A hard recommendation

[Leftnt Sharpe]

Pretty much any Bioware game you have not already played is a good start. The Icewind Dale games are quite good but more about combat than story.

Sins of a Solar empire is an awesome space RTS with epic scale and cool unit design. I would also recommend any of the Dawn of War games. The original games are pretty cheap these days although Soulstorm is somewhat dodgy. It is however worth playing for the hilarious voice acting.

 

[Sephren468]

I would go with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Great game on my second play through at the moment.

 

[Chased]

Have you played Torchlight? Overall a solid dungeon crawler with a sequel coming out in October/November.

 

[Anxxiety]

I didn't see Dragon Age: Origins on there anywhere.

 

[octafish]

I would go with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Great game on my second play through at the moment.

I'm on my first playthrough and am loving it, even if it isn't quite as deep as the original.

What about Jagged Alliance 2 ? GREAT GAME right here ! More like an X-com style game though. (not story driven)

Eliot! You IDIOT! *slap slap* There is a story in JA2 it is just a bit more open in its progress. An all time great game, like X-Com it looks better on a smaller monitor like a netbook as you don't stretch the pixels so much.

Based on you having played Darkstar One.

Freespace 2 (you can mod it to play Freespace first in the superior game engine). A dog-fighter not a space trader but it has a strong story through it. Available on GOG and has many many mods available.
Freelancer. Better than Darkstar One. This isn't on Steam unfortunately. I see it a lot new on a certain online auction site.
Some of the X games are on Steam, I'm sure, an Elite/Privateer type game that can be quite complex and deep.

Oh and Frozen Synapse which is cheap and probably my GOTY.

 

[FreakSheet]

Might not be the best choice if you want adventure, but Deus Ex: Human Revolution is jolly good fun.

 

[Corax_1990]

Mass Effect 1&2, there is a good way to eat up 40 hours.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Why has you no Zelda? The Nintendo is angered!

 

[NedroidPrime]

Torchlight or Torchlight 2 (when it comes out)

Very good with the hackin and the slashin and the bleedin and the dyin and the health potionin...?

lol

 

[joiny]

Why has you no Zelda? The Nintendo is angered![/quote
Pc please.

Mass Effect 1&2, there is a good way to eat up 40 hours.

Played on 360.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Why has you no Zelda? The Nintendo is angered![/quote
Pc please.

Mass Effect 1&2, there is a good way to eat up 40 hours.

Played on 360.

Um, I think you messed up your quote. You seem to have only quoted me and didn't actually even respond to me, lol.

 

[joiny]

Why has you no Zelda? The Nintendo is angered![/quote
Pc please.

Mass Effect 1&2, there is a good way to eat up 40 hours.

Played on 360.

Um, I think you messed up your quote. You seem to have only quoted me and didn't actually even respond to me, lol.

woops.... Played ME1&2 on 360

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Why has you no Zelda? The Nintendo is angered![/quote
Pc please.

Mass Effect 1&2, there is a good way to eat up 40 hours.

Played on 360.

Um, I think you messed up your quote. You seem to have only quoted me and didn't actually even respond to me, lol.

woops.... Played ME1&2 on 360

I wasn't the one who brought up the Mass Effect games, @Corax_1990 was. I brought up Zelda...