Originally Posted by JDR13 
On the other hand, I think the genre has been somewhat weak in recent years. For that reason, I can understand why some people would rate SC2 as high as they do. Personally, I haven't really enjoyed an RTS game since Supreme Commander. I still haven't played CoH yet though…
The genre's been so crap lately that I know a fair few people who still rate Age of Empires 2 as the greatest rts ever.