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Looking for a single player PC game
peteaboda1
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More specifically, one that doesn't require installation via steam. Right now my modem is completely crap (I tried installing half life: source last night and it got to 65% in about 5+ hours). Hopefully it will be fixed this week but right now I want to test out the new computer I built with some newer games.
As for genre, I'm open to pretty much anything so long as I can get the experience intended without requiring a good internet connection.
As for genre, I'm open to pretty much anything so long as I can get the experience intended without requiring a good internet connection.
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Yeah Fallout 3.
Crysis? If you want to really test out your new rig, that would be the way to go. You could probably find Crysis Warhead for cheap, too.
You could also get X3: Reunion 2.0 at Best Buy for $10, completely DRM free and all patched up.
I would go for Fallout first.
It's excellent, basically. Though remember that it's not a game where you command thousands of units in an army. It's a game where you command seven units, and the you can add more health points to them with a higher leadership. I don't know why, but that makes the game much easier for me to understand tactically.
But really.. Fallout 3.
Crysis and Crysis Warhead if you have a beast of a computer.
World in Conflict is just wonderful and overlooked by many.
Stalker is great, but you have to be in the mood and might not grab everyone, but by god it is an experience.
Dead Space is not too bad.
BioShock if you've avoided it up to this point ( like anyone has )
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It's a really excellent game, but I'm not sure it's so good to test a new "high end" system. The graphics are good, but the game's not really system intensive.
If you like your action games, Devil May Cry 4 got a really solid release on PC, just make sure you've got a gamepad. It's possible to play with keyboard, but really, the gamepad's optimal. It looks great and should stress your system out nicely if you're running the Benchmark and trying to get the solid 60 FPS for all the scenes shown. They also added in the PC exlcusive "Legendary Dark Knight" mode, which takes advantage of the extra processing power available and literally floods the screen with enemies (where before you'd typically see maybe 5-6 absolute max at any one time).
Crysis is still the most hardware stressing FPS on the market, you're almost guaranteed to be unable to run it at full tilt. It looks outright amazing at times, and it's a really good game to boot. Crysis Warhead is even better but requires online activation and has install limits, so that's a personal choice thing.
Company of Heroes is a really awesome WWII based RTS, and will test your system quite well with all that's happening. It's more micro-management intensive in its strategy. Everything takes place at a squad level with you controlling a small number of units through complex situations.
If you prefer large scale strategy and not so much about micro-management, then Supreme Commander fits in at the opposite end of the RTS spectrum. Battles takes place across entire continents, and can often see you waging simultaneous land, sea and air assaults.
Mass Effect on the PC is probably the best version of the game, barring the odd crash. Also very system intensive, it's a very well realised sci-fi RPG, and breaks up the questing and action nicely.
The Witcher if you prefer Tolkienesque fantasy RPG's instead, only this one's a lot darker and isn't about being "moral" as such. The tagline of the game pretty much sums up the game's attitude towards how most games funnel you towards being morally "right" or "wrong":
There is No Good, No Evil - Only Decisions and Consequences
World of Goo is an awesome puzzle game that won't test your new system at all, but EVERYBODY should at least try it, because it's an amazing game, especially considering it's from just two guys. Of course, if you're not into puzzles you might want to try the demo first. Has bucketloads of character
Aaaandd, there are probably a hundred other games but if you narrow down what genres you prefer, we can probably find you something more to test your system and that you'll be into.
Although as a single player game, I'm not sure I'd totally recommend it. The single player is fantastic, but a little on the short side. And if that was all you were getting the game for it might fall a little short without the in-fucking-credible multiplayer.
And while I'm on the subject (useless info for the OP, but other people here should know) it's on steam now. So people have no excuse.
Did they ever release the expansion pack for that?
I bought it ages ago but didn't really have proper net access at the time so couldn't really play it online. The singleplayer was OK, but it didn't really hold me. Multiplayer is where WiC really shines
Well the game is over a year old so I doubt you would have to shell out the full price for it and if you can find it for 10 bucks then the singleplayer is well worth it.
