Quote Originally Posted by Martinus
What about Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

It is:
-Fast paced.
-Has a good resource system, you capture points on the map to gain resouses and build power plants to generate power.
-good graphics.
-Lot of explosions/guns/lasers etc.
-Most units can fire and move at the same time.
-There is morale.
-Squad based.
agreed. i can't get enough of this game. at it's core, it's still an RTS. however, it adds a number of innovations that provide a fairly new experience. the manner in which morale and close combat/melee operate really adds a new dimension to rts combat.

tying resources to controlling territory is also a great idea, as it simply makes sense. the more you control, the more resources you have to work with. it also eliminates mining/gathering/etc, which is my biggest complaint about most rts's.

of course, the fact that i'm a big fan of the table top wargame probably makes me somewhat biased, but i'd highly recommend dawn of war. the only people who won't enjoy it are those who simply do not like RTS games at all.