recommend me some PC games!

[Charli]

Always get the Humble Indie bundles, you'll be filled with little timewaster games faster than you can imagine. And sometimes a gem will be buried in there that'll stick with you for a while.

Otherwise everyone has already listed most of the greats.

Get an XBox Wired controller as well. It'll double the amount of games and game ports you can make use of.

Games like Sonic Generations and Darksiders and Dark Souls are in need of it.

Oh and Braid is on sale as of a half hour ago, if you like platformers give it a whirl.

 

[octafish]

Freespace 2. Oh yes.

I think you can still buy into Star Citizen directly through RSI. You can't play it now but every cent helps. Also, have you got mincraft yet? You soul because minecraft is fun, and fun is good. Check out GOG and do load the Desura client. You probably should get To The Moon as well, through I understand it isn't to everyone's taste.

 

[SweetShark]

And here I am, home!!!
And here is my suggestions I have for you to play!!!!


The Mirror Lied
The Witch's House
Project Black Sun
Celestial Mechanica
Gray Matter
Murder in the Abbey
Iji
Anodyne
Path of Exile
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
The Chaos Engine 2
Momodora 3
Loren The Amazon Princess
So Blonde
Sinking Island
Keepsake
The Experiment
The Lost Crown
Koumajou Densetsu - Scarlet Symphony
Ankh 1,2 and 3
Darkness Within: In Pursuit Of Loath Nolder
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
Jack Keane
Eternal Daughter
Memento Mori
CYPHER: Cyberpunk Text Adventure
Black Mirror 2 & 3


And here is my special list I created that I update when I have time and I am not lazy as f*ck:
[not all games are good sadly...but the most of them are good ^^]

http://www.listal.com/list/finished-videogames-for-pc

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

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Are you referring to the beard he is sporting in the upcoming third game? Or are you accusing me of brown-nosing?

 

[floppylobster]

"Recommend me"

Grammar police! Come out with you're hands up!

Spoiler

Your/You're, I know. But did you want me to recommend you to some PC games or recommend some PC games to you? Whatever you do, don't get Command & Conquer 4. I would recommend Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.

 

[Reevesith]

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is pretty fun, going into dungeons to get stuff to sell in your shop.

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

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Sorry dude, but I have no idea what you're talking about or what that mask thing is meant to represent.

 

[norashepard]

Oh! I saw Loren the Amazon Princess listen up above and I totally second it! Killer game even if VNs usually get a bad rap.

Also I would like to add to my original comments: The Witcher, Civilization 3 or 5, Wanderlust: Rebirth, and Resonance.

 

[Blue Musician]

Since I have no idea what games you have actually played, I am just going to list any game I myself have enjoyed:

-Crysis
-Far Cry
-Half-Life Life series
-Thief series
-System Shock 2
-Pathologic
-The Void
-Star Craft series
-Thomas Was Alone
-Spec Ops The Line
-The Walking Dead
-Hotline Miami
-Frozen Synapse
-Painkiller
-Anno 2070
-Metro 2033
-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl
-Amnesia: The Dark Descent
-Penumbra series
-F.E.A.R & Expansion Packs
-Dark Souls
-FTL Faster Than Light
-Silent Hill 2 & 3
-Cryostasis
-Antichamber
-Dead Space
-Team Fortress 2
-Company of Heroes
-The Witcher 1 & 2
-Portal series
-Dishonored
-Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
-Hitman Blood Money
-Age of Mythology
-Total War series (any game really)
-Freedom Fighters
-Max Payne 1 & 2
-Fallout New Vegas
-Batman Arkham Sylum
-World of Goo
-Planescape Torment

You may also want to check out PCSX2, a great PS2 emulator if your PC can run it.

 

[mokes310]

Bro, Railroad Tycoon 2, Freespace 1 & 2, Tropico (original, not the new ones), and the entire Leisure Suit Larry series.

 

[Frezzato]

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Might I suggest some quiet puzzle games with great art direction?

Samorost 2 and Machinarium.

Amanita Design, the developer of both, deserves more paying customers. Here's a site they did for the band The Polyphonic Spree [http://amanita-design.net/thequestfortherest/] just to get a feel for their style.

 

[chinangel]

"Recommend me"

Grammar police! Come out with you're hands up!

Spoiler

Your/You're, I know. But did you want me to recommend you to some PC games or recommend some PC games to you? Whatever you do, don't get Command & Conquer 4. I would recommend Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.

YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE COPPERS! I HAVE NO DAMNS LEFT TO GIVE AND A TANK IN HERE!

on the flip side, thanks for the recommends, however i'm noticing a lot of people's suggestions include titles i could get on my xbox :/

 

[aceman67]

on the flip side, thanks for the recommends, however i'm noticing a lot of people's suggestions include titles i could get on my xbox :/

If they're on Xbox, they'll be better on your computer. If its a Shooter, Keyboard+Mouse > Controller, and pretty much everything else (with the exception of Dark Souls) will have better graphics on the PC, and most games that have Console versions support 360 controllers on your PC.

 

[Violator[xL]]

War Thunder (Beta. Free to play)
Star Conflict (Beta. Free to play)
Company of Heroes
Hearts of Iron II

 

[Abomination]

Every answer is wrong.

Go to GOG.com and buy Planescape: Torment.

That game is why PC gaming is, and always will be, better than console.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

Another traitor in our ranks. You just traded the fun and companionship of consoles for more 'gigabyticals' and fancier 'resolumutations'.
Enjoy your crisp clear image, and slightly better FPS rate. You have lost far more than that. We shall try to remember you as you were, not as what you have become.

On a side note, I'd check out some of the indie games if you have never really played PC at all.
FTL for one.

 

[Luca72]

I can think of a ton of recommendations, but rather than throw a boatload of options at you, I'll just give ya one.

System Shock 2. It's $10 on GOG. I know you want to break in your new system and watch your video card run laps, but you seriously need to check this thing out.

 

[Rastrelly]

Shooter/action department:
--musthave
Doom (1,2,3)
Quake (1,2,3, maybe 4)
Half-Life (1+addons,2+episodes)
Return to castle Wolfenstein
Unreal
Unreal Tournament ('99,'04)
Serious Sam (First and Second encounters)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (remark: it also fits into RPG department)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 1,2
Team Fortress 2
Beyond Good & Evil
Diablo 2
Thief 1,2,3
Dishonored

--shouldtry
Deus Ex
Painkiller
Serious Sam 2,3
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
Warhammer 40000: Space Marine
Wolfenstein 3D
Duke Nukem 3D
Aliens vs. Predator 1,2
Overlord, Overlord 2
Diablo
System Shock 2
Bioshock


Strategy/tactics department:
--musthave
Civilization 3,4,5
Starcraft 1,2
Warcraft 3
Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War 1,2 (+ addons)
Total War series
SimCity 3000,4
Caesar III/ Pharaoh / Zeus
Homeworld 1,2
Commandos 1,2
Command&Conquer: Tiberium Wars, Red Alert 2, Red Alert 3
Supreme Commander
Ground Control (1,2)
Majesty: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Heroes of Might & Magic III
King's Bounty: The Legend, Armored Princess
Jagged Alliance 2
--shouldtry
Master of Orion 2
Heroes of Might&Magic 1,2,4
C&C: Tiberium Dawn, Tiberium Dawn, Red Alert, Generals
Warhammer 40000: Epic Final Liberation, Rites of War
Warhammer: Dark Omen
Settlers series
Earth 21XX series
Age of Wonders series
Galactic Civilizations 2
Star Trek: Away Team
Imperium Galactica Series + Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
X series

RPG department
--musthave
The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim
Fallout: 1, 2, 3, New Vegas
Arcanum
Planescape: Torment
Might&Magic series
Wizardry series
Baldur's Gate series
Divinity Series
The Witcher Series
Icewind Dale
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Dragon Age: Origins
Neverwinter Nights Series

Point and Click department
--musthave
Space Quest Series
King's Quest series
Legend of Kyrandia series
Sam And Max series
Full Throttle
Monkey island Series
Syberia Series
Deponia Series
The Longest Journey series
Goblins series

 

[Mauler]

Planescape tourment (best RPG storywise of all time)
Anachronox (unique for its time fun too)
Mass effect 1&2 too(pun not intended) because of greater feeling of accomplishment of what you get in the third(for some unaccomplishment) for(again sorry) importing save games
Silent hill 2(not only PC exclusive)
World of GOO!!!(best game in its genre)
Bastion (better than torchlight)
Batman Arkham(city - asylum)
Sins of solar empire
Heavy Metal F.A.K.K 2
Final Fantasy 8
Mount and blade: Warband
Freelancer
Half life 2
Portal(both of em)...

 

[Violator[xL]]

Yeah, just fire off an entire list of really old games. I'd be so happy playing Doom2 on my brand new pc.