Certainly one of the best games I have ever played (if not THE best) - Homeworld 2.
The original Homeworld was named 1999's "Game of the Year" by PC Gamer, Homeworld 2 merely went one step further with the graphics and gameplay. You can imgagine how much I like this game when I say I'm still playing it in 2006 (it was released in 2003) along with games like AOM, AOE3 and HL-2. I'd completed the two games more than a year back, but I went through HW2 all over again and it was just as enjoyable as the first time.
The original Homeworld had a simple theme: a planetful of exiles discover their real home and a "hyperspace core". They construct a massive mothership and set off across the galaxy to reclaim their homeworld. On the way they encounter all kinds of dangers and enemies. Like all RTS games, you have to gather resources, build units and fight. The three dimensional nature of open space makes this a tad more interesting than the normal RTS's.
Homeworld2 carries on: the exiles reached home but a new threat looms - a warrior lord, who calls himself the Chosen One, is making his way across several star systems towards the homeworld. A new mothership must be constructed and the planet must be defended. But to do that you have to find the third hyperpsace core before the enemy does, and this quest takes you all over the galaxy.
"Long ago you returned from exile, but now fate will not be so kind."
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