>New< PC Game Reccommendations

[TifaLockhart]

I'm looking for some new 2009+ PC Games which has decent graphics and gameplay.

After playing through what seems to be an amazing lineup of PC RPG's in decades, i'm currently starved for more, not to mention my expectations of their graphics has also been set to a pretty high standard by some of the games like

Mass Effect Series
Dragon Age Origins
Borderlands
Fallout 3 (Pretty dated graphics now, i couldnt look pass the character creation of New Vegas so i gave it a miss)
Metro 2033 (Pretty decent gameplay but the mask filter system kinda killed it for me)
The Witcher (Decent gameplay mechanics and story)
Oblivion IV (Dated graphics, played the hell out of it though)
The Last Remnant
Resident Evil 5
GTA 4
Mafia II
Civilization V
Starcraft II
Splintercell Conviction

I dont mind any genre of games except maybe sports, not really into those, horror game reccomendations would be good too, although i did try Amnesia : The Dark Descent which was pretty much a disappointment as it wasnt half as scary as what some of the people would have you believe. I actually played it 4am in the morning in my room with lights off and headphones on and it wasnt half as bad as Fatal Frame which has you staring at ghosts and monsters to defeat it rather than avoiding and adverting your eyes from them.

[tomoya-kun]

Try Medal of Honor, i love it.

[Sosseres]

Gothic 4 was released recently wasn't it?
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker was released recently and seems to be taken as a good DLC for once.


Why not simply go through a list such as http://pc.ign.com/index/reviews.html sorted by date and checking any title that strikes your fancy?

[rostheferret]

I'm playing through Stalker: Call of Pripyat atm. They've fixed most of the bugs that plagued the last two, and the graphics ain't bad. Main complaint is that some of the beasts now take so much damage that you wonder if you stumbled upon an 'unkillable.' Seriously, I just unloaded a good 60 shotgun shells into one beasts face before it died Side complaint, it feels a little short. I usually take my time with things but I think I'm nearly finished - including every side quest - after 3 days

[TifaLockhart]

Gothic 4 was released recently wasn't it?
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker was released recently and seems to be taken as a good DLC for once.


Why not simply go through a list such as http://pc.ign.com/index/reviews.html sorted by date and checking any title that strikes your fancy?

I actually use gametrailers and recent reviews havent had anything which striked my fancy to be honest.

Most of the webs are all about console games these days, unless its a major PC title or a multiplatform one, those PC releases usually gets overlooked.

[Sosseres]

I'm looking for some new 2009+ PC Games which has decent graphics and gameplay.

Most of the webs are all about console games these days, unless its a major PC title or a multiplatform one, those PC releases usually gets overlooked.

To have decent graphics it almost has to be a major title.

[fohfoh]

1/25/11

Dead Space 2...

* fohfoh drools.

Yeah, that's right. 3 months of torture...

[TifaLockhart]

I'm looking for some new 2009+ PC Games which has decent graphics and gameplay.

Most of the webs are all about console games these days, unless its a major PC title or a multiplatform one, those PC releases usually gets overlooked.

To have decent graphics it almost has to be a major title.

Which i'm basically implying anything which is major and not in my list is probably not my cup of tea, hence looking for reccomendations of non-major title releases which has slip below the radar.


Dead Space was nice, though was pretty short. I like the new ideas they have on survival horror though

Definitely looking forward to DS2, as well as Dragon Age 2 and Starcraft II Heart of the Swarm which gods know when its gonna be released.

[tomoya-kun]

I almost forgot to mention recettear! try it out from steam. 

[Grimpak]

step 1:get steam
step 2: purchase good games that go on sale (more common than you think)
step 3: ?? ??
step 4: watch your wallet being zeroed!


ayways, recommendations? STALKER franchise, or, if you're into RTS, the Warhammer 40k franchise too.

