why don't you grab Homeworld!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?
the most innovative stategy game since the genre was being pioneered!!!
BEUTIFUL graphics, even 3+ years after release.
amazing gameplay . . . . ... . . not much varitation between the two races, but the game is soo damn good it doesn't need it.
i can't beleive it hasn't been mentioned yet!!
and the multiplayer is embeded, so no third party proggies required, and it still has a very large following. The MOD community is very much alive also(with myself as a proud member) and what with the programs some of these people are writing you can create an entire total conversion mod using a 3d editor/texturer, 3dex conversion(older version available free), forget the name, but Delphy's HW tool, does everything you need after you have the models and textures in the correct format.
all in nice GUI, too, with 3d display.
damn, but what a sweet game.
pick it up now, do not stop for dogs/cats/squirrels/toddlers on your way to your local game store. 3 years out, probably pretty cheap by now.
also out cheap, Wheel of Time game. 6.99 last i heard, cool FPS, innovative, good multiplay, great atmosphere. grabb it now also,
www.wheeloftime.com