You all are playing some old games :p I've been playing online games since they existed and regular games forever.
Paul, I play Dawn of War:DC as well. If you hang out on the Relic forums, you'll know my name. I consider this a really good RTS game if you like sci-fi and you have a stomach for number-crunching. I LOVE statistics, like this:
Dawn of War damage stats
Most MMORPG games I have been very disapointed in. I have tried most since UO first came out. The treadmill is too long and as a casual player, I cannot compete with the 12 year old kids who play 8 hours a day. I don't want to log into a game and beat on rats for 3 hours only to have Lord Shiny Butt come over and PK me without any chance for me at all.
I played Counter-strike a lot in the day, but not for a long time. Same with Doom3, but it has terrible netcode. And they still allow bunny hopping, which is just absurd.
BF2 I played for ages, but every time I try and get back into it, I'm bored. Though I have about a 2:1 kill:death ratio!!! /polishes his shotgun
I hear mixed reviews on Battlefield 2042 so I don't think I'll get it.
For a fun, stupid game, I bought Freedom Force 2. Cost $9.99. Had a lot of fun. It's like old style comic books.
I've been gaming for so long I was invited to work at EA games and Vivendi, but they work too hard and pay too little. And I like having games as entertainment as opposed to work. What would I do for fun then, accounting?
Some of my favorite all-time games were Quake 2, Tribes, Everquest Race Wars server (so you could only fight people within 4 levels of you), Battlefield 1942, Shadowbane MMORPG. Oh, and Super Mario Brothers...