[tomoya-kun]

Also if you enjoy RTS company of heroes is excellent.  It's 2007, but it's graphics are better than most 2009/2010 RTS

[BrownMasterV]

Steam does have some amazing deals.
I got COD1+Expansion, COD2, COD:WaW, and COD4 all together for $30
I got L4D and L4D2 both together for $10

Best part is, you get free updates

Anyway, I recommend:
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2
TEAM FORTRESS 2!

[Grimpak]

Steam does have some amazing deals.

last year christmas sale.


need I say more?

let's see how it's this year's.

[t3h_triste]

Steam has a THQ sale this week, yesterday it was the Red Faction series and today it was TitanQuest.

[TifaLockhart]

I'm not really the digital content person, guess i'm old and should probably be moving on.

I still remember the days of retail games where Diablo II and Warcraft 3 and most of the other games (standard edition) comes in A4 boxes and inside are installation guide, guidebooks, stories, promos, demos and sometimes even maps and posters. Now a standard edition Starcraft II comes in a A3 box with a disc in a recycled paper slot-in (not even a jewel case or special casing) and new games just comes in a DVD casing.

Its... sad, killing the fun in unboxing and seeing what freebies and content each different game comes with, i usually spend afew hours reading through the guidebooks and backstory before i even pop the game in the drive. Nowadays publishers are so profit driven its not even funny...

[Grimpak]

Steam has a THQ sale this week, yesterday it was the Red Faction series and today it was TitanQuest.

well that says it all then.

I got the THQ complete pack on the july sale (come on, WH40k 2 + expansion, the Red faction franchise, Metro 2033, Company of heroes franchise, Dead space, STALKER, and a whole lot of other games for 49.99? who wouldn't  get it?) , so, unless there's something new there, I won't even bother.

[Blisse]

I'm not really the digital content person, guess i'm old and should probably be moving on.

I still remember the days of retail games where Diablo II and Warcraft 3 and most of the other games (standard edition) comes in A4 boxes and inside are installation guide, guidebooks, stories, promos, demos and sometimes even maps and posters. Now a standard edition Starcraft II comes in a A3 box with a disc in a recycled paper slot-in (not even a jewel case or special casing) and new games just comes in a DVD casing.

Its... sad, killing the fun in unboxing and seeing what freebies and content each different game comes with, i usually spend afew hours reading through the guidebooks and backstory before i even pop the game in the drive. Nowadays publishers are so profit driven its not even funny...

Amen. I loved my Age of Empires II guide book. Especially the italicized real life non-fiction references.

Nimbus looks like a great game, on Steam. But I hate buying digital. It's a puzzle game however, so it might not be for everyone. Looks great, but I haven't gotten around to getting it.

[t3h_triste]

Its... sad, killing the fun in unboxing and seeing what freebies and content each different game comes with, i usually spend afew hours reading through the guidebooks and backstory before i even pop the game in the drive. Nowadays publishers are so profit driven its not even funny...

While I agree with you, digital distribution has its merits--especially for people like me where (1.) we actually want to buy the games legit even though the illegal copies are easily found in our country and (2.) we live in a country where precisely because pirated games are available, no one even bothers stocking the ol' games-in-boxes anymore for the PC.

As a matter of fact, I was mildly surprised when my brother found a PHYSICAL copy of Civilization V here in Indonesia, which he gave to me for my birthday. I thought, "holy carp, people actually APPRECIATE games like Civilization here?!?"

[AceHigh]

Speaking of civilization games:

Alpha Centauri > Civ series. 

Also if you like those kind of games, I would recommend a more "mature" game, such as Europa Universalis 3.


If you want to play a game that is more like Portal, then there is a new one released called "The Ball" (no balls jokes please)

[HSSDamian]

BLACK OPS.
Not even. Waste of 100$, 4 hours of gameplay.
Though it had the least repetitive single player campaign and the most weapons I've ever seen in an FPS.

Go for Assassin's Creed 2 and Brotherhood when it comes out next year (PC).
Hehe, I have all the games you have and about 168 more