5punk

I feel the need for some strategic goodness. Ive not played a decent one for a while (Battle for Middle Earth was ok, but not stunningly original). Any suggestions?

Worth a demo-download are the following

Act of war (Righteous american anti-terrorism with a splash of futuristic technologies, Eg. Marines in miniature Japanese mecha's)

Rise of Nations (6000 Years of history, quite strategic, though sometimes a little too large-scale so it can get confusing. Very clever resource collecting, and has introduced a LOT of interesting features)

Age of Mythology (Greek, Egyptian, Norse mythologies in the style of AOE, with godpowers and lots of nifty myth units.)

Those are the only three I can think you might want to test out off-hand.

played the last two to death. Very good, but Ive overplayed em.

I'll try Act of War though.

How about the classics?

AGE OF EMPIRES II!!!

Command and Conquer: Generals!

I wasnt too impressed with C&C generals. There was no real story to speak of, and the sides were not brilliantly balenced. Quite fun, but not the best.

I might just re-play Frozen Throne.

TA

only thing I have to say on the matter, its old, but its the best.