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Help me choose games for my PC
elkatas
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Situation is this. These days I'm mainly console gamer, but I really do have soft spot for PC-gaming too. Unfortunately, I'm pretty much out of the loop, and I have missed many great titles during last seven years. I have decided to go for shopping spree, and purchase so many good PC-games as possible. My current budget is 300 euros, and I'm going to do most of my purchases from Play.com*, as they have real low prices especially when it comes to compilations.
And now, I'm asking help from you, dear Penny-Arcaders. Could you give pointers on what I should buy? I like all kinds of games, and, and basically everything goes from platformers to superheavy flight sims. However, I'm really, really picky when it comes to FPS games and I except Deus Ex like quality** from these.
Link to Play.com's PC section
Link to Play.com's three games for 10 £'s campaign. It has some decent stuff, but I don't know from where I should start.
* Of course, if you know better places, just suggest, but remember that I live in Finland
** read: superfuckingfantastic quality that make Earth explode
Specs for my computer
2.2 GHZ Core2Duo
2 GB memory
Radeon X1950 Pro with 512 MB memory
Some games that I have played
Alpha Centauri
Age of Mythology
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War (no mission disks)
Deus Vult
Europa Universalis 3: Napoleon's Ambition
Falcon 4.0
Fallout 1 & 2
Il 2 Sturmovik
Knights of the Old Republic
Manhunt
Starcraft
Vampire: the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Thanks in advance.
And now, I'm asking help from you, dear Penny-Arcaders. Could you give pointers on what I should buy? I like all kinds of games, and, and basically everything goes from platformers to superheavy flight sims. However, I'm really, really picky when it comes to FPS games and I except Deus Ex like quality** from these.
Link to Play.com's PC section
Link to Play.com's three games for 10 £'s campaign. It has some decent stuff, but I don't know from where I should start.
* Of course, if you know better places, just suggest, but remember that I live in Finland
** read: superfuckingfantastic quality that make Earth explode
Specs for my computer
2.2 GHZ Core2Duo
2 GB memory
Radeon X1950 Pro with 512 MB memory
Some games that I have played
Alpha Centauri
Age of Mythology
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War (no mission disks)
Deus Vult
Europa Universalis 3: Napoleon's Ambition
Falcon 4.0
Fallout 1 & 2
Il 2 Sturmovik
Knights of the Old Republic
Manhunt
Starcraft
Vampire: the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Thanks in advance.
Hypnotically inclined.
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Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
The Witcher
I think FS2 is actually posted in the indie game thread (or at least was).
OP:
Everyone and their brother will suggest it, but: Orange Box. Even without playing HL1, HL2 is an awesome experience, and I cannot even begin to describe how awesome Portal is. The only real drawback to OB is that HL2, EP1, EP2, and Portal are not the longest games ever. There's a quite a bit of replay value though, especially if you like the series to begin with.
The Total War series also has some gems. Rome is a fun game, and I've heard great things about Medieval II, assuming you can get the game running.
Finally: Oblivion. I have it for the 360 because I don't have a good enough PC for it, but in my heart I wish I had it for PC just for the modding.
XBL: LiquidSnake2061
Dark Crusade really adds a lot to DoW.
Deus Ex?
I have played Deus Ex. But is Total War: Eras worth of your money*? I can get one for 20 euros, but I'm not so sure how well the older games have aged.
* It has first three games (Shogun, Rome and Medieval) together with their respective expansions.
From your second Play link, the 3 for 10 deal... many of those are darn old. But depending on whether you like the genres, consider: Dungeon Siege (Diablo-like), MechWarrior 4 (2 different items listed there), Homeworld, Sacred Gold if you really like old-school Diablo, Thief 1 and 2 are classics, Total Annihilation pack perhaps.
I see Play has a special on the Hitman series, those are pretty good too. If you like D&D RPGs, go for the NWN series, and the old-school Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dales, too. And Planescape: Torment.
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
As for Deus Ex quality FPS games, Stalker is probably the closeest you're going to get and it's only $19.99 on steam.
for jokes you should try Crysis, but heck if it does somehow barely work like it did on mine. you have a fantastic FPS to play.
This is the PCGamer top 100 list (1-50 can be found here and 51-100 can be found here.) I've played the majority of them, and it really is a great list.
I'll have to draw your attention to number 75, Masq. It's a freeware, interactive story that's really amazing. I made a thread about it a while back and it seemed to be a big hit around here, but search is down so I can't link it.
I already have this, and I have complete it for four times already. Thanks anyways.
I'd say the older games have aged pretty well. They are uglier, but it doesn't really matter in this kind of game. Medieval is fantastic, Rome is decent and Shogun was pretty nice except that my version was broken and crashed on me.
The Orange Box - 27 (Total 27)
Thief 1 and 2 - 5 (Total 32)
Call of Duty 4 - 30 (Total 62) I personally don't like it a ton but many people seem to think it's the best game ever. Play the demo.
