Speaking of all the 'Must-Buy' FPS games...

[fizzlephox]

Does anyone here know about any must-buy RPG, Strategy, or any other kind of game besides the FPS?

Edit: Alreayd out or coming out. With FPSs we have DoomIII, HL2, STALKER, Farcry, etc. but on the RPG and strategy front it's kind of barren. I don't really know of any highly anticipated games in those categories coming out. The adventure genre is kind of dying, although I do want to get Sam and Max 2, the first one was one of my first PC games (it was fun too).

[Pressure]

Horizons is supose to be good. All my friends at school play it some I'm going to go buy it tomorrow.

[Mr. Redundant]

Horizons is supose to be good. All my friends at school play it some I'm going to go buy it tomorrow.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/horizons/index.html
be careful though. keep in mind its still in its infancy and it needs some time to grow.

[Mr. Redundant]

Does anyone here know about any must-buy RPG, Strategy, or any other kind of game besides the FPS?

Edit: Alreayd out or coming out. With FPSs we have DoomIII, HL2, STALKER, Farcry, etc. but on the RPG and strategy front it's kind of barren. I don't really know of any highly anticipated games in those categories coming out. The adventure genre is kind of dying, although I do want to get Sam and Max 2, the first one was one of my first PC games (it was fun too).

well only rpgish thing Im dying to play is
Vampire the masquerade: bloodlines
using the source engine (hl2's engine) its an fps rpg, created by troika (worked on the baldurs gate series etc)

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/vtmb/index.html

[Pressure]

Yea we just like to have fun. If a game lasts me more than a month I consider it well worth the money.

One game I always like to play and have been playing on and off for the last four years is Shattered Galaxy (http://www.sgalaxy.com). Its a mix between a MMORPG and a RTS, its very fun.

GameSpot review here (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/shatteredgalaxy/index.html) .

EDIT: I suggest reading the review its good but it talks about the older version a couple things have changed but overall its the same game. If you start playing let me know I can help you out I just started a new character.

[Shuzer]

World of WarCraft -- www.blizzard.com/wow
GuildWars -- www.guildwars.com

Both MMORPGs, but GuildWars has no monthly fee (looks like they'll just charge for content updates)

[Prince of China]

WarCraft III is a must-buy.
It's great. Custom play is great too.
And then there's Command and Con-queer:Generals & it's exp. pak.

[Bad^Hat]

WarCraft III is a must-buy.
It's great. Custom play is great too.
And then there's Command and Con-queer:Generals & it's exp. pak.

Both too dull for my liking, I prefer Age of Empires/Mythology and even Starcraft despite it's age.

Knights of the Old Republic is supposed to be a damn fine RPG romp if you're into D&D style gameplay, which I'm not :P

[Lil' Timmy]

must buy straegy in 2004 (hopefully):

http://www.totalwar.com/community/rome.htm
some movies: http://www.gamershell.com/search?q=rome+total

i'm looking forward to this game as much as any other in 2004 personally.
also even though i have a personal hatred for mmorpgs, WoW looks awesome :)

edit: for RPGs that are already out, you may wnat to check gothic2 and arx fatalis (neither have i played, but they looked cool :) gothic1 was fun)

[SubKamran]

Read IGN's MMO Guide for '04. http://pc.ign.com/