The sequel takes you directly onto the Eastern Front of WWII for a close-up look at the vagaries of the war youre waging.

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So, to honor our ever-present source of joy and soul-crushing doom, Mac Gamer HQ presents you with a four-star general overview of the best war games for Mac.

As always, were going for different styles and genres, as well as different price points and system requirements.

We aim to help you discover great new games and perhaps one of these will be perfect for you: Want even more good games for Mac These are the 100 Top Mac games you can play today.

Top Mac War Games: Renowned Franchises No round-up of the best Mac war games for Mac would be complete without touching on the big franchises that have left their mark on Mac gaming, so Ill start with two of the major ones.

These are perfect for those of you who enjoy crushing your enemies under the heel of your polished and well-kept boots.

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The condition of man is a condition of war of everyone against everyone Thomas Hobbes Total War: Attila War is all-encompassing and to give you the taste of blood you crave, the Total War series relies on a dual-engine approach.

First, theres a real-time war theater which allows you to command your troops every move on the battlefield.

It lets you deploy your soldiers, define your engagement strategy, groupings, pace, and more.

In between battles, theres a turn-based strategy interface (think a very stripped down version of Sid Meiers Civilization series) that lets you construct the whole of your war machine.

Different games in the Total War franchise take you from before the birth of Christ to the end of the Napoleonic period and all over the globe.

MacGamer HQs head-honcho Ric is a fan of the franchises take on feudal japan, Total War: Shogun 2, but Im definitely fond of the most recent release, Total War: Attila.

Attila takes you to the end of the western Roman empire and puts you in control of one of the Mediterranean or Germanic tribes that carved up former Roman territory, and their enemys hides in the process.

The game features a skirmish mode, historical battles mode (which lets you relive some epic battlefield confrontations of the period) and a campaign mode.

Campaign mode features a dynasty interface that allows you to play the court game of intrigue if youre the type that likes your war in intimate settings.

You can purchase additional campaigns and culture packs if your favorite war-mongering pack of blood-thirsty maniacs isnt in the base game.

Humble Bundle Wargame: Red Dragon The Wargame series, from Eugen Systems, is a real-time strategy (RTS) wargame that gives you control of Cold War Era militaries across the globe.

One of the biggest selling points is Eugens effort to bring you as close to the real battlefield as possible, accurately reproducing hundreds of military vehicles, troops, and weapons.

A unique aspect of the game is the satellite camera mode which, on its own, is little more than a cool video effect but, in reality, demonstrates the scale of the games battlefields.

Wargame: European Escalation, gives the player the chance to control one of the Cold War militaries in Thatcher-era Europe.

The games sequel, Wargame: Airland Battle, takes you right back to the battlefield in a conflict between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces.

But if you had to buy just one, the series latest, Wargame: Red Dragon, brings you near the end of the Cold War and adds a variety of the Asian communist states, expanding the theater of war to a truly global scale.

Humble Bundle Top Mac War Games: Real-time Strategy games The RTS genre is dominated by war games, but the variety of styles still leaves Mac players with plenty of options for demolishing their foes.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time Leo Tolstoy Company of Heroes 2 Another Mac Gamer HQ favorite, Company of Heroes 2 is the sequel to the original Company of Heroes, released over a decade ago.

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