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I want a new PC game to play

flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Games and Technology
I haven't posted in G&T in a long-ass time, so hopefully this type of thread is allowed. Let me know if it's not.

I haven't played computer games in a while, mostly because of work and college. The last game I played start-to-finish was Bioshock, about a year ago, and even that took me about two months. Now, I'm finally gradumated and in a few days, won't have a job at my school anymore, so inbetween looking for a new job, I'll have a shitload of free time to play games again. I've been out of the PC gaming "scene" for a couple years now, but I want something new to play.

I mostly enjoy action-adventure games like the Prince of Persia series (the new one is first in line for me to play), Beyond Good & Evil, Psychonauts, the GTA series, the Thief series, etc, but I don't really like beat-em-ups like God of War. I like first-person shooters if they have a decent storyline or at least an interesting world/atmosphere, like Bioshock, Deus Ex, Half Life 2. I'm not really interested in run-and-gun games like Halo or Gears of War. I'm not really a fan of RPGs or Strategy games. I dicked around in Fallout 3 for a while, but the slooooow pace of the game eventually made me give up. I also enjoy indie platformers like Cave Story, Knytt Stories, N, and Within a Deep Forest, but right now I'm looking for something a bit more substantial.

I was thinking of maybe giving Mirror's Edge or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. a shot, but if someone has other suggestions, that would be great. I know my tastes are pretty picky, but surely something has come out in the last few years that I'll find enjoyable. My rig is fairly new, it ran Bioshock and Fallout 3 flawlessly.

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  • FaffelFaffel Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    STALKER is an experience that no other game has come close to emulating or being similar to - that, to me, is the mark of a "Must play" experience.

    The Penumbra series has a similarly unique atmosphere, if not as technically impressive.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Yeah if you haven't played Stalker you need to fix that ASAP.

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  • softCactussoftCactus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mirror's Edge was enjoyable, definitely worth the 20 dollar price tag on Steam.

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mirror's Edge is pretty sublime. But uh, don't be afraid to pick up and use guns. Using guns in Mirror's Edge is A-Okay, it's not taboo.

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  • FaffelFaffel Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    softCactus wrote: »
    Mirror's Edge was enjoyable, definitely worth the 20 dollar price tag on Steam.

    First of all: yes, good game. But don't take it over STALKER. STALKER is such an amazingly "itself" game that you must see it with your own eyes.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Faffel wrote: »
    softCactus wrote: »
    Mirror's Edge was enjoyable, definitely worth the 20 dollar price tag on Steam.

    First of all: yes, good game. But don't take it over STALKER. STALKER is such an amazingly "itself" game that you must see it with your own eyes.
    Not to mention with the graphical mods it looks absolutely amazing.

    You will not find a game with a better atmosphere.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Might... might I suggest Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines?

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  • FalloutFallout ( ๑‾̀◡‾́)σ" Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Might... might I suggest Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines?

    seconded

    i'm on my third and fourth playthroughs right now, simultaneously

    i fucking love this game

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  • UrQuanLord88UrQuanLord88 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Look on steam every weekend and see what's on sale D:

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  • flamebroiledchickenflamebroiledchicken Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I remember hearing that STALKER was extremely buggy, but I assume this has been fixed considering the game is a few years old?

    I also heard the new Prince of Persia is almost insultingly easy. It's still worth it, right?

    Also also, I enjoyed GTA 4 on the Xbox 360, but I only got maybe 1/3 of the way in before leaving to study abroad. By the time I got back, we didn't have a 360 anymore (the roommate it belonged to move out). I'd like to play it again, but I heard the PC port was extremely shitty. True/false?

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    STALKER is buggy, but not in a crash to desktop way, really. Just odd AI behavior.

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    The new prince of persia isn't easy per-se, you will 'die' a lot. But the whole thing feels quite easy. (glorified quick time event and all that). It's the opposite of what a game should be in that sense. But you may like it. It divides opinion. I think that it was worth it.

    Also, the sands of time trilogy, (at least Sands of Time and Two Thrones) are quite fun (read: pinicle of all my gaming experiences bar Rayman 3), although the latter's combat is a bit more brawly, but not that much. If you don't want to get into button mashing, you can pull off some pretty cool attacks, and the platforming is fun. It's also quite possible, and not even all that constraining, to play the whole thing with keyboard and mouse.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    While the requirements are way overblown on the internet, as long as you have a relatively modern PC, Crysis is one of the best FPS games to come out in the last few years, in terms of gameplay. The graphics aren't bad either

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    If you can get a very good computer, it does look absolutely amazing. Warhead is also very good. Freestyling gunplay has never been so fun.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Seconding Crysis and Warhead. If you're into RPG's though, Mass Effect is probably the biggest one of the past few years. Bioware did a really good job with creating a sci-fi epic.

