RTS to buy:
Starcraft II (if you can stomach the price)
Dawn of war (the original or dark crusade only)
Company of heros (possibly best RTS of all time)
Medieval total war II (not strictly RTS)
RPG to buy:
Fallout (series)
Baldurs gate (series)
Neverwinter nights (series)
The Witcher Enhanced
Knights of the old republic (series)
Divine Divinity
Mass effect (good but not as great as most ppl make out)
RTS to avoid like the plague:
Supreme commander (series)
Dawn of war II (sucks so hard)
RPG to avoid like the plague:
Dragon age origins (utter rubbish)
Jade Empire (boring button masher)
Starcraft II (if you can stomach the price)
Dawn of war (the original or dark crusade only)
Company of heros (possibly best RTS of all time)
Medieval total war II (not strictly RTS)
RPG to buy:
Fallout (series)
Baldurs gate (series)
Neverwinter nights (series)
The Witcher Enhanced
Knights of the old republic (series)
Divine Divinity
Mass effect (good but not as great as most ppl make out)
RTS to avoid like the plague:
Supreme commander (series)
Dawn of war II (sucks so hard)
RPG to avoid like the plague:
Dragon age origins (utter rubbish)
Jade Empire (boring button masher)