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By Andrew Park, Bob Colayco, and Jason Ocampo
Design by James Cheung

What are the first games that come to mind when you think about the PC games of 2004? Doom 3? Half-Life 2? Far Cry? Sure, several highly anticipated first-person shooters have been released this year for the PC, with more still on the way. With so much attention placed on the shooter genre, it's relatively easy to forget about the great strategy games that are on the way or have already come out for the PC. Games like Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots and Ground Control II: Operation Exodus have already received much critical acclaim, while others, like The Sims 2, Rome: Total War, and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, promise to deliver similarly enjoyable experiences. The prevalence of strategy games on the PC platform helps set it apart from consoles, where the genre is generally not as well represented.

With so many excellent and promising PC strategy games to choose from, it can be difficult to keep them all straight. GameSpot's 2004 PC Strategy Roundup gives you an at-a-glance summary of all the top PC strategy games of this year. Use the following menu to browse the games by theme:

Fantasy
Armies of Exigo
Kohan II Kings of War
LOTR: Battle for Middle-earth
Spellforce
Historical/Medieval/Classical
Crusader Kings
Lords of the Realm III
Nemesis of the Roman Empire
Port Royale 2
Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots
Rome: Total War
Settlers: Heritage of Kings
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Modern/Contemporary
Full Spectrum Warrior
The Sims 2
SuperPower 2
Sci-fi
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
Perimeter
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War
Simulation/Building
Evil Genius
Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Zoo Tycoon 2
World War II
Axis & Allies
Codename Panzers
Silent Storm
Soldiers: Heroes of WWII



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