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#1  Edited By BeachThunder

This is the top 30 list of PC games from another website:

As you can see, it's not a great list and mainly consists of very recent games; so, what I thought we could do is try to improve the list ourselves and create a GB top 30 list of PC games. It may work, it may not; we'll see :o Anyway...

Rules

Based off of Kotaku's Cannon Fodder game, You can either:

  • Remove a game and add a new game in its place or

  • Swap the positions of two games that are already on the list.


Oh, and we're going for the best PC games and not necessarily the most influential.

Anyway, I'll start us off:


  • Removed Bulletstorm; added System Shock 2.

Even though I only played the demo of Bulletstorm, I felt it was pretty silly, even the skill shot thing seemed to get repetitive very quickly; so I'm removing it in favour of System Shock 2, a game which I thought had great FPS/RPG gameplay and a nice creepy atmosphere (especially due to the amazing voice acting) :D

Current List

1. Starcraft 2
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Neverwinter Nights
4. Deus Ex 
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Quake III: Arena
7. Rift
8. Day of the Tentacle
9.  Planescape: Torment
10. Half-Life 2
11. Recettear
12. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. The Witcher
15. Crysis
16. Fallout 2
17. System Shock 2
18. Diablo 2
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Portal
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Baldur's Gate 2
26. Europa Universalis 3 
27. Machinarium
28. X-COM: UFO Defense 
29. Team Fortress 2
30. Age of Kings
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#2  Edited By groin
Removed System Shock 2; added Bulletstorm.
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#3  Edited By HitmanAgent47

Where is crysis? I'm voting for crysis. I mean 90% gamerankings, while crysis 2 is at 86%

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#4  Edited By BeachThunder
@HitmanAgent47 said:
" Where is crysis? "
remove something and add it to the list if you think it should be there :P
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#5  Edited By Mechabolic

Remove Dragon Age 2 and add Baulder's gate 2.  You know, when Bioware actually made RPGS!

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#6  Edited By watshisname08
  • Replaced Fallout: New Vegas with Fallout 2

1. StarCraft 2
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 
4. Borderlands
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Rift
7. Minecraft
8. Bejeweled 3
9. System Shock 2 
10. Batman: Arkham Asylum
11. Battlefield: Bad Company II
12. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. Red Faction: Guerrilla
15. Crysis 2
16. Fallout 2
17. Alien Swarm
18. Torchlight
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Dragon Age II
26. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
27. Machinarium
28. Super Meat Boy
29. Football Manager 2011
30. Napoleon: Total War
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#7  Edited By HitmanAgent47
@BeachThunder: Okay I will remove crysis 2 and add crysis.

Also remove dragon age 2 and add half life 2.
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#8  Edited By BeachThunder

Hm, should everyone post their own new versions of the list or should I update the original post?

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#9  Edited By EuanDewar

That list that everybody seems to care so much about (seriously who gives a shit?) wasn't an all time list, it was games currentley on shelves.

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#10  Edited By BeachThunder
@EuanDewar said:
" That list that everybody seems to care so much about (seriously who gives a shit?) wasn't an all time list, it was games currentley on shelves. "
Which shelves are Alien Swarm and LoL on?

Anyway, forget them, we're creating our own list now :o
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#11  Edited By melcene

Wow... I can only change one thing at a time?  Because this list is JACKED.


Replaced Torchlight with Diablo 2.

1. StarCraft 2
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 
4. Borderlands
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Rift
7. Minecraft
8. Bejeweled 3
9. System Shock 2 
10. Batman: Arkham Asylum
11. Battlefield: Bad Company II
12. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. Red Faction: Guerrilla
15. Crysis 2
16.  Diablo 2
17. Alien Swarm
18. Torchlight
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Dragon Age II
26. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
27. Machinarium
28. Super Meat Boy
29. Football Manager 2011
30. Napoleon: Total War
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#12  Edited By baldgye

Really, No Doom?
How can any top list of PC games exist without Doom on it?

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#13  Edited By GunslingerPanda

Get that Call of Duty shit out of there and add Neverwinter Nights.

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#14  Edited By BeachThunder

Ok, here's an updated list:

1. StarCraft 2
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Neverwinter Nights
4. Borderlands
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Rift
7. Minecraft
8. Bejeweled 3
9. System Shock 2 
10. Batman: Arkham Asylum
11. Battlefield: Bad Company II
12. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. Red Faction: Guerrilla
15. Crysis
16. Fallout 2
17. Alien Swarm
18. Diablo 2
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Baldur's Gate 2
26. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
27. Machinarium
28. Super Meat Boy
29. Football Manager 2011
30. Napoleon: Total War

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#15  Edited By Bloodgraiv3
@baldgye said:
"Really, No Doom? How can any top list of PC games exist without Doom on it? "


Call of Duty is on there, we don't need doom.

trololol

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#16  Edited By wolf_blitzer85

Replace Red Faction: Guerrilla with The Witcher.

Seriously why is that game even on there?

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#17  Edited By gike987

 Replace Red Faction: guerilla with The Witcher

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#18  Edited By abdo

Replace Super Meat Boy with Max Payne.


No offense,  but SMB is a broken port on the PC.
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#19  Edited By 234r2we232

Replace Starcraft 2 with Loom.

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#20  Edited By stubbleman
@wolf_blitzer85:

I could say the same thing about Witcher bro. That game was alright and whatever, but come on. How about Marathon? Now there's a game that should go on there.
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#21  Edited By gbpackers94

Replace Hot Pursuit with Portal.

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#22  Edited By BeachThunder

I liked loom a lot, but I'm going to swap it with DOTT.

