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Getting back into PC gaming.
Dublo7
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So recently I bought The Orange Box for PC and remembered how much I really do like PC gaming. I used to PC game all the time, but now, because my PC is relatively shit, I have mainly been a console gamer.
Very soon I will be getting a new PC. The rig will be good enough to run any game on the market so far.
I'm thinking of getting Crysis and The Witcher. I've heard some cool things about The Witcher, and I'm in a bit of an RPG mood. I also definitely want to get into Company of Heroes.
I was thinking of checking out Hellgate London, but I will most likely wait to see if the new patch fixes most of its issues.
What else should I look out for? What are you PC gamers playing at the moment?
Very soon I will be getting a new PC. The rig will be good enough to run any game on the market so far.
I'm thinking of getting Crysis and The Witcher. I've heard some cool things about The Witcher, and I'm in a bit of an RPG mood. I also definitely want to get into Company of Heroes.
I was thinking of checking out Hellgate London, but I will most likely wait to see if the new patch fixes most of its issues.
What else should I look out for? What are you PC gamers playing at the moment?
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Great, action packed single player and intense, fast paced multi-player with all the weapons you love
- World In Conflict
- Gears of War (No one will play with me
- Battlefield 2 (Old but classic)
- Armed Assault (see gears of war)
Yeah I'm a big manly man online.
SP:
- The Witcher
- Bioshock
Aaaannnd nothing else. People seem to love Call of Duty 4 though.
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What about Battlefield 2142?
Crysis
Quake Wars: Enemy Territory
I'm kinda waiting for a decent new driving game to show up but I did enjoy both Test Drive: Unlimited and DiRT
I love BF2142.
It seems I'm the only one who does though, for some reason that game takes a lot of flak. I don't know why, it's fun as hell.
As for my suggestions:
- Crysis (awesome sandbox gameplay with the super-suit. Just be forewarned, the game ends suddenly)
- Supreme Commander / Forged Alliance (although this is more of a love it or hate it game. It's very different from the micro of games like DoW and World In Conflict, everything's about large scale strategy. Might want to try the demo, but it's still my personal favourite RTS)
- World In Conflict (Singleplayer isn't too great, but Multi is where it's at, especially if you can team up and co-ordinate with people).
- Gears of War (assuming you haven't played it on 360 already. Plot's not too great, but it's really good in the stop and pop department. It's probably the best port I've ever played).
- Bioshock (again, unless you've played it on 360 already).
- Shadowgrounds: Survivor (short and fun indie top-down shooter a la "Smash TV". Can be co-op played on the same PC (no online co-op though, unfortunately)
Personally, I wouldn't bother with Hellgate, from what I've been hearing it's not all it's cracked up to be. That was certainly the impression I got from the demo.
I need to get in on the Witcher sometime, sounds like fun. There's probably plenty of other games, but I can't think of them right now.
Anyways, I play on the TacticalGamers server and the community is pretty good there.
Nothing much else past that. Though if you like simple (and hard) RPGs you should look up Echelon Book 1, there's a thread about it somewhere around here.
It just came out on the 19th and with all the shooters that came out in November it's not surprising that it's still a fairly small community.
That said I have yet to not find a good dedicated server with a space open when I wanted to play some Warefare. That's all I've really played online. There seems to be a plenty of CTF, Vehicle CTF, and Deathmatch dedicated servers as well.
I think more fans of the series are starting to migrate over to UT3 as well. There first couple days I was topping the scoreboards, but this weekend the competition got much better.
Anyway in a world where every other game is a modern day tactical shooter UT3 feels like a welcome throwback to the days of old. With a much better coat of paint.
There is a demo as well, but it doesn't include Warefare mode. It will give you an idea of the gameplay, and show you how well you can run it.
Definitely get CoD4, the Witcher, Orange Box, and Overlord.
Well, Fallout 3 is coming, but that's on the 360 too.
"...it's on the 360 too" is a common phrase in PC gaming nowadays.
Neverwinter Nights 2 is ok, and its expansion I've heard is much better, so there's that too at least
But yes, the Baldur's Gate days seem so far gone.
I do assume you're not counting Vampire as recent in that 'anymore' statement. Because that's a damned good RPG.
Sometimes it's best if you don't.
Clearly a plus.
Armed and Dangerous
Baldur's Gate II
Beyond Good & Evil
Brothers in Arms
Crysis
Fahrenheit
Freedom Fighters
Gears of War
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
GUN
Neverwinter Nights 2
Rainbow 6: Vegas
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
S.W.A.T 4
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
The Witcher
Tron 2.0
XIII
On Steam:
Battlestations: Midway
Bioshock
Company of Heroes
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Day of Defeat: Source
DEFCON, Darwinia, Uplink
Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Full Spectrum Warrior
Hitman: Something or other
Jade Empire
Jagged Alliance 2
Just Cause
Medieval 2: Total War
Overlord
Painkiller
Project: Snowblind
Psychonauts
Sam and Max: Season 1
The Longest Journey
Titan Quest
Tomb Raider: Whatever the good ones are, by Crystal Dynamics or whatever
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
X3: Reunion
This is of course only a partial list but it should last you for a little while. I hope you weren't planning on spending money on anything else, ever again.
It should be said, that Fahrenheit still sucks hard. Unless you like playing simon says whilst getting your brain repeatedly fucked by alien pygmie monkeys from the internet
I don't think STALKER is ok.
I think it's fucking awesome being any measure. Sure, it's buggy, but it's playable, and it's one of the greatest gaming experiences I've ever had. And I had some pretty extraordinary experiences in my gaming life. Seriously, this game sucked me in like it was the only life I had. It has gorgeous graphics, engaging gameplay and some great maps. And the "feel" of each area and stage of the game is remarkably different. The sound is really great (when it's not broken
The start of the game is kinda daunting for beginners, but it gets so god damn good later. not much later. And I can now headshoot dudes pretty well even in the earlier parts, after beating it once.
Depends on where you live.
Steam games are cheaper than any hardcopy in Brazil.
-Everything on Steam
You'll be good for a lifetime.
Gothic series is good, and Mask of the Betrayer (the NWN2 expansion) was amazing (best rpg since torment!)
Why not get started on this one right away, for free.
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Urahonky, why do you have to always hate everything good ever?
STALKER is incredible, and there are some pretty cool mods for it too. Sure, its buggy, but its gotta be like $15 dollars now, and its the only FPS I could play 3+ times through single player.
3ds friend code: 2981-6032-4118
What?
WHAT?
3ds friend code: 2981-6032-4118
Ummm you forgot to lime Jagged Alliance 2. Just saying.
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