fausto higgins Posted November 10, 2012 Hey Everyone, I feel weird posting a new topic with so little history on here, but I'm doing it anyway. I just got my first new computer in nine years. It's great; I'm super glad I bought it, and I plan to upgrade more frequently. But I've also sort of missed out years of PC gaming. Since I got my old computer (a PowerMac G5 in 2003), I've basically played six PC games -- Civ III, Civ IV, Deus Ex, City of Heroes, WoW, and UT2K4 -- and a whole lot of Xbox. I have no desire to ever play an MMO again. So I need help. I've looked through the forums and downloaded games I've seen on a few pages and downloaded games I was already interested in. Binding of Isaac, FTL, Walking Dead, Civ V, Kerbal Space Program, Minecraft, and Proteus give an idea of what I've got. I've really enjoyed them all. What else am I missing out on? I've basically been a blank slate for a decade. For the record, I'm on a high-end MacBook Pro with Retina Display (though I do plan to install Windows 8 once the drivers come out, so don't limit to Mac games). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted November 10, 2012 On sale, at this very moment! 5.99 and your soul. http://www.gog.com/e...evils_playhouse Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremywc Posted November 10, 2012 If you enjoyed FTL and Binding of Isaac, I'd consider picking up Dungeons of Dredmor and all of its DLC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TychoCelchuuu Posted November 10, 2012 1000 Amps AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome Aquaria Alpha Protocol Amnesia: The Dark Descent Analogue: A Hate Story Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed 2, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, and Assassin's Creed 3 Atom Zombie Smasher Audiosurf Bastion Batman: Arkham Asylum Ben There, Dan That / Time Gentlemen, Please! Beyond Good and Evil BioShock, BioShock 2, and Minerva's Den Borderlands 2 Braid Brogue Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Earned in Blood, and Hell's Highway Bulletstorm Call of Duty, Call of Duty: United Offensive, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4 Cave Story Costume Quest Crimson Skies Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, and Crysis 2 Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Dawn of War II: Retribution Dead Space and Dead Space 2 Dear Esther DEFCON, Darwinia, Uplink Defense Grid: The Awakening Deus Ex 2, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution DIRT 3 Dishonored Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Dungeons of Dredmor Endless Space English Country Tune Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout: New Vegas Far Cry 2 Flotilla Freedom Fighters Freedom Force and Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich Frozen Synapse Galactic Civilizations II Gemini Rue Grand Theft Auto IV GRID Grim Fandango Hitman: Something or other Homeworld and Homeworld 2 Hotline Miami IL2 Sturmovik: 1946 Jade Empire Jamestown Just Cause 2 Killing Floor King's Bounty: The Legend Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2 Left 4 Dead 2 Legend of Grimrock Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy LIMBO Lone Survivior Mafia and Mafia II Mark of the Ninja Max Payne and Max Payne 2 Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries Men of War: Assault Squad Metro 2033 Mirror's Edge Monkey Island Mount and Blade Warband Natural Selection 2 Nexus: The Jupiter Incident No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD Orcs Must Die! 2 Overlord and Overlord 2 Painkiller Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 1, 2, and 3 Portal and Portal 2 Proun Psychonauts RAGE Recettear Renegade Ops Resonance Rock of Ages S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat S.W.A.T 4 Sam and Max: Season 1 and 2 Sequence Sid Meier's Pirates! Sim City 4 Sins of a Solar Empire Skyrim Space Marine SpaceChem Space Pirates and Zombies Spec Ops: The Line Spelunky Splinter Cell and all its sequels Star Wars Dark Forces, Star Wars Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight, Star Wars Dark Forces 3: Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast, and Star Wars Dark Forces 4: Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Outcast 2: Jedi Academy Super Meat Boy Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP Sword of the Stars System Shock 2 The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena The Longest Journey The Ur-Quan Masters / Star Control 2 The Witcher and The Witcher 2 The Void Thief, Thief 2, Thief III Thirty Flights of Loving To The Moon Tomb Raider: the newer ones Total War: SHOGUN 2 Trackmania United Nations Trine and Trine 2 Tropico 4 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines VVVVVV Wargame: European Escalation World in Conflict World of Goo Worms: Armageddon X-COM: UFO Defense, Terror from the Deep, Apocalypse, and Enemy Unknown X3: Terran Conflict Zeno Clash Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joewintergreen Posted November 10, 2012 All the Half-Lifes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dethgar Posted November 10, 2012 Tycho got you covered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thainatos Posted November 10, 2012 Thirty Flights of Loving, and the rest of Brendan Chung's games are brilliant. Also, I second Sam & Max Season 3 and VVVVVV. And Braid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TychoCelchuuu Posted November 10, 2012 All the Half-Lifes. Fun fact: The Orange Box isn't on that list because I have always assumed that everyone owns it. Thanks for pointing out the omission! I've added it to my master list and all future recommendation posts will include it + Half-Life. Although somehow I had Portal on the list? