So many good games!

pRATTICUS · 01-23-11, 07:23 AM

Hey guys,

I've been into computers and PC gaming for about 14 years now. Recently (the last 2 or 3) I haven't been as active. Therefore, I missed playing alot of the cutting edge games as they were being released.

Well, now it seems there is a plethora of games at my fingertips and all for cheap!

I was looking at the other thread on the Dead Space 2 footage and thought about checking out the first. It's $6.80 right now on Steam - haha!

My whole point of this post, is that for me, by not picking up games as they were being released I saved myself (among other things):

- money (most from 1-2 years ago are $10 or less now)
- hardship & frustration with patches (initial releases are usually a little bumpy until patched)
- playing crappy games (avoided wasting my money on crappy games)

AND I have no shortage of what to play! There is no way possible for me to play and beat the old games faster than the new ones are coming out - therefore this cycle will continue for me for the foreseeable future.

Good times.

Now, what have I missed in the last couple of years?

Ywap · 01-23-11, 07:59 AM

Good times indeed, just look at this years bad boys:

Dead Space 2
Duke Nukem Forever
Red Faction: Armageddon
Rage
Crysis 2
Batman: Arkham City
Bulletstorm
Fear 3
Dead Island (hopefully)
Serious Sam 3

And probably some other great titles i´ve forgotten. As for what you might have missed the last couple of years... well, thats a lot!

Played Capcom:s pc titles: Resident Evil 5, Bionic Commando, Dark Void and Lost Planet?

Other titles you might enjoy: Bioshock 2, Riddick: AoDA, Wolfenstein, Timeshift, Fear 2, Crysis: Warhead, Far Cry 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum. All great games and you might have missed one or two

Personally i´m catching up with some old games right now that i´ve saved for the PC upgrade.

tornadog · 01-23-11, 08:38 AM

anything there that does not have a number behind it or is not a sequel or prequel??

Vanzagar · 01-23-11, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pRATTICUS

Now, what have I missed in the last couple of years?

I don't think you've missed much, most stuff is just re-hashed garbage, like tornadog stated just about everything being released this year is a sequel, I can't think of anything that has been innovative or has broken the mold over the last 2 years, some games I've enjoyed though:

NFS:HS
Gothic 4 - not open ended any more but still kinda fun
Mafia 2

All the Battlefield, COD games all feel the same to me with slightly different vistas, some jack wagon spewing orders for you to rush from point A to point B to save X from Y or some derivation...

But on the horizon there's Elder Scrolls 5 - Skyrim in nov...

I think over the last 20 or so years that I've been playing games I have not has this level of dis-interest with the exception of Skyrim, which was just announced a week or 2 ago... games are getting more and more dumbed down and consolized, it's rather depressing...

Vanz

Intel17 · 01-23-11, 01:04 PM

Rage?

pRATTICUS · 01-23-11, 04:54 PM

5 hours into Dead Space and I am on Chapter 4.

Great game - took a little time to remap some keys and figure out the mechanics, but it's definitely one of the best I have played. It's actually holding my attention. I do find myself getting scared or saying "Holy Sh*t!" every now and then

Highly recommend it at $7 on Steam til tomorrow.

mojoman0 · 01-23-11, 06:01 PM

hes asking about recent games guys. My suggestions from the last couple years:

Batman: Arkham Asylum
The Witcher
Borderlands
Mirror's Edge
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 if you like multiplayer

Soetdjuret · 01-24-11, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanzagar

NFS:HS
Gothic 4 - not open ended any more but still kinda fun
Mafia 2

NFS:HS - Really not a good game
Gothic 4 - not open ended any more but still kinda fun - Really not a good game
Mafia 2 - Really a short and demanding game with plastic characters and no free ride or extra missions/side missions.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pRATTICUS

Now, what have I missed in the last couple of years?

Noones gonna say Metro 2033? I think it's one of todays best games.

Then ofc Stalker Call of Pripyat
Assassins Creed 2
Bioshock 1 + 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass effect 2
StarCraft 2
Fear 2
NFS: Shift
God of war 3
Borderlands
Bad company 2
Far cry 2
Crysis Warhead
Brothers in arms 3
Team fortress 2
Portal
Left 4 dead 2
Dirt 2
Grid
GTAIV
Sains Row 2
Resident evil 5
Dead rising 2
Splinter cell conviction
Command & Conquer 4
Arma2
CoD games
Lost Planet 2
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Turok
Burnout Paradise,
NecroVisioN

That's a good start. I hope you haven't missed obvious ones as HL2, Farcry, TES4 Oblivion, Doom 3 etc...

de><ta · 01-24-11, 09:34 AM

http://originalgamster.com/blog1/201...e-your-wallet/

This!

pRATTICUS · 01-30-11, 09:11 AM

Guys - thanks for all the responses!

Great inputs. I just finished Dead Space I and thought it was pretty smooth, innovative and fun! I would rate it as 8.5/10 - definitely worth the $6.80 it cost me on Steam.

The whole intent of getting a list from 2008 - 2010 is because I can probably find those games on the cheap. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of disposable income at this point.

Regards,
P

**Destroy** · 01-31-11, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pRATTICUS

Now, what have I missed in the last couple of years?

A lot of console ports.