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#23  Edited By TehFlan

Replace Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with Recettear.

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#24  Edited By Natedogg2

Replace Batman: Arkham Asylum with Half Life 2.

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#25  Edited By gbpackers94

Can we only go once?

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#26  Edited By BeachThunder
@gbpackers94 said:

" Can we only go once? "

Go again if you want...

BTW, this is the current list - looking much better.

1. Day of the Tentacle
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Neverwinter Nights
4. Borderlands
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Rift
7. Minecraft
8. Bejeweled 3
9. System Shock 2 
10. Half-Life 2
11. Recettear
12. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. The Witcher
15. Crysis
16. Fallout 2
17. Alien Swarm
18. Diablo 2
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Portal
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Baldur's Gate 2
26. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
27. Machinarium
28. Max Payne
29. Football Manager 2011
30. Napoleon: Total War
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#27  Edited By Animasta

Remove AssCreed: Bro and add Europa Universalis 3 :3

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#28  Edited By Cwaff

Rift and Minecraft swap places.

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#29  Edited By gbpackers94

Replace Football Manager 2011 with Team Fortress 2, and switch Portal with Bejewled 3.

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#30  Edited By Natedogg2
@gbpackers94 said:
" Replace Football Manager 2011 with Team Fortress 2. "
Wow. That was going to my next change. Amazing.
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#31  Edited By TehFlan

Replace Day of the Tentacle with Starcraft II.

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#32  Edited By BaneFireLord

Replace LoL with Morrowind.

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#33  Edited By groin
Replaced #9 (System Shock 2) with Bulletstorm.

1. Day of the Tentacle
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Neverwinter Nights
4. Borderlands
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Rift
7. Minecraft
8. Bejeweled 3
9. Bulletstorm
10. Half-Life 2
11. Recettear 
12. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. The Witcher 
15. Crysis
16. Fallout 2
17. Alien Swarm
18. Diablo 2
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Portal
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Baldur's Gate 2
26. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
27. Machinarium
28. Max Payne 
29. Football Manager 2011
30. Napoleon: Total War    
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#34  Edited By BeachThunder
@TehFlan said:
" Replace Day of the Tentacle with Starcraft II. "
>_> replace Bejeweled 3 with DOTT
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#35  Edited By Vexed

Replace Max Payne with X-COM: UFO Defense

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#36  Edited By Natedogg2

Switch Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge with Europa Universalis 3

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#37  Edited By BaneFireLord

Replace Napoleon Total War with Age of Kings.

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#38  Edited By BeachThunder
@groin: fiiine, but I'm removing Alien Swarm and putting in SS2
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#39  Edited By swoxx

Remove Fotball manager 2011 and fucking get Knights of The old Republic up there. Preferably high

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#40  Edited By BeachThunder
@Natedogg2 said:

" Switch Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge with Europa Universalis 3 "

Pick something else, EU3 is already there.

Updated list is this:

1. Starcraft 2
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Neverwinter Nights
4. Borderlands
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Minecraft
7. Rift
8. Day of the Tentacle
9. Bulletstorm
10. Half-Life 2
11. Recettear
12. Europa Universalis 3
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. The Witcher
15. Crysis
16. Fallout 2
17. System Shock 2
18. Diablo 2
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Portal
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Baldur's Gate 2
26. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
27. Machinarium
28. X-COM: UFO Defense 
29. Team Fortress 2
30. Age of Kings
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#41  Edited By gike987

 Replace Bulletstorm with Planescape: Torment.

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#42  Edited By Natedogg2
@BeachThunder said:
" @Natedogg2 said:

" Switch Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge with Europa Universalis 3 "

Pick something else, EU3 is already there.
I wanted to switch the position of those games, not remove them,
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#43  Edited By McGhee

I've never played on the PC much. The only two games that I've ever really loved and put dozens of hours into are Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Unreal Tournament 2004. I think people would be upset if I replaced Starcraft 2 with Red Alert 2 and Battlefield or COD with UT2004. :P

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#44  Edited By BeachThunder
@Natedogg2 said:
" @BeachThunder said:
" @Natedogg2 said:

" Switch Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge with Europa Universalis 3 "

Pick something else, EU3 is already there.
I wanted to switch the position of those games, not remove them, "
Derp, sorry about that, this is hard to keep track of :(
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#45  Edited By ashyzup

 Remove Fotball manager 2011 and fucking get Knights of The old Republic up there.




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#46  Edited By mnzy

Remove Minecraft, add Quake III: Arena.

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#47  Edited By DeckardLee

Replace Borderlands with Deus Ex

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#48  Edited By BeachThunder

Alright, sorry I have to go soon :( it's pretty late here; would anyone mind keeping track of changes?

This is the current list:

1. Starcraft 2
2. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
3. Neverwinter Nights
4. Deus Ex 
5. Mass Effect 2
6. Quake III: Arena
7. Rift
8. Day of the Tentacle
9.  Planescape: Torment
10. Half-Life 2
11. Recettear
12. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
13. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
14. The Witcher
15. Crysis
16. Fallout 2
17. System Shock 2
18. Diablo 2
19. League of Legends
20. Amnesia: The Dark Descent
21. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
22. Magicka
23. Portal
24. Left 4 Dead 2
25. Baldur's Gate 2
26. Europa Universalis 3 
27. Machinarium
28. X-COM: UFO Defense 
29. Team Fortress 2
30. Age of Kings

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#49  Edited By TehFlan

Replace Crysis with Battlefield 2

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#50  Edited By landon

Replace Magicka with Portal 2