any must play pc titles?

I recently started playing alot more pc games, and was looking for some "must play" titles around year 2003-2004 and up. A couple

games i'm gonna go back and play are theif 3 and stalker, any other suggestions?

Dragon Age Origins and Crysis

I recently started playing alot more pc games, and was looking for some "must play" titles around year 2003-2004 and up. A couple

games i'm gonna go back and play are theif 3 and stalker, any other suggestions?

racer8dan

good suggestions. also i'm looking for games less obvious,( I know about games like COD and the elder scrolls)

It really depends on the type of game you enjoy playing. I will throw in The Witcher as a must play in my opinion.tester962

Mass Effect 1 and 2, and Stalker: Call of Pripyat.

Drakensang
Gothic 3
Neverwinter Nights 2
Risen
The Witcher

good suggestions. also i'm looking for games less obvious,( I know about games like COD and the elder scrolls)

racer8dan

Witcher is great. If you want less obvious games that are actually prety good, then Spellforce 2 Gold Edition. That combines RPG with RTS. Good story too. Plays a bit like Titan Quest, which is another awesome game. Rome Total War for a great RTS all out war experience. Many found it much better than the new Empire Total War.

Vampire the masquerade: Bloodlines (RPG)

The Witcher (RPG)

Dawn of war 1 (and all the exp packs) (RTS)

STALKER COP (FPS/Survival) (well since you were interrested in stalker this might be redundent to write)

Company of Heroes (RTS)

Counterstrike Source (or any other valve game for that matter) (FPS)

Killing floor (A cheap game, pretty simple, quite entertaining) (FPS)

Neverwinter nights 2 (RPG)

Battlefield 2

these are the ones I remember in the timeframe you asked for, cant remember if OT stated a specific genre :S

I'll try to mention games that no one else has yet.

Max Payne

Max Payne 2

Jade Empire

Far Cry

Bioshock

Fallout 3

Battlefield 2

SWAT 4

F.E.A.R.

Rainbow Six: Vegas

Civilization IV

try Dark Messiah of might and magic if you like thief. It has in my opinion the best first person melee combat out there (better than condemned. I said it!)

I know it's not 2003/2004 up, but Deus Ex is a must play PC game; I cannot stress this enough.kdawg88

This is true. I played Deus Ex in 2008 and didn't care that it was ten years old, it was an awesome game. In fact it is kind of a shame that in ten years only a handful of games have been able to come close to it in terms of an FPS/RPG hybrid.

Excellent suggestions, i'll be looking at a few of them. I tried gothic 3 as suggested, but the severe lag on my pc makes it anoying to play. Its a shame, could be a great game too.

Excellent suggestions, i'll be looking at a few of them. I tried gothic 3 as suggested, but the severe lag on my pc makes it anoying to play. Its a shame, could be a great game too.

racer8dan

Risen is a much, much , MUCH better game IMHO.

One absolute must play is Stalker: Call of Pripyat.

And Bioshock 1.

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Excellent suggestions, i'll be looking at a few of them. I tried gothic 3 as suggested, but the severe lag on my pc makes it anoying to play. Its a shame, could be a great game too.

Lithos_

Risen is a much, much , MUCH better game IMHO.

One absolute must play is Stalker: Call of Pripyat.

And Bioshock 1.

Mass Effect 2. :D

Comapny of heroes, battlefield 2

Any Blizzard game will suffice.Cherry--Skoal

I agree

Diablo 2 and Starcraft are a must

Mounts and Blade really surprised me. Although, it's no longer 5 bucks at Steam, but 30.... Not sure, it's worth 30, in that it feels kinda incomplete.Threesixtyci

[QUOTE="Threesixtyci"]Mounts and Blade really surprised me. Although, it's no longer 5 bucks at Steam, but 30.... Not sure, it's worth 30, in that it feels kinda incomplete.racer8dan

On second thought... scatch that. Probably be best if you start with a mod, being that the vanilla version really has no focus and it takes a real long time to get to a point where the game gets fun. As in... you having a strong enough party to do anything.

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[QUOTE="Threesixtyci"]Mounts and Blade really surprised me. Although, it's no longer 5 bucks at Steam, but 30.... Not sure, it's worth 30, in that it feels kinda incomplete.Threesixtyci

On second thought... scatch that. Probably be best if you start with a mod, being that the vanilla version really has no focus and it takes a real long time to get to a point where the game gets fun. As in... you having a strong enough party to do anything.

