Good PC games, deffinately worth buying

Im a console owner looking for more games to add to my PC collection. Alls i have is: Counter Strike:Source, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, and Doom 3.

Any good games, that won't fail me? I like TPS, RTS, and FPS. RPG sometimes.

Any games I should be looking forward to, besides Crysis?

Company of Heroes is probably the best RTS you can get these days. I'm not an RTS fan, but I know good games when I see them. Empire at War is pretty okay if you're into Star Wars, but if you're hardcore about your RTS's and you aren't a Star Wars fan, then you might find this game a little lacking - however, it does have an expansion pack out, so there is probaby quite a bit of good gameplay to be had.

FEAR is a great FPS! Probably one of the best out currently. Bioshock was just released, however I personally found it difficult to really get into. Something about it just didn't bode well for me. Also there is STALKER, but that is sort of hit or miss depending on the type of game you like to play, plus you'll need one badass PC to run it on any setting worth playing. I've found FPS's to be a little lacking these days, but hopefully that will clear up soon enough. A last resort might be Call of Juarez, and you can't go wrong with Call of Duty 2 or Rainbow Six: Vegas.

Then you have Oblivion which is probably your best bet for an RPG right now, not to mention it can be played in FPS mode, so it's sort of a win/win thing. A close second would be Gothic 3, but it might be a little too unconventional if you're not a big RPG fan. If you have a lot of patience, and a nice stable rig, pick up Neverwinter Nights 2. It's a great RPG, but I personally stopped playing it because the damn thing just wouldn't run well. That could be cleared up now, though, with current patches and whatnot.

That's my list and best advice.

I was also a WoW fan myself, considered my two level 70's now..

Anyways, what the above poster said is true. I myself want Warcraft 3 and its expansion, cause it lists events in the Warcraft Universe before World of Warcraft was born. What I think is that you might want to pick up Warcraft 3 and its expansion as well as Starcraft series, since its a similar copy of Warcraft, except set into the future.

Darwinia.

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just to name a few with games have already been released. Alot of these have demos to try out before you buy.
Supreme Commander
Company of Heroes
Overlord
STALKER
Bioshock
Medieval II

Games will be released next month worth looking into. They also have demos on gamespot you can download to try.

Medal of Honor: Airbornue
World in Conflict
The Settlers

F.E.A.R if you want to feel fear ..as well as enjoy all the fancy gun battles. However, got boring for me after a couple of levels..the game is beautiful, but when it keeps goin on and on with little story - becomes a real bore. F.E.A.R does well what its meant to : provide superb action.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R if you want to feel powerful and have a long-lasting experience. You'l need patience and guts for this shooter. But the effort that you invest really pays off. As well as that, you feel godlike when, after so many failures, you finally take down a base of skilled enemies in a flash all on your own and get all their loot. You get skill - you become good. This game doesnt give the played any benefits. Even on normal , its already hard if you compare it to FEAR or any other shooter..such as Half Life. Be sure to get the patches installed though.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion : not the best of the TES series, but worth playing. You may get bored after a couple of hours..or not, perhaps you'l get bored after a couple of weeks. Oblivion is beautiful..and when you first play it - it feels like there is no better game out there. But that goes away, so be prepared ))

Well, i'l just mention Indigo Prophecy a.k.a Fahrenheit (if you havent played it) ..a great gane from not long ago.

Another shooter that has top notch graphics as well as remains on of the best in terms of realism is Rainbow Six Vegas. But i liked Stalker better , he-he.

Medival 2total war what a fine game.

but the thing i hate is that we seem to be having great pc games ported to the consoles likr half life but we arn't getting mgs and final fantasy ported to the pc i find this unfair pc demands better we gave consoles life and we can take away from them.

Ha ha, thanks guys.

Well so far I got most posts about:

Fear (I played the 360 version, LOVED IT)
Warcraft 3 (I do need to catch up on the Warcraft Story)
Quake 4 (Loved the 360 version)
Stalker (Seems good, but idk)
Command and Conquer: Tiberium Wars (Looks amazing, but do i need to be familiar with the series?)
Bioshock (Im not impressed with it, but i guess i could try it out on a 360)
Supreme Commander (I always look at the game case lol)

Any more? More so the the FPS or RPGs this time lol. I have enough RTS's here, it'll keep me awake for a week!

ok PC games only and good ones

Half Life 2 + Episode 1, Dark Messiah, World in Conflict, Command & Conquer 3, Company of Heroes, Gothic 3, Rise of Nations, Age of Mythology, Stronghold 2, NWN2, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Titan Quest, Max Payne 2, Prince of Persia

i just purchased Medieval II Total War and its great, possibly a consideration for u

also call of duty, 1 or 2, ur preference really

dawn of war is a fun rts, also i just have obtained Two Worlds, and so far im liking it more and more as i progress in the game

Have u checked out Rainbow six Vegas? Awesome game:DSeamo24

Not a fan of Rainbow Six games. I dont like the duck and cover thing.

