Which PC game showed you the light?
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The first computer game I remember playing was a Pong style of thing, but it wasn't Pong. And there was a game called Radical Castle, which sort of a point and click / rpg thing, but it was really basic, that was on my uncle's Apple Mac.
Then there was Rampage on the Atari, which convinced me that games were brilliant things. Stayed with consoles until getting my first PC, which could run Doom, which was great, the next PC could run the first Grand Theft Auto. The first game that made me think PC's could be ebtter than consoles was Civilisation 2, which was like a drug.
I stayed with PC's until Far Cry. I eventually got sick of having to turn graphics down all the time. I switched to Xbox, and I now play 90% of games on console. I mostly run Linux on my computer now, and think that part of the reason I've shied away from PC gaming is Windows, which I don't enjoy using, bbut the main reason is constantly having to upgrade.
Now that consoles have hard drives, downloadable content and online multiplayer, PC gaming is becoming less relevant to gamers like me, who can't afford to upgrade their pc every year and a half.
The superior piracy controls of consoles make the PC less relevant to publishers too, it seems.
Other things I prefer about consoles include beanbags, passing the controller around with mates, and having somebody make you a cup of tea while they await their turn.
Then there was Rampage on the Atari, which convinced me that games were brilliant things. Stayed with consoles until getting my first PC, which could run Doom, which was great, the next PC could run the first Grand Theft Auto. The first game that made me think PC's could be ebtter than consoles was Civilisation 2, which was like a drug.
I stayed with PC's until Far Cry. I eventually got sick of having to turn graphics down all the time. I switched to Xbox, and I now play 90% of games on console. I mostly run Linux on my computer now, and think that part of the reason I've shied away from PC gaming is Windows, which I don't enjoy using, bbut the main reason is constantly having to upgrade.
Now that consoles have hard drives, downloadable content and online multiplayer, PC gaming is becoming less relevant to gamers like me, who can't afford to upgrade their pc every year and a half.
The superior piracy controls of consoles make the PC less relevant to publishers too, it seems.
Other things I prefer about consoles include beanbags, passing the controller around with mates, and having somebody make you a cup of tea while they await their turn.
Max Payne. I was obsessed with the PS2 version until one day I downloaded the demo for PC. I immediately began looking for my favorite PS2 games in bargain PC versions.
Age of Empires was the first game I ever played on the PC. After that was Ps2 and then I got back into PC due to my facanization with valve games.
Wow! You guys are young!
The games that turned me into a PC gamer were Xenon 2:Megablast, Lemmings (and especially Lemmings 2, that game was wonderful) and all the Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island 1,2,3 & 4 - Day Of The Tentacle, Sam and Max etc.)
The games that turned me into a PC gamer were Xenon 2:Megablast, Lemmings (and especially Lemmings 2, that game was wonderful) and all the Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island 1,2,3 & 4 - Day Of The Tentacle, Sam and Max etc.)
No game has every "showed me the light" as you put it. I've enjoyed a more than healthy share of StarCraft and Age of Empires II but quite frankly PC's never seem to have that one game that I really want to play (Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Metroid Prime, Halo (series)).
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But, tbh, it took me a while to realise how great it and its expansion are.
Next ones : Diablo 2, Mafia, Jedi Knight and the latest might be Company of Heroes.
My first PC game was Oregon Trail.
I got those settlers to their destination like nobody's business.
I got those settlers to their destination like nobody's business.
Age of Empires. Though it wasn't my first PC game by a long shot, it was the first that truly captivated me. I played t for hours, nearly every day, for years.