The Witcher - 18 (Total 80)
Sim City 4 - 15 (Total 95)
Neverwinter Nights 2 - 25 (Total 120)
Neverwinter Nights 2 - Mask of the Betrayer - 15 (Total 135)
Bioshock - 25 (Total 160)
Supreme Commander Gold Edition - 18 (Total 178)
And then, uh, whatever looks good from the following list, since I can't be arsed to navigate that awful Play site. (I've bolded and limed potential ones that you would probably like):
Games with a * are free as in beer
Allegiance*
America's Army*
Anachronox
Armed and Dangerous
Baldur's Gate II
Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden*
Battlefield 2142
Beneath a Steel Sky*
Beyond Good & Evil
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood
Chivalry is Not Dead*
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, Barbossa to Berlin, and Afrika Corps
Crysis
Empyreal Nocturne*
F.E.A.R and F.E.A.R Combat*
Fahrenheit
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
Jedi Academy
Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Jedi Outcast
Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
Mafia
Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2
Oblivion
Planescape: Torment
Rainbow 6: Vegas
S.W.A.T 4
Silent Storm
Sins of a Solar Empire
Splinter Cells 1, 2, and 3
Starsiege: Tribes*
Synaesthete*
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Tron 2.0
Tropico
Warzone 2100*
World in Conflict
XIII
On Steam:
Audiosurf
Battlestations: Midway
Call of Duty, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 2
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Day of Defeat: Source
DEFCON, Darwinia, Uplink
DiRT
Disciples II
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Full Spectrum Warrior
GUN
Hitman: Something or other
Jade Empire
Jagged Alliance 2
Max Payne and Max Payne 2
Medieval 2: Total War
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
The Longest Journey
Titan Quest
Tomb Raider: Whatever the good ones are, by Crystal Dynamics or whatever
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
Arguably the finest games of any type.
Thanks for the list. It is worth noticing that I usually try to avoid download services if game is reasonably easy to acquire as a hardcopy, but I'm more than happy to pay for content that wouldn't otherwise see light of day. One good example could be Napoleon's Ambition for Europa Universalis III. Original game itself is so niche that printing mission disk wasn't commercially viable option.
Have you got a pre-prepared listing of PC games or something that you bring out whenever someone asks a relevant question?
The boogeyman of "Crysis will melt your computer" is quickly becoming unfounded.
JE is fun. I enjoyed the combat system(it's horribly unbalanced, like any other Bioware game, but meh) although the story was LOTS cheesy and the good/evil morality choice at the end is basically 'You're a hero doing the right thing,' or 'YOU ARE SO EVIL SO VERY EVIL SO DAMN EVIL IT BLOWS MY MIND,' which is irritating.
I haven't seen Homeworld recommended here. It's the most bestest RTS ever.
FEAR is fantastic singleplayer, as well as having awesome, amazing, solid, FREE multiplayer(FEAR Combat)
And I can't recommend Deus Ex enough.
Also, you really need to play Chronicles of Riddick (as Tycho pointed out, along with every other good PC game ever made). Not enough people have played that game.
To add, Grim Fandango (yes, Tycho posted it, too) is quite old, but is a favorite game/top 10 for many.
Indeed. I was curious so I downloaded the single player demo. According to FRAPS, framerate stayed constantly at 60 frames per second. Resolution was 1024 x 768, all graphical settings were set to medium, and AA was set off. Overall, I was pretty happy with the performance.
I'd take me too long to go through the whole PC games secetion, so I just took a look at this list:
Thief 1 & 2 Double Pack
Alpha Centauri
MechWarrior 4 Vengeance + Black Knight Expansion
Heroes Of Might & Magic 3
Alien Vs Predator Gold
American McGee's Alice
Homeworld
all well worth the money me thinks, though not the newest bunch.
And NWN2, I just buyed the game yesterday myself, but I can't get this fucker running on my computer. :x
edit: you've listed Sim City 4 twice.
It is that buggy?
I heard there were some Vista problems with the unpatched version.
I believe it was really buggy at release, but from what I heard Obsidian did a good job patching the game since then. Still doesn't work for me, though.
Any suggestions where I could find it for relatively cheap? Even used copies usually go for 30 euros.
There was a large thread dedicated to the FS2 SCP with a direct link to the downloader a week or two ago.
Which is the best way to get it.
Not really; I'm in the US and everything. I don't even know what a euro is. Is it a kind of cracker? It sounds delicious! Especially with cheese.
I decided to skip Bioshock, Crysis, Orange Box and World in Conflict, and wait until they come down in price little bit. But how does my list sound now?
Also, here's Freespace 2 -
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,42854.0.html
If you're going to play NWN2, you really need to get the expansion (Mask of the Betrayer). Just like with NWN1, the expansion (plural for NWN1) add a lot to the base game even on the first run-through.
Yes, a hundred times yes. Introversion's other stuff is very cool, but Darwinia is the standout to me.
> turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The light is now on.
My local GAME has it it in a 2 for €40 deal, their online shop might have it too.