And no the singleplayer expansion hasn't been released yet, will probably come out next year in spring though that hasn't been finalised yet as ubisoft bought massive recently and no real announcement was made in that regard.
PSN: Kylogue
You need to do a fair amount of downloading and registering before you can get the game running, which might be a pain on a slow modem. Part of this is down to Rockstar's insistence that you register with their "social club" community system and keep the program running in the background at all times.
Aside from that quite a few people are reporting issues with it at the moment. Personally I'd recommend holding off until at least the first patch.
From what I heard, "issues" is a bit of an understatement.
The thread did not need to continue beyond this point.
Over 40 hours clocked on my first playthrough alone.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
I had no idea, I mean... I don't remember running into many issues on the console version.
Is it controls related?
PSN: Kylogue
Not even; apparently as it stands the PC version is an abomination, containing a plethora of graphical clusterfucks including outright refusing to play on certain nvidia cards and textures that refuse to load.
edit: nvidia's got some drivers out that help with reported issues
It's on it's way, basic info has come out and this pretty sweet trailer -
First Wave
Ubi Soft bought them out and are currently funding them for release next year.
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Games with a * are free as in beer.
Anachronox
Arcanum
Armed and Dangerous
Baldur's Gate II
Barkley Shut up and Jam Gaiden*
Beneath a Steel Sky*
Cave Story*
Chivalry is Not Dead*
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord, Barbarossa to Berlin, and Afrika Corps
Crimson Skies
Dead Space
Dungeon Keeper 2
Empyreal Nocturne*
F.E.A.R
Fallout and Fallout 2
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Force and Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
Freespace* and Freespace 2*
Full Spectrum Warrior*
Galactic Civilizations II
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Grim Fandango
Ground Control*
Hidden and Dangerous 2
Homeworld 2
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
N*
Neverwinter Nights 2 and Mask of the Betrayer
No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2
Oblivion
Planescape: Torment
Red Alert 3
S.W.A.T 4
Silent Storm
Sim City 4
Sins of a Solar Empire
Splinter Cells 1, 2, and 3
Star Wars: Republic Commando
Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance
Synaesthete*
System Shock 2
Theater of War
Thief, Thief 2, Thief III
Tron 2.0
Tropico
Warzone 2100*
XIII
On Steam but available elsewhere too I guess:
Assassin's Creed
Battlestations: Midway
Beyond Good & Evil
Bioshock
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Earned in Blood, and Hell's Highway
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
Crysis and Crysis: Warhead
Culpa Innata
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Darwinia
Deus Ex and Deus Ex 2
Disciples II
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy)
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
GRID
GUN
Hitman: Something or other
IL2 Sturmovik
Jade Empire
Jagged Alliance 2
Just Cause
Max Payne and Max Payne 2
Medieval II: Total War
Multiwinia
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Overlord
Painkiller
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1 and 2
Project: Snowblind
Psychonauts
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!
The Longest Journey
The Witcher
Tomb Raider: Whatever the good ones are, by Crystal Dynamics or whatever
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
World in Conflict
World of Goo
X3: Terran Conflict
Why post the longass lists? He obviously doesn't have time to go through it. He's just looking for a couple of recommendations. The list is not helpful.
You may as well tell him to go into Best Buy to randomly pick out a PC game.
Did the penny arcade games have boxed releases? Those might be fun to play around with. (I played the demo of the first one but couldn't justify $20 for it, but I could see myself getting the second one for $15)
Crap I'm late for class
I respectfully disagree; picking out a random PC at Best Buy is not going to guarantee a good game. Picking a random game will help. If he really only wants X number of suggestions he can just read the first X number of games on the list.
edit: I THOUGHT the PA games had a boxed release but come to think of it I've never seen it. Maybe they don't.
It's worth full price.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.