Arena

Robot Arena

Platform: PC
April 1, 2001
Stop the bloodlust! Instead, let's fight some cusomizable robots! Build your bot from the chassis, and throw in a mobility system, weopons and other exciting extas before going to battle.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
7.0
Pokemon Stadium 2

Pokemon Stadium 2

Platform: Nintendo 64
March 28, 2001
Hundreds of Pokémon in Three-mendous 3-D! What's sweeter than victory in a Pokémon battle! Victory in a 3-D arena on the N64™! Set your strategy and stand back while your Pokémon battle it out. You can even set the Pokémon you've trained--fully rendered in 3-D and ready for battle!
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.4
Black & White

Black & White

Platform: PC
March 26, 2001
Peter Molyneux's highly anticipated "god game," a blend of the genres including strategy, sim, RPG, and puzzle, features the player as a new god in the lands of Eden who must reign with the help of uniquely evolving animals in either a benign or evil fashion.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
7.8
Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle

Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle

Platform: PC
March 25, 2001
Gameplay stands out in this strategy game based on the veteran game engine used in Sid Meier’s "Gettysburg."
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.4
Majesty: The Northern Expansion

Majesty: The Northern Expansion

Platform: PC
March 22, 2001
A true add-on pack (you must own the original to play it!) to Majesty, a Y2K sleeper which was a unique blend of strategy, role-playing, and city-building games (but considered way too short by critics), Northern Expansion adds 13 new and more difficult quests and an enhanced multiplayer experience. Newbies probably need not apply.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.0
Outlive (2001)

Outlive (2001)

Platform: PC
March 19, 2001
A 2D battlefield game set during a 21st Century resource shortage which "resembles" the oft-imitated Starcraft. (Why imitate a game released in 1998, you ask?) Incidentally, the default graphics resolution of the game is 640x480, so if you have some old equipment, this might be the game for you.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
8.4
Star Trek Away Team

Star Trek Away Team

Platform: PC
March 19, 2001
Venture into the Black Ops side of the Trek universe as the head of Star Trek AT, a special forces unit brought in to handle those "sticky" situations the Star Fleet won't officially touch, in this self-proclaimed squad-based strategy.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.2
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns

Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns

Platform: PC
March 14, 2001
No, it's not another Warcraft clone. This well-received first title from TimeGate Studios introduces a unique combination of real-time gaming and turn-based strategy that sheds the old unit micromanagement scheme and emphasizes fantasy strategic combat.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.5
Fate of the Dragon

Fate of the Dragon

Platform: PC
March 14, 2001
Reminiscent of "Age of Empires II", this historical real-time strategy is based on the Three Kingdoms period of 2nd century China, just after the Han Dynasty fell into ruin, a turbulent time during which dozens of warlords sought the throne and eventually settled into three conflicting kingdoms.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.9
Ring of Red

Ring of Red

Platform: PlayStation 2
March 12, 2001
A highly classified prototype mech was stolen from the allied forces in southern Japan and it's up to you to get it back! Take control of monstrous mechs and brave soldiers. Immerse yourself in detailed 3D battle sequences with an exciting style of gameplay that mixes in-depth strategy and real-time action as you lead the allies to victory.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.8
Moon Project

Moon Project

Platform: PC
March 11, 2001
It is 2150, one of the darkest years in the history of mankind. While the Lunar Corporation, Eurasian Dynasty, and the United Civilized States battle it out to the bitter end on the home planet, a secret research project is underway on the moon. Only the project code name is known -- "Project SunLight." [Game Sudios]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.3
Traffic Giant

Traffic Giant

Platform: PC
February 28, 2001
This simulation lets you put public transport on the right tracks by putting you control an entire fleet of busses, trams and allowing you to experience realistically functioning town traffic with thousands of vehicles and pedestrians. Go ahead and ask each inhabitant what he thinks and feels. [JoWood Productions]
Metascore:
57
User Score:
8.1
Mission: Humanity

Mission: Humanity

Platform: PC
February 14, 2001
There really is nothing good and nothing redeeming about Mission: Humanity.
Metascore:
27
User Score:
6.1
Europa Universalis

Europa Universalis

Platform: PC
February 2, 2001
In a time of hunger for power, honor, and wealth, it is your destiny to rule your country, accept new challenges, mobilize troops, build cities, and exploit your resources. The skilled will gain wealth; the less fortunate can expect poverty and disease. Do you have what it takes to change the course of history? [Strategy First]
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.6
Age of Sail II

