Looking for a fun game similar to age of empires II

[SaL D MaN]

Hey everyone... I'm not such a computer gamer but I just got a new laptop and want to find a fun game to play on it... its a Inspiron 1420 and I'll list the specs in a second... in general I want a fun strategy game where you develop a lot and eventually go to battle... I saw "Game of the Year" Civilization at Best Buy and thought it might be cool... any suggestions or opinions?

Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 - 2.0 Ghz 800 FSB and 4 mb cache
2.00 GB of ram
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 M GS
14.1 inch screen
Vista

is anything else relevant?

[blahboy]

age of empires 3? command and conquer 3? supreme commander? empire earth 2? civilization 4?

they're all good but i'm not sure how they would work on your laptop.

[SaL D MaN]

Age of Empires 3 came out so long ago... I'm looking for newer games

[Lithus]

Here you go: http://www.gamespot.com/reviews.html...te&sortdir=asc

[Jonno000]

How about Warcraft 3 and Starcraft? They're old games, but lots and still my favorite RTS's.

[SaL D MaN]

so is age of empires considered an RTS?

[SaL D MaN]

what do you guys think about Medieval II Total War...

is it a good game?

would it run fine on my system (no lags)?

[Pureknight]

Medieval Total War 2 is really a good game. Just look at the different ratings everywhere. Its a mix of real-time strategy (the battles) and turn-based strategy (the empire's management part).

It should run quite well, but not on max (I can't even run it on max)

[Sam]

I think Age of Empires III is a great game. Yes, AOE is an RTS. There's a new expansion for AOE III arriving this fall adding Asian civilizations.

Command & Conquer 3 is a great RTS as well. Starcraft II looks very promising.

[Jeff]

what do you guys think about Medieval II Total War...

is it a good game?

would it run fine on my system (no lags)?

M2 is the best thing to turn up on my comp.

would run fine on medium settings.