Fret wrote:If you like strategy shogun 2 is a good choice. Best game of the total war series by far. It's a lot like the other total war games though and 90% of the battles are sieges. However if you never played total war before and like strategy, politics and history I would really recommand it.
Yikes. Them's fighting words :)
I consider Shogun 2 to actually be the worst in the series (haven't played Rome 2 yet, but from what I've seen it may have taken that crown). My personal favorite being Empire, but that's largely due to the subject matter, with Rome 1 or Medieval 2 probably being the best overall games.
I've been following every game in that series since the very first 20 years ago or so (Shogun 1), found Shogun 2 was way too dumbed-down for my tastes, and I utterly despise the whole forced ending when the emperor turns on you no matter how you play.
It's pretty, but that's all I really feel it has going for it. Seeing as how it seems to be following the same trends, I don't think I'll even be purchasing Rome 2, which given my history with the series is a pretty strong statement.
To the OP: none of the games in that list jump out at me. There are some decent ones in there, but none I'd consider "great" with the possible exception of Supreme Commander, which is so old now that you can probably get it real cheap almost anytime.
Also, with Supreme Commander (the first...the 2nd basically wrecked the series and is rubbish) I primarily consider it a multiplayer game as the single player campaign gets tired real quick. The problem with trying to pick it up now then is that you either likely won't be able to find people to play against, and if you do, they'll be such hardcore fans that have been playing for years, that you'll be brutally outclassed.