I wish they had Red Alert 2. My favorite.

Not exactly the same thing but this website is basically Red Alert 2 in the web with multiplayer support: https://chronodivide.com/

This is wonderful! Thank you very much!

The ISOs for RA2 and Yuri's Revenge are easily available if you're OK with just skirmish and campaign modes.

Armageddon, 10 players, FFA.

Most of the games it's the usual route of eating all players from BL to TL and then moving to TR and BR and the same time. I managed to bring the average time down to 12 minutes, with the best time around 10:30, but sometimes it's manages to catch me with the pants down, if I do something wrong or just take to long to do the essentials.

Same here, but sometimes I have to resist playing a second game :)

I appreciate the simplicity of the game, but also the small details that make it fun. And that a typical game rarely lasts more than 20-30 minutes.

Hmm. Now I want to start playing StarCraft again.

It’s been a while but I honestly feel like that helped me train my focus back then.

I just ran back through StarCraft + Broodwars campaigns recently and… it really really holds up. The unit pathing and computer player AI isn’t quite as smart, but the game is solid.

If you haven't, give Starcraft Remastered a shot. Felt like the original games when I played them when I was a kid but looks "modern" without any changes on unit interactions, etc.

I really want to - that and the cartoon version - but I also don’t want to give blizzard any more money

Yup the campaigns are actually my favorite part. I wish I had the time to run through SC2 campaigns too but they are numerous.

There's a bunch of custom versions of the SC2 campaigns now as well, including a coop one. GiantGrantGames is known for covering PvE content there.

I visited that channel and now I'm going to figure out how to play Age of Mythology on my computers this weekend.

Did it play well on modern computers? What version did you use? I'm tempted to do the same.

I would recommend getting Starcraft Remastered if you're into the original games. They're really well made. "Modern" graphics that still feel like the original and should work out of box on modern computers (even M1 macs).

Oh yeah totally runs fine, no issues whatsoever. I imagine blizzard puts some effort into maintaining compatibility.

StarCraft is a bit of a different beast, 90% mechanics

Id argue there is much more strategy and tactics in Starcraft Brood War.

Red alert is mostly tanks and dogs. Production is very simplified. Units are very similar.

In starcraft strategy defined as "what you want to do" is deeper, since there are more poasibilities to expand. Also much more unit mix (not sure if this counts as tactic).