Buying a Gaming pc, what are your TOP 10 must have pc games?

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#1 BeNOwNz
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I already own sc,half life games,cod, and battlefield 1942. what are your must have pc games?

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#2 fudgeblood
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Portal, CSS + Gmod pack, TF2, L4D, ArmA 2, Fallout 3, Fallout 1 2 + tactics pack, Warcraft 3, Diablo 2 and GRID.
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#3 seabiscuit8686
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Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Command and Conquer Red Alert Warcraft 3 Commander Keen (needs DOS OS) Rat Race - original (need a Commador 64) Civilizations 3 oh wait.....modern games C&C Red Alert 3 Company of Heroes Fallout 3 Stalker The Witcher Mass Effect Bioshock Medieval II Total War And I'm sticking with the others....listed above
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#4 MrWednesday14
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Age of Mythology

Baldur's Gate I

Baldur's Gate II

Half-Life 2 (+ episodes)

KOTOR 1

TF2

Portal

Braid

Bioshock

I think that's ten. (the episodes together are their own game)

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#5 FerraraZ23
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Why not get all these awesome games by saving money and just building your own. Believe me man its alot easier than you probrobly think, you can do it.

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#6 joshthor
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im gonna guess you want modern games since your buying a gaming pc.

so:

the orange box

left 4 dead

bioshock

mass effect

mirrors edge

call of duty 4

crysis

red alert 3

sins of a solar empire

grid

that covers just about every genre, and they are all great games.

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#7 DiableHunter
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using gamespots top PC games as a guideline here is my top 10 (not neccesarily in order from best to wort or vice-versa)

Diablo

Crysis (or far cry since they are quite similar)

The Orange Box

Age of Mythology or age of empires 2 (once again very similar, but in this case i suggest you don't get both unless you really want to.)

Unreal Tournament (one of them)

Quake

Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Congratz this game is actually released as freeware by EA games. (along with original C&C)

COD:4

and now to add some racers to the mix

Burnout paradise collectors edition

Need For Speed Underground 2 or my personal fav racing game Flat out 2 (i reckon it deserves at least an 8.3)

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#8 JordanizPro
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1. Call of Duty 4

2.Crysis

3.GTA 4

4.Bioshock

5.Sims 3

6.Left 4 Dead

7.Prototype

8.Street Fighter 4

9.Orange Box

10.Spore ( luv that game lol)

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#9 badtaker
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I already own sc,half life games,cod, and battlefield 1942. what are your must have pc games?

BeNOwNz
Hitman 2 Silent Assassin and Hitman 5 Blood Money.Very Different and Unique Games.Must buy Both
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#10 GazaAli
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look,im a PC gamers since forever and im going to list you games that will blow your mind: Legacy of kain:Soul Reaver,Soul Reaver2,Blood Omen2,Defiance(Blood Omen2 is not as good as the rest and you can skip it,no story there) MassEffect,if you didnt watch si-fi series before,it will really blow your mind Dead Space is superb
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#11 artistry_
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Portal

Mirror's Edge

Dead Space

Half-Life Saga (1 & 2 + episodes)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Deus Ex

Max Payne

Tron 2.0

Fallout 3

Bioshock

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#12 rrhrle6
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ARMA 2
Stalker: SOC
Dead Space
Crysis
Bioshock
Prototype
Assassin's Creed
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect

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#13 jedinat
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If you want to exert the graphical prowess of your rig a bit... you might want to get Fallout 3 (mod it a bit, and make sure you have at least the Broken Steel DLC). Not the prettiest game, but its got rather nice gfx and can be quite fun for a good while. Bioshock is just a really beautiful looking game on max settings at 1920x1200. Nice immersive, frenetic shooter if that's your thing. Moving away from modern graphics, some of the great PC games are... Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2. Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines TES3: Morrowind (and Oblivion, but both games are pretty huge investments of time and practically require heavy modding) Diablo 2 (best game of its kind; hopefully only until the 3rd one finally comes out) Psychonauts
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CS1.6 IL-2 Sturmovik Sins of a Solar Empire Company of Heroes
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YOU MUST OWN FALLOUT 3 seriously so many mods....
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#16 DigitalExile
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Orangebox, Crysis, GTAIV.

The others would probably be older games.

