What PC games should I get?

Pappy o' daniel

Hi
Ive just upgraded to a new computer and for the first time in 4 years, I can play the latest games. So what have I missed out on, what would people consider the best game of the last 3 or 4 years?

I like RPGs, strategy games and FPS.

dreamers75

www.gamerankings.com PC top 100


them.

leninbenjamin

Oh come on, you're really recommending that the OP get the Sims?

Dragon Age: Origins and Borderlands are the two I played most recently. Took me a while to get into them, but one I did I really enjoyed them although they aren't without flaws.

Oh and I really hope you have played Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 and the Orange box already. Essential if you haven't.

grizzly

Pappy o' daniel wrote: »

I like RPGs, strategy games and FPS.

these!

Jazzy

Heroes of Newerth, Stalker, fallout 3, bioshock, dragon age, medieval total war 2 & Quakelive (Battlefield, CoD and CS are for n00bs im afraid )

Kiith

Dragon Age: Origins
World in Conflict
Half Life 2 and episodes

PirateShampoo

Get your self The Orange Box for starters.

Pappy o' daniel

THanks for the suggestions
I have the orange box on PS3 and ive ordered Dragons age.

I really liked Rome TW, should I get medieval 2 or Empire?

talla10

Championship manager or Football Manager if your into football most addictive games ever created....Rome is a good strategy game as well...

Agricola

Pappy o' daniel wrote: »

THanks for the suggestions
I have the orange box on PS3 and ive ordered Dragons age.

I really liked Rome TW, should I get medieval 2 or Empire?

Id say get Medi2 as its pretty similar gameplay wise to Rome. A friend of mine got Empire and didnt really like it. The melee combat isnt as important as you have alot of rifle type units so alot of the thrill is gone apparently.

On top of other games that have been suggested Id say get Elder Scrolls Oblivion. On new hardware it will still look great.

PogMoThoin

talla10 wrote: »

Championship manager or Football Manager if your into football most addictive games ever created

He'd not have needed an upgrade for them

tman

PogMoThoin wrote: »

He'd not have needed an upgrade for them

Aye, if your PC can run Excel, then it should be able to handle those "games" (what a coincidence!:p)

Zillah

Pappy o' daniel wrote: »

THanks for the suggestions
I have the orange box on PS3 and ive ordered Dragons age.

I really liked Rome TW, should I get medieval 2 or Empire?

Medieval 2 is fantastic fun. Empire is total pants, I hated it. This is coming from someone who has loved the series ever since he read the original Shogun Total War preview article back in the day.

Sephiroth_dude

company of heros
masseffect 1 and 2
brothers in arms hells highway
farcry 2
fallout 3
anno 1404

If I think of anything else I'll post it.

i_am_dogboy

I second the world in conflict and stalker recommendations.

But mostly I'd recommend Machinarium and World of Goo, even though neither would even nearly stress your new PC, because they're the ****.

McChubbin

Team Fortress! :d

PirateShampoo

Would also recommend Battlefield 2, you dont need a super computer for it just a good connection.

Meirleach

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Would also recommend Battlefield 2, you dont need a super computer for it just a good connection.

No proper widescreen support though, which is a bit bleah when playing with a nice big monitor.

Kiith

Meirleach wrote: »

No proper widescreen support though, which is a bit bleah when playing with a nice big monitor.

You could always try this.
http://www.widescreengaming.net/wiki/Battlefield_2 (fantastic site for older games btw)

sink

Pappy o' daniel wrote: »

THanks for the suggestions
I have the orange box on PS3 and ive ordered Dragons age.

I really liked Rome TW, should I get medieval 2 or Empire?

I'm a TW addict! Get Empire, It's more of a change, but still keeps everything that made the series great. You'll be required to learn new tactics for muskets/rifles and naval combat. Although the latter becomes near impossible to control once you go above ~6 ships.

Dcully

Another mention fromm me for World in Conflict,fantastic action RTS, great multiplayer.

Id also suggest for single player

Borderlands
Fallout3
Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2
Bioshock and Bioshock 2
Half Life2

Multiplayer

BF2 and BF Vietnam
COD4
Day of defeat source
Team Fortress2
World in Conflict as mentioned above
Red Orchestra if you want a realisitc multiplayer first person shooter
Id also suggest world of warcraft if your into MMOs
and www.iracing.com for the best racing sim ever created on any format.

Seriously for pc the list is endless.

Genghiz Cohen

Waiting for Splinter Cell: Conviction, wantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwantwant

Pappy o' daniel

When people say Stalker, is that the new one or the old one?

Drakar

Bioshock 2 perhaps?

Great thread btw!

Skerries

Pappy o' daniel wrote: »

When people say Stalker, is that the new one or the old one?

the original with mods added

Making It Bad

Crysis is great too! People who tell you it's all graphics and no gameplay probably haven't played it, so don't listen to them. You can get the 'maximum edition' which includes Crysis and the standalone expansion Crysis: Warhead for around €25.

Genghiz Cohen

Making It Bad wrote: »

Crysis is great too! People who tell you it's all graphics and no gameplay probably haven't played it, so don't listen to them. You can get the 'maximum edition' which includes Crysis and the standalone expansion Crysis: Warhead for around €25.

I wouldn't say great, but worth a play if you have time to kill.

Also, cheaper here. Got mine from these guys and have had no trouble.

marco_polo

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

I wouldn't say great, but worth a play if you have time to kill.

Also, cheaper here. Got mine from these guys and have had no trouble.

Agree with that althought I would probably say very good but not great myself and Warhead is probably the more more fun of the two.

I must also add that until the OP has attempted to play the original Crysis at max settings then he has't really stretched the new rig fully yet.

Overheal

Definitely Get Orange Box.

Its older, but I'd hit up Warcraft 3 and then check out WoW for the Strategy and RPG.

tman

Making It Bad wrote: »

Crysis is great too! People who tell you it's all graphics and no gameplay probably haven't played it, so don't listen to them. You can get the 'maximum edition' which includes Crysis and the standalone expansion Crysis: Warhead for around €25.

That's nonsense... I played it up until the final boss battle.
Really couldn't be arsed playing for another five minutes to see how the piss weak "story" progressed, and ever since the

aliens arrived

the gameplay had been well below average.
Worth a look to demo a new pc with some shiny eye candy, but there are far superior games out there...

Making It Bad

tman wrote: »

That's nonsense... I played it up until the final boss battle.
Really couldn't be arsed playing for another five minutes to see how the piss weak "story" progressed, and ever since the

aliens arrived

the gameplay had been well below average.
Worth a look to demo a new pc with some shiny eye candy, but there are far superior games out there...

I did say probably! There will be people who dislike any game, no game can appeal to everyone. I was more talking about Warhead, Crysis was worth playing but Warhead was where it was really at.