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PC games: I want to play them now - which ones?!
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I've built a new computer for the first time since EverQuest's 2nd expansion came out. Though it lasted me through Warcraft 3 and struggled through WoW, I feel like I have missed out on and ignored at least about 5 years of PC gaming. So I ask you people, what have I been missing?
So far my list is: The Orange Box and the Dawn of War games.
What are the highlights, the must-haves? Any and all genres welcome.
So far my list is: The Orange Box and the Dawn of War games.
What are the highlights, the must-haves? Any and all genres welcome.
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Call of Duty 4 has incredible multiplayer, and really fun (but I guess relatively short) single player.
If you can run Crysis, you should.
Orange Box is really the first thing you should play though. If you haven't played Half-life 2, start there.
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Vampire the Masquerade
Fahrenheit
Hitman Blood Money
Freedom Force 1&2
Max Payne 1&2
Nerverwinter Nights 1&2
No One Lives Forever 1&2
UT 2k4/ UT3
Beyond Good and Evil
Far Cry
Darwinia
Psychonauts
Dawn of War
Knights of the old Republic 1&2
FEAR
Rome Total War
Orange Box
Oblivion
Morrowind
That's just some names taken from the latest PCGamer top 100. You might also wanna try out BioShock, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Crysis, Mafia, the GTA series, the new Sam and Max series and CoD4.
Though you should really play the Dawn of War games beforehand, because if you don't it will be harder to go back to them
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Armed and Dangerous
Baldur's Gate II
Battlefield 2142
Beyond Good & Evil
Brothers in Arms
Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, Barbossa to Berlin, and Afrika Corps
Crysis
F.E.A.R
Fahrenheit
Fallout and Fallout 2
Freedom Fighters
Galactic Civilizations II
Gears of War
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Knights of the Old Republic and KOTOR 2
Max Payne 2
Neverwinter Nights 2 and Mask of the Betrayer
Planescape: Torment
Rainbow 6: Vegas
S.W.A.T 4
Silent Storm
Sins of a Solar Empire
Splinter Cells 1, 2, and 3
Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
The Witcher
Thief, Thief 2, Thief III
Tron 2.0
World in Conflict
XIII
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Battlestations: Midway
Bioshock
Civilization IV
Company of Heroes
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Day of Defeat: Source
DEFCON, Darwinia, Uplink
Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2
DiRT
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Full Spectrum Warrior
GUN
Hitman: Something or other
Jade Empire
Jagged Alliance 2
Medieval 2: Total War
Overlord
Painkiller
Project: Snowblind
Psychonauts
Quake Wars: Enemy Territory
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
Sam and Max: Season 1
Star Wars: Republic Commando
The Longest Journey
Titan Quest
Tomb Raider: Whatever the good ones are, by Crystal Dynamics or whatever
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
X3: Reunion
For starters.
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Perfect list otherwise. Go get those OP!
Good catch. I'm still waiting for a game to come out that has better voice acting than Freespace 2. HL2 and it's episodes are close, but still not it.
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Regardless, I second Max Payne 1&2 like crazy. You also need Neverwinter Nights 2.
Really, though, Dawn of War and Company of Heroes are by far the best RTS's to ever exist. Get them.
I... have a lot of gaming to do.
Yeah, it's PCGamer UK. They tend to publish featured articles a month or two after they've been printed. That top 100 list is last years though, this years one hasn't been printed yet.
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Also, The Godfather is actually a pretty fun GTA-type game, though if you didn't like the gang war aspects of GTA:San Andreas you might not find it all that great. I loved the player customization, and it really never got old, gunning down folks in the streets. I honestly found it more appealing than Mafia, which I thought was pretty boring except for a few small parts.
Max Payne 2 and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory are two of the most cinematic gaming experiences I've ever played - you would really be missing out by not pursuing these. You can probably find each for $20 now.
Myself, I hate seeing all these lists. In his position, I'd rather you sold me on the games than type up a shopping list that I'll probably never use.
Otherwise Company of Heroes, Orange Box.... Haven't done Crysis yet....
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CoH is the fast paced awesome that finally broke me out of my turtling instinct and lead to fucking awesome wins based on subterfuge, lightning speed, and being a badass. There's nothing like fighting off a numerically superior foe with your hardy band of brothers and a single well placed LMG gunner until the moment your quick-teched tanks blow through and hit the bastard where it hurts.
Sins is the slow paced awesome that has led my friend and I to start playing and only look up when we realize the birds are chirping and class is in three hours. Plus it has guns that shoot across solar systems to blow up planets.
They each provide a wonderfully realized take on the genre, and you should play them both until your eyes bleed.
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Company of Heroes for epic squad level strategy.
Sins of a Solar Empire for galactic conquest level strategy.
And a lot of the other stuff people here have already recommended. All I can say is demo's demo's demo's where possible.
But definitely recommend Orange Box and CoH. Or come play Savage 2.
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Wow, it's been so long since I've played tha game. It was fun and instense. Add escape velocity to that list.
Oh jeez yes. If you haven't played Escape Velocity at least twice, play it and soon.
It's like Mass Effect if Mass Effect was coded by two people.
It's a beautiful combination of arcadey shooting, addictive RPG elements, and fun adventure storytelling.
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If you do manage to come across it in a store, definitely nab it, unless you are particularly loathing of the adventure genre.
WoW is actually a great game. The worlds are amazingly made, and can be really beautiful.
Nagrand is one of the best locations in any video game ever.
Play them if you haven't. Provided you're not allergic to 2d.