New games to play?

[Alrin]

You are forgetting a few (of my own personal favorites)

Ascendancy - Space sim/turn based strategy. Played it to death.

Thief 1 - The first proper "sneak 'em up". Is that even a proper term? Outstanding game and definately a pulse-raiser for those moments when you almost almost get caught by patrolling guards and you snatch their purse as they shuffle past you in the dark corner of the mansion you just broke into. I could go on and on for a while, but this was a definite keeper. Super game.

Thief 2 - More sneakery (I'm making up words as I go along) Another classic that will stay on my shelves for a long long time.

Grand Theft Auto III & Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Two solid choices for free-roaming gameplay where you can just muck around a whole lot in.

I would stay away from Thief 3 for a bit. It fell short of its promises by using a rather limited engine. Deus Ex: Invisible War anyone? Loading times everywhere and a stupid level-size limitation because it was shifted over to be supported on Xbox. Thus they shrunk the levels and adding alot of zone-transition loading-while-you-wait areas. Annoying.

Deus Ex 1 !!! - Shooter, Sneaker, whatever you want it to be. Multiple solutions to solving each level. Praised by many as one, if not the best game ever. Can be argued, but definately a contender.

I'll stop babbling for a while, but those are a few good choices.

ps: Also Civilization III & Play The World & Conquests are good. (Civ3 + 2 expansions)