Strategy Games for the Xbox 360

[alex_p]

Are there any decent 'light' strategy games for the 360? I used to enjoy C&C Red Alert on the PC so anything similar would be good. I've seen some C&C titles for the 360, are they any good and how well have the controls been thought about for the joy pad?

Any advice will be appreciated, I enjoy shooting people in the face as much as the next person on COD 4 and GTA:IV but am feeling the need for something more slow paced to get stuck into.

[Steve Evil]

C&C on the 360 is supposed to work pretty well with the pad, I'm sure you can pick it up pretty cheap by now too.

[Lurking Lawyer]

Civilisation has just appeared in 360 incarnation. Not sure that fits what you mean by "strategy" game but it's got to be worth a look if you're not necessarily after a C&C type RTS game.

[franv8]

I've got C&C Tibrium Wars (latest one) on the PC and it's very good, I know it is also on the 360 for about £20 now I think.

[Jonny671]

Someone I know has got the New C&C:Kanes Wrath, and he says it is so good.. He's also got that Civilisation game and says thats really good too.

I'm sure you could get the C&C for quite cheap too.

[Negative Creep]

Steve Evil said:

C&C on the 360 is supposed to work pretty well with the pad, I'm sure you can pick it up pretty cheap by now too.

I can't get the hang of the control pad system at all. Way too fiddly.

[RobDickinson]

I have LOTR BFMEII

It almost works. Has all the elements but the control isnt precice enough and atomic enough.

I can never seem to be able to direct my units agaist the right enemy units etc, no order queues or standing commands in pitch battles.

So it ends up being a total utter zergfest. Select everything, atack enemy. I HATE that. If only there was some way to pause and issue unit level commands or something.

[alex_p]

Thanks for the replies. I'm quite interested in the C&C games, is there a mouse available for the 360 and if so, do any of these games support it?

Cheers

[Steve Evil]

alex_p said:

Thanks for the replies. I'm quite interested in the C&C games, is there a mouse available for the 360 and if so, do any of these games support it?

Cheers

No and no.

[:J:]

Steve Evil said:

alex_p said:

Thanks for the replies. I'm quite interested in the C&C games, is there a mouse available for the 360 and if so, do any of these games support it?

Cheers

No and no.

Or yes and maybe...

http://www.xcm.cc/XFPS_3.0_Sniper.htm





Don't know how well it works ??

[jimmyjimjim]

The XFS thing for the Xbox360 is meant to be bloody awful (for FPS at least, don't know about RTS); was reading up on their version for the PS3 yesterday, and the number of derogatory comments about the sniper v3.0 was enormous - a fair few people bought it, tried it for a few days and sold it on.

[Steve Evil]

I bought a similar thing for Halo 2 on the original XBox and it wasn't great, most of the games are designed with acceleration built in to compensate for the analogue movement of the stick on a pad, whereas when you map that same thing to a mouse which is more of a linear thing it doesn't translate so well.

[Mad Man]

Theres a demo of Command & Conquer available on xbox live, give it a try, its a better guide than other peoples opinions.

For what its worth I like the C&C games on the 360, the controls are fairly straight forward once you get used to them, theres a training mode that takes you through the basics which is well worth doing before jumping straight into the full game.

[RobDickinson]

I went back to the PC with company of heroes and supreme commander....