Windows New RTS. What should I get?

+1 for Sins of a Solar Empire

Get the Entrenchment add-on and patch it up using the Distant Stars mod - looks stunning (thanks to Bailknight et al)

For sheer epicness, nothing comes close, although I found it can get a bit repetitive in single-player. Also, no campaign mode.

Having said that, if you do dive in, prepare to burn weeks of your life away.

 

To be honest I was expecting the first reply to be "StarCraft 2 /thread"

 

Personally I'd go for Age of Empires III I don't know why but it always keeps my entertained every time I load it up

 

Yeah it's not on Steam but I always liked Age of Empires II, however many years ago.

 

I like Dawn of War 1/2 myself if you haven't plaid that you should give it a go.

 

I always end up enjoying the older RTS games more than the newer ones.

AoE II, Command & Conquer (The original one), C&C: Red Alert 2
Awesome AWESOME games. You can still easily find people to play RA2 online. Worth a go.

 

CoH is deciding not to work so might have to give it a go.

 

Woo! COH!
Adding on to the C&C series, Generals is a good game. Just remember to mod it!
AOE III is cool aswell.

 

Not so much SC2, but I'm tempted to go SC:BW /thread

On a more serious note:
Supreme Commander (1)
Company of Heroes
World in Conflict (for something slightly different, especially multiplayer with good mates)
Age of Empires 2
Star Craft Brood Wars (you know you want to, in spite of the fact that it's older than some very young religions by now)

 

Personally I thought Generals was the worst C&C game. Also AoE II >> AoE III any day of the week.

 

total annihilation! best RTS of all. lol

 

world in conflict is excellent (a decent story in an rts, amazingly)
Sins of a solar empire is different, but awesome.

and can't beat a bit of good ol' AoE2 (although settlers 3 comes close, shame the horrible UI ruins it a bit)