pc games

Headshot

hey lads im getting a pc next month just wondering what pc games should i keep an eye out for fps/role playing/rts

what games are coming out for the summer

madrab

well first off look to some games that are already out
half life 2
doom 3
rome total war
darwinia (soooo coool)
battlefield 2

and coming out
F.E.A.R.
Black and white 2
age of empires 3

Kare Bear

Dawn of war is a really good rts.And deffinetly get battlefield2:)

Khalim

Summer time is usually a slow time for games releases...

Current Games

Role-playing/Adventure: Not that many notable RPGs in recent years
Star Wars: KotoR 2
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Neverwinter Nights +Expansions - Literally hundreds of quality modules

RTS:
Rome: Total War
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War

and hopefully in two months(or less)

Role-playing/adventure:
Psychonauts (well, it is available in the US now...)
Dreamfall

RTS/Strategy:
Age of Empires III
Earth 2160 (Aug'05)
Dragonshard (Sep'05)
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (Sep'05)
Star Wars: Empire at War (TBC)
UFO: Aftershock (TBC)

I haven't recommended any FPS because I don't play them.

Kare Bear

Dungeon siege 2 looks preety good too.

Khalim

Kare Bear wrote:

Dungeon siege 2 looks preety good too.

Well it looks good, but I hope they put a better storyline onto this one.

the last one was basically Diablo with updated graphics - oh and a mule.

OctavarIan

Get Guild Wars, 'nuff said.

Zapp Brannigan

Get Football Manager 2005.

I love it! Im actually addicted to it.

airetam_storm

Keep some moneys for Stalker: Shadow of Chernoybl, looks like the definative game of the year -release-Winter2005

Headshot

whats battlefield 2 like single player like

i have no bb and dont start saying why

Dungeon siege 2 reviews are good

and if you get a pc game from america will it work here

F.E.A.R.
Black and white 2
age of empires 3

the above im looking forward to any release date

Ciaran500

There is no point getting BF2 unless you plan on playing online.

Ri_Nollaig

games u get in US should work np here
black and white is out in "Fall '05" last time i saw
i dont think AoE3 is out till next year could be wrong tho...

also look out for the movies

Canis Lupus

Games that should be bought....

Firstly I'm assuming you have a gaming machine and not something your parents bought to play solitaire on.

So in no particular order except genre.

FPS:
Half life 1 & 2 with HL1 looking dated
Aliens vs Predator2
Chronicles of Riddick
Farcry
Jedi Knight II Jedi Academy
Max Payne 1 & 2
No One Lives Forever 2
Call of Duty and exp pack United offensive (highly recommended)
SWAT 4
Operation Flashpoint and all the exp packs (highly recommended but dated and an aquired taste)

that should do you for a bit on the FPS side

RTS

Command and Conquer Generals
Warhammer Dawn of War
Rome Total war
Warcraft III I suppose
Hostile Waters for a dated but unique RTS
Homeworld 1 and 2
Rise of Nations
Stronghold

RPG:

Neverwinter Nights
Balders Gate II
Morrowind
Vampire the Masqerade
Knights of the Old Republic.

Erm that's all the old games I can think of that you should play at some stage, millions more tho in fairness

Games that are exciting me in a disturbingly nerdy way are:

FEAR looks fab

Fahrenheit: depending on if they can make it work

Black and White 2: Hopefully this one will be fun

Call of Duty 2

Dark Sector: After seeing a video of this made from the ingame engine it made me wanna cry, looks brill

Nothing else on the horizon that interests me.

Stephen

Not in your categories, but GTA san andreas is great. You can get GTA3 and Vice City for peanuts too.

TerrorFirmer

Ciaran500 wrote:

There is no point getting BF2 unless you plan on playing online.

Not so. I got BFV and BF1942 purely for single player and a bit of fun. Wouldn't expect much difference from BF2 in this regard for me personally if I did buy it, so I'm sure others feel the same.

Darwin

Not forgetting Lord of the Rings: Battle for middle Earth, a very polished and slick RTS. Also Stronghold 2 is worth a look as a good castle-building/siege warfare sim.

Headshot

Canis Lupus wrote:

Games that should be bought....

Firstly I'm assuming you have a gaming machine and not something your parents bought to play solitaire on.

im going to build a powerful pc

madrab

lets not forget far cry for the shear beauty of it


...ummm pretty

Headshot

whats the most advance game out of the moment spec's wise

ill be building a pc hopefully to run the game on high res

Ciaran500

Doom 3 would probably be the most advanced, but IMO Far Cry and HL2 look better.

F.E.A.R. is out soon to, that will give them all a run for their money.

Dooom

Far Cry is still the game that to quote from somewhere "brings even the highest spec of systems to it's knees." Rightly so, especially when it's up at high resolutions with AA and AF.
I'm not sure how well it runs on 7800's/FX-57's etc. but I'll see how it runs on my new rig and report back .

I agree with Ciaran, that and HL2 have the best engine's at the moment. Although come Xmas time, Elder Scrolls IV is gonna be beautiful. That and FEAR, and next year there's Quake Wars and X3 and Operation Flashpoint 2 and......*drool's over E3 movies*

superfly

and the new Unreal engine looks absolutely beautiful!

kaimera

http://pc.ign.com/release/

Cravez

airetam_storm wrote:

Keep some moneys for Stalker: Shadow of Chernoybl, looks like the definative game of the year -release-Winter2005

Got my vote, cant wait for this game.

jesus_thats_gre

Would BF2 be one of the most resource hogging games???

I can run HL2 at 1920x1200 with everything maxed, 8xAF and 0xAA (not neeeded at such high rez's..

BF struggles at 1440x900 with most maxed out and AA off...

Canis Lupus

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Would BF2 be one of the most resource hogging games???

I can run HL2 at 1920x1200 with everything maxed, 8xAF and 0xAA (not neeeded at such high rez's..

BF struggles at 1440x900 with most maxed out and AA off...

You ever tried Farcry at maxed out settings and high rez's.

Anyway it's a somewhat moot point cos a poorly coded game that looks **** can bring a pc to it's knees while a real decently coded game that looks stunning quite often won't.

Headshot

Canis Lupus wrote:

Anyway it's a somewhat moot point cos a poorly coded game that looks **** can bring a pc to it's knees while a real decently coded game that looks stunning quite often won't.

ie
halo

jesus_thats_gre

Halo is the perfect example lol

Sand

Yep, not to be a hype monkey, but Stalker *looks* like it will own all. Halo? Pffft.