The PC (Personal Computer) is a highly configurable and upgradable gaming platform that, among home systems, sports the widest variety of control methods, largest library of games, and cutting edge graphics and sound capabilities.
So I just built a new PC (mostly for SW:TOR). What other games do you duders recommend to underscore the benefits of PC gaming? Mind you most (if not all) AAA releases in the last year I've completed on 360. Obscure may be the order of the day.
Great is how I would describe the Witcher and the sequel.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games have been called great but not by me just yet.
Brad certainly thinks Starcraft 2 is great.
To be slightly more obscure I recommend Thief: Deadly Shadows. It's pretty great.
There is so much to choose from! Knowing what kind of game your looking for would help a lot too. You can always wait for the next steam sale though and then you can just buy everything.
I'll think of others, but Hard Reset had good moments also, along with a dissertation on the word fuck. But till I put a list in order, don't forget older games at steam like Painkiller, the origonal Far-cry or again the origonal Fear.
Try the demo for Dawn of Discovery. It's a trading, city-building, economic RTS. But more accessible than that sounds. If you like it, it will devour you.
@salad10203: I spent a good afternoon with Boone's MIDI translator converting Hex to Binary for a cheap MIDI controller I picked up at Guitar Center. It's not so much a matter of being PC-centric, so much as that the console has a couch and REALLY big screen going for it. Singularity, Hard Reset, and Stronghold 3 all have my eye. Blizzard owes me Diablo 3 at launch (paid for a year of WoW upfront). Painkiller was good, but that was 4 PC's ago, and Bulletstorm was more of the same.
I highly recomend Battlefield 3 for some casual (or hardcore. Anyway you swing) multiplayer chaos. Also Starcraft 2, Team Fortress 2 and The Witcher. Most PC games tend to be pretty damn time consuming so only pick a few, for starters. I don't buy many games but I go back and forth periodically between the few games I have.
What sort of games are you into? With Steam, Origin, GoG, and the various Indie Bundles, you can pick up a surprising variety of games on the super-cheap.
Since you've got a PC, you need to play Minecraft, though.
Also in the same boat as the OP, only I'll have my new pc up and running in the next couple of weeks so a great list of recommendations here. The Witcher 2 has really caught my eye mostly. Do people recommend playing through the first before the second to get the full experience or does it not really matter?
@Scottish_Sin it doesnt really matter, but the first witcher is still a pretty great game, so it wouldnt hurt to go through it first. just remember that it starts a little slowly and gets exponentially better after the first two acts.
Don't know if you have played the Dead Space games yet, but they pretty good and are $5 each on steam right now. Just make sure you have a gamepad handy or things could get ugly.
I'll also add Panzer Corps, Tropico 4 and I'll second Dudy80's Warhammer Dawn of War II and GOG classics like Planescape Torment. Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory are also older but worth checking out. Don't be afraid to try some stuff never heard of on console.
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