[QUOTE="Seamo24"]Have u checked out Rainbow six Vegas? Awesome game:DTriumphOfGnomes

Not a fan of Rainbow Six games. I dont like the duck and cover thing.

How can u not like to duck and cover???:shock: So didn't u like Gears of War then? Anyway.....,check out the Battlefield 2 series then.

I love vegas its awesome.Tehgiggles

Yes it is!!! :D

Yea i hated Gears. It wasshltty IMO.

Nah still not tempting me to play R6Vegas lol.

i Just Burn them all, saves me hundreds of $$ and

i got more money to spend on hooker booze and your mom.

^You're pathetic for posting stuff like that.

Oh and I also didn't liked Gears of War THAT much either. It's still a great game, but it just gets so boring after some time, for me at least. Rainbow Six Vegas is good, but the thing I don't like about it is that the game puts you against an army of terrorists. I still play it nonetheless.

So now the next question is, Whats the best computer? OR Where can I build one up? TriumphOfGnomes

newegg is a good website to get the parts from (if ur building ur comp)

This link contains the best online PC stores to costumize your perfect rig.

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_buyprebuilt_us2.html

U said u want RPG now.So here it is:

Elder Scrolls Series(especialy Morrowind and Oblivion),Diablo series,Gothic series,Neverwinter Nights series,..thats it for now :p

FPS

I think if u liked QUAKE 4 than u should try Unreal Tournament 2004 (unreal and quake are in some kind of ethernal war,but i think that UT is bether),Serious Sam 2,

Out Now:
StarCraft (RTS)
FEAR Combat (the multiplayer portoin of FEAR, and its free (FPS))
Half-Life 1 + 2 + all the mods (CS, DoD, GMOD10, NS (FPS))
Command and Conquer 3 (RTS)
Company of Heroes (RTS)
WarCraft III (RTS)
Civilization IV (TPS)
Galactic Civilizations II (TPS)

Not yet Released:|
Universe at War: Earth Assault (RTS)
World in Conflict (RTS)
Call of Duty 4 (FPS)

And thats just to name a few.

Half-Life and Half-Life 2+Episode 1, definately a classic FPS. A lot of memorable characters too, an excellent storyline and overall a very good FPS all gimmicks things aside.

For a more multiplayer approach HL 1 and 2 has spawned a lot of excellent multiplayer mods. Otherwise UT2004 is an excellent choice. I find BF2 somewhat instable and lackluster compared to older games. I really enjoyed BF42 and Vietnam but I found BF2 somewhat... I dunno, I just really didn't like it.

For Strategy games I'd go for Civilization IV, Warcraft/Starcraft (Even if you prefer Warcraft you should'nt miss Starcraft, it's truly something by itself. Story is pure epic drama), Medieval II and Rome Total Wars are also very engrossing games, they offer a lot of strategy and depth into their respective period of time. SimCity 4 is also truly an excellent game, even if you're about blowing stuff up. Sometimes I just feel it's really refreshing, and there's no larger joy than to see your city thriving and growing up.

By the way if you consider buying a RPG I'd seriously consider buying Morrowind over Oblivion. Graphic things aside, I can truly and honestly tell you that Morrowind is the better game of the two, and that comes from a Diehard TES fan. (And if you're courageous enough to pull aside all graphics and bugs I'd even settle for Daggerfall)

So now the next question is, Whats the best computer? OR Where can I build one up? TriumphOfGnomes

1st do you have the money for it? it'll cost about 6000$

i'm surprised no one's recommended escape from butcher bay

you may own it on 360, being a console gamer - if not, pick up the developer's cut pc version - it's easily half life 2's equal - you should check out half life 1 & 2 as well

you should check out the max payne games too, old but awesome

vampire the masquerade: bloodlines is a game everyone should be playing, too

and call of duty 2...

you should definitely check out bioshock if your pc can handle it (or system shock 2, the much better game, if your eyes can handle it), and if you can run bioshock, you should look into airborne too

if you want to play an archetypal pc game, check out medieval 2, and settlers VI is just around the corner

its like Rockstar dosnt exist try GTA San Andreas

least someone mentioned Bethesda already. Morrowind is far more immersive than Oblivion but if you go for show less substance Oblivion might do for you

Metal Gear Solid is a classic as is Halo, GTAlll, GTA Vice City,Mafia

I say go for the old good titles they can't fail. Plus seeing as you missed them you might want to catch up.