Machinarium

Mount & Blade/Warbands

Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries -- really hard to find, but it will be releasing for free download in a few months

There are so many games it would be hard to put into an all encompasing list. Having said that here are some standouts from different genres:

FPS/RPG Hybrid: Dues Ex

FPS: Half life 2, Crysis

RPG: Divine Divinity (one of my all time favorites) also Morrowind

RTS: Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, Rise of Nations

That's just what I can think of the top of my head, there are many many others.

Any of the Half-Life 2 games, Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source, CSS, World of Warcraft, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Crysis

I'm real picky but these are the games from the last 5 years that any PC gamer should play. Like if you don't hate the genre then the game is amazing.

FPS/RPG: STALKER:SoC (mod it), STALKER:CoP, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (fan patch it)

Adventure: Penumbra Black Plague and Overture (episodes 1 and 2), Mount & Blade (not exactly a pure adventure but its a cross of adventure and RPG), Mount & Blade Warband

RPG: Witcher, Dragon Age: Origins, Judith (indie game that is free: blew me away personally), Torchlight (everyone and their brother will play an ARPG at some point so grab the best one aside from Diablo 2)

FPS:Team Fortress 2, Unreal Tournament 2004

RTS:Medieval II Total War and Kingdoms, Company of Heroes, Heroes of Newerth

I'm real picky but these are the games from the last 5 years that any PC gamer should play. Like if you don't hate the genre then the game is amazing.

FPS/RPG: STALKER:SoC (mod it), STALKER:CoP, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines (fan patch it)

Adventure: Penumbra Black Plague and Overture (episodes 1 and 2), Mount & Blade (not exactly a pure adventure but its a cross of adventure and RPG), Mount & Blade Warband

RPG: Witcher, Dragon Age: Origins, Judith (indie game that is free: blew me away personally), Torchlight (everyone and their brother will play an ARPG at some point so grab the best one aside from Diablo 2)

FPS:Team Fortress 2, Unreal Tournament 2004

RTS:Medieval II Total War and Kingdoms, Company of Heroes, Heroes of Newerth

Whiteblade999

As stated before Mass effect 1 and 2 afterwards. You will thank me that you did and dont rush trough the games.

As stated before Mass effect 1 and 2 afterwards. You will thank me that you did and dont rush trough the games.

TrooperManaic

I recently started playing alot more pc games, and was looking for some "must play" titles around year 2003-2004 and up. A couple

games i'm gonna go back and play are theif 3 and stalker, any other suggestions?

racer8dan

what mods do you recommend for stalker soc? I'm playing that now

racer8dan

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=183381#p183381

http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Visible_range_mod;108895

Oh never mind.. didn't notice you said SoC. I was thinking about CoP.

Anything developed by Valve, Relic, Bioware or Crytek

Penumbra trilogy (horror puzzle game)

World in Conflict (fantastic action RTS)

Risen (same devs as Gothic games but much more polished)

Cryostasis (great survival horror type game with fantastic atmosphere and story)

Stalker games (amazing atmosphere, very tense/frightening at times)

F.E.A.R. 1(one of the best horror/fps hybrids on the platform)

Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (great blend of shooting and stealth)

Mafia - even though it is from 2002 it has aged extremely well.

World of Goo

Saints Row 2 - better on consoles, but still a blast

Red Faction: Guerrilla - excellent sandbox game with destructible environments

Battlefield 2 - probably the biggest online FPS on the PC.

Anything developed by Valve, Relic, Bioware or Crytek

Penumbra trilogy (horror puzzle game)

World in Conflict (fantastic action RTS)

Risen (same devs as Gothic games but much more polished)

Cryostasis (great survival horror type game with fantastic atmosphere and story)

Stalker games (amazing atmosphere, very tense/frightening at times)

F.E.A.R. 1(one of the best horror/fps hybrids on the platform)

Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (great blend of shooting and stealth)

Mafia - even though it is from 2002 it has aged extremely well.

World of Goo

Saints Row 2 - better on consoles, but still a blast

Red Faction: Guerrilla - excellent sandbox game with destructible environments

Battlefield 2 - probably the biggest online FPS on the PC.

with_teeth26

Thanks, I am now overwelmed:!: