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Need a good PC game for 12 straight hours

CognisseurCognisseur Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I want to find some game, preferably downloadable on Steam, that I can play with my friend tomorrow for like 12 hours straight.

We're looking for something, probably in the RPG genre, that starts off nice and exciting, rather than a boring 1 hour intro and then running around slaying wolves with your wooden sword for the next 6 hours.

What do you think of Dragon Age or The Witcher? They're both reasonably priced right now.

Also, since we've both been pretty avid PC gamers for a while, if you guys could offer a bunch of suggestions I'd appreciate it, in case we've played whatever you guys recommend.

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Dragon age is interesting from the Get Go

    The Witcher slightly less so

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Dune2000

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    How do you feel about older turn based strategy?

    Is there anywhere you can buy SMAC online?

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  • ScosglenScosglen Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Mass Effect 1 and 2 both dump you into the game pretty quickly.

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  • HamjuHamju Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Dragon Age is really good from beginning to end. The Witcher really lulls at times...

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  • matthias00matthias00 Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    If you're playing with your friend, then are you really wanting single player games? Dragon Age is a wonderful game and is interesting from the beginning onward, but it's also a single player RPG.

    Hmmm... if you want to old-school it up you could get Baldur's Gate and do the multiplayer for that. I'd recommend BG2 actually, especially if you've already played them, but you could also start from the beginning too. That could be cool I suppose

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    You've probably already played it, but Deus Ex.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Mass effect 2 is really hard to beat in terms of exciting from beginning to end.

    Dragon Age starts quickly enough (depending on your class, some of the intros are kind of long), but it drags at some parts and some of the dungeons are dungeon-grindy.

    There aren't that many RPGs that are worthy of a 12 hour marathon, sadly. If you never played Vampire: The Masquerade, that is definitely worth a buy.

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  • BobbleBobble Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I know you said RPG, but you're playing with a friend, and so I can't just NOT mention Civ IV. It's what came immediately to mind when I saw the title, because that's what my friend and I have been doing a lot over our weekends lately.

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  • Page-Page- Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    There's always the tried and true option of Diablo 2. Mod it up if you want to add a little spice.

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  • SliderSlider Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Page- wrote: »
    There's always the tried and true option of Diablo 2. Mod it up if you want to add a little spice.

    Yes!

    How about World of Warcraft?

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  • pogo mudderpogo mudder Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    matthias00 wrote: »
    If you're playing with your friend, then are you really wanting single player games? Dragon Age is a wonderful game and is interesting from the beginning onward, but it's also a single player RPG.

    Hmmm... if you want to old-school it up you could get Baldur's Gate and do the multiplayer for that. I'd recommend BG2 actually, especially if you've already played them, but you could also start from the beginning too. That could be cool I suppose

    I did this once with my friend and was incredible fun. Looking more at 200 hours than 12 though.

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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Alpha Protocol

    It is good

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  • RadicalTurnipRadicalTurnip Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Have you Tried Neverwinter Nights 2? Also, I second Mass Effect 1 or 2.

    Also, if you're willing to not go for RPG (as stated) Civ4, Master of Orion 2 or 3 (I like the epic width and depth of 3), or Patrician 3. You could also try picking up one of these weird little games that my friends and I actually got a lot of enjoyment out: Dominions 3, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (I like 7), and Warlords: Battlecry III. Romance and Warlords both have strong RPG elements, but are used in a very different way.

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Slider wrote: »
    Page- wrote: »
    There's always the tried and true option of Diablo 2. Mod it up if you want to add a little spice.

    Yes!

    How about World of Warcraft?

    But.....WoW IS just slaying wolves with a wooden sword for 6 hours.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    SmokeStacks wrote: »
    How do you feel about older turn based strategy?

    Is there anywhere you can buy SMAC online?

    If you're going down that route, there's also Master of Orion 2.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    X-Com?

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  • AvicusAvicus Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Always used to end up playing Warcraft 3 custom maps. There was just so much choice and was lots of fun.

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