Games To get me back into... Gaming?

Joshy

Joshy

Joshy

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Here's the deal. I'm after some single player games that are going to stuck vast amounts of hours out of my life. I haven't game to a hardcore level for 5 odd years, unless of course you count my on again, off again love hate relationship with Mutiplayer Roleplay Grand Theft Auto San Andres servers. I miss those days experimenting with my first home built PC being absolutely gripped by a great story and even greater gaming content for hours on end.

My attempts to get back into gaming have been Far Cry 2, which was Awful. Fallout 3 which was good, but despite ticking all of the correct boxes was something that I never really stuck with. And Left 4 Dead which is relatively fun, but too much mindless action for my tastes.

Looking at recently released titles, they all seem to be a bit shallow in the way of all graphics not much content/story. Personally I'm thinking about touring all of the great games I managed to miss 'back in the day'. Half Life 2 sticks out like a sore thumb, but I was wondering if there was much else that could be suggested?

To give you an idea of the games I like, my favourite PC games of all time are:
Mafia
Vampire The masquerade bloodlines
Hitman Blood Money

Varied, I know! :p

Any suggestions much appreciated

Thanks!

Josh
 
Assuming you've played Planescape: Torment and Fallout 1/2 since they're the best RPG's in last 10 years or so imo. If you didn't play em recently still worth playing through again.

I'm really impressed with Dragon Age: Origins as well as it feels like a proper oldschool RPG similar to Baldurs Gate. Has lots of player choice and its not just a "goody" or a baddie option all the time. Can be quite difficult too. Played nearly 100 hours and the game says i'm less than 40% complete, tho that might include stuff that isn't essential.

Serious Sam FE is out on a new engine, and Killing Floor is pretty good for FPS's
 
Games I'd play would be:

Half Life 2 & Episodes pack.
Assassins Creed.
Mass Effect.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Dead Space. (although I recently turned down buying it cheap due to completing it already on 360)
Race Driver: Grid.
Crysis.
GTA4. (Although there are mixed feelings. Some people claim it runs like a pig, others have no problems)
The Sims 3.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl. (But with the newest patches and the add-on that fixes the grammatical mistakes)
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box.

I think that's about it for now, there are a lot of games that have come out within the past few years that are excellent and although those in that list are my personal preferences they are also games that have all earned large scores from both users and critics. :)
 
A bit outside the type of games you've listed but maybe have a look at the Total War series?

I'd almost recommend starting with Rome: TW then moving up to Med2: TW and then the latest Empires: TW.

I say start with rome because it is by far the most engaging so long as you can deal with the lower graphics. Med2 is a good mix between the two and then Empires takes you forward into guns and cannons in a big way.
 
Dragon Age is probably the best recent pc game.
Most other top pc games are from console land and tbh, are probably best played on a console.
imo.
 
Yeah if you liked vampire definitely get Dragon Age. I rarely play a single player game twice as they just dont hold the interest but im about set to go for my 3rd time through the game!
 
I'll be sure to pick up a copy of Dragon's Age (despite me not really liking fantasy RPGs. I liked Vampire mostly because it was set in the modern age, and is the only RPG I want think of (bar Fallout 3) that does that sort of thing!)

I actually had GRAW 2 sitting around in a box that somebody got me as a gift a while back. I finally installed it, and spent about 2 hours doing the first mission over and over just so I could kill my emeries in different ways. I forgot how much fun a good game can be! :)
 
COD 4

Still got a healthy multiplayer, stick to hardcore servers to avoid muppets with grenade launchers and it will take up a lot of your time trying to get all the achievements/levels.
 
Get the 50% off thq steam pack as it contains the only game anyone needs company of heroes, it also contains other good games.
 
dmsims said:
BF2 - the 1.50 patch gives you all the expansion packs for free
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Best online FPS out there, 64 man maps, Infantry only servers as well as vehicle servers, Massive community/following/busy servers. Massive variety in game. Most would agree that Nothing compares to a 64 man BF2 map. :cool:
 
if you want your life sucked away then why not go online and play World of Warcraft.









do not come back after 5 years wanting to kill me:p
 
If you like online games and talking to people give the eve online 14 day trial a go, it is a vast and deep game but very rewarding
 
oh and i thought dark messiah of might and magic was a wonderful rpg fps with superb combat mechanics, its 3 years old now so could be picked up for a few pounds on ebay or steam
 
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