Age of Sail II

Platform: PC
February 1, 2001
The invading armada drifts on the horizon, preparing for war. On your order, the battle begins. Explosions break the peaceful atmosphere as the smoke distorts the scene. It was a time when nations fought for naval dominance ... a time of true adventure ... a time unlike no other. It was the Age Of Sail! [TalonSoft]
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
SimCoaster

SimCoaster

Platform: PC
January 29, 2001
SimCoaster dismisses the elegant design of its predecessor, and instead favors the often-overwhelming amount of management found in the original Theme Park.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.3
Sudden Strike

Sudden Strike

Platform: PC
January 23, 2001
Capture enemy fortifications, win the fight for possession of the buildings, and call for paratrooper and fighter-bomber reinforcements. [Strategy First]
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.6
Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes

Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes

Platform: PC
January 15, 2001
KUF places players in the classic struggle between good and evil to control power, magic, and the land of Bersiah. Players build and control over 70 units and their resources -- gold, iron, and mana -- in order to increase combat strategy options, magical abilities, and the availability of weapons. [Gathering of Developers]
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.4
America

America

Platform: PC
January 14, 2001
An RTS of power, lust, ambition, and greed, America is set in the wildest days of the Wild West. You control the destiny of a group of people (settlers, Native Americans, Mexicans, and outlaws) and lead them, by your guile, to power and prosperity. [Data Becker]
Metascore:
50
User Score:
7.4
Thandor: The Invasion

Thandor: The Invasion

Platform: PC
December 31, 2000
The problem with Thandor: The Invasion is that its lack of creativity extends into every single part of the game.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.2
The Outforce

The Outforce

Platform: PC
December 31, 2000
A real-time strategy game taking you to the far reaches of the universe where mankind is fighting for survival. With over 120 different units and advanced AI system, you must crush the alien empires and master the universe. Peace can only be achieved by conquest. [Strategy First]
Metascore:
56
User Score:
8.6
Mayday (2000)

Mayday (2000)

Platform: PC
December 29, 2000
It offers nothing that hasn't been done much better by any number of other real-time strategy games released long ago.
Metascore:
39
User Score:
7.6
Combat Command 2: Danger Forward!

Combat Command 2: Danger Forward!

Platform: PC
December 17, 2000
A unique game system that authentically recreates the most exciting engagements of WWII. Emphasizing command control and combined arms, the first volume of the series, Danger Forward, focuses on the Mediterranean and Western Front, from 1940-1945. [Shrapnel Games]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy

Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy

Platform: PC
December 14, 2000
Dark Conspiracy continues the story of Major Sarah Parker. After defeating the Crayven Corp. and Order Of The New Dawn forces on Krig 7b, Parker must enlist a group of mercenaries to help her escape from the deserted planet and discover the terrifying truth about the alien technology they were fighting over. [Sierra Studios]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.7
Starfleet Command Volume II: Empires at War

Starfleet Command Volume II: Empires at War

Platform: PC
December 13, 2000
Serve the Empire well and it will shower rank, medals, prestige, and new ships on you. Serve the Empire ill and ... well, space is full of tiny Police Frigates, each manned by crews that never distinguished themselves in battle. [Interplay]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.5
Coaster Works

Coaster Works

Platform: Dreamcast
December 10, 2000
Coaster Works is by no means a bad roller coaster simulator, but it's not an outstanding one either.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.9
Theme Park Roller Coaster

Theme Park Roller Coaster

Platform: PlayStation 2
December 4, 2000
Sim fans should get a major kick out of Theme Park Roller Coaster.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.9
Earth 2150

Earth 2150

Platform: PC
December 1, 2000
Meteor showers rain down from above. Climate changes affect how weapons and vehicles function. Fog rolls in early during the morning obstructing view range. Weapons recoil after firing. And full warfare occurs beneath the surface of the earth. [Mattel Interactive]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.3
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business

Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business

Platform: PC
November 30, 2000
The bullets have stopped flying. Arulco is free at last, but your job's not over. An all-powerful corporation is assaulting the tiny country and, once again, you're needed! Enter a whole new chapter of Jagged Alliance 2 with all new weapons, new mercenaries, new terrains, and the new Mission Builder! [Interplay]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.7
Sheep (2000)

Sheep (2000)

