Originally Posted by r3dshift 
I must say that both of those titles you mentioned s**k a**.
I beg to differ on Dragonshard. It was good fun and had a few very interesting twists on the genre.
Originally Posted by r3dshift 
If anything, you can compare it to WH40K Dawn of War, primarily because the same team developed both games.
I'd say there's a heavy influence from the Kohan series as well. A remarkably deep and different RTS in it's own right.