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PC games made in the last 5 years worth playing
2011-04-12, 1:10 PM #1
What the title says: list your reccomendations, please. I just got a new computer, but I have no idea what games I should consider playing that I couldn't before. Although I still need to remember again the one older game Tracer keeps wanting me to play, but I always forget what it's called.

I already intend to play Portal 2, so no need to mention that.
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2011-04-12, 1:18 PM #2
I'd say mass effect but I hear the PC DRM stuff is wack
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2011-04-12, 1:29 PM #3
Portal
Stalker
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
(What PC DRM, what are you talking about)
2011-04-12, 2:09 PM #4
The kind that makes the game unplayable on a decent number of computers.
>>untie shoes
2011-04-12, 2:28 PM #5
Answer: Zero. Nada. None.
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2011-04-12, 3:16 PM #6
Portal
Left 4 Dead
Dawn of War 2
Crysis, but only if you can get it really cheap
Borderlands
Torchlight
Oblivion (5 years and 3 weeks)
2011-04-12, 3:39 PM #7
Definitely Fallout 3, and the entire Orange Box set if you've somehow not played that (that's Portal, Team Fortress 2, and all of Half-Life 2).

Borderlands is pretty fun.

Mass Effect 1 and 2 are also excellent. I highly recommend buying on Steam to avoid most of the worst DRM situations, for all games.
2011-04-12, 3:46 PM #8
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
I highly recommend buying on Steam for all games.


confirmed
2011-04-12, 4:23 PM #9
Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 absolutely! I'm a little over half way through my second ME playthrough now. The worst of the DRM was removed after 3 days due to complaints, and no special DRM is used if you get the Steam version.
"Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here. And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came."
2011-04-12, 4:30 PM #10
I will second mass effect 1 and 2, oblivion (though I know you've told me before that type of fantasys not your thing), fallout 3 and expansions, fallout new vegas and expansions.

One not yet listed is the witcher enhanced edition. I think, if all the games I've said, you might enjoy it the most. Nontraditional fantasym great story, great gameplay, great graphics.
2011-04-12, 4:33 PM #11
Originally posted by Mentat:
Answer: Zero. Nada. None.


Pretty much this, some very minor exceptions
2011-04-12, 6:11 PM #12
When did Galciv come out? Play that.
2011-04-12, 7:13 PM #13
Stalker. It get's off to a slow start, but it gets really, really good. It may be one of the best realized and envisioned atmospheric game settings ever in my opinion. I bought it just recently. The mods that improve the graphics/lighting and weather effects are great and really give an updated vibe to an otherwise aging game. I saw Call of Pripyat at Target today for 10 bucks, I think I will be picking that up too at that price. That's my recommendation.

I bought my coworkers comp for 200$ circa 2008 so I can finally play some real games. I picked up Crysis too. I can't figure out what is so great about that game. It's bland incarnate, but it sure looks good.
2011-04-12, 9:12 PM #14
Originally posted by Mentat:
Answer: Zero. Nada. None.


I call bull ****.

Uhmmmmmmm torchlight and mass effect 2? If you don't like either of those there is no hope for you.

Also OP, if you like racing games, need for speed hot pursuit is a great game. Very much like nfs3 and nfshs but updated cars and modern graphics.
2011-04-12, 9:19 PM #15
Quote:
Pretty much this, some very minor exceptions


So post the exceptions...
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2011-04-12, 9:41 PM #16
Arma/Arma 2 are also fun if you are into Mil sims.
Just Cause 2 is amazing, if you have a DX10 card and Win7
There is a game called "X3: Terran Conflict" on steam, it's an incredibly complex space sim, you may or may not like it.
2011-04-13, 1:58 AM #17
From those not already mentioned:

Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed 2.
Starcraft 2.

Also, I haven't bought this game yet, but am planning on: Gemini Rue. You might like it as well.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1280
幻術
2011-04-13, 2:06 AM #18
Alien Versus Predator
Borderlands
Pretty much anything put out by Valve

-And I second STALKER, and also support Call of Pripyat.
2011-04-13, 2:10 AM #19
Originally posted by finity5:
Stalker. It get's off to a slow start, but it gets really, really good. It may be one of the best realized and envisioned atmospheric game settings ever in my opinion. I bought it just recently. The mods that improve the graphics/lighting and weather effects are great and really give an updated vibe to an otherwise aging game. I saw Call of Pripyat at Target today for 10 bucks, I think I will be picking that up too at that price. That's my recommendation.

I bought my coworkers comp for 200$ circa 2008 so I can finally play some real games. I picked up Crysis too. I can't figure out what is so great about that game. It's bland incarnate, but it sure looks good.

I've tried playing Stalker like 10 times. I can never play it for more than a few hours before I just get annoyed at it.
>>untie shoes
2011-04-13, 2:13 AM #20
From those not already mentioned:

Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed 2.
Starcraft 2.

Also, I haven't bought this game yet, but am planning on: Gemini Rue. You might like it as well.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1280
幻術
2011-04-13, 5:54 AM #21
Originally posted by Koobie:
From those not already mentioned:

Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed 2.
Starcraft 2.