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  • Andrew RyanAndrew Ryan Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Crysis is painfully mediocre and poorly coded.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Crysis is painfully mediocre and poorly coded.

    Well mediocre's an opinion, and hey, whilst it's valid to say, doesn't mean that most of us didn't really enjoy it and felt it was a really awesome game. I guess the game's just not for you.

    Poorly coded though, perhaps you'd care to elucidate? Preferably beyond something like "This game shouldn't need such huge system specs!"

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  • MalechaiMalechai Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    subedii wrote: »
    Seconding Crysis and Warhead. If you're into RPG's though, Mass Effect is probably the biggest one of the past few years. Bioware did a really good job with creating a sci-fi epic.

    I may be in the minority but I didn't care much for ME. The cobat was ho-hum and while the story was intresting there was so much filler dialogue in the game it took forever to actualy find it. The final nail in the coffin for me was when I started my second playthrough I realized that the dialogue choices you were given were just being a little dick or a massive douche.

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Malechai wrote: »
    subedii wrote: »
    Seconding Crysis and Warhead. If you're into RPG's though, Mass Effect is probably the biggest one of the past few years. Bioware did a really good job with creating a sci-fi epic.

    I may be in the minority but I didn't care much for ME. The cobat was ho-hum and while the story was intresting there was so much filler dialogue in the game it took forever to actualy find it. The final nail in the coffin for me was when I started my second playthrough I realized that the dialogue choices you were given were just being a little dick or a massive douche.

    Yeah the dialogue can be a bit skewed to extremes sometimes. Generally speaking, it's easy to get burned out on the sidequest worlds since they're not nearly as in-depth as the story worlds. Second playthrough I actually enjoyed the game more because I only played the sidequest worlds when I wanted a break from the main campaign.

    Combat's average-to-good depending on the scenario, and it's difficult to control your squadmates in any meaningful way, but on the plus side it's a lot more immediate and interesting than most RPG's ever aim for.

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  • FirebrandFirebrand Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    If you like action-adventures like Prince of Persia, try the recent Tomb Raider games for a mix of action, puzzles and platforming. I'm playing through Tomb Raider: Legend at the moment and it's pretty nice, except for the occasional gameplay & technical glitches. TR: Anniversary is good too, a remake of the original TR, and TR: Underworld is the new shiny one, a direct sequel to Legend storywise I believe.

    There are demos available of all three on Steam and elsewhere.

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  • GlalGlal AiredaleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Crysis is 2 fucking years old, and it scaled down to run on mid-powered computers of then just fine. If you can't run it you shouldn't be asking for New PC Games.

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  • LalaboxLalabox Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Despite being two years old, though, it still looks absolutely jaw-droppingly amazing. And has great gameplay once you decide to start experimenting with the powers, and going freestyle. (sorry, I just got warhead, and I now feel compelled to point out how great it is). They call something like Spore 'infinitely replayable', but that's just because the changes which you make don't make a huge difference. In crysis, it really is infinitely replayable just approaching situations differently, and going about things different ways.

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  • IdolisideIdoliside Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fully recommend Crysis and Mass Effect. I wasn't a fan of Stalker tbh but i'll recommend that too.

    If your looking for Atmosphere then give Doom 3 a go, i've been replaying it and forgot how fantastic the environment was. It gets a bit repetative in later levels but totally worth it.

    Oh and Duke Nukem 3D, can't play that game enough recently :D

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  • DUCOMDUCOM Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    PLAY TEAM FORTRESS 2!!!

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Malechai wrote: »
    subedii wrote: »
    Seconding Crysis and Warhead. If you're into RPG's though, Mass Effect is probably the biggest one of the past few years. Bioware did a really good job with creating a sci-fi epic.

    I may be in the minority but I didn't care much for ME. The cobat was ho-hum and while the story was intresting there was so much filler dialogue in the game it took forever to actualy find it. The final nail in the coffin for me was when I started my second playthrough I realized that the dialogue choices you were given were just being a little dick or a massive douche.

    Infidel

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  • LidjisLidjis Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    DUCOM wrote: »
    PLAY TEAM FORTRESS 2!!!


    Really this

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mirror's Edge

    Fuck this game extremely hard for having no controller configurations supported besides "olol buy a 360 pad." Fuck you, the pair of Logitechs I've had for years has been just ducky for every other game I've thrown them at. Even Prototype goes "Oh, you've got that, let me adjust the on-screen button prompts and everything for you."

    Mirror's Edge? Fucking ass-backwards controls all over the goddamn place.

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  • ShukaoShukao Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    They're a bit brawly, but both Prototype and inFAMOUS are quite good. Both have loads of platforming and replayability.

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  • pantsypantsy Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I just finished Saints Row 2. Great game. Like GTA, but you can blow more shit up and fight over territory.