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted November 10, 2012 -Every Telltale game ever made, well, maybe you can skip the Jurassic Park one -Deponia and it's sequel. -Stacking -Deadlight -Vessel -Sleeping Dogs -Retro City Rampage -McPixel -Warlock: Master of the Arcane -LA-MULANA -All Wadjet Eye games -Grotesque Tactis 1 & 2 -MacGuffin's Curse -Machinarium -Risen & Risen 2 (What? I like them!) -Yesterday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ninja Dodo Posted November 10, 2012 Outcast Little Big Adventure 1 & 2 Gothic 1 & 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted November 10, 2012 Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Latrine Posted November 10, 2012 There's a whole genre of games called LOMAs, the best of which have been on the PC. I'd recommend starting with League of Legends, although DotA 2 seems more popular around here. While you're done with MMOs, you may want to give Blizzard's other latest games a try: Starcraft 2 and Diablo III. Valve's Team Fortress 2 is also quite a different game on the PC compared to its console community because of more frequent updates. To The Moon is an excellent story based indie game that puts you on an emotional roller coaster. Machinarium and Botanicula from Amanita Design are two of the most inventive and beautiful adventure games around. (You can pick up Machinarium for pretty cheap now in http://www.humblebundle.com/ and also get some other good games, particularly Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP if you haven't played that on a touch device.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibs Posted November 10, 2012 Not Diablo 3. Do some Lomas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fausto higgins Posted November 10, 2012 I love you all so much. Out of all the old LucasArts adventure games, the one I loved most as a kid was Sam & Max. I have Steve Purcell's collected comics (fantastic), the original game still running in SCUMMvm, and I went crazy nuts when Telltale revived it. I was a big Diablo II player way back when. And I played the original DotA ever so much. Sword and Sworcery EP was fantastic -- I played it on my iPad. That, my PSP (literally only bought for Mother 3 and to play some retro games on the side), and my Xbox have been it since Year of the PS2. Thank y'all very much, and if other people have suggestions, keep 'em coming. I'll definitely be playing my way through these. SWEET. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merus Posted November 10, 2012 No-one's put forward Torchlight yet? The Diablo II team half-reformed and made a new series. There's a Torchlight II floating around, haven't played it yet. The standout Telltale games are Sam And Max (Save The World, Beyond Time and Space and The Devil's Playhouse), Tales of Monkey island and The Walking Dead. Back to the Future is okay but might be too plodding. Sam & Max Save The World has a couple of dud episodes (which is why it's the only of Telltale's seasons to be six episodes, these days it looks like they just cut the bad one in pre-production). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kos Luftar Posted November 10, 2012 Just get Guild Wars 2, the only game you need on PC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joewintergreen Posted November 11, 2012 Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Not sure if it fits in the time frame during which you didn't have a PC but you can't risk not playing it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tundra Posted November 11, 2012 Here's a few not on the list so far: Minecraft. Napoleon: Total war (install the free Darthmod overhaul for that though) Team Fortress 2 Batman Arkham City Dear Esther Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted November 11, 2012 Napoleon is a terrible recommendation to start the Total War series with. Rome is the right answer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gwardinen Posted November 11, 2012 Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Not sure if it fits in the time frame during which you didn't have a PC but you can't risk not playing it. I think about replaying that game almost once a month. I'm just too afraid that it will have lost the magic in the meantime. Napoleon is a terrible recommendation to start the Total War series with. Rome is the right answer. Broadly speaking, I agree entirely. In practice I wonder whether it's better to just wait for Rome 2 next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted November 11, 2012 9 years... so from 2003 right? Here's my list of must-play games (that only exist on PC): - Legend of Grimrock - Torchlight 2 - Titan Quest - Evil Genius that's all the PC exclusive games I can come up with. All other recommended games are also available on consoles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted November 11, 2012 Broadly speaking, I agree entirely. In practice I wonder whether it's better to just wait for Rome 2 next year. While I'd normally agree, dollars to donuts his Book can't run Rome 2. Also an entire six months! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gwardinen Posted November 11, 2012 Also an entire six months! an entire six months! six months! I rarely fully get on the hype train of a game these days but I am longing for Rome 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Orv Posted November 11, 2012 Even as much as I love the original Shogun, Rome is hands down the best game in the series and Rome 2 looks like it's going to be incredible. Like where did those last 18 hours go, incredible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
filk Posted November 11, 2012 Some of these are pre-2003, but really should not be missed. Bold are exclusives or may as well be. Bioshock Crusader Kings II Dishonored Morrowind OR Skyrim (playing either will make it hard to play the other, Oblivion falls between in all axes basically) Civilization IV Team Fortress 2 The Walking Dead Bastion The Binding of Isaac Crysis Deus Ex (original) FTL Half Life 2 & Episodes Mount & Blade: Warband Mass Effect Portal & Portal 2 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Quake Recettear Zeno Clash All available on Steam, as I pulled them by skimming my list. You should also probably add in either Call of Duty 2, 4, or both, but then cut yourself off from military shooters lest they tarnish your memories of all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites