Epic single player games that anyone should not miss in his lifetime?

Max Payne series, Mass Effect series, Bioshock, The Longest Journey, Super Meat Boy.

Descent- Freespace and Freespace 2 are also must play games. I consider Wing Commander Prophecy to be up there as well.

Condemned, indigo prophecy, the suffering to name a few

Homeworld, World in Conflict, Company of Heroes.

Those 3 have the best single-player I have ever played in an RTS.

Knights of the Old Republic

Baldurs Gate 2

Alien Versus Predator 2

Alpha Protocol

The Witcher

World in Conflict

Warcraft 3

Mass Effect

Batman Arkham Asylum/City

Max Payne

Vampire Masquerade Bloodlines

Thief: The Dark Project

Thief 2: The Metal Age

Thief 3: Deadly Shadows

Alan Wake

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Dead Space

Mafia

The Chronicles of Riddick

Metro 2033

Stalker

FPS:

Doom 1-3

Duke Nukem 3D

Shadow Warrior

Blood

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Quake

Quake II

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2

Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Half-Life

Half-Life 2

Red Faction

Descent 1-3

Thief

Thief II

No One Lives Forever 1 & 2

CoR: Escape From Butcher Bay

Far Cry

FEAR

RPG:

Deus Ex

System Shock 2

Baldur's Gate 1 & 2

Planescape Torment

Morrowind

Fallout 1 & 2

Star Wars KoTOR 1 & 2

RTS:

Total Annihilation

Supreme Commander

Homeworld 1 & 2

StarCraft

Company of Heroes

Battlezone

Shogun: Total War

Rome: Total War

Medieval 2: Total War

Age of Empires 2

Other:

FreeSpace 2

Max Payne 1 & 2

demons souls and dark soulsblurguy6

I wholeheartedly agree, but Demons Souls was never released on PC.

-Byshop

Half Life 2 The Walking Dead Dead Space 1 Metro 2033 Batman Arkham Asylum & Arkham City Bioshock FEAR LA Noire Mark of the Ninja Portal 1 & 2 Stacking

Max Payne 2 & 3

The Longest Journeyhalo2_4_pc

Descent- Freespace and Freespace 2 are also must play games. I consider Wing Commander Prophecy to be up there as well.

hartsickdiscipl

Homeworld, World in Conflict, Company of Heroes.

Those 3 have the best single-player I have ever played in an RTS.

Wasdie

Half Life 2 The Walking Dead Dead Space 1 Metro 2033 Batman Arkham Asylum & Arkham City Bioshock FEAR LA Noire Mark of the Ninja Portal 1 & 2 Stacking

Max Payne 2 & 3

yonyz

Descent- Freespace and Freespace 2 are also must play games. I consider Wing Commander Prophecy to be up there as well.

hartsickdiscipl

You actually only need Freespace 2, because the original campaign and its expansion has been modded over with the enhanced graphics to the second game.

anyways my list would have to go something like this...

In no particular order..

Strategy:

• Homeworld 1 + 2
• Company of Heroes
• Starcraft 2
• Heroes of Might and Magic series.
• Age of Empires 1 + 2, and Mythology
• Sacrifice
• Dungeon Keeper 1 + 2
• Xcom series (including the newest)
• Total War Series
• Warcraft 3
• Civilization series
• Sins of a Solar Empire

RPG:

• Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
• Baldur's Gate 1 + 2 (get the enhanced edition for the first)
• Deus Ex Human Revolution (never played the first)
• Mass Effect Triology
• Planescape Torment
• Dark Souls
• Fallout New Vegas
• Witcher 2
• Starwars Knights of the Old Republic 1

Simulators and Space games:

• Rollercoaster Tycoon series
• Freelancer
• Freespace 2 (modded with the SCP patches of course)
• X series (though the game has a steep learning curve)
• Heavy Gear 2
• Star Wars Xwing Alliance
• FTL Faster than Light

First Person Shooter/ Action games:

• Half-Life 1 (Play Black Mesa Source for free)
• Crysis 1 + 2
• Chronicles of Riddick
• FEAR
• Condemned
• Doom series (but I honestly would suggest if you own a 360 play it on the 360 inless yoru going to heavily mod the game.. Because splitscreen co-op is a blast)
• Alien Vs Predator 2
• STALKER series
• Borderlands 2

Half Life 2 and all of the Episodes

Metro 2033

The Witcher 2

Walking Dead

Mass Effect Trilogy

Can't think of anything else at the moment

FEAR 1

Swat 4

Half Life 1 and 2

Condemned 1

Mass Effect 1

Dark Souls

Hotline Miami

Gmod

Minecraft (yup..)

STALKER SoC

Civ V

Torchlight 2

Red Alert 2

Tomb Raider Anniversary

Deus Ex series

Portal 1 and 2

Machinarium

World in Conflict

Red Faction 1

All I can think of atm.

fallout 3

fear 1

Antichamber.

hl1 but too dated to play.jakes456

True. It has pacing, good story-telling, level design and AI that works.

+ Batman Arkham Series
+ Half Life Series
+ Portal 2
+ Fur Fighters
+ Freedom Fighters
+ Resident Evil 1,2,3,4,CV
+ Bioshock Infinite
+ Deus Ex Human Revolution
+ Jet Set Radio
+ Sonic 1,2,3 & Knuckles, SA1,SA2
+ Starcraft 2
+ Max Payne 3
+ Duke Nukem 3D

Games with top-tier story based singleplayer campaigns?

• Deus Ex & Human Revolution
• Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines
• Metro 2033 & Last Light
• The Witcher 1 & 2
• Max Panye 1 & 2
• Crysis
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series
• Fallout 1, 2 & New Vegas
• No One Lives Forever 1 & 2, 
• System Shock 2
• The Longest Journey & Dreamfall
• Starcraft & Warcraft 3
• Company of Heroes & Opposing Fronts
• The Orange Box games

I'd recommend Solitaire. Poker is so much better, though it requires a few friends. Beer optional.SKaREO

optional? no. mandatory. friends are optional.

I say this every time and it may not fit your game type but.. The Longest Journey! :D

• Half-Life
• Half-Life: Opposing Force
• Half-Life 2
• Half-Life 2: Episode One
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two
• Homeworld
• Homeworld Cataclysm
• Homeworld 2
• Company of Heroes
• World in Conflict
• Mass Effect
• Mass Effect 2
• Mass Effect 3
• Dragon Age: Origins
• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
• Batman: Arkham City
• Aliens vs Predator 2
• Crysis

Falcon BMS (best fighter sim)

DCS World (Second best figher sim)

Arma2

Homeworld 1&2

World in Conflict

Silent Hunter 3

Crysis 1

HL2

Dragon Age

World of Goo

Witcher 2 

Mass Effect 1

 BF2

WOW

Guild Wars 2 

IL2

Civ IV

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