Suggestions for a new game

Hello Friends,

I looking at buying a new game. Here are the kind of games I like:

1. Strategy turn-based/real time: Strategy as realistic as possible. I loved Civilization IV and Empire: Total War. Empire:Total War was very realistic but it had poor battle AI and it was very easy to beat it. A game like 'Empire:Total War' that has a great multiplayer element would be awesome, since this would take care of the weak battle AI. Any kind of a strategy game that has a great AI is what I am looking for. Most of the games like Civ IV and Empire has some AI weaknesses that you can exploit.

2. Tactical Shooters with Multiplayer: I loved multiplayer in GRAW2 and I like one shot one kill game in multiplayer mode.

Previous games that I liked was Freespace 2 for it's awesome graphics(at that time) and gripping action. I like jagged alliance(real good turn based strategy) and Stars!(very good strategy game). I also liked Crysis for it's awesome graphics. Overall I like games to be as realistic as possible, such that I can think as if I am thinking in the real world. I hate games like GOW, Halo etc. where a person runs, jumps and shoots and has to be hit a million time before he dies.

Although I have not played it, I heard phenomenal things about it and its only $20 on Steam! World at WarAlizerothree

Only must get game atm, Starcraft 2. (for RTS that is)

You might wanna check out the Heroes of Might and Magic series.Pretty good TBS.3 is the best, but 5 is really good aswell.

For shooters, I would recommend taking at look at Battlefield 2 and Counter Strike. I would like to add America's Army, but I'm uncertain if the community is still active.

Some already mentioned Starcraft 2 for the RTS.

If you want an extremely realistic shooter I'd suggest ArmA II and ArmA: Operation Arrowhead. If I remember right there is a demo for ArmA II on Steam.

thanks for all your answers. almost everyone is recommending starcraft2.