Pc Games

[Darkgoosey666]

Hello escapist,

now i have a bit of a confession to make. up until now, i havent played a non RTS pc game. thats right , no half life, portal or whatever. BUT im getting a new laptop that can handle games, so what games do you recommend?

i will get the orange box because, y'know everyone seems to love it.

EDIT: i like FPS and RTS

 

[101194]

RTS: StarCraft 2, It's got decent singleplayer.

FPS: Crysis: Visually pleasing.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Left 4 Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2... and if your computer can run it, Crysis is pretty fun but it's really all about the visuals.

 

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[Darkgoosey666]

Left 4 Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2... and if your computer can run it, Crysis is pretty fun but it's really all about the visuals.

well in the reviews for the laptop it says it can run crysis well so i cant wait to see if all the talk about its graphics is true.

Also a quick question on left 4 dead 2, i vaguely remember yahtzee saying you could play as a zombie? could be a different game though.

 

[Worgen]

dawn of war series, company of heroes series, world in conflict, star wars empire at war, thoes are some good rts

border lands is decent, bad company 2 for really good multi player, the bioshock series are good altho the pc ports tend to be lazy as hell, cant go wrong with oblivion or fallout 3

oh and buy kings bounty, it kicks ass

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

FPS/RPG - Hellgate:London, Borderlands, Bioshock

Action RPG - Dark Messiah of Might and Magic

Shooter - S4 League (free)

Sandbox - GTA: San Andreas + San Andreas MultiPlayer (SA:MP)

 

[Darkgoosey666]

dawn of war series, company of heroes series, world in conflict, star wars empire at war, thoes are some good rts

border lands is decent, bad company 2 for really good multi player, the bioshock series are good altho the pc ports tend to be lazy as hell, cant go wrong with oblivion or fallout 3

oh and buy kings bounty, it kicks ass

the dawn of war series are one of two rts series i have. great games. thanks for the other suggestions, i will look into them now.

 

[Amphoteric]

Napoleon Total War

 

[Snarky Username]

Left 4 Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2... and if your computer can run it, Crysis is pretty fun but it's really all about the visuals.

well in the reviews for the laptop it says it can run crysis well so i cant wait to see if all the talk about its graphics is true.

Also a quick question on left 4 dead 2, i vaguely remember yahtzee saying you could play as a zombie? could be a different game though.

Well here's a screenshot.

So yeah... The graphics are ridiculous.

As for Left 4 Dead 2, there's a special game mode where you play as the special infected and try to take down another group of players playing as the survivors.

As for my recommendation, I would say a few of the Elder Scrolls games. Oblivion is really good, and I hear you can get graphics mods for Morrowind to make the graphics as good as Oblivion.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

Mafia 2 when it comes out.

And Team Fortress 2 (Might as well get the orange box, you get portal as well).

Either Fallout 3 or Dragon Age Origins.

 

[Darkgoosey666]

Left 4 Dead 2 and Team Fortress 2... and if your computer can run it, Crysis is pretty fun but it's really all about the visuals.

well in the reviews for the laptop it says it can run crysis well so i cant wait to see if all the talk about its graphics is true.

Also a quick question on left 4 dead 2, i vaguely remember yahtzee saying you could play as a zombie? could be a different game though.

Well here's a screenshot.

So yeah... The graphics are ridiculous.

As for Left 4 Dead 2, there's a special game mode where you play as the special infected and try to take down another group of players playing as the survivors.

As for my recommendation, I would say a few of the Elder Scrolls games. Oblivion is really good, and I hear you can get graphics mods for Morrowind to make the graphics as good as Oblivion.

wow, thats some sexy trees and rocks there. thats just one screenshot, and it looks amazing. and that zombie thing sounds hilarious

 

[Worgen]

dawn of war series, company of heroes series, world in conflict, star wars empire at war, thoes are some good rts

border lands is decent, bad company 2 for really good multi player, the bioshock series are good altho the pc ports tend to be lazy as hell, cant go wrong with oblivion or fallout 3

oh and buy kings bounty, it kicks ass

the dawn of war series are one of two rts series i have. great games. thanks for the other suggestions, i will look into them now.

keep an eye on steam sales also, they are great ways to expand your pc library, also impulse sales

 

[Darkgoosey666]

just looked up crysis and wow thats some nice visuals they have there. I cant really use steam the credit card i used was rejected because the billing address isn't my current address or something like that...ill try to work around it though..

 

[ProfessorLayton]

well in the reviews for the laptop it says it can run crysis well so i cant wait to see if all the talk about its graphics is true.

Also a quick question on left 4 dead 2, i vaguely remember yahtzee saying you could play as a zombie? could be a different game though.

The thing with Crysis is that in an attempt to make it seem like it was too good for your computer, sometimes the game will chug when you try to run it on Very High. It has nothing to do with my computer considering I surpass even the recommended settings and I run other games on the highest settings without a problem.

And Left 4 Dead 2 (and 1) has a versus mode where you play as the infected and try to take down the survivors. It is actually a whole lot of fun, but you might want to hold off on trying it until you've gotten really good at the actual campaigns because the people online will not be happy if you mess up their ambush. Oh, and you'll most definitely need a mic for it.

Another good game, might I add, would be Counter-Strike: Source. It's really a lot of fun and surprisingly active despite being out for 6 years.

 

[dududf]

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Go onto steam, and buy the Stalker bundle right now it's on sale. 2 games that are normally 20 bucks each usd, you can get both of them for 1 payment of 9.99 usd.

Both those games are insanely good, and get even better with the plethora of mods for one of them.

 

[Darkgoosey666]

wow thats a bit of a dick move from the game developers of crysis...actually pretty clever though, makes the game seem more graphically/generally demanding.

I have a mic, having played consoles for a while. they are pretty necessary by the sound of it.

 

[number2301]

For something a little different to those which have been mentioned, RFactor or Live for Speed are both great racing sims and Civilisation is just awesome.