Essential PC Games

[Smertnik]

Psychonauts, Grim Fandango and Planescape: Torment?

Anyhow, there's no such thing as a 'must-play' game, unless you're a critic of some kind. Just play the stuff you like.

 

[TheComedown]

RPG
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Fallout 1 and 2
Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
Planescape: Torment
Deus Ex
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Adventure
The Longest Journey
The Last Express
Sanitarium

FPS
Painkiller

Misc
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Outcast

Its strange, specially given that you appear to more of an RPG person and even more so given your avatar that you missed The Witcher.

 

[Stavros Dimou]

Get Duke Nukem 3d for 6$ from here

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/duke_nukem_3d_atomic_edition/pp/6c1e671f9af5b46d9c1a52067bdf0e53685674f7

and then download the High Resolution Free patch from here: http://hrp.duke4.net/

and play a legend of pc games modernised.

 

[zpm4737]

DEUS EX. And yes, Oblivion and Diablo too.

I was hoping someone would say this.

 

[drifter92]

Team Fortress 2.
All Battlefield games.
All Starcraft games.
All Half-Life games.
All Command and Conquer games up until C&C3:Tiberium Wars (after that everything got messed up).
Portal.
Minecraft.

 

[veloper]

Civilization IV, that's about it.

Ewww. Both Civ III and Civ V are way better than that dog. Adding crappy features that muddy core gameplay does not equal an improvement.

Civ5 is easily the worst of the bunch. Dumbed down gameplay and a shoddy AI that is a complete pushover on emperor levels.

Civ3 is just fine.
Civ4 without BTS is broken.
Civ4 BTS is easily the best of all civ games.

 

[duedmen]

what no arcanum steam punk rpging or the flawed gem vampire the masquerade bloodlines or anything by black isle

that gem was quite flawed indeed. There have been lots of mentions of Planescape and Fallout 1 and 2 though, all of which I'm pretty sure are Black Isle

I do agree with arcanum though

Also,

Baldur's Gate 2
Deus Ex
Planescape: Torment
KOTOR (NOT 2)
Fallout 2, maybe 3 (3 because you can mod the shit out of it)
Mass Effect 1, 2

dunno about the STALKER recommendations. Good games, but they always seem to lack polish

thats what those stalker complete mods exists for make the game absolutely perfect and much prettier at the same time

 

[allinwonder]

Rome Total War (History Channel made a TV show out of this game's tactical battle engine)
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Planescape: Torment

 

[KiKiweaky]

Why has no one mentioned Homeworld? ARE YOU ALL MAD?! Thief games as well. Also, if you like space combat sims, may I suggest the Freespace series? I may? Thanks! Also Mechwarrior. Tribes.... Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. That one game whose name escapes me... Rogue Warrior, X-series.

Any idea where I can get Freespace from? Is it free for download or do I have to download it from steam?

I like space ships and I wana go pew pew pew pew BOOM!!!

OT: Deus Ex does deserve a mention as its awesome
The total war and civilzation series are also huge favorites of mine.

 

[psicat]

RPG
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Fallout 1 and 2
Baldur's Gate 1 and 2
Planescape: Torment
Deus Ex
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Adventure
The Longest Journey
The Last Express
Sanitarium

FPS
Painkiller

Misc
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Outcast

Its strange, specially given that you appear to more of an RPG person and even more so given your avatar that you missed The Witcher.

Ah yes, it was 2:AM, my mind ran through mostly the older classics in my collection so I forgot a few games. I can add to my list of recommendations RPG's: The Witcher, and Mass Effect, Adventure: Machinarium, and Still Life, FPS: STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl.