Can anyone help me get into PC gaming?
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Oblivion if you haven't played it already. Check out Diablo 2 and Lord Of Destruction, you can pick them up really cheaply. For FPS try the OrangeBox as you can't really go wrong there. For RTS try Dawn of War or Age Of Empires 2 if you don't use vista. MMO wise, try World Of Warcraft, it's like marmite so grab a free trial.
play oblivion, just borrow it, then play the expansion (shivering isles)
then onece you "get" it throw on morrowind.
diablo
half life
starcraft
warcraft 3 (will not run on a 90's box, but i figure its safe to reccomend to un-knoledgable computer users by now) its true neither of these are FPS's, but SC is the best RTS ever and WC3 is an RTS with just a hint of RPG elements. play starcraft first though.
oblivion may not run on your computer. morrowind is buggy, but still awesome.
then onece you "get" it throw on morrowind.
diablo
half life
starcraft
warcraft 3 (will not run on a 90's box, but i figure its safe to reccomend to un-knoledgable computer users by now) its true neither of these are FPS's, but SC is the best RTS ever and WC3 is an RTS with just a hint of RPG elements. play starcraft first though.
oblivion may not run on your computer. morrowind is buggy, but still awesome.
Auro70392 said:Ok now I would like to ask if there were any games you would recommend for a newbie PC gamer that you would like to suggest.
Also can anyone tell me if there is any way to get Direct X OTHER than off the Microsoft website, because every time I try to download it, it won't access the Microsoft download website
1. Download Steam
2. Download Xfire
3. Download Ventrilo
4. Download Skype
5. Download all your latest GPU drivers, motherboard drivers, etc.
6. Purchase some games off Steam.
7. You're ready to go.
I must point out that DirectX is pretty much a standard inclusion for game releases these days, you don't need to find it.
Also, what's the issue with the MS website unless you have a dodgy copy of Windows?
Also, what's the issue with the MS website unless you have a dodgy copy of Windows?
Unreal Tournament 2004 is a great game that should be enjoyed by all, even if the servers are dying out one by one due to age. Likewise, if there are any Tribes 2 servers left I'd suggest at least playing it once. You can probably find it cheap and it's still an enjoyable game. Also going to have to reiterate STALKER and Painkiller recommendations, as both are great.
Also, take a look into 4X games and Space Sims. The former have only two entries I know of on the consoles (Civilization 2 and the watered down Civilization Revolution) and the closest you get to the latter is Descent. And while Descent is a great game, I'm talking the more overarching sandbox-y space sims like Escape Velocity: Nova, Space Rangers 2, the X series, and Freelancer. All really fun games, and who knows. You might like them.
You can also probably find Evil Genius and Dungeon Keepers 1 and 2 in bargain bins. All three are really great games, really enjoyable, and an interesting spin on strategy. Also, keep an eye out for Sim City 2000 and Sim City 4, very enjoyable non-violent strategy games to this day. Don't do that Sim Cities: Societies stuff.
EDIT: And if you want to learn patience, go find a copy/download/whatever The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. It's not a bad game, it's actually pretty fun, and probably one of the better hack and slash games out there. There's just a few issues. Its randomly generated dungeons can be, at best, akin to the entangled tentacles of an octopi orgy, the '3D map' is perhaps the most worthless thing I've ever seen, all the textures repeat so you can very literally be lost for real life days trying to get out, and the thing has more bugs than an ant farm.
Also, take a look into 4X games and Space Sims. The former have only two entries I know of on the consoles (Civilization 2 and the watered down Civilization Revolution) and the closest you get to the latter is Descent. And while Descent is a great game, I'm talking the more overarching sandbox-y space sims like Escape Velocity: Nova, Space Rangers 2, the X series, and Freelancer. All really fun games, and who knows. You might like them.
You can also probably find Evil Genius and Dungeon Keepers 1 and 2 in bargain bins. All three are really great games, really enjoyable, and an interesting spin on strategy. Also, keep an eye out for Sim City 2000 and Sim City 4, very enjoyable non-violent strategy games to this day. Don't do that Sim Cities: Societies stuff.
EDIT: And if you want to learn patience, go find a copy/download/whatever The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall. It's not a bad game, it's actually pretty fun, and probably one of the better hack and slash games out there. There's just a few issues. Its randomly generated dungeons can be, at best, akin to the entangled tentacles of an octopi orgy, the '3D map' is perhaps the most worthless thing I've ever seen, all the textures repeat so you can very literally be lost for real life days trying to get out, and the thing has more bugs than an ant farm.
You would probably want DirectX10 for a gaming PC, problem is, it only comes with Vista, so what OS are you running?
Not true. Most games don't require DirectX10, but they do have functionality for it. I can't even think of a single game requiring it, especially not with the announcement of this DirectX11 stuff. Wait until Vista stops sucking. They'll eventually fix it like they did XP.Spartan Bannana said:
Did I say NEED? No, I said want.TGLT said:
Also, Vista apparently doesn't suck that much, asked Eggo about it, he said he was happy with it, and he's pretty much the foremost authority on that kinda stuff around here
There are a lot of compatibility issues with video games and programs, least of which of importance being something like Hamachi. It's not exactly the horrible mess made out to be, no, but there's not a huge incentive to get it and an incentive to stick with XP until they either sort out the compatibility issues or make it required to have DirectX10 and DirectX10 hardware.Spartan Bannana said:
Painkiller ftw.RAWKSTAR said:
If you enjoy thousands of mindless geeks being 10,000% better than you, killing you without even looking, and having an awful time, try Counter Strike. (Yeah yeah, hate all you want
)But as for a game you SHOULD try, Team Fortress 2.
OMG
Seriously.
A good computer is cheap these days, and games are still pretty few and far between. you might wanna try Overlord or something.
Seriously.
A good computer is cheap these days, and games are still pretty few and far between. you might wanna try Overlord or something.
Actually, I wouldn't do the GPU update untill, and only untill you have rolledback you current driver to the original release. Then update to the latest, just incase the update means you can't play an older game. This happened to me once when I updated my driver to play a newer game and by doing so made NWN stop working.curlycrouton said:Auro70392 said:Ok now I would like to ask if there were any games you would recommend for a newbie PC gamer that you would like to suggest.
Also can anyone tell me if there is any way to get Direct X OTHER than off the Microsoft website, because every time I try to download it, it won't access the Microsoft download website
1. Download Steam
2. Download Xfire
3. Download Ventrilo
4. Download Skype
5. Download all your latest GPU drivers, motherboard drivers, etc.
6. Purchase some games off Steam.
7. You're ready to go.
Edit: Plus, get Unreal Tournie 2004, then the Chaos UT2: Evolution mod. Then you should be set for fps' for life.