Games of the last 10 years worth playing now

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I have been out of gaming for a good while now, but I have been replaying old games, and got back into it.

My PC spec is geting on a bit now but i am thinking a 5 old 10 year old game is not going the stess the PC

Spec is
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz 3.60 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
GPU is a Radeon 7800 2048 ddr 5

Would a newer GPU be worthwhile

Genres shooters RPG or fantasy
 
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Any particular genre you prefer?

RPG
Skyrim SE
Fallout 4
Prey
Alien Isolation
FPS
Battlefield 1
Any of the Metro Series
Driving
Project Cars
Grid (any)
Forza Hroizon 4
Sim/Fun
TwoPoint Hospital
Transport Fever

See what's on the Steam sale at the moment. I would hope your PC plays all the above at 1080P Medium.

HTH
 
Mass Effect Series (shooter/rpg)
Dragon Age Series (fantasy/rpg)
Titanfall 1/2 (shooter)
Borderlands 1,2,3 (probably pre-sequel which is actually the 3rd game, but it's the worst IMO) (shooter/looter rpg)
Dying Light (rpg with shooting available but more melee)
Grim Dawn (fantasy/RPG)
Pillars of Eternity (fantasy/rpg)
Tyranny (fantasy/rpg)
Vermintide 2 (fantasy)

Chabsy said:
Would a newer GPU be worthwhile
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Probably, however GPU prices are, AFAIK, currently high due to a combo of new cards and supply shortages. If I were you I'd probably start on the older games which your card should handle fine, like Mass effect 1, Dragon Age 1, not sure how well it'll handle Skyrim SE or Fallout 4, probably be alright, and then I'd look at the new ones later like Vemintide 2 and the Metro games. First Metro game isn't new, but the games are more demanding. Then reassess from there, hopefully the GPU prices might have normalised a bit.

Also, by shooters do you mean singleplayer, multiplayer or both?
 
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Mass Effect Series (shooter/rpg)
Dragon Age Series (fantasy/rpg)
Titanfall 1/2 (shooter)
Borderlands 1,2,3 (probably pre-sequel which is actually the 3rd game, but it's the worst IMO) (shooter/looter rpg)
Dying Light (rpg with shooting available but more melee)
Grim Dawn (fantasy/RPG)
Pillars of Eternity (fantasy/rpg)
Tyranny (fantasy/rpg)
Vermintide 2 (fantasy)



Probably, however GPU prices are, AFAIK, currently high due to a combo of new cards and supply shortages. If I were you I'd probably start on the older games which your card should handle fine, like Mass effect 1, Dragon Age 1, not sure how well it'll handle Skyrim SE or Fallout 4, probably be alright, and then I'd look at the new ones later like Vemintide 2 and the Metro games. First Metro game isn't new, but the games are more demanding. Then reassess from there, hopefully the GPU prices might have normalised a bit.

Also, by shooters do you mean singleplayer, multiplayer or both?
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I used play a lot of half life and COD as a Multiplayer, the original half life was probably my favorite single play game.

I took a look at GPU prices and was shocked, i can still remember spending a huge wad on a Voodoo 1 card years ago, then £300 for a very good card was the going rate when i last upgraded
 
Chabsy said:
Is CPU power less important now?
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More varied AFAIK. Some games you won't notice it unless you're playing a 144Hz, others hate quad cores. With the age of the games you're looking at more will fall into the former than the latter group. Just depends though. I'd give the same advice about the CPU as I did about the GPU, play the older games first and then when it starts to struggle then look at upgrades.

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I used play a lot of half life and COD as a Multiplayer, the original half life was probably my favorite single play game.

I took a look at GPU prices and was shocked, i can still remember spending a huge wad on a Voodoo 1 card years ago, then £300 for a very good card was the going rate when i last upgraded
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If you enjoyed HL1, look at Black Mesa. I'd also suggest making yourself an Epic Games account,they'll give away Torchlight 2 today which is good. They've been giving away a game a day over the holidays which ends tomorrow IIRC with the Jurassic Park game. Then it'll go back to a game a week AFAIK. https://www.overclockers.co.uk/forums/posts/34362763/
 
Chabsy said:
I have been out of gaming for a good while now, but I have been replaying old games, and got back into it.

My PC spec is geting on a bit now but i am thinking a 5 old 10 year old game is not going the stess the PC

Spec is
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz 3.60 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB
GPU is a Radeon 7800 2048 ddr 5

Would a newer GPU be worthwhile

Genres shooters RPG or fantasy
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GOG currently is giving away Metro : Last Light Redux, that's the second game in the series.
 
Kerbal Space Program and Cities Skylines are both great.

FTL: Faster Than Light is awesome, cheap and will definitely run on your PC.

Rocket League (ideally need a pad though)

Fallout 4 might run ok on medium ish settings.

I know these are not your preferred genre but it's good to be diverse, I get very borred playing basically the same game different name.
 
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