Historical Fantasy

Landmark sequel to Age of Empires. Rome has declined, and Western civilization has fallen into an era of social and cultural deterioration. You must guide an ancient medieval clan, and build it into an empire of kings, castles, and knights.

Empire: Total War is the latest Total War game from The Creative Assemply, published by (of all places) Sega. Empire is a total warfare simulator which uses two modes, a turn-based "grand campaign" and a real-time battle mode to give the player complete control over a worldwide conflict in the 1800s.

Dawn of Discovery (US) = Anno 1404 (rest of the world)

Anno 1404 is a real-time strategy game with an emphasis on economy and... cuteness. Time to explore the seas and let your colony prosper as the crusade is brewing and mysteries of the Orient await. The new Anno boasts improved graphics, a refined interface and features a "continuous play" (sandbox) mode besides the main campaign. There's also an online leaderboard and custom map sharing system - but there's no multiplayer of any kind.

Civilization IV is a historical-simulation game where players develop factions throughout the known history of mankind. Players build cities which produce the structures and units of the game and are the source of income and technological growth. As time progresses factions will discover new technologies which allow them to improve their cities and build more things. Each faction is led by at least one historical figure famous in history. Diplomatic relations between different factions are represented by interactions between these historical avatars.

Darkest of Days is an FPS from 8Monkey Studios, published by Phantom EFX. The game is seperated from the average FPS game by using mainly the Civil War and World War 1 and its settings, two time periods not often depicted in action video games. Sometimes you will use period weapons which are slow and cumbersome, and then you will be granted a modern day weapon with which to cause havoc, which always feels very satisfying.

"Hack and slash" action game of Japanese development and origin.

An MMORPG (massively multi-player online RPG), set in ancient China.

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is a first-person shooter (although occasional events trigger a third-person view) set in a fictional year 1953 as the Nazis, supreme rulers of all Europe, launch a massive assault upon the United States.

Empire Earth III is the third in the series of Empire Earth RTS games developed by Mad Doc Software (now Rockstar New England) and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is by far the least liked in the series by fans with (devastatingly) low review scores across the board.

Armies of Exigo is a real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows. The game was created by Black Hole Entertainment and distributed by Electronic Arts. One unique aspect of the game is that it has an underground mode. This makes the game more challenging as the player has to work on two fronts and might have an army come from an unexpected area.