Best Games in the world??

[spicychicken]

Hi everyone

I am going to buy a load of the best games for my PC. I want to know what your opinions are of the best strategy, shoot 'em up etc etc games on the market today. Cheers :D

[aym]

FPS:
Serious Sam
Clive Barker's Undying
No One Lives Forever
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Alien vs Predator

RTS:
Black & White
Commandos II

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[cobra]

Quake 3 Arena
Team Arena
Serious Sam
Return to Wolfenstein

Serious Sam 2(second encounter) is coming out soon...

[Floppyman]

Counterstrike (All you need is Half-Life, CS is free, just in case you're not playing it already)

and

Command and Conquer Red Alert 2

[troysvihl]

I'll second on counter strike. It's pretty much the only thing I've been playing for a year now, and I'm still not sick of it. Definetly getting my money out of that purchase.

try the review section at: www.cgonline.com

If you stick to their 4.5 or 5 star-rated games, you should be OK. I don't always listen to their ratings, but when I don't, I always wind up wishing I had. They've never steered me wrong.

[Nuclear Krusader]

I like to read PC GAMER. Since I do I never play a bad game.

Grab a copy of Deus Ex. You won't be disappointed.

[Xayd]

FPS..

Still UT, but Quake 3 gets points for being a very well balanced 1v1 game.
No others that I can think of cut it for me right now.

RTS..
Sacrifice is one of my personal favorites

[Guzano]

If you truly enjoy playing games by yourself the FPS above are great. But online gaming is a must. Counter Strike and CTF and are awesome games you can play online for 30$. At the moment I am only playing Dark Age of Camelot. Here is a link to the official homepage of the game, worth the look. http://www.darkageofcamelot.com/ (http://) If you are not aware, wish I doubt, this is a MMORPG. Its worth the look. Drawbacks: The game is about 35$ plus a monthly fee of 10$, you do get your first month free. Within that month you will know wether you want to stick with it or not, hell, with in the hour!!!

[christo418]

Max Payne, Deus Ex, Thief, Diablo 2 } Highly Recommended!

[Cirerrek]

RPG:
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn + expansion Throne of Bhaal
Great game especially if you get some passable AI scripts for your characters to handle combat and healing.

Turn Based Strategy:
Sid Meier's Civlization III
A true step up from the previous Civ games. The only negative I have found in the week that I have been playing it (constantly) is the production queue. I can't figure out how to remove things from it, only replace things already in it.

Cirerrek

[shecky981]

We play Quake2 religiously on our LAN at the office, its an after lunch tradition! yes, quake2 not 3. i just think the gameplay is better on 2. tons of mods, maps, skins, etc. out there too (i usually play as Homer Simpson. doh!)

[Prew]

The best FPS games have already been listed (good to see some Serious Sam players here- as soon as I get Road Runner (by first of year) maybe we can play some cooperactive-- BTW the Second Encouter is due out in January)

Some other types of games that either I or my son have had much fun playing:

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleased
Freespace 2
Baldurs Gate
Red Alert 2
Any of the Jane's Flight simulators

[Nelreem]

i like RTS and RPG, and have never been disapointed by blizzard, so i will recommend Warcraft 2 Battle.net edition, and Diablo 2. I second the baldurs gate nomintation

[guy74585]

I think that war craft III will be the bomb biggity!!!! And how about soldier of fortune double helix that looks totally sweet as well. Anyone played ghost recon yet??

[Reedimus]

Baldur's Gate I and II along with their respective expansions, both official and otherwise. Icewind dale + expansions is also a great game. These games are AD&D based. IMHO rpgs are the best games out there, and said rpgs are the best rpgs out there.

[Nuclear Krusader]

I prefer RPGs over FPS, for RPGs provide a more complete gaming experiece. With the exception of Half-Life, most of the FPS are just mindless shooters, where story plays a minor part.

To me a game must shine in three departments to be qualified as a GREAT game or a MUST HAVE: story line, graphics and gameplay.

Take, for example, Revenant. I bought it because the story seemed promising, but halfway through the game, the story was almost forgotten and the only thing you did was hack and slash. And it was an RPG! To me it was just a game that belonged more to consoles than to PCs, because of the poor statistics management and lot of combat combos. RPG, my aunt Nelly! It was an action game! It was a game that could have been a very great title but was dragged down due to poor storyline and repetitive gameplay. If you like hacking and slashing in RPGs go get Diablo II instead.

Now let's speak of Baldur's Gate. Its graphics are not the best of the best, but the emphasis on story is great indeed. Though I only played it once, it stuck me to my monitor for endless hours ove four months or so. Now that's what I call immersion!

A game that I haven't played but some people, and PC GAMER has recomended is Arcanum. It was designed for the guys that brought us Fallout and Fallout 2 (two of the best RPGs BTW).

[DrZaius]

Another vote for Half-Life/Counter-Strike and Unreal Tournament.
I think that war craft III will be the bomb biggity!!!!
I sure hope so, it looks great from the screenshots and info I've seen.

