Any particular installment? Or are you referring to the series as a whole?

I personally think 2 is the best, particularly for multiplayer. It was the first RTS that made me really start playing a bit more seriously and thinking about my build orders.

Yep yep! That sounds good to me.. Hope to see everyone there! :)

Yea, I would definitely agree with that, Babblebo.

And I'm not even completely sure why, but I think that hidden somewhere within the answer to that riddle, can be found several factors that contribute to the Fun-ness of a good RTS game. (insert smiley with mystical, all-knowing expression here..)

Do the first two Red Alert games count now that they're free? ;)

Can't remember exactly, as I would have been very very young, but it was probably something on the ZX Spectrum, like Paperboy, or Gangsters..

@Ocelot8776 : Yep, Shogun is still my favourite of all of them.

Empire does look like it could be excellent, but I do worry if they might make the same mistakes that they did with Medieval (1) and Rome, which was over-complicating the whole macro management, particularly in the late-game.

Still excited tho! :)

Yea, HL2 is probably my favourite.

I wonder if Tiberium might take that spot though, I hope it's good enough!