thanks i will try it out

I'm gonna say

1: Neverwinter Nights 2.  I LOVED the first series and played it and all the expansions.  Something about NWN2 has just not interested me, though.

2: Star Wars: Empire at War and Forces of Corruption.  The game has potential, but the combats get way too tedious for me.  Taking over a single system is way too difficult.

3: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.  I longed for a super hero game after i got tired of City of Heroes.  This got good reviews.  It was too simple and not what I wanted, though.

I'm going to go against the Master of Orion 3 hate, however.  I did buy the game when it orginally came out.  I didn't like it at first, either.  It sat on the shelf for years unplayed.  I had a copy of MoO2 that I played sometimes instead.  Then recently I was looking for a game that would let me model the type of setting and combats from the Honor Harrington and Starfire book series by David Weber.  Sins of a Solar Empire is fun, but doesn't quite pull it off without lots of capital ships.  Galactic Civ 2 is also fun, but not what I wanted, either with the lack of tactical combat.  Then I remembered MoO3, and it's large scale of managing an empire.

I found that MoO3 has been heavily updated and modded by the community since it was released.  I got the Strawberry and Tropical mods and found the Strawberry to be the best version for what I wanted.  So, 6 years later MoO3 is the EXACT mix of empire management and tactical combat I've been looking for over the last year.

So, for those of you who dismissed the game years ago, I urge you to try out the Strawberry and Tropical mods of the game.  It is very different from the original game and plays much more like I hoped it would when it originally came out.  Sure, the graphics and interface are dated in comparison to today's games.  However, you can get 1024x768 resolution instead of the original 800x600 with the mods, so that helps with playing the game now.  I still find MoO2 fun even though it has very old graphics.  And now I can play on a bigger scale with MoO3 and have armadas of up to 180 capital ships attacking my enemies.

My 3

1. Lord of the Rings Tactics, (PSP) terrible, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE tactics game.

2. Advent Rising, (Xbox) Regret getting it becase I really want the sequel.

3. World of Warcraft, (PC) It was fun but I wasted almost 2 years of my life infront of it. Glad I stopped.

I managed to avoid Spore, was currious but I guess I'm better off.

1. Tabula Rasa - poor post launch development and next to zero budget led to endless broken promises and eventual server shutdown.
2. Hellgate London - well, it just got shut down, really enjoyed it for a while, spent weeks and weeks giving feedback on test server, but alas..
3. Warhammer Online - Too simplistic for my taste
   

1. Civilization 3: Conquest, introduced everything that didn't work at all in the grand scheme. 

2. Master of Orion 3, even with the recent mods the game lacks soul. 

3. Ultima VIII: Pagan, talk about deviating from everything that made Ultima VII good.

I love that game!!!  That has awesome multiplayer. Give it another chance.  Heck, I'll play with ya if you want. Haven't played in ages (haha pun) though.

1. Frontlines: Fuel of War-wouldnt work even though my pc is top-of-the-line

2. Genesis Rising: Universal Crusade- so much potential but didn't follow through with the promise of a great game,

3. C&C3 Tiberium Wars: Kane's Wrath- EA Game, 'nuf said...but no, it was good, don't get me wrong but the multiplayer stunk for me, even on said pc (#1) and fast internet...something just wasn't right with it, even fully patched...

Oh yeah and with Spore, I got the creature creator...$10 wasn't that big of a deal but after hearing so many bad reviews I did manage to avoid it as well, despite temptation haha...being and EA game didn't help it either...

Sure, when's good for you? And is it just Age of Empires III vanilla? Not the two awesomer expansion packs?

And I'm not sure my profile name in the game but I'm pretty sure it is Phalnax.

Mmm The Warchiefs....good ole Aztecs haha

hmm.. when I become unlazy enough to figure out MP profiles and all that jazz.. we should all play.

ah dammit.. I'm horrible at choosing names..

WHAT!? Why fallout 3? That's my all time fave game!

Hmm.. I thought S.P.E.C.I.A.L made a big difference and I loved how massively loaded the maps and scenerios were. It was so random and each time I played, it was completely different than the last time. Wal Mart is having a Fallout Trilogy pack for sale for $20. Has Fallout 1, 2 & Tactics. Maybe I'll pick it up and test it out.. I haven't played the other 2 fallouts yet.