I'd disagree:
http://thoughthead.com/?p=35 From what I see it looks like the Online portion was the afterthought, the sheer number of common sense features missing from the online experience, most of that game development was put on graphics and control mechanics, the actual online portion was just a handful of maps and some bare bone lobby options
As for the best games, here's my top 10:
http://thoughthead.com/?p=32Shameless plugs I know but I started thoughthead so I could just post links to my opinions instead of repeating them ad nauseam.