[Jenni]

Counter-Strike, Quake 3, Soldier of Fortune, BGII...

Do not buy: Arcanum---very weird, Pool of Radiance---great game for a while, then you get lost running around the map looking for some stupid key you missed the first time, plus it is very buggy and crashes a lot, Crimson Skies---got great reviews, totally sucks!

Totally addivtive games that everyone should have---AirXonix--a 3D version of the old microsoft game Jezzball, Eggsucker---just like Snood or the old SNES/Genesis game Bust a Move, both have demos available for download.

[mc2phat]

Mech Warrior 3 and Diablo II were my favorites. I'm not really much of a gamer. I really liked European Air War too, still play it from time to time.

[DukeDiablo]

Delta Force 3....great game, and free online play. Pretty cheap now at Best Buy as well.

[LullTheConqueror]

I'm going to have to cast my votes for a few of the oldies here, and a couple newer titles:
The original Master of Orion
Both Diablo games
Fallout II
The Civilization series (got Civ III but haven't played it yet, waiting on my new system)
Tribes 2

[Pal44]

Heroes of MM III
Deus ex
No One lives forever
Return to Castle wolf.
RailRoad Tycoon
Serious sam

[Jenni]

Well, since nobody else is gonna mention them, I will---the Age of Empires games. They are great!

Delta Force 3 was fun, but a little too easy, and not very long. It might be fun multiplayer though, but I can't imagine it being anywhere near as fun as Counterstrike!

[Lord Prism]

UT

Max Payne

Deus Ex

Thief II

Alien VS Predator II

Good Luck,

[whr2206]

hmmm alot of people like ut, and quake 3, I cant seem to get into those games, I dont know why, I like mgs 2 gt3 gta3 any college football game.... nba street project gotham shenmue doa3.....and lots more I oculd go on for a long time, thats a short list of games i play....

[bosco]

HalfLife box set***
Unreal Tournament**
Unreal Gold**

[pam123]

No One Lives Forever, SystemShock 2, and Homeworld.
A great trio to start off with.:)

[KR0316]

Best Buy has all 4 Comand and Conquer games in a box set for $50. I haven't played them but I want to if it is worth it.

[1timebuilder]

Rainbow 6
Falcon4.0
starcraft

[Scottum]

What no worms freaks on here??? The Worms series is the best ever!!!!

[Xayd]

Hehe, no one will ever speak well of worms, but it's somehow always a big lan hit when someone brings it :D.

[tech-no-blue]

I think that the best game of the world is counter-strike,half life,quake 3 and many other...by the way,I think that a pc game that name: Disciples II: Dark Prophecy that is still not in the market is going to be very good to play...

[scottb99]

My favorites are the Command and Conquer series, Age of Empires series, and favorite of all time Links LS 2001

[jaffa808]

Quake still sticks in my mind as it was the first FPS I played - it had me going for a while!!! Return to Castle Wolfenstein seems to be hitting the spot at the moment, only halfway thru but it kicks ass!

[janaak]

Half-Life with TFC, sorry CS fans... I have more fun with this team based mod rather than taking out people one shot DM style. But I don't know about the clans on CS. Let's see... Diablo 2 with the expansion, worms armageddon, red alert 2 + exp, dark age of camelot, return to castle wolf, unreal tournament, BG II with exp as well. I know of more games. But I'm at well... let's just say at an employment area... Also, I forgot whoever did a earlier post but this is just for computer games, not console games. late

[Insanepyro69]

Personally My self Command and conquer,starcraft,and age of empires conquers edit are the best games if u like strategy. These i believe are also the best multiplayer games around especially at lan partys

[Bobdog]

My vote goes for the gaming experience you get with CS, Roger Wilco, a couple of mates on line and some beer/wine on a Saturday night...

Also, BGII is quite good if only I could get into it (needs a serious amount of time)

[AndyM]

Counterstrike, sucks hours out of me! And I only get tired when the level of cheating makes it unplayable. It's playability kicks the pants off RTCW.

[Zellius]

I highly recommend Unreal Tournament its amazing experience i started it 6 months ago playing assault its addictive and its very skill base and fast not like counter strike wich i got bored with after a week

[deanboyj]

Dark age of Camelot

unrefuted

one suggestion.. its not getting a WHOLE lot of media... just try the free month
and after about 10 levels.. it gets a loooot cooler... get a whole bunch of friends and DAoC all the live long day!!!
w00t!

[RenegadeKing]

No one mentioned Tribes or Tribes 2 so I will. Two others no one mentioned: MDK2, Rogue Spear. They are all pretty fun.

RenegadeKing

[deanboyj]

maybe you dont understand.... BUY DARK AGE OF CAMELOT OR DIE
REDEEM YOURSELF, I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!
WITH THIS GAME YOU TOO CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AAAAA

[DragonNOA1]

Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament...
...you also can't go wrong with a little Ghost Recon!