[quote name='alongx']I'm really loving Fire Emblem for GBA.
And Final Fantasy Tactics is a must play for any PSOne/PS2 owner.
As for RTS, there's always Warcraft 3. I'd recommend staying the hell away from Command and Conquer: Generals. I thought that was one of the worst RTS games in recent memory.[/quote]
I thought that too, at first. Give it some time and it will really grow on you. At first it seemed like everything was far too weak defensively and far too strong offensively, but it makes for a very balanced game since it avoids the common pitfall of simbase. The three sides (sans the fact that both the Chinese and GLA are hideously rascists, albeit taken to such a point that it is satirical) are all very different, but very balanced. Give the game some time, and learn the intricacies of each side, and you will see how intricate the strategies can get especially with the add-on.
I was also a big fan of Age of Mythology when it came out. I kicked ass as the Egyptians, but I always wanted to kick ass as the Norse. They were just so cool, but I could never figure out how to effectively play as them.
Anyway, all time favorite strategy game (RTS at least) is Homeworld. The other Homeworld games (Cataclysm and 2) were good, but lacked the same wow-factor of the first. The 3-d strategy, the importance of formations, I loved it all. All time favorite turn based strategy game is probably Alpha Centauri, with nostalgia throwback to Civ II.