non-gravity on 25 June 2009
If there's one TBS/RTS hybrid only a bit similar to Total War it has to be: Rise of Nations.
It claims on the cover to be Gamespot PC GOTY 2003.
Try it out. 89 on Metacritic
Some other enjoyable RTS are:
Empire Earth - From 2001, 81 on Metacritic, but has brilliant campaigns and in one mission you're playing as Nazi Germany needing to conquer Paris, Warsaw and Oslo before Winter 1940
C&C Red Alert 1 - From 1996, 90 on Metacritic
C&C Red Alert 2 - From 2000, 84 on Metacritic
Age of Mythology - From 2002, 89 on Metacritic
Great City Building game
SimCity 4 - From 2003, 84 on Metacritic, well you won't find any game like it (though I haven't searched :p)
