Age of Empires III

[A Black Falcon]

Warcraft I was the first RTS I played. I've played plenty of other RTSes, but nothing compares to Blizzard. Cossacks? Tried it a little. Didn't really like it that much. Seemed like a somewhat bland AoE knockoff with a larger unit count... I know some people like it, but it doesn't come close to comparing with Blizz RTSes... AoE? I played AoE and AoEII some each, but never really got too far in the single player (kind of boring) and, while the multiplayer is fun once in a while, the sheer length of every single game gets old...

If I was to make a list of my favorite RTSes, it'd probably include Warcraft II, Warcraft III, Starcraft, Netstorm, and Conquest... though those last two are more debatable. Red Alert is a good game too. Age of Empires competes... so does Rise of Nations...