Medieval Real-Time Strategy With Clever AI

The Dark Legions is a surprisingly polished RTS game developed from a "lone wolf" developer--Marcell Baranyai did almost everything, from its 3D engine to its graphics and sound design, a pretty amazing effort.

Innovative it is not, particularly; fans of Warcraft and Age of Empires will find it familiar, and easy to pick up and play. There's the usual resource extraction, building construction, and combat you'd expect in an RTS title. Where Dark Legions shines, however, is in its AI--computer opponents have some tricks up their sleeves (like sending slaves behind your lines to extract resources near your camp before you exploit them) that you haven't seen before.

If you're in the mood for an RTS fix, this game may be just the ticket--and at a reasonable price.

The Independent RTS Game for Serious RTS Gamers

Trash is pretty much a two-man project--but in looking at it, you might well assume that it was a triple-A title from three or four years ago. That is, no, it doesn't have the huge number of units on the field that we see in big-studio titles now, nor models with as much detail, but it still looks pretty damned good.

And beyond that, it is intelligently designed, with a slew of clever ideas that informs you at once that these guys have played every RTS title in creation, and are intent on creating a game that goes one better.

Can an Indie RTS Compete with the Big Boys?
2006 IGF Finalist

Given the tens of millions of dollars that major publishers pour into huge RTS titles like Age of Empires and Rise & Fall, can a small team of Danes possibly hope to compete in the same genre?

Well... yeah!