Half life 1 (keep one eye closed due to graphics)

Max payne ,

Call of duty 1 & medal of honor,

maybe soldier of fortune 2 (ohh),

Age of empires 2 ,

No one lives forever 2

and Farcry as a warm up to crysis. Also get starcraft and warcraft3.

these should keep you buzzin until november.

: FPS. Far Cry is IMO one of the (if not the) best FPS on PC. It can be hard at times (especially on Hard+ difficulties), and you it's not a game if you're not qute adept at any other FPS. I would also recommend Half-Life 2.

Deus Ex. is a very good game that combines FPS with RPG-concepts, and would be a good choice.

Standout game to look forward to: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

RTS: Three words. Rome.Total.War. If you can handle the turn-based movement, and like battles where you fight with a big, set force, you will most likely love this. Since you play WoW (quite alot if you have the expansion), WarCraft III should be interested for you, especially if you're one for lore. Other notable RTS: Age of Empires II and/or Age of Mythology, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 & Generals with their respective additions.

Standout game to look forward to: World in Conflict

EDIT: Forgot StarCraft (also get Brood War) at RTS. One of the best there ever was, strange I forgot...

if you like RTS you should buy Rome: Total War. it is the best RTS ever (my opinion)

company of heroes is good but the campaign is crap.

for a shooter i would say FEAR or call of duty 1.

and command & conquer 3 is kinda crap when you compare it to the old ones wich are 100x better.

if you just want plain fun get Postal 2.

for a RPG i would choose Gothic 3 rather than Oblivion, just because Oblivion is to damn easy

[QUOTE="TriumphOfGnomes"]So now the next question is, Whats the best computer? OR Where can I build one up? PredatorRules

1st do you have the money for it? it'll cost about 6000$

*cough* parents *cough*.

Yea i got the money. I went on Dell.com or w.e and built a computer. Here are the specs:

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
Windows Vista
4BG Corsair Dominator DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz
750GB Hard Drive
Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW with double layer write capable
20 Inch Monitor.
Dual 768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra
AGEIA PhysX physics accelerator
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card


Will that be good enough for Unreal Tournament 3, and CoD4? It better be, costed me around 8000. Havn't bought it though,

Yea i got the money. I went on Dell.com or w.e and built a computer. Here are the specs:

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800
Windows Vista
4BG Corsair Dominator DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz
750GB Hard Drive
Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW with double layer write capable
20 Inch Monitor.
Dual 768MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra
AGEIA PhysX physics accelerator
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card


Will that be good enough for Unreal Tournament 3, and CoD4? It better be, costed me around 8000. Havn't bought it though,

TriumphOfGnomes

is that an honest question, or are you just being arrogant? it strikes me as conflicting that you could build such a pc (unless you just blindly picked the most expensive components) and then not know it would run games that a pc with a third of the muscle could run

is that an honest question, or are you just being arrogant? it strikes me as conflicting that you could build such a pc (unless you just blindly picked the most expensive components) and then not know it would run games that a pc with a third of the muscle could run

mfsa

I picked the best stuff, but did a little bit of research on some of the items, but honestly I have no F**king idea about any hardware for computers.

But seriously will that be able to run both Unreal Tournament 3 on High, and Call of Duty 4 on High? Obviously not at the same time though.

Like i said, i have no idea about anything in/about computers. Im a console gamer, im used to it being right there.

I just want to pwn noobs, and have no lag while im doing it

I'd say with this kind of rig..you'd be able to run games on high for at least another 4-6 years. You can definitely max out both UT and Call of Duty.

I'd say with this kind of rig..you'd be able to run games on high for at least another 4-6 years. You can definitely max out both UT and Call of Duty.

Alnar

Good,

its going to be hella hard to get this lol. 8 grand, my parents will pitch in 4g, now i need to make 4 g. GOD I HATE MONEY!

[QUOTE="Alnar"]

I'd say with this kind of rig..you'd be able to run games on high for at least another 4-6 years. You can definitely max out both UT and Call of Duty.

TriumphOfGnomes

Good,

its going to be hella hard to get this lol. 8 grand, my parents will pitch in 4g, now i need to make 4 g. GOD I HATE MONEY!

get a job :lol: i need to do that too

So many games to choose from... if you want, look at my game collection and wish list.

I'd say that 6 years is an aweful long time for computer tech to not change enough to put a machine that runs on high today still running games on high in 6 years. With the way Intel and AMD are cranking out the new procs what's good today will most likely be an emachine in 6 years.

Anyway, great looking specs but vastly over priced and the physics accelorator is completely a waste. Especially with a Quad proc as they will both be doing the same thing.

I just built a rig that while not up to the top of the line, is pretty close I think. It cost me a fraction of your price and had one or two better things like a 22" monitor.