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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwistedBishop" data-source="post: 3336675" data-attributes="member: 12503">If you want RTS games, do pick up an Xbox 360.  Microsoft is making quite a big push to migrate that experience over to consoles.  It started with Battle for Middle Earth II as the testing ground last year, which basically laid the groundwork for a workable RTS control scheme on a console.  This year they're trying to refine it wth Command and Conquer 3.  Past that we have Halo Wars coming down the pipe.As far as fighting games go, the 360 is getting Virtua Fighter 5 this year.  The PS3 already has it.  I'm not up on that genre but I do believe it's a big series for enthusiasts.  The two big consoles, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, should serve you well in this category between the VFs, SCs, and DoAs.The PS2 is the king of RPGs, at least at the moment.  However, I wouldn't exactly recommend investing in a last gen system at this point.  Yes it's very cheap and has a large library, but if you're buying for the future consider something newer.  I will say that the 360, yet again, is a good place to get PC-style RPGs.  Stuff like Oblivion, Mass Effect, Too Human, Knights of the Old Republic, Fable, Jade Empire.  If your preferences run more to anime RPGs, then the PS2 is where you'd want to be.  Or perhaps the PS3, considering it's backwards compatible.Weird narrative games?  That would have to be the Nintendo DS.  Hotel Dusk is the big noise at the moment there, but the Phoenix Wright games are probably exactly what you'd want as well.The good news is for the price of buying a "gaming laptop" (ie, overpriced underpowered gaming machine) you can probably get a standard laptop, a 360/PS3, and a Nintendo DS.  Infact it might even be cheaper, if the "gaming laptops" are around $2000, a normal one would be $1000 plus a $400-600 console and the $130 DS Lite.</blockquote>

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