Recommend the love of your life time PC Game

[Ahhzz]

Elite (that'll show my age). I would stay after school on the Apples with my cousin, the two of us swapping piloting and weapons in this universe, plotting trade routes, dodging pirates, and praying for no WitchSpace when we were stretching our fuel.

Freelancer I love the open, sandbox games.

The Elder Scrolls I played Arena for hours and hours, and followed those hours with more. Same with the entire series, except Daggerfail.

Warcraft I and II. I still have a pad of Blizzard Paper that came in one of these WCIII Frozen throne was ok, but I preferred the classics.

Mechwarrior, especially for me, the early ones, as I was in the Navy and spent many long hours in the Tech Library on the computer with buddies playing.

Speaking of hours spent in the Navy, (on Nintendo) we spent tons of hours on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Genghis Khan, and Uncharted Waters from Koei.

Baldur's Gate I & II I still quote for my clients from time to time "Squeaky wheel gets the Kick!!"

Torchlight took so much time from me, and I was so disappointed with TL2, not really sure why... Both the games feel completely into "Looootzzz!!!!" and not much more. They took all the fun stuff from Diablo, and took the dark, stormy, quirky junk out. It's just kill, kill, kill, and loot loot loot. sockets, different classes, a pet that runs to town for you, fishing...

WoW... literally, Wow... I can't believe I almost forgot this... the fishing reminded me.. I spent more time fishing in this game, than I have played half the games on my computer right now. I met my fiancee here, several friends across the states and the world that I still keep in touch with (one was just here from Texas a few months ago, and planning a return early next year), and spent So Much Time here. It really did define the genre. Obviously, still does for many, but not myself. I took two days vacation to play in my first closed beta for this game....

Stalker : CoP is one of the few games I can honestly say I've beaten, repeatedly... I love playing through this every couple of years.. the decision to close the studio and not release the Stalker they'd been working on still chafes my a$$, and the upcoming MP version from the remnants of the studio just look like CoD on a radioactive map... I'm signed up for beta, but I also beta'd for the Kung Fu Panda multiplayer: doesn't mean it was good.

I saw someone mention Sid Meier's Pirates. Played that on the Apple and the PC, and NES, as well as Pirates: Gold when it came out. His Civilization series kept me going for hours as well.

Transport Tycoon this one surprised the hell outta me for how much time I spent on it.

Spent Years playing Tribes:2, and watched Tribes:Ascend slowly descend into oblivion with shame, dismay, and sorrow.... Met another few great multi-state friends in Tribes...

Lately, I've spent a great deal of time in Warframe, and finally (after ignoring multiple beta invites) popped up Firefall, and it's got the potential to keep me occupied until.....



Star Citizen. I fully expect this game to claim my soul, and if my fiancee hasn't left me by then, she probably will. Between that and Elite: Dangerous, I don't expect to have any substance left in my body to maintain life, and my soul will be sold off by the end of next year.

 

[rtwjunkie]

@Frick; @Ahhzz
Oh yes, two of the truly greats that I should have added, System Shock 2, which is still frightening and challenging, and Sid Meier's Pirates!, which is downright fun no matter how many times I play it! Pirates! Is always on my install list.

 

[Vario]

I had the WC1+2 battlechest but can't find it, meanwhile its worth a (very) small fortune on eBay.

Heroes of Might and Magic II was pretty good. I had the Heroes Warchest too lol.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Dear Esther.

Dear Esther

You've got to be kidding. 1 hour of boring, BORING, BORING.


^Reading that was more exciting than the game.

 

[newconroer]

Hey ...listen here, two people said it was good. Now by my reckoning, that makes us a mob, and mob mentality beats all!

Any ways, sometimes a game can be like a film or book, with minimal interaction. If one thing is lacking in the game community it's good stories. I'll happily trade some RPG explosions now and again for a good story.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

It didn't have a good story either. The Journey Down: Chapter One is $0.69 on Steam right now. That's a much better game across the board (visuals, characters, plot, puzzles). Oh, and it is 2 hours long versus 1!

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault - forget all the other MoH games that came after that. the SP campaign was honestly one of the best ones ive ever played, Even CoD1 had a very good SP campaign .

MoHA was also a good effort but fell short of MoH:AA. I tried to play MoHA online and i did play the odd game but then i lost the password to the account that the CD Key was registered to and I was never able to get it back despite quite a few tries.... fucking terrible login system.

 

[droopyRO]

TORNADO

- OPERATION DESERT STORM Back in the '90's this came out on CD

F-22 Total Air War was my first flight sim back in 1999, i played it for alomst a year without a sound since i didnt have money for a soundcard and speakers.

