OK so I bought my first new PC in 5 years last week (see sig) and I went a bit overboard on the games purchase front- I didnt want to post in 15 different threads so thought id do a mini round up of what Ive played so far.
Dragon Age - loving this so far, very engrossing.
Mass Effect - Bioware really are outstanding arent they? Cant believe I missed out on this gem because of my awful ex-pc.
Mass Effect 2 - sitting on my shelf.
Metro 2033 - taxing on my system with everything whacked up on full, but looks beautiful (if dark sewers are your thing)- enjoying it a lot so far, can see it getting a bit too linear though.
Stalker Call of Pripyat- yet to play, installed.
Bioshock 2 - yet to play, installed.
Just Cause 2 - WOW I LOVE THIS GAME. It looks stunning- after turning my xbox on after playing this on my PC, the xbox looks like a gameboy. I can see how it might get repetitive, but its everything I wanted GTA4 to be and more.
Modern Warfare 2 - you know what you're getting with this. Not tried multiplayer yet.
Dirt 2 - looks amazing, hard to steer without a controller though (need to go buy one).
Crysis - Really enjoying it so far. Had very few expectations, mainly bought this as a system benchmark tool lol, but It has surprised me.
Anno 1404 - how I miss RTS, gone are the glory days of AOE and Red Alert it seems, but Anno is pretty good. Took me a little while to get to grips with but I can see it eating my life away. Yet to try the expansion which I also own.
Battlefield BC2 - Had a couple of games online, seemed fun apart from the rocket launcher spam. Will come back to this game in future.
And there we have it lol- the briefest set of reviews you'll ever see.
Other things to note:
Razer deathadder is a lovely mouse- Ive never owned a proper gaming one before, it makes such a difference.
Having nice speakers with bass really help immerse you into the gameworld, no more crappy £10 Creative 2.0 speakers for me!
Anyone got any good tips for any of those games? No spoilers please.
Dragon Age - loving this so far, very engrossing.
Mass Effect - Bioware really are outstanding arent they? Cant believe I missed out on this gem because of my awful ex-pc.
Mass Effect 2 - sitting on my shelf.
Metro 2033 - taxing on my system with everything whacked up on full, but looks beautiful (if dark sewers are your thing)- enjoying it a lot so far, can see it getting a bit too linear though.
Stalker Call of Pripyat- yet to play, installed.
Bioshock 2 - yet to play, installed.
Just Cause 2 - WOW I LOVE THIS GAME. It looks stunning- after turning my xbox on after playing this on my PC, the xbox looks like a gameboy. I can see how it might get repetitive, but its everything I wanted GTA4 to be and more.
Modern Warfare 2 - you know what you're getting with this. Not tried multiplayer yet.
Dirt 2 - looks amazing, hard to steer without a controller though (need to go buy one).
Crysis - Really enjoying it so far. Had very few expectations, mainly bought this as a system benchmark tool lol, but It has surprised me.
Anno 1404 - how I miss RTS, gone are the glory days of AOE and Red Alert it seems, but Anno is pretty good. Took me a little while to get to grips with but I can see it eating my life away. Yet to try the expansion which I also own.
Battlefield BC2 - Had a couple of games online, seemed fun apart from the rocket launcher spam. Will come back to this game in future.
And there we have it lol- the briefest set of reviews you'll ever see.
Other things to note:
Razer deathadder is a lovely mouse- Ive never owned a proper gaming one before, it makes such a difference.
Having nice speakers with bass really help immerse you into the gameworld, no more crappy £10 Creative 2.0 speakers for me!
Anyone got any good tips for any of those games? No spoilers please.