I just bought a new video card and would like some games to test it outBF3
If you're talking about "I just bought a new video card and would like some games to test it out" then you're probably going to be looking at a lot of things that also came out on consoles.
Something like Metro.Metro: Last light?
Played it with a PS3 controller though.Likewise. I've never understood playing everything on a PC with a keyboard and mouse merely because that's the primary input method on the PC. The advantage of having a PC is that it supports all these things, why play a particular game with a less than optimal input method when I've got one more suited for it?
Sleeping Dogs came out fairly recently, and happened to have a day 1 HD texture pack for the PC release. You missed a deal on it though; Amazon was bundling it with Tomb Raider and Hitman: whatever the newest one is for $15.PC is just more powerful and easier to customize. Not all games are good on PC but these games are good on PC.Played it with a PS3 controller though.Likewise. I've never understood playing everything on a PC with a keyboard and mouse merely because that's the primary input method on the PC. The advantage of having a PC is that it supports all these things, why play a particular game with a less than optimal input method when I've got one more suited for it?
Oh and by the way, if you haven't played any of the Mass Effect series I strongly suggest starting with the original then going to 2 before you start 3. You can actually carry over all of your decisions into each game so it's not a wasted effort.I played 3, never played 2 or 1. 3 was awesome till the end ... WTF is that ending? TERRIBLE decision TERRIBLE! But the whole game was just full of epics.
I'd be recommending games from the early 80's if you didn't specify 2011 and onwards. Anyway:Use high texture pack for Crysis? Enlighten me.
If you want pretty, just get Crysis (use high resolution texture packs) and Crysis 3. And Skyrim, of course. Remember to use SweetFX with them.
X-COM: Enemy Unknown is a good game. It's not exactly pretty, but it is a good game.
You played Human Revolution? No? Give it a go!
I can vouch for the Mass Effect series being entertaining. The first one can be a bit of slog if you already played through the 2nd and 3rd games, but it is worth it.
New Vegas is a great, buggy as shit game to play.
ARMA 3 is out. If you can, try it.
My brother won't shut up about Sleeping Dogs, so you may want to give that a try, too. He likes Hitman:Absolution, too.
Check out Mount & Blade: With Fire and Blade, too. Well, check them all out.
Touhou, too. 8) All of them.
If you like a challenge, you should try Long Live the Queen. I can never get her to survive. Never. I will beat it eventually. I swear it.
Rogue Legacy is a fun Rogue-lite platformer. Academagia is fun game, too. The demo is shit, and it isn't representative of the game unfortunately. It is still a fun little sim game.
I'd be recommending games from the early 80's if you didn't specify 2011 and onwards. Anyway:
If you want pretty, just get Crysis (use high resolution texture packs) and Crysis 3. And Skyrim, of course. Remember to use SweetFX with them.
X-COM: Enemy Unknown is a good game. It's not exactly pretty, but it is a good game.
You played Human Revolution? No? Give it a go!
I can vouch for the Mass Effect series being entertaining. The first one can be a bit of slog if you already played through the 2nd and 3rd games, but it is worth it.
New Vegas is a great, buggy as shit game to play.
ARMA 3 is out. If you can, try it.
My brother won't shut up about Sleeping Dogs, so you may want to give that a try, too. He likes Hitman:Absolution, too.
Check out Mount & Blade: With Fire and Blade, too. Well, check them all out.
Touhou, too. 8) All of them.
If you like a challenge, you should try Long Live the Queen. I can never get her to survive. Never. I will beat it eventually. I swear it.
Rogue Legacy is a fun Rogue-lite platformer. Academagia is fun game, too. The demo is shit, and it isn't representative of the game unfortunately. It is still a fun little sim game.
I can vouch for the Mass Effect series being entertaining. The first one can be a bit of slog if you already played through the 2nd and 3rd games, but it is worth it.It might almost be worth loading a save for Mass Effect and starting with the second. The first game was fun the first time through, but a chore on replays. There's also the goofy Genesis comic books that let you make most of the major choices by deciding in a voiced comic that plays before the start of the game. It's pay for DLC though... Could bootleg it and run it anyway if you wanted to I guess.
If you like a challenge, you should try Long Live the Queen. I can never get her to survive. Never. I will beat it eventually. I swear it.]If you like a challenge, you should try Long Live the Queen. I can never get her to survive. Never. I will beat it eventually. I swear it.It is very fun. I know Tatsu is a VN fan, and while it's not quite that, it might be something he'd like. It's been Greenlit (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=142369710) just recently, so should be coming to Steam hopefully soon. Only improvement other than achievements and cards is ending graphics, which will definitely be nice in a game with so many ways to die.
Use high texture pack for Crysis? Enlighten me.SweetFX (http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=368880) is shader suite as zherok has said. Its similar to ENBSeries, and you can use the two concurrently. I used to use it with Skyrim and PCSX2 when I had my computer.
What is SweetFX?