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#17 wigan_gamer
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1. Diablo 1 + 2 2. WoW 3. Sims 3 4. Counter strike source (debatable, just play one of the CS lol) 5. Team fortress 2. 6 Age of empires 2 (best one IMO) 7. Heavy gear 2 (old but genious) 8. Elder scrolls 3 (or 4, but 3 is better) 9. Comand and conquer tiberium wars (original) 10. Civilisation 3. I tried to list games that aren't around on console as best as I could.
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#18 Solid_Tango
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1-crysis 2-crysis warhead 3-portal 4-fallout 3 5-team fortress 2
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#19 thusaha
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Here.

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#20 pvtdonut54
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  1. Diablo 2
  2. Rome Total War
  3. The Sims (any game)
  4. Morrowind
  5. Fallout 2
  6. Deus Ex
  7. Warcraft 3
  8. Team Fortress 2
  9. Crysis
  10. Knights of the Old Republic
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#21 FleXxzoR
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I think Orange box is enough said, many games and alot of fun :D

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#22 PTMags
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More recent games:

1 The Orange Box/HL2 series

2 Total War (Empire, Medieval II, or Rome, whichever setting you prefer)

3 Crysis/Warhead

4 Fallout 3

5 Mass Effect

6 The Witcher

7 Dead Space

8 Left 4 Dead

9 STALKER

10 Prototype (Best sandbox game imo, so much better than gta 4)

Older games: Baldur's Gate series, Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, Starcraft, Half-Life, Vampire TM: Bloodlines, Knights of the Old Republic.

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#23 psn8214
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These games are essential to your enjoyment of your new PC:

-Orange Box

-Crysis

-Arma 2

-Freelancer

-Mass Effect

Be warned though, should you buy all of these at once you will instantly lose your social life, so try to take it easy ;) .

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1. A total war game.. I highly recommend Rome but if you want nice graphics Medievil 2 will be good enough.

2. Crysis + Warhead. Crysis is great but gets of to a slow start. Once you start getting into the controls abit thoe it all starts to pick up nicely and this is were warhead will shine. Was so much fun for me.

3. Supreme Commander + forged alliance. Supreme commander has a pretty good campaign and forged alliance just adds those units/buildings you always wanted in supreme commander to begin with.

Only recently started playing PC games myself so that is all i can really suggest at this moment. Not finnished many of my games yet. :)

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Syndicate (or wars)

Ufo: Defence

Fallout 1+2

Baulders gate (1+2 + exps to both of them)

The Witcher

CS:S

Neverwinter nights (and 2 if youd go that far)

Crysis

Deus Ex

System shock 2

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Thief 1-3, Deus Ex 1, Orange Box, Max Payne, Mafia, Call of Duty 1/MOH: Allied Assault, The Witcher.
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So many good games in this thread.
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#28 MangaJ
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I just got a gaming pc, so I can only reccommend a couple:

1. X3: Terran Conflict - This game on a nice sized monitor with some headphones and graphics turned up will make you feel like you're in space and on acid. It's like the most immersive game I've ever seen. The Oblivion of space sims.

2. Dawn of War 2 - Different from the first one, but better.

3. Neverwinter Nights 2 - if you're a d&d nerd, at least.

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#29 psn8214
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I just got a gaming pc, so I can only reccommend a couple:

1. X3: Terran Conflict - This game on a nice sized monitor with some headphones and graphics turned up will make you feel like you're in space and on acid. It's like the most immersive game I've ever seen. The Oblivion of space sims.

MangaJugs

This. Its a truely unique and inspiring game. First time you see a planet from our Solar System (ie Jupiter), your jaw will drop. Mine did.

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#30 Angry_Beaver
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Since I'm assuming the TC is talking about purchases instead of games (i.e. The Orange Box versus the individual games in it), I'll go by that. I'll also include expansions, mods, and official plug-ins with the main games--for example, Crysis+Crysis: Warhead would count as one game, as well as Garry's Mod + any Source game (or The Orange Box).

The Orange Box (plus Garry's Mod), Morrowind GotY, Oblivion GotY, Fallout 3, Dead Space, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, Crysis, RE5, Left 4 Dead, MGS: Rising

I wanted to include L4D2, too. :(

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#31 BeNOwNz
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great selection of games guys, but what are the TOP 10 upcoming pc games that is a must own? so far my list is sc2

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#32 BeNOwNz
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btw this is the pc im getting http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227160 ,i was told it could play pretty much all pc games on hi res. is that true?

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#33 will952
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And now for some indie games:

Mount and Blade

Defcon

Uplink

Darwinia

Multiwinia

Commandos 3 Destination Berlin

Project IGI (old, but good)

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#34 will952
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btw this is the pc im getting http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227160 ,i was told it could play pretty much all pc games on hi res. is that true?

BeNOwNz
Hold on there! That will not play all games on high detail at high res. Heck, if we're talking about 1600x1200 or higher, that won't even manage all medium. Do not buy that computer if you are looking for good gaming at high res. For convenience main specs are: Athlon X2 7750@2.7ghz, 2GB DDR2 and 9500GT.
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#35 PTMags
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Hold on there! That will not play all games on high detail at high res. Heck, if we're talking about 1600x1200 or higher, that won't even manage all medium. Do not buy that computer if you are looking for good gaming at high res. will952

This. Hopefully you didn't buy it already.

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FPS: Crysis Orange Box SWAT 4: Gold Battlefield 2+2142 RPG: Deus Ex Mass Effect KOTOR Fallout 3 or ( Oblivion ) RTS: Company of Heroes: Gold Age of Mythology.
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Call of Duty 4 Star Wars: KOTOR Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Fallout 3 Fable: The Lost Chapters Burnout Paradise: Collecters Edition Sam & Max Seasons 1 +2 Indigo Prophecy The Sims 3 Civilisation 4
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#38 jpph
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these are essential:

(i would start with hl2 but you have it)

the witcher

batman arkham asylum

mafia (old, so if you mind bad graphics then skipit, maybe wait for mafia 2)

fallout 3

call of juarez bound in blood (if you like western stuff in the slightest)

assassins creed

bioshock

hitman blood money

crysis

if only 2, then batman and witcher

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#39 -Feath-
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Thief 1-3, Deus Ex 1, Orange Box, Max Payne, Mafia, Call of Duty 1/MOH: Allied Assault, The Witcher. biggest_loser

This plus Cryostasis and Sins of a Solar empire.

And countless mods.

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#40 djmillard2
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you only need one game: call of cthulhu: dark corners of the earth
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#41 gigatrainer
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Here are the games I absolutely love (Not in any particular order) 1) Empire : Total war 2) Medieval 2 : Total war 3) The Lord of the Rings : Battle for the Middle Earth 2 & Its expansion Rise of The Witch King 4) Burnout Paradise : The Ultimate Box 5) Company of Heroes and its expansion Opposing Fronts 6) Shattered Horizon 7) Battlefield 2 8) Battlefield 2142\
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#42 matt2012
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In no particular order-

1. Team Fortress 2

2. Counter-Strike: Source (Or 1.6)

3. The Witcher

4. Crysis

5. Battlefield 2

6. Diablo 2

7. Fallout 3

8. Deux Ex

9. ARMA 2

10. Warcraft III

And if you're into MMO's, some good ones to try are WoW, Aion, or AoC.

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#43 Crimsader
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1. StarCraft

2. Diablo II

3. World of Warcraft

4. GTA IV

5. Call of Duty 4

6. Company of Heroes

7. Dragon Age Origins

8. Age of Empires

9. Counter-Strike: Source

10. Battlefield 2

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1. Fallout 2. Fallout 2 3. Crysis 4. Starcraft 5. Supreme Commander 6. Age Of Empires 3 7. Mirror's Edge 8. Borderlands 9. Portal 10. Battlefield 2142
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#45 Morphic
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FEAR or FEAR 2 they are pretty much eexactly the same in the experience they give.

Crysis

Portal

Definitly the half life series.

Dragon Age is kinda cool.

Some people don't like Far Cry 2 but i think it's alot of fun.

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#46 Ondoval
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In no order:

-Diablo II Lord Of Destruction.

-Warcraft III.

-Dawn Of War -or DoW II-.

-Battleffield 2 -or 2142-.

-Oblivion -or Fallout 3-.

-The Witcher.

-Crysis & Warhead.

-Quake Wars.

-The Orange Box.

-Clive Barker's: Undying.

-S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

-ArmA II.

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#47 SF_KiLLaMaN
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some must own games STALKER Battlefield 2 Crysis Company of Heroes Fallout 3
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#48 gamer_96
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CoD 4

GTA IV

Bioshock

UT3

Crysis

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#49 jernex56
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Gmod

CSS

TF2

Crysis

L4D

DODS

borderlands

DoW2

HL2

KOTOR 1

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#50 nimatoad2000
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dragon age. you'll be busy for some time