@LowSanity Damn those are really old. Thanks for paving way for the newer generations so we younguns can play modern versions of those.
My absolute favorite may just be the total war series, but i acknowledge its not the absolute best kind of strategy game. I just like the whole "epicness" of it. I also like paradox releases since Vic 2, but honestly, paradox games breeds cringy elitists left and right thinking their game is for SUPERIOR INTELLECT since its kind of complicated. No. It's not. Anybody can play it after a while. It's hard to learn easy to master. I'm angry because I play both paradox games AND civilization series. Way different kind of game design. Just because one don't play the other doesn't mean it's better. Stop trash talking civ, elite gamur neckbeard assholes. My absolute favorite in civ series is Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1998), I think.
I also respect ambitious game designs that changes the gaming landscape or is just an obvious labor of love, even if it only gathers cult following. Bioshock, dishonored, Rimworld, Xcom, even minecraft back when it was still in alpha. But, I dunno, I always came back to guitar hero III every couple of years.
tl;dr total war and guitar hero