DansFace · 02-01-11, 04:01 PM

Mass Effect 1 & 2

nuff said

01-23-11, 07:23 AM	#1
pRATTICUS Schnauzerkampfwagen I Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 74	So many good games! Hey guys, I've been into computers and PC gaming for about 14 years now. Recently (the last 2 or 3) I haven't been as active. Therefore, I missed playing alot of the cutting edge games as they were being released. Well, now it seems there is a plethora of games at my fingertips and all for cheap! I was looking at the other thread on the Dead Space 2 footage and thought about checking out the first. It's $6.80 right now on Steam - haha! My whole point of this post, is that for me, by not picking up games as they were being released I saved myself (among other things): - money (most from 1-2 years ago are $10 or less now) - hardship & frustration with patches (initial releases are usually a little bumpy until patched) - playing crappy games (avoided wasting my money on crappy games) AND I have no shortage of what to play! There is no way possible for me to play and beat the old games faster than the new ones are coming out - therefore this cycle will continue for me for the foreseeable future. Good times. Now, what have I missed in the last couple of years? __________________ Windows 7 Home Premium 64 \| 6Gb OCZ 1600 Mhz \| i7 950 OC to 4.0 Ghz \| 280 GTX SLI \| ASUS P6X58D-E \| Dell 3007WFP \| Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W PSU "Some say Chuck Norris can divide by zero; while this is true, he would have no need. For Chuck, the zero would divide itself."

01-23-11, 07:59 AM	#2
Ywap Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 627	Re: So many good games! Good times indeed, just look at this years bad boys: Dead Space 2 Duke Nukem Forever Red Faction: Armageddon Rage Crysis 2 Batman: Arkham City Bulletstorm Fear 3 Dead Island (hopefully) Serious Sam 3 And probably some other great titles i´ve forgotten. As for what you might have missed the last couple of years... well, thats a lot! Played Capcom:s pc titles: Resident Evil 5, Bionic Commando, Dark Void and Lost Planet? Other titles you might enjoy: Bioshock 2, Riddick: AoDA, Wolfenstein, Timeshift, Fear 2, Crysis: Warhead, Far Cry 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum. All great games and you might have missed one or two Personally i´m catching up with some old games right now that i´ve saved for the PC upgrade. __________________ i7 2600k - Msi P67A-GD55 - Noctua NH-D14 - 8gb Corsair 1600mhz - Gigabyte GTX 580 - Corsair 600t - Corsair TX 850w - Windows 7 64-bit Last edited by Ywap; 01-24-11 at 12:57 PM.

01-23-11, 08:38 AM	#3
tornadog Keeper of the Faith Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,446	Re: So many good games! anything there that does not have a number behind it or is not a sequel or prequel?? __________________ i7 950 @ 4.2Ghz w/ Venomous-X, Asus Sabertooth x58, 8gb DDR3 GSkill 1600Mhz,MSI N670 PE, Win 7 Ult. x64, Samsung PN50C7000, Pioneer VSX 920-K, Polk Monitor 5.0 Speakers, Bic H100 Sub

01-23-11, 01:04 PM	#5
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01-23-11, 04:54 PM	#6
pRATTICUS Schnauzerkampfwagen I Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 74	Re: So many good games! 5 hours into Dead Space and I am on Chapter 4. Great game - took a little time to remap some keys and figure out the mechanics, but it's definitely one of the best I have played. It's actually holding my attention. I do find myself getting scared or saying "Holy Sh*t!" every now and then Highly recommend it at $7 on Steam til tomorrow. __________________ Windows 7 Home Premium 64 \| 6Gb OCZ 1600 Mhz \| i7 950 OC to 4.0 Ghz \| 280 GTX SLI \| ASUS P6X58D-E \| Dell 3007WFP \| Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W PSU "Some say Chuck Norris can divide by zero; while this is true, he would have no need. For Chuck, the zero would divide itself."

01-23-11, 06:01 PM	#7
mojoman0 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,566	Re: So many good games! hes asking about recent games guys. My suggestions from the last couple years: Batman: Arkham Asylum The Witcher Borderlands Mirror's Edge Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Battlefield: Bad Company 2 if you like multiplayer

01-24-11, 09:34 AM	#9
de><ta prodigy Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA, NY Posts: 1,100	Re: So many good games! http://originalgamster.com/blog1/201...e-your-wallet/ This! __________________ IBM T60p \| Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 \| 2GB PC2-5300 \| ATi M X1700 256MB \| 100GB 7200rpm SATA ///m-powered \| Intel i7 920 \| EVGA x58 \| 6GB DD3 1600 \| EVGA GTX 285 SSC \| 150GB VelociRaptor Drag racing is for fast cars. Autocrossing is for fast drivers.

01-30-11, 09:11 AM	#10
pRATTICUS Schnauzerkampfwagen I Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 74	Re: So many good games! Guys - thanks for all the responses! Great inputs. I just finished Dead Space I and thought it was pretty smooth, innovative and fun! I would rate it as 8.5/10 - definitely worth the $6.80 it cost me on Steam. The whole intent of getting a list from 2008 - 2010 is because I can probably find those games on the cheap. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of disposable income at this point. Regards, P __________________ Windows 7 Home Premium 64 \| 6Gb OCZ 1600 Mhz \| i7 950 OC to 4.0 Ghz \| 280 GTX SLI \| ASUS P6X58D-E \| Dell 3007WFP \| Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W PSU "Some say Chuck Norris can divide by zero; while this is true, he would have no need. For Chuck, the zero would divide itself."

02-01-11, 04:01 PM	#12
DansFace Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 610	Re: So many good games! Mass Effect 1 & 2 nuff said __________________ Now Playing: Skyrim & BF3 i5 2500k @ 5.0 GHZ cooled with a H70, ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) , Radeon 6970 2GB, X-Fi Music, and Corsair 650w