Challenging gameplay. Remastered version coming soon.

When ? where ? how ? why ? Thank you.

 

[Frick]

You've got to be kidding. 1 hour of boring, BORING, BORING.


^Reading that was more exciting than the game.

It's not a game as such though. Interactive narrative. I liked it, but it wasn't THAT good.

Anyway, Max Payne 1/2. Those are still brilliant.

EDIT: @droopyRO http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/games/homeworld-remastered-collection

You can preorder it now from Amazon I think.

 

[newconroer]

It didn't have a good story either. The Journey Down: Chapter One is $0.69 on Steam right now. That's a much better game across the board (visuals, characters, plot, puzzles). Oh, and it is 2 hours long versus 1!

Thanks for the suggestion, will check it out.

 

[Sasqui]

hers the situation. I have a few days off here,and the weather is not to good. So i figured i play something on my PC. The thing is i played everything. Ok,maybe not everything....maybe like 80% of "everything". Been playing games since 2004.One decade of PC gaming. At the moment i am going through lists of best pc games.....all types,on different websites,best rated, favorite games ,steam forums etc etc...to see what i can find....you name it.
I got a new monitor, asus 24 inch IPS like a month ago. I don't mind playing something that i already played,at least it will look very good on this new screen.Just can't figure out,what. I am out of ideas. I installed Crysis 1 last night.I know the game so well,it's so damn boring to play it all over again.
I just finished the "Wolf among us" and "the walking dead season 1 & 2". Amazing games!!!
Of course i wanted to get a go at my all time favorite pc game ever made in history of the human kind : Mass Effect....installed ME1...damn it,can you belive it.It looks great on my screen on full hd resolution with modded textures (something i found on a website) but unfortunately i know everything that is gonna happen ....it's like deja'vu and it's so boring. I already played the series to many times.
Help me find a game! Whatever you like,any type.....rts, rpg mmorpg,fps....action,i don't know. Just type here on this thread your favorite games of all time: ANY PC GAMES.Make a list ,your top 5 or something.
What made you lose nights after nights. What made emotional,what stopped you from going out with your girlfriend,what did you skip work / school for
Anything from Rome Total War,to Shogun 2,Half Life,Jedi Outcast to Starcraft or Guild Wars 2. If it's Metro,Company of Heroes, Divinity Original Sin, Far Cry 3 or Doom 2....monkey island or Portal 1& 2
If you loved it and felt every minute of gameplay, write it down here

You do know that Monkey Island came out about 1990? It was indeed and incredible game. Not the case with 2&3, IMO.

How about Myst?

 

[Ahhzz]

You do know that Monkey Island came out about 1990? It was indeed and incredible game. Not the case with 2&3, IMO.

How about Myst?

for those in love with the Monkey Island genre, Tim Schaefer was part of the kickstarting crew for Double Fine Adventure (http://www.doublefine.com/dfa). I believe, they're hard at work on Act 2 at this point.

 

[Cvrk]

I was serious about Chrono Trigger btw. It is awesome beyond belief, and I say that as someone who played it the first time in 2009.

And I can't believe we've forgotten about Planescape: Torment. It is probably the best RPG ever made. This is from someone who played it in 2013 and was blown away by it.

And since i have to (and everybody else should) respect other people opinion,it's all a matter of taste.....i am blown away by your statement. I have played back in the days Planetscape. And it will never come remotely close to Dragon Age :Origins!
Planetscape: Torment was a very good option,almost the only one,back in those times.....long forgotten times. The only possible way one can ignore the superb voice acting,enchanted graphics,additive gameplay,mind blowing & emotional story line, and the shear depth of D.A. it to own a Pentium 1 PC.....sadly been forced to play Planetscape.
Without wanting to start a storm among you " old school lovers" , i for one refuse to leave in the past. We must give all the credits to the great lengths that new age gaming has come to.

 

[Liquid Cool]

I was looking at Frag Maniac's list...we're about in the same boat as far as gaming experiences go. I've been around pc's since the 80's, but I didn't start gaming heavily until the late 90's. The most fun I've had playing 'online' pc games was UT99, then UTK4 for top picks...but I did have a helluva lot of fun playing MoH:AA/Spearhead, CoD/CoD2/CoD4(stopped play CoD after the airport fiasco) and the original Delta Force.

