Just ordered all the parts for my first "good" PC, what games do I buy

Been a console play all my life. After playing Guild Wars 2 at my cousin's house, I was convinced that I needed to join the PC gaming community. So after lots of research, I finally ordered all the parts I needed for a $900 pc. But the problem is, I am feeling buyers remorse. Spending 1/4 of the money I have in my bank account to just play GW2 is starting to make me nervous. So what great experiences are out there for PC gaming?

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/gtHi

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 1GB Video Card ($164.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: OCZ 600W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($39.25 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VH236H 23.0" Monitor ($158.98 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired Standard Keyboard ($8.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $881.64
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-09-03 19:38 EDT-0400)

Here's a short list of some really stellar pc games. I tried to pick from a wide range of prices from the free to play like Team Fortress to $60 like Starcraft II

Dragon Age: Origins

Starcraft II

Team Fortress 2

Max Payne 3

Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Diablo III

Skyrim

Portal 1 and 2

Minecraft

Ill throw in to that list ^^

Amnesia: The dark descent

Sleeping dogs (pc version is wonderful)

Company of Heroes

(company of Heroes 2 (when it is out)

Natural Selection 2 (is out in the really near future, like a couple of weeks)

Max Payne 3 (if you dont have it for console)

Minecraft

The two latest FO and Elder scrolls games (if you havent playied them on console, even then try getting one, its a good interduction to modding)

the STALKER series, atleast SoC and CoP

Metro 2033 (if you do not have it on console)

Diably 3

Starcraft 2

Arma 2 combined ops (for Day Z)

Hard Reset

Vampire the masquerade: Bloodlines (oldie but really good, just apply the community patch)

Killing Floor

Edit: and to make it worse, Install Steam, you do not belive how many random games you did not know existed, that you might find interresting. 300+ games later and I still ahve a love/hate relationship with steam :\

This is all you need bro.

Try Skyrim. If it runs that game fine then you should be good for the others you want to get.

Guild Wars 2 deffinetly. If that game catch you,... You will play her more then 4.000 hours, i promise that!

Guildwars 2 is an excellent recent addition, pick it up! Also grab Steam because DAMN, they have anything and just about everything a budding PC gamer could ever need.

Also try to ignore the poster above me, he's filled with some pretty lame advice when it comes to console games brought to PC...there are plenty that are FAR better than their lowly console releases.

when it comes to console games brought to PC...there are plenty that are FAR better than their lowly console releases.

jer_1

I always recommend Crysis to people who want to test their PC and don't feel like going on System Lab Requirements (a website that is also called 'Can You Run It?'). A good game to do a stress-test on your processor would be Total War: Shogun 2 - that game takes a good processor and video card to handle the amount of units in one battle, seriously.

Crysis

Starcraft 2

Diablo 3

STALKER:SoC

STALKER:CoP

Half Life 2

Team Fortress 2(free to play)

Tribes Ascent(free to play)

Blacklight Retribution(free to play)

League of Legends(free to play)

Counter Strike 1.6, Source, or the new one Global Offensive

Skyrim(if you want to play with mods)

Rome Total War, Medieval Total War 2, Shogun 2 Total War

Amnesia Dark Descent

Penumbra

Cave Story

Red Orchestra 2

Arma 2 or if you're interest you can buy ArmaII:Combine Operation for the DayZ zombie mod.

Battlefield 3

Crysis

Starcraft 2

Diablo 3

STALKER:SoC

STALKER:CoP

Half Life 2

Team Fortress 2(free to play)

Tribes Ascent(free to play)

Blacklight Retribution(free to play)

League of Legends(free to play)

Counter Strike 1.6, Source, or the new one Global Offensive

Skyrim(if you want to play with mods)

Rome Total War, Medieval Total War 2, Shogun 2 Total War

Amnesia Dark Descent

Penumbra

Cave Story

Red Orchestra 2

Arma 2 or if you're interest you can buy ArmaII:Combine Operation for the DayZ zombie mod.

Battlefield 3

klusps

I can second most of these games. Great list, also you're going to be hooked on DayZ for a long time if you decide to play it.

[QUOTE="jer_1"]

when it comes to console games brought to PC...there are plenty that are FAR better than their lowly console releases.

SKaREO

Don't get games like battlefield 3, cod and cheap multiplats. I suggest this:

Counter strike: Source / GO

Skyrim with mods

Crysis

Team fortress 2

Battlefield 2

Boat loads of Indie titles worth your time and money. Here are a selection of just a few of the good ones, there are many more in the depths of steam.

Capsized
Limbo
Vessel
Frozen Synapse
Amnesia
Braid
Super Meat Boy
Lone Survivor
Bastion
Cave Story
Trine (1 + 2)
Unmechanical
To name but a few, lol. I've played all of those titles this year, completed most and all of them have been outstanding experiences that are noticably different and quirky in ways that AAA titles just can't hit. They have a real endearing quality, well to me they do anyway, plus they're cheap which is a nice addition, but the price does not reflect the amount of fun you'll have with them in comparison with a standard AAA retail title. You definately get your moneys worth with all the games I have listed.

Also, since you're new to PC gaming in general, you can get loads of older titles that still hold up as awesome titles today and being old can get them for pennies. The Commandos series is one that springs to mind, truly brilliant series and still play very nicely given their age. Half life 2 mod Black Mesa is released next week, thats a remake of the original half life in the Source engine so if you missed this game originally (probably did if you're a consolist) then that would be a good one to see what all the fuss is about and you'll only need half life 2, the mod is free, and I believe half life 2 is on sale on Steam at the moment for .... No I'm wrong, I think it was earlier in the week, shame, it was only about £3.

guidlwars 2

a reckless disregard for gavirty

wh40k: dawn of war II

stalker: call of pripyat

TES Iv: skyrim

chantelise: a tale of two sisters (i recommend u get an xbox controller for this one)

Some indies like super meat boy are fun but it's not worth living around indies.. They've interesting concepts but they are very mono-dimensional, closer to a minigame than to a real game.

I suggest u play some classic adventure titles like secret of monkey island and broken sword. They've got remastered editions.

They've interesting concepts but they are very mono-dimensional, closer to a minigame than to a real game.alan_carter

Good shout KiliK, I should've got the witcher being I'm playing the first one at the mo and loving it, lol. Also if anyone like reading at all, the first book The Last Wish I'm about 3/4 of the way through and really enjoying that too.