Platform: PC
November 29, 2000
Sheep is a puzzle-solving escapade through crazy mazes starring those most lovable of all creatures ... sheep! Unbeknownst to everyone, these seemingly dim-witted animals are actually highly intelligent beings from another planet. Lost, alone, and now quite dumb, they need you to reunite them with their celestial ancestors. [Empire Interactive]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.4
Battle Isle: The Andosia War

Battle Isle: The Andosia War

Platform: PC
November 29, 2000
On the border between exciting real-time maneuvers and the demands of strategic planning, a new exciting kind of game experience emerges where there is a time for cool planning, quick reactions, discovery of stunning landscapes, and time for pursuing mission goals! [Blue Byte]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.7
Harvest Moon: Back To Nature

Harvest Moon: Back To Nature

Platform: PlayStation
November 22, 2000
As a child you visited your Grandfather's ranch when vaction plans fell through. Return to the farm that holds fond childhood memories and rejuvenate it's long neglected fields. Tend to your livestock and interact with over 50 characters. As you struggle to make the farm something your grandfather would be proud of, one nagging question remains: What ever happend to the little girl that you knew a decade ago?
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.7
Call to Power II

Call to Power II

Platform: PC
November 20, 2000
The game blends classic themes and play styles of the empire-building genre with improvements in pacing, balance, and combat. Innovations in city growth and management, more powerful diplomacy and trade, and unique AI personalities provide even greater strategic depth and immersion. [Activision]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Kessen

Kessen

Platform: PlayStation 2
November 13, 2000
Japanese history buffs will definitely love this game, and even novice players will appreciate the game, with its stunning visuals and sounds.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.7
Europa Universalis: Crown of the North

Europa Universalis: Crown of the North

Platform: PC
November 9, 2000
From the developers of the award-winning Europa Universalis I and II and Hearts of Iron, comes the all-new Europa Universalis Crown of the North. Crown of the North takes place in the years between 1275 and 1340 in a time where nobility and the church held all the power and Sweden was about to launch into its only civil war. Play as Norway, Sweden or Denmark and plot to change the historical legacy of a region seldom explored. [Strategy First]
Metascore:
61
User Score:
6.7
Space Empires IV

Space Empires IV

Platform: PC
November 7, 2000
If you're serious about space strategy, you can't afford to miss it.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.7
Sheep

Sheep

Platform: PlayStation
November 6, 2000
They've travelled millions of miles, across the galaxies, their mission was simple, "Pose as stupid creatures and study the habitat". The sheep soon forgot their mission and preferred instead to enjoy the sunshine and wallow in the lush green pastures. Now it's time for them to return home. Your task is to guide the Sheep back to their celestial ancestors, saving them from the perils of electric fences, shark-infested ice cream and combine harvesters. It's not as easy as it sounds, especially when your sheep flock off in the other direction!
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Sacrifice (2000)

Sacrifice (2000)

Platform: PC
November 5, 2000
Sacrifice provides a truly fresh approach in the 3-D RTS genre, allowing players to act as both commander and combatant over huge, real-time, generated landscapes in single or multiplayer modes. Wizards will not be disappointed as Sacrifice serves up over 50 spells and creatures. [Interplay]
Metascore:
89
User Score:
8.7
Squad Leader

Squad Leader

Platform: PC
October 24, 2000
The success of this assault depends on your leadership, strategy, and the combined efforts of all your men. Putting yourself in harm's way, you create a diversion by opening fire. Your men seize the opportunity and move up to overtake the enemy. This is what it means to be a squad leader! [Microprose]
Metascore:
46
User Score:
tbd
Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy

Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy

Platform: PC
October 23, 2000
Lead a squad of heavily armored, over-the-top troopers on a series of in-your-face, real-time battles against vicious bug battalions. Call in air strikes, capture prisoners, and nuke bug holes. It's survival of the fittest and the last one standing wins. Answer the call and defend your planet! [Microprose]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.7
Zeus: Master of Olympus

Zeus: Master of Olympus

Platform: PC
October 22, 2000
Recreate your favorite legends from Greek mythology as you build and rule beautiful city-states. Help Hercules defeat the Hydra, Odysseus win the Trojan War, or Jason retrieve the Golden Fleece. You'll make friends in high places, get involved in the affairs of immortals, and even meet Zeus himself. [Sierra Studios]
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.7
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Platform: PC
October 21, 2000
Wielding strange new technologies and hungering for revenge, the Soviet Empire invades America. New York City and Washington are overwhelmed. Allied forces, unprepared for the surprise attack, are decimated. Will freedom be crushed under the heels of Communist aggression? [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.9
Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy

Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy

Platform: PC
October 10, 2000
Now you'll fight for the Cotentin peninsula, from the landings at Utah Beach to the siege at Cherbourg. In the dense hedgerows of the French countryside, AT teams may be lying in ambush almost anywhere. By placing a premium on infantry tactics, Invasion puts the capital "C" back into Close Combat. [Mattel Interactive]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.6
Ogre Battle 64

Ogre Battle 64

Platform: Nintendo 64
October 7, 2000
The Holy Lodis Empire is planning the domination of the entire continent of Zeteginia! It is up to you to raise the flag of revolution and rid the land of the Lodis threat. Make decisions in real-time and take control of numerous characters to prove victorious on the battlefield and regain freedom for all people!
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.7
Amazons & Aliens

Amazons & Aliens

Platform: PC
September 30, 2000
Amazons & Aliens has no lasting appeal if you're experienced with other empire-building real-time strategy games.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
5.0
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes

RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes

Platform: PC
September 30, 2000
From Rocket Ships and Medieval Castles to Winter Wonderlands and new environments, you now have a complete working palette to create your next thrill-a-minute masterpiece. Build on new landscapes, provide more shops and stalls or take on one of 30 new scenarios filled with new exciting challenges. This expansion two pack also includes Corkscrew Follies. NOTE: This is an add-on pack and requires a copy of the main RollerCoaster Tycoon game to play. [Hasbro Interactive]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.7
Hogs of War

Hogs of War

Platform: PlayStation
September 29, 2000
With four people joining in, the number of onscreen explosions, pig-speech comments, and all-around nuttiness nearly lifts the game into the same sphere of quality as Worms or Bomberman.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.5
Panzer General III: Scorched Earth

Panzer General III: Scorched Earth

Platform: PC
September 28, 2000
Your commanders are key to the optimal use of every class of unit, from infantry to bomber. Special abilities for leaders and units mean no two armies are ever the same, and no two battles have the same result. Bold maneuvering and careful use of equipment can often mean the difference between victory and defeat. [Mattel Interactive]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.6
Heroes Chronicles: Warlords of the Wasteland

Heroes Chronicles: Warlords of the Wasteland

Platform: PC
September 27, 2000
After generations of oppression, Tarnum discovers his people's true history and leads an army of Stronghold troops against their tyrannical masters. Marching from the arid roughlands of his homeland and the muggy swamps of the lowlands, he follows and even surpasses the deeds of his legendary ancestor who defeated these spellcasters long ago.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.1
Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld

Heroes Chronicles: Conquest of the Underworld

Platform: PC
September 27, 2000
When the soul of Queen Allison's father is kidnapped from Paradise, Tanrum escorts her through the cursed grounds of the Underworld. Every step is blocked by a fiery inferno or foggy necropolis from which march demons and undead determined to make Tanrum a permanent inhabitant of the land of the dead. [3DO]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.3
Bomberman Party Edition

Bomberman Party Edition

Platform: PlayStation
September 19, 2000
Bomberman Party Edition manages to succeed where many previous attempts have failed, delivering an uproariously enjoyable multiplayer experience.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.1
Homeworld: Cataclysm

Homeworld: Cataclysm

Platform: PC
September 7, 2000
Homeworld: Cataclysm boasts 18 all-new ships, 25 new technologies, 17 single-player missions, and fantastic multiplay, while improving on the interface and technology that earned Homeworld 1999's highest accolades. [Sierra Studios]
Metascore:
89
User Score:
8.8
Star Trek: New Worlds

Star Trek: New Worlds

Platform: PC
September 7, 2000
It's time to leave the vastness of space behind and play out your destiny in the biggest land battle this universe has ever known. In Star Trek: New Worlds, you'll experience this classic universe as never seen before -- on land in full 3-D. [Interplay]
Metascore:
52
User Score:
6.9
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion

Platform: PC
August 25, 2000
The official add-on to the best-selling, real-time strategy game "Age Of Empires II: The Age Of Kings" challenges veterans and novices to wage war on an epic scale with all-new civilizations, unique units and technologies, and campaigns based on infamous conquerors, such as Attila the Hun, El Cid, and Montezuma. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
88
User Score:
9.1
Seaman

