Back into PC gaming

alexthecheese · 30 Jan 2008 at 19:12

Just ordered myself a high end rig of E8400, 4 gigs of RAM, a 3870x2 and a 24" Illyama monitor and am going to need some games to stick on it!!

Obviously there's Crysis, but what else has come out in the last year that I should try? Any settlers/civ/sim city style games about? Good shooters and racers too?

ins0mn1ac · 30 Jan 2008 at 19:24

WoW. Goodbye.

Lonewolf · 30 Jan 2008 at 19:26

If your looking to play online then it has to be CoD4 which also has a decent SP mode. Other SP games which should be considered are TimeShift and Bioshock both are excellent FPS.

RobH · 30 Jan 2008 at 19:30

The Orange Box (I can run it in full detail at 1920x1200 on my 8800 GTS so you shouldn't have a prob on yout 24" with that card).

alexthecheese · 30 Jan 2008 at 19:36

Ah yes, the Orange box... I'll definitely have to get that. :cool:

What's that Stalker like?

ins0mn1ac · 30 Jan 2008 at 20:00

alexthecheese said:
Ah yes, the Orange box... I'll definitely have to get that.

What's that Stalker like?

Stalker is like marmite, try COD4 one of the best games in ages imo, defo get the orange box though, utter bargain and entertaining.

davecarter · 30 Jan 2008 at 20:21

alexthecheese said:
Ah yes, the Orange box... I'll definitely have to get that.

What's that Stalker like?

Personally I didnt like it, I Love FPS's but this one had too much talking and RPG elements for my liking.

[TBR]MadMark · 30 Jan 2008 at 22:00

alexthecheese said:
Ah yes, the Orange box... I'll definitely have to get that.

What's that Stalker like?

As previosly stated it is a marmite game, but i personally like it. The graphics are amazing and there is also the multi player to consider.

Hotpot · 30 Jan 2008 at 22:59

Stalker is the dog's ********. Play it with the Simbion mod with textures. As well as making the graphics really sweet, it makes the game into what the developers first promised. Totally simulated world in which very few things are scripted. And the atmosphere!
I didn't like COD4. It looked a bit primitive like a console game and the enemies would spawn endlessly until you advanced to a further position.
For racing games, you've got to try GTR2 and Race07. I recommend a good wheel such as the Logitech G25.
Timeshift is a corker of an FPS albeit a bit linear after the masterpiece which was Stalker.

bidermaier · 31 Jan 2008 at 03:51

I am new in PC gaming and i have found a really juicy vault called metaboli.

It is a download service, you pay £7 or £13 monthly and get access to 160 or 220 games. They add 3 per month or so.
The software they use is a bit crappy imo, but it works.

http://www.metaboli.co.uk/

The think i like the most is that i have a chance to play and try games i would have only touched with a pole.