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Recommend some top-notch PC games
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I've been a console player for pretty much all my life, but I just got a relatively fast computer the other day.
Can you guys recommend any good games for the PC? (I would prefer that they were a year or so old, because I doubt my computer can handle the newer games well).
I enjoy RTS games immensely, as well as first and third person shooters. I also enjoy RPGs, but I don't like the Japanese ones. (I'm also not a fan of MMOs).
Thanks.
P.S. Some games that I already own or have a demo for are: Age of Empires II and III, Company of Heroes, Supreme Commander, Rome: Total War, and Europa: Universalis III.
Can you guys recommend any good games for the PC? (I would prefer that they were a year or so old, because I doubt my computer can handle the newer games well).
I enjoy RTS games immensely, as well as first and third person shooters. I also enjoy RPGs, but I don't like the Japanese ones. (I'm also not a fan of MMOs).
Thanks.
P.S. Some games that I already own or have a demo for are: Age of Empires II and III, Company of Heroes, Supreme Commander, Rome: Total War, and Europa: Universalis III.
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Command and Conquer series (newest is C&C3 - Tiberium Wars, but the older ones are excellent and can be had on the cheap)
Act of War
Dawn of War
Evil Genius (not a typical RTS, but fun)
Sim City 4
World in Conflict
FPS -
Call of Duty series, especially CoD 4 - Modern Warfare
Half Life 2 & expansions, Portal, etc (All available on Steam)
Prey
Bioshock (if you didn't play it on the console)
Fear
Third person -
Splinter Cell series (if you didn't play it on the console)
Hitman Blood Money (and/or the other Hitman games)
Those are the ones that immediately come to mind. If you don't mind going to older games, there are a lot of good ones to be had for free/cheap.
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I love this game. Very unique and awesome.
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer - The Covert Operations
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Command & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
Just to add to this, the pre-C&C3 games can be found in a bundle called "Command and Conquer: The First Decade". It includes C&C1, C&C2, Red Alert 1, Red Alert 2, and (if I remember correctly) all of the expansions. I think it also included Generals and Zero Hour (people are kind of split about how good they are though).
I'd also suggest looking up Warcraft 3 and Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne for RTS. If you can find it, grab the battlebox.
Also, if you have a place nearby that sells older (and I do mean older) games, see if you can find Total Annihilation (its the spiritual ancestor of Supreme Commander) and its expansions.
EDIT: Beat'd by a mile on the First Decade bit.
Mass Effect.
I keep that quote saved around the place just to beat him in threads like this.
As for RTS games go, the holy trinity right now is Supreme Commander (giant battles), World in Conflict (great coop play and fast paced tactics), and Company of Heroes (perfect in every way). So get at least one of those if you want some RTS loving. C&C 3 comes in a close fourth if you like that stuff. I dunno if you have the demo or actual game for SC and CoH but I would definitely recommend at least the latter.
The list has undergone very minor renovations though so uh, yeah (there, uh, may be some repeats from your post...):
Games with a * are free as in beer.
Allegiance*
America's Army*
Anachronox
Arcanum
Armed and Dangerous
Baldur's Gate II
Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden*
Battlefield 2142
Beneath a Steel Sky*
Chivalry is Not Dead*
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, Barbarossa to Berlin, and Afrika Corps
Crimson Skies
Crysis
Diablo II
Dungeon Keeper 2
Empyreal Nocturne*
F.E.A.R and F.E.A.R Combat*
Fahrenheit
Fallout and Fallout 2
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Force and Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
Freespace* and Freespace 2*
Galactic Civilizations II
Gears of War
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grim Fandango
Ground Control*
Guild Wars
Hidden and Dangerous 2
Homeworld 2
IL2 Sturmovik
Jedi Academy
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Jedi Outcast
Knights of the Old Republic and KOTOR 2
Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Mafia
Masq*
Mass Effect
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
Mount and Blade
N*
Neverwinter Nights 2 and Mask of the Betrayer
No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2
Oblivion
Planescape: Torment
Rainbow 6: Vegas
S.W.A.T 4
Silent Storm
Sim City 4
Sins of a Solar Empire
Splinter Cells 1, 2, and 3
Starsiege: Tribes*
Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance
Synaesthete*
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
The Witcher
Thief, Thief 2, Thief III
Total Annihilation: Spring*
Tron 2.0
Tropico
Warzone 2100*
World in Conflict
XIII
On Steam:
Assassin's Creed
Audiosurf
Battlestations: Midway
Beyond Good & Evil
Bioshock
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood
Call of Duty, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4
Civilization IV
Company of Heroes and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Day of Defeat: Source
DEFCON, Darwinia, Uplink
Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2
DiRT
Disciples II
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Full Spectrum Warrior
GUN
Hitman: Something or other
Jade Empire
Jagged Alliance 2
Just Cause
Max Payne and Max Payne 2
Medieval II: Total War
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Orange Box
Overlord
Painkiller
Project: Snowblind
Psychonauts
Quake Wars: Enemy Territory
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
Sam and Max: Season 1 and 2 (Season 1 Episode 4 is *[free as in beer])
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Trackmania United Nations*
The Longest Journey
Titan Quest
Tomb Raider: Whatever the good ones are, by Crystal Dynamics or whatever
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
X3: Reunion
Mods (all free):
Battlefield 2:
Battlefield Pirates 2
Forgotten Hope 2
Point of Existence 2
Project Reality
Half-Life:
Natural Selection
The Specialists
Half-Life 2:
Age of Chivalry
Fistful of Frags
Hidden: Source
Insurgency
Minerva: Metastasis
Pirates Vikings Knights 2
Revolt: The Decimation
You have my permission to steal this list without my permission in an attempt to beat me to these threads.
No love for Sins of a Solar Empire?
That game is amazing! I say CoH, Sins and whatever floats your boat.
Fantastic turn-based strategy games.
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