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    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.

    Which game would you name to describe PC gaming as a whole?

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    #1  Edited By ShockD

    Regardless of it's age. I'm going with Company of Heroes.

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    #2  Edited By Contro

    I really don't think any one game can.

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    #3  Edited By ShockD

    Come on there are so many games that are examples of the PC elite.

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    #4  Edited By FirePrince

    Stalker:Call Of Pripyat.

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    #5  Edited By Danteveli

    I would go with Heroes of Might and Magic III. Exclusive to pc (and not many games like that on consoles - western turn strategy games). One game that gives years of playability.

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    #6  Edited By Sogeman

    CS 1.6

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    #7  Edited By CarpetRemnant

    Steam

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    #8  Edited By HitmanAgent47

    Crysis on very high settings.

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    #9  Edited By Jimbo

    Pirates!

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    #10  Edited By BeachThunder

    That's kind of a weird question; anyway, I can't help but think Half-Life 2 :o

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    #11  Edited By ShockD
    @Danteveli said:
    I would go with Heroes of Might and Magic III. Exclusive to pc (and not many games like that on consoles - western turn strategy games). One game that gives years of playability.
    Tell me about it, I've been playing this for years.
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    #12  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @HitmanAgent47 said:
    Crysis on very high settings.
     
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    #13  Edited By HitmanAgent47
    @Ahmad_Metallic: you should try it on very high settings one day.
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    #14  Edited By phrosnite

    CS 1.5 & 1.6 
    Maybe not necessary describe but when someone says PC this is what pops into my head.

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    #15  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @HitmanAgent47 said:
    @Ahmad_Metallic: you should try it on very high settings one day.
    I will, man :) The disk is sitting beside me, waiting for the day i come home with an i5 and a GTX 580. it won't be long now!
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    #16  Edited By PillClinton

    Halo. 

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    #17  Edited By Yoghurt

    Easy - Planescape: Torment.

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    #18  Edited By shiftymagician
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    @HitmanAgent47 said:
    @Ahmad_Metallic: you should try it on very high settings one day.
    I will, man :) The disk is sitting beside me, waiting for the day i come home with an i5 and a GTX 580. it won't be long now!
    Same here.  Oh the day shall come where I will venture into glorious adventures with graphics unseen by the common man.  Well at least until the next console iteration when it becomes the standard yet again.
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    #19  Edited By IncredibleBulk92

    I'd say Oblivion.  I know it came out on the consoles but the PC version is so much more thanks to the moding community.  They've released everything from the obvious armour and weapon packs to completely rebuilding cities, quest lines, adding hundreds of new monsters.  Stock Oblivion is great but the PC community make it  incredible.

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    #20  Edited By shiftymagician
    @IncredibleBulk92 said:
    I'd say Oblivion.  I know it came out on the consoles but the PC version is so much more thanks to the moding community.  They've released everything from the obvious armour and weapon packs to completely rebuilding cities, quest lines, adding hundreds of new monsters.  Stock Oblivion is great but the PC community make it  incredible.
    I was pretty much going to say this or Morrowind.  Either game demonstrates the dedication and quality that a good PC community can bring, as well as how far the community can push games further than the average person would ever expect.  A lot of these things simply cannot be done on any locked down console at this point in time, so either Morrowind or Oblivion are great examples of the unique qualities of the PC platform.
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    #21  Edited By TorMasturba

    I've played Fallout 3 on both xbox 360 and the PC, many will vehemently disagree with me but I got thoroughly engrossed in Fallout 3 on my PC. 
    I mean the only reason I went back to it on the Xbox 360 was because of hpw much I enjoyed it due the PC experience. So much more personal. 
     
    Oh and to magnify IncredibleBulk92's point, the mod community for Fallout 3 kick's ass too.

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    #22  Edited By nintendoeats

    Required Features:
    1.Scales with hardware
    2.Modding community
    3.Has remained widely played for at least a few years
    4.Plays well on a mouse and keyboard
    5.Available on Steam 
    6.Has both super-dedicated and super-relaxed userbase
     
    Sounds like Counterstrike to me.

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    #23  Edited By Axersia

    FarmVille.

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    #24  Edited By mikeeegeee

    Counterstrike, WoW, Starcraft

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    #25  Edited By Djeffers03

    CSS and Starcraft 2

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    #26  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    Command & Conquer is something I always think of..  though perhaps I'm living in the past a bit there.

    Sim City and World of Warcraft are very PC-ish titles as well.

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    #27  Edited By Monte

    Team Fortress 2?

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    #28  Edited By Tennmuerti

    There really is no single game. Too many great titles.
    Which is awesome!

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    #29  Edited By Gizmo

    It'd have to be Half Life 2 or Counter Strike: Source, surely?

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    Köntär Strajk.

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    #31  Edited By time allen

    earthworm jim

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    #32  Edited By ShockD
    @TheSeductiveMoose said:
    Köntär Strajk.
    is a mod, not a game :P
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    #33  Edited By ProfessorEss

    Ultima.

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    #34  Edited By Animasta
    @monte said:
    Team Fortress 2?
    this is probably it now that I think about it
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    #35  Edited By ProfessorEss
    @Laketown said:
    @monte said:
    Team Fortress 2?
    this is probably it now that I think about it
    Yeah that is a pretty good call.
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    #36  Edited By vitor
    @Toms115 said:
    earthworm jim
    Because the PC community is so homophobic? Surely that’s more Xbox live?
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    #37  Edited By ShaggE

    Wishbone & The Amazing Odyssey. 

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    #38  Edited By DeeGee

    Starcraft 2, I think.

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    #39  Edited By RIDEBIRD

    StarCraft 2 or Team Fortress 2. Neither of which that could be done on todays consoles and remain mechanically intact in every single way.

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    #40  Edited By ventilaator

    Either a weird little thing that could only exist on the PC (VVVVVV), or something complicated that would never work well on a console ever without making it different (Total War, Civilization, RTS games)
     
    Or, counter strike.

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    Chip's Challenge.
     

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    #42  Edited By icicle7x3

    Oregon Trail

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    #43  Edited By JasonR86

    Either of the Starcraft games or World of Warcraft.  Those are the only games that come to mind for me when I think of modern PC gaming.

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    #44  Edited By MideonNViscera

    Wolfenstein 3d.

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    #45  Edited By Kasswara

    Either Deus Ex, or the Warcraft series IMO.

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    #46  Edited By phish09

    Doom.

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    #47  Edited By Suicidal_SNiper

    I think listing off any game by Valve or Blizzard pretty much covers it.  

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    #48  Edited By Kyreo

    Either Counter Strike or something out of the Orange Box. 
     
    Or anything by Blizzard.  

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    #49  Edited By Jack268

    Quake, CS, Half Life 2 and Warcraft 3 have always been my "This is PC" titles. I must say Crysis does a good job too, not only with it's graphics but also because of the sheer amount of customization you can do to the weapons and the enormous maps.

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    #50  Edited By rybrad

    Solitaire or Minesweeper.

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