Just built PC, looking for games new and old

I just built my new PC and im looking for games to buy. I havent gamed on a PC in about 5-6 years so theres a good time frame where im looking for games from. The last PC game i bought was WoW, for my laptop.

The computer is an i7 920, 6gb ddr3, and a nvidia 9800gt.

I know about most of the recent games like fallout3, crysis, empire total war, and left 4 dead. All the game threads cover those and a couple of others as well. I'd like to go back a little bit. I saw people recommending The Orange Box and The Whitcher, both of them are on list to buy.

Im not a big fan of FPS, but ill pick one up now and then. I really like good RPG and RTS games.

So what are some of the games from the past couple years that you guys like? What should i definitely have? I like MMOs but im under the impression that the only doing well is WoW.

If you want old games, why did you get a 9800GT?

Anyway try counter strike source, GTA San Andreas, Burnout, Roller coaster tycoon 3 - its good, fifa, pga tour, madden, Harry potter etc. You wanted strategy and role playing.

Orange Box is IMO the best value bunch of first class games on the market!

Titan Quest (with the expantion) is a damn good RPG...hack n slash style in the Diablo 2 vein. Some 36 classes and 3 levels of difficulty, loads of unique items and a full community with mods supporting the game at www.titanquest.net
You can prolly get TQ:IT for about a tenner and it will set you up for many hours if its your sort of game.
Theres a new one coming out as well called "Last Remnant" that looks half decent, made by Square Enix and apparantly is a poor mans Final Fantasy. Better than no Final Fantasy though!

The 9800 GT is fine for gaming. Its not amazing but will see you through most if not all titles when backed up with an i7.

For RTS, PLEASE look into Company of Heroes. It is the premier RTS of this current generation. It's hard to describe just how amazing it is, but after playing it it's hard to play other RTS's simply because you have tasted greatness and just get frustrated by everything else.

The Orange Box is another must have. Half Life is one of the greatest shooters ever, TF2 isn't really my thing but I enjoy it, and Portal is an epic game (anyone whose played it knows). I would pay 20 dollars for TF2, 50 for the Half Lifes, and maybe 15 for Portal, but if I'm correct the Orange Box sells for 30?

I don't like MMO's, so I can't make any good reccomendations there but I'm hoping the new KOTOR one will be good.

Also, I haven't played ETW but I love the others in the series and have heard that one is the best, so that is probably worth it if you like the Total War Style. Before that though, get Company of Heroes+Opposing Fronts (30 dollars).

If your into FPS id recommend CoD4 or CoD5 (cod4 my personal pref), Far Cry 2 is pretty good, Crysis, BioShock wasn't too bad either, or like someone sayed the orange box is extremely fun too. As for RTS i would recommend World of Conflict: Soviet Assault, wouldn't got anywhere near Red Alert 3 cause its really cartoonish and the gameplay i just don't like it. Warcraft 3 is another one of my favs and/or C&C3: Tiberium Wars is pretty good. As for MMOs if you want a really good gameplay WoW is the one for you, howerver if you're happy to pay a monthly fee and if you have the time to play for the money your paying WoW is really a nice MMO. On the other hand Guild Wars has a kinda worse gameplay than WoW however there is no playtime fee. Hope that helped.