Also, I haven't bought this game yet, but am planning on: Gemini Rue. You might like it as well.

http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1280

Pfft, the first Assassins Creed bites. :P

Blood Money was pretty fun.
nope.
2011-04-13, 6:02 AM #22
Mass Effect bored me.

Also, play portal.
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2011-04-13, 6:08 AM #23
I played the hell out of Borderlands and its expansions with a couple friends co-op, one of the best co-op experiences of my gaming life.

Other than that.. StarCraft 2 was an awful lot of fun while it lasted, though I'm bummed that there was no zerg campaign missions.

Other than that.. nothing really that's made me care.

Though the teasers for this make my toes curl in all the right ways: http://metalrage.gamehi.com/

Edit: On a related note, does anyone actually play a recommendable MMO anymore?
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2011-04-13, 6:36 AM #24
Originally posted by x25064:
Uhmmmmmmm torchlight and mass effect 2? If you don't like either of those there is no hope for you.

I don't personally think that either of those games are worth playing. I personally don't find any single-player or role-playing game to be worth playing. I personally only find games worth playing that allow me to blow the faces of my best friends off with a shotgun (or other such weapon) in skill-based online multi-player (& I'm not talking about watered down bull**** like Call of Duty). The types of games that I personally enjoy are pretty much extinct. This doesn't mean that I don't play any new games but the only ones that interested me recently were Aliens vs. Predators & Shattere Horizon.
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2011-04-13, 8:57 AM #25
Sounds like you've never bothered to play them and are instantly dismissing them. Your loss.
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2011-04-13, 8:59 AM #26
While typically I agree with Emon on nearly everything, I must agree with Mentat that Shattered Horizon was one of the more compelling shooters I've ever played. Only problem is, I think Mentat and myself were the only ones to play it.
>>untie shoes
2011-04-13, 9:02 AM #27
I would personally skin at least twenty kittens if it meant I could find a new co-op FRPG to play. Has a worthwhile one been actually made since Baldur's Gate?
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2011-04-13, 9:11 AM #28
Unfortunately, Planetside Next was delayed. .(


Otherwise I might have been out in time for me to post it in this thread.
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2011-04-13, 9:49 AM #29
Originally posted by Mentat:
I don't personally think that either of those games are worth playing. I personally don't find any single-player or role-playing game to be worth playing. I personally only find games worth playing that allow me to blow the faces of my best friends off with a shotgun (or other such weapon) in skill-based online multi-player (& I'm not talking about watered down bull**** like Call of Duty). The types of games that I personally enjoy are pretty much extinct. This doesn't mean that I don't play any new games but the only ones that interested me recently were Aliens vs. Predators & Shattere Horizon.


I used to feel the same way about wanting to play MP games. But, I finally got tired of the repetitive nature of MP. You get some exciting games, but now I appreciate the good stories of a game like Mass Effect.
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2011-04-13, 10:06 AM #30
Originally posted by Dormouse:
I would personally skin at least twenty kittens if it meant I could find a new co-op FRPG to play. Has a worthwhile one been actually made since Baldur's Gate?


What about Dragon Age? I never played it. Did it suck?
2011-04-13, 10:11 AM #31
Originally posted by Jon`C:
What about Dragon Age? I never played it. Did it suck?


I'm fairly sure when I looked at it, there was no MP option. So I didn't care enough to play it.
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2011-04-13, 10:45 AM #32
Originally posted by Dormouse:
I'm fairly sure when I looked at it, there was no MP option. So I didn't care enough to play it.


No coop?

welp
2011-04-13, 11:17 AM #33
Originally posted by Dormouse:
I would personally skin at least twenty kittens if it meant I could find a new co-op FRPG to play. Has a worthwhile one been actually made since Baldur's Gate?

What does the "F" in "FRPG" stand for?

Also, thanks for all the suggestions thusfar, everyone!
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2011-04-13, 11:20 AM #34
Fagg- *snipe*

Fantasy.
nope.
2011-04-13, 11:31 AM #35
Originally posted by Tibby:
Portal
Stalker
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas
(What PC DRM, what are you talking about)


Originally posted by Tibby:
Dragon Age: Origins
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas


Originally posted by Tibby:
Fallout New Vegas


:carl:
2011-04-13, 11:45 AM #36
Was that supposed to mean something?
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2011-04-13, 11:49 AM #37
I don't get it either
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2011-04-13, 11:57 AM #38
it means i read his post, saw new vegas and facepalmed.. new vegas is an awful game
2011-04-13, 12:03 PM #39
No, it's not.
2011-04-13, 12:34 PM #40
Originally posted by Tibby:
No, it's not.


relative to fo3.. tiny & unpolished map, linear & boring storyline, less overall content, new content less interesting...

i suppose if you're a huge fan of single player RPG's, especially bethesda style games you would like NV, but if you found oblivion and fallout 3 boring and minimally entertaining (like me) then you'll absolutely hate NV
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