Seaman

Platform: Dreamcast
August 9, 2000
Now that you have obtained your own Seaman egg, use the faithful recreation of Dr. Gasse's laboratory to follow in his footsteps, uncovering the secrets of the Seaman. When the Seaman egg hatches, the adventure begins...
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.5
Submarine Titans

Submarine Titans

Platform: PC
August 3, 2000
Submarine Titans dares you to go where no real-time strategy game has gone before -- deep into the three-dimensional heart of a fantastical underwater universe. [Strategy First]
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.5
Metal Fatigue

Metal Fatigue

Platform: PC
July 31, 2000
Choose from three warring factions; the Milagro, Neuropa, and Rimtech are competing CorpoNations, each with its own technologies and research capabilities. Build bases, research new weaponry and unit types, and engage the enemy on three different levels simultaneously! [TalonSoft]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.9
Dogs of War: Battle On Primus IV

Dogs of War: Battle On Primus IV

Platform: PC
July 30, 2000
The first fully 3-D tactical action/strategy game to effortlessly mix line-of-sight arcade urgency with the command interface required to lead a massed force to victory, delivering highly challenging and addictive gameplay across a breathtaking, dynamic battlefield. [TalonSoft]
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Star Trek ConQuest Online

Star Trek ConQuest Online

Platform: PC
July 14, 2000
After supernatural powers and immortality, what else could you possibly want as Q? Try the bragging rights that come with outwitting your fellow Star Trek fans (opposing Qs) online. Unfortunately, they seem to have the same pompous desire for galactic amusement as you. [Activision]
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.5
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile

Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile

Platform: PC
July 11, 2000
The Nile calls again as The Queen Of Kings takes center stage with four new campaigns. Offering a completely new story line starting with the New Kingdom Of Ancient Egypt, including the mysterious and exotic time of Cleopatra VII, this expansion pack will feed your Egyptian craving all over again. [Sierra Studios]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Warlords Battlecry

Warlords Battlecry

Platform: PC
July 9, 2000
Prepare to enter the next generation of RTS. You'll develop a hero to lead your forces into battle. Share your abilities and spells with surrounding members of your army. And develop your hero as you expand your empire. Because what's the fun of winning a battle if you don't know who to carry off on your shoulders? [Mattel Interactive]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.7
Dark Reign 2

Dark Reign 2

Platform: PC
June 30, 2000
With a new 3-D engine and a host of features -- gorgeous 3-D terrain and units, traditional top-down and immersive "on the battlefield" camera viewpoints, true line of sight, and unprecedented battlefield control -- DR2 will innovate the RTS genre and give gamers the most exhilarating war experience ever. [Activision]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.9
Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition

Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition

Platform: Dreamcast
June 30, 2000
Railroad Tycoon II, based on the award-winning original for PC, steamrolls onto Sega Dreamcast with a boxcar load of new enhancements. Control 40 plus cargo types using over 60 different train engines from around the world and establish transportation empires while outmaneuvering fellow robber barons. Play the Stock Market, manage your resources and watch as your empire grows throughout history.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.2
Shogun: Total War

Shogun: Total War

Platform: PC
June 13, 2000
Japan, 1542. The land is in turmoil. The last Shogunate has collapsed, leaving the nation divided into seven warring factions. Out of this chaos will emerge one warlord who will master the Art Of War. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.3
Starcraft 64

Starcraft 64

Platform: Nintendo 64
June 12, 2000
In the distant future, a small group of human exiles have been doomed to fight for their survival on the edge of the universe. Three powerful species, the Terrans, Protoss and Zerg, are locked in a fierce battle over the fate of the galaxy. The time for war has come. Manage resources, build armies, devise strategies and master the specialized technologies of each species as you enter a universe of unparalleled tactical excitement. Over 50 single-player missions, including new scenarios specially created for the N64.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.6
Ground Control

Ground Control

Platform: PC
June 1, 2000
Two political factions have gone to war over a distant world and the secrets it holds in Ground Control, a visually stunning and frenetically paced action/real-time strategy game from Sierra Studios and Massive Entertainment. [Sierra Studios]
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.5
SimCity 3000 Unlimited

SimCity 3000 Unlimited

Platform: PC
May 16, 2000
Create and control your urban empire with more power than ever before. With SimCity 3000™ plus much more. Expand your SimCities with two new building sets from Asia and Europe. Take on 13 challenging scenarios or create your own. Unleash four new disasters including an unforgiving whirlpool and plummenting space junk. This is truly SimCity™ without limits!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.5
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