I've always leaned toward single player games if I can help it though...and the Half Life series, FEAR, and Metro would probably be top picks there. There are three series that I own and I haven't given them a serious shot...STALKER, Mass Effect. and Dead Space. I'm going to load one of them up next...just haven't decided which. With STALKER and Mass Effect...I'm just not into gaming with a 3rd person perspective...but for some reason I didn't mind it in Batman...so I might give it another shot.

I also have Deus Ex that I've had since new and I haven't tried yet. I'm WAY behind on my game log.

Best,

LC

 

[rtwjunkie]

@Liquid Cool: STALKER is first person if you want! Definately worth a loadup.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

When ? where ? how ? why ? Thank you.

http://www.homeworldremastered.com/

Also,

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K6ZUOQE/?tag=tec06d-20

 

[SaltyFish]

And I can't believe we've forgotten about Planescape: Torment. It is probably the best RPG ever made. This is from someone who played it in 2013 and was blown away by it.

Kudos to you for pulling that off. Planescape: Torment is an epic game but I think it's a hard sell for a lot of gamers in today's age of quick-paced action and short attention spans. I first played it in 1999 so I can't say for sure if I would be able to pull it off now if I were new to it. But then again, I really did enjoy the text-based quest parts in King Arthur the Roleplaying Wargame.

As for recommendations to the OP, I'll try to hit a broad spectrum without naming the usual suspects too much...

Puzzle - Puzzle Quest, Party of Sin
First Person Shooter - ArmA, FEAR, Borderlands, Postal 2, SiN
Third Person Shooter - Saints Row 2
Simulation - The Sims 3, Tropico 4
Real-time Strategy - Dawn of War, King Arthur the Roleplaying Wargame, Kohan, Spellforce
Real-time Tactics - Dawn of War II, Icewind Dale II, World in Conflict Soviet Assault
Turn-based Strategy - Civilization V, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI
Turn-based Tactics - Blackguards, Divinity: Original Sin, King's Bounty: Crossworlds
Hack-and-Slash/Beat 'em Up - Dynasty Warriors 8
Shooter/Shoot 'em Up - Syder Arcade, Ikaruga, Metal Slug Collection PC
Visual Novel - Kana (contains smut), Cherry Tree High Comedy Club (smut-free)
Fighting - Ultra Street Fighter IV
Stealth - Thief: the Dark Project
Role-Playing Game - Neverwinter Nights (2002), Arcanum, Fallout (1997), Fallout: New Vegas, Dragon Age: Origins
"Metroidvania" - Magicians and Looters

There's obviously some genre overlap. Couldn't think of any (semi-recent) outstanding sports games off the top of my head.

 

[Norton]

It would be the very first game I ever bought with my own money and that I played when I was a kid on my very first PC.

Fate. (Wiki link here)

Paid the full amount and would play for days. I would play for 12 hours a day, every day, every day off or during summer vacation..

I gotta play this again..

I enjoyed Fate as well. I avoid it now because I end up playing it too long

My true favorites were/are Quake 2, Dark Forces, and Jedi Knight- Dark Forces II... played those games more than any other games combined (not counting Fate)

 

[Toothless]

I enjoyed Fate as well. I avoid it now because I end up playing it too long

My true favorites were/are Quake 2, Dark Forces, and Jedi Knight- Dark Forces II... played those games more than any other games combined (not counting Fate)

I reinstalled it onto my laptop and I'm stuck playing it again.

 

[Kursah]

X-Wing
Tie Fighter
Quake
Command and Conquer

 

[MSnyder]

Has to be Skyrim for me

 

[droopyRO]

http://www.homeworldremastered.com/

Also,

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K6ZUOQE/?tag=tec06d-20

Excelent news, not available in Europe yet but great news thanks.

 

[xLDKx NewYorker]

It would be the very first game I ever bought with my own money and that I played when I was a kid on my very first PC.

Fate. (Wiki link here)

Paid the full amount and would play for days. I would play for 12 hours a day, every day, every day off or during summer vacation..

I gotta play this again..

Playing Morrowind on my Piii rig right now... God, Fate is on there ahh the memories of playing this game as a kid
Honestly OP any game from The Elder Scrolls series or Fallout series... but, Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence on PS2 has to be my all time #1 fav

 

[Liquid Cool]

Stopped back in...I love threads like these because I usually discover a gem of a game that I've never heard of before and probably wanted to play....

rtwjunkie...STALKER(I have the whole series) is at the top of the list. If it's anything like Fallout 3 was for me...I had to stop playing it for the same reasons Norton avoids Fate.

,

LC

 

[Recca29]

Max Payne 1, Deus EX, NFS 5 Porsche unleashed, NFS underground, NFS Most Wanted, Counter strike 1.6.