I Need a Game that is Worth it's Money

I like Call of Duty//Call of Duty: United Offensive; good singleplayer and multiplayer (currently playing). There is also the new Making History: The Calm and the Storm; excellent turn based strategy game set in WWII (currently playing).

1. Neverwinter Nights Totally (Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide and Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark)

2. Thief 3: Deadly Shadows

Command and Conquer: The First Decade.

12 games for 30 or so bucks; if thats not worth the money, I dont know what is!

Guild wars is worth it.  It's got a farily long campaign that's got pretty good replay value, and PvP that should keep you busy for a few months.

 Dawn of War - I noticed you didn't mention any RTS games, and this is probably the most popular one out right now.  You should be able to find it for 10 bucks, and it's fairly addicting.

 Neverwinter nights also is one of those games that can last forever, plenty of mods, and multiplayer quests.  It's also fairly cheap most places.

 As for STALKER I'm gonna wait and see how the multiplayer community pans out.  I'd hate to buy another FEAR (good single player dead mutliplayer community). 

for 39.99 you can get both warcraft 3 reign of chaos and the expansion pack the frozen throne...which in my opinion is the best deal out there still...jrmycmpbll

if you didnt liked oblivion stay away from STALKER, at least imo they both feel very similar, and i disliked both very muchMizarus

Note to self: don't buy STALKER.

if you didnt liked oblivion stay away from STALKER, at least imo they both feel very similar, and i disliked both very muchMizarus

Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

Starcraft

Diablo II

Any C&C game

or just play CS: Source

i guess the passive sort of games like the tycoon games are maybe the best if you want a full blown bargain

something like sim city 4 or the sims 2, or even civilizaion 4 or alpha centauri - there are plenty other great games too, like dungeon keeper 2 or even theme park (or rollercoaster tycoon if you want a mondern version i guess)

or perhaps something rts-y like medieval 2 or dawn of war

or you could check out any (or my personal recommendation, all) of the gta games

definitely a passive/non-linear game though if you want high value for money - anything that's a to b just doesn't have serious lifespan... another thing you could consider is, just buy older games - older generally = cheaper, and so by paying less, you can accept less lifespan, and still play great games (some of the best games are short and sweet, so you miss out if you buy based on lifespan - system shock 2 and escape from butcher bay, as two examples)

i'd be wary of anthologies if i were you - while anthology x may have 250 hours of gameplay on paper, fact is with most sequels is that they will often render their predecessors obsolete - this is doubly true with non-linear games - so while you may buy a pack with, say, eight games in there - unless you're a devoted fan, or a collector - you may only find yourself playing perhaps two, or even just one game - as the rest just aren't as good as the most recent... this is certainly not always the case, but there's more to consider than just number of games and price, when buying anthology packs

you gotta be kiddin me about battlefield.  but o well.

star wars best of the pc pack is well worth the money.  or the ut anthology pack is also very nice

Titan quest and now with expansion. Been playing this game for many months and its fun collecting stuff and trying out the different class combinations. It sucks online but offline it kicks ass.

If you like good, fun, fast and tradicional rts, buy C&C 3, try the demo firts, this game is going to launch in a few days.

Another game that i am waiting, that SHOULD be releases in 2 or 3 months is Enemy Territory:Quake Wars (already in closed beta for months) (http://www.enemyterritory.com/).

 These are the only games that i will buy this yeard....

[QUOTE="Mizarus"]if you didnt liked oblivion stay away from STALKER, at least imo they both feel very similar, and i disliked both very muchgamerchris810

[QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Mizarus"]if you didnt liked oblivion stay away from STALKER, at least imo they both feel very similar, and i disliked both very muchMizarus

while there are individual elements that are similar, the sum of those elements is very different and offers a very different experience

at a superficial level, it's fair to compare them - describing stalker as oblivion with guns isn't unreasonable - but to assume that a person who disliked oblivion would therefore also dislike stalker, or vice versa, is absurd

oblivion is meant to be a roleplaying game - the (rubbish) quests and (hammy) character development are the meat on the game's bones - while in stalker, these elements are entirely superficial pheriphery - the game is a first person shooter - and people are gonna play it to fight guys with their guns, that's what the game is... and that's a lot of fun, while oblivion's combat was awfully implemented and didn't play into the other major elements of the gameplay very well at all

stalker has a great combat model, and the emphasis of the game is on combat - oblivion is a roleplaying game - those awkward quests and dire character development and rubbish click click click of the combat, that's what the game was

 similar gameplay elements on paper, but fundamentally different gameplay experiences

[QUOTE="Mizarus"][QUOTE="gamerchris810"][QUOTE="Mizarus"]if you didnt liked oblivion stay away from STALKER, at least imo they both feel very similar, and i disliked both very muchA-S_FM

while there are individual elements that are similar, the sum of those elements is very different and offers a very different experience

at a superficial level, it's fair to compare them - describing stalker as oblivion with guns isn't unreasonable - but to assume that a person who disliked oblivion would therefore also dislike stalker, or vice versa, is absurd

oblivion is meant to be a roleplaying game - the (rubbish) quests and (hammy) character development are the meat on the game's bones - while in stalker, these elements are entirely superficial pheriphery - the game is a first person shooter - and people are gonna play it to fight guys with their guns, that's what the game is... and that's a lot of fun, while oblivion's combat was awfully implemented and didn't play into the other major elements of the gameplay very well at all

stalker has a great combat model, and the emphasis of the game is on combat - oblivion is a roleplaying game - those awkward quests and dire character development and rubbish click click click of the combat, that's what the game was

 similar gameplay elements on paper, but fundamentally different gameplay experiences

[QUOTE="Mizarus"]if you didnt liked oblivion stay away from STALKER, at least imo they both feel very similar, and i disliked both very muchgamerchris810

Theyre both FPSs with RPG elements (sorry, but Oblivion is definately not an RPG...its only lumped in that genre cuz its a fantasy setting).  And I dont know two people who played Oblivion outside the first-person perspective.

I havent played STALKER, but the differences you pointed out above seem to be the ONLY differences.

You didn't like Oblivion or Fear? Did you even play it?