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  • RobmanRobman Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    pantsy wrote: »
    I just finished Saints Row 2. Great game. Like GTA, but you can blow more shit up and fight over territory.

    You forgot some key points
    • You can spray people with shit
    • You can assassinate people by dropping airplanes on them
    • You can spray people with shit

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  • EndomaticEndomatic Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Shit, literally?

    Or just a variety of things can be sprayed?

    Paint? Mace? I-can't-believe-it's-not-butter?

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  • SatsumomoSatsumomo Rated PG! Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Real shit.

    Has Saints Row 2 for PC gotten a performance patch though? Last I saw, it ran like utter shit.

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  • citizen059citizen059 hello my name is citizen I'm from the InternetRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I agree with Ducom. I don't see any reason why you can't come play Team Fortress 2 with the rest of us.

    TF2 is happiness.

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  • Ragnar DragonfyreRagnar Dragonfyre Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Get The Witcher, based on the book series of the same name. It's a really good, adult RPG from a little known developer called CDProjekt Red. You play as a genetically altered badass monster hunter.

    The game focuses heavily on themes of revolution, racism and morality. The game apparently has several endings which vary depending on the choices you make throughout the game. Most of these choices are NOT clear cut like other RPGs (like Fable and Fallout). A few choices I've made have really surprised me with their consequences much later in the game.

    It's definitely one of the better PC RPGs I've played in awhile. I'm nearing the end and I'm really enjoying it thus far.

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  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Mirror's Edge

    Fuck this game extremely hard for having no controller configurations supported besides "olol buy a 360 pad." Fuck you, the pair of Logitechs I've had for years has been just ducky for every other game I've thrown them at. Even Prototype goes "Oh, you've got that, let me adjust the on-screen button prompts and everything for you."

    Mirror's Edge? Fucking ass-backwards controls all over the goddamn place.

    Why the flying fuck would you use a gamepad with the PC version of Mirror's Edge? KBAM controls are so much better for it it's almost painful.

    edit: Just to add something constructive, But Zeno Clash on Steam. It's currently reduced, made by a small independent company and a fantastically fun game. It's pretty much the first game I've played outside of a boxing sim that makes melee combat seem brutal. It also looks excellent.
    0000007658

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  • IdolisideIdoliside Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Tav wrote: »
    Mirror's Edge

    Fuck this game extremely hard for having no controller configurations supported besides "olol buy a 360 pad." Fuck you, the pair of Logitechs I've had for years has been just ducky for every other game I've thrown them at. Even Prototype goes "Oh, you've got that, let me adjust the on-screen button prompts and everything for you."

    Mirror's Edge? Fucking ass-backwards controls all over the goddamn place.

    Why the flying fuck would you use a gamepad with the PC version of Mirror's Edge? KBAM controls are so much better for it it's almost painful.

    edit: Just to add something constructive, But Zeno Clash on Steam. It's currently reduced, made by a small independent company and a fantastically fun game. It's pretty much the first game I've played outside of a boxing sim that makes melee combat seem brutal. It also looks excellent.
    0000007658

    I only just noticed, that guy has herpes, badly...

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  • -SPI--SPI- Osaka, JapanRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    It's more the chafing from wearing a carved stone codpiece.

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I dicked around in Fallout 3 for a while, but the slooooow pace of the game eventually made me give up.

    I was thinking of maybe giving S.T.A.L.K.E.R. a shot.

    If you thought Fallout 3 was slowly paced, then you should probably avoid STALKER, since it's even slower.

    I'll have to second the recommendation for The Witcher, since it's one of the only recent games, RPG or otherwise, that's done the whole "you can choose to be good, evil or neither" with more subtlety than "press A to kick a kitten into a woodchipper in front of an orphan then twirl your mustache and laugh, or press X to give the kitten to the orphan and then buy them both food and a new home".

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Stalker is really great, and so are:
    Witcher,
    Mass Effect,
    Crysis,
    Prototype,
    Zeno Clash,
    Dead Space.

    And any Source engine games are really good too.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Tav wrote: »
    Why the flying fuck would you use a gamepad with the PC version of Mirror's Edge? KBAM controls are so much better for it it's almost painful.

    Because Prototype did them well enough to make me go "Hmm, maybe PC devs have figured this gamepad shit out after all" - plus, using a KB&M on a couch blows harder than a ported Eaton.
    edit: Just to add something constructive, But Zeno Clash on Steam. It's currently reduced, made by a small independent company and a fantastically fun game. It's pretty much the first game I've played outside of a boxing sim that makes melee combat seem brutal. It also looks excellent.
    0000007658

    I keep hearing shit about this game, what exactly is going on? All I can figure out from screenshots is that it's some manner of first-person acid trip. :P

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