What first game to get?

dgowenlock · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:31

I’ve just got my new PC and boy does it run Counterstrike Source so much better than my old system!! Problem is, I don’t have broadband anymore – so need a good single player game to get going with. I think I’ve whittled it down to three based on how much I loved Halflife 1+2, anyone care to sway me either way?

1: Far Cry (Is it true this can be had for free?)
2: Call of Duty 2 (Bargain at £15 delivered)
3: Bioshock

Dano · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:39

Bioshock will certainly show off your new pc

vincent1989 · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:42

Dano said:
Bioshock will certainly show off your new pc

pity it's short, not as inovative as previously mentioned (oddly enough by 2k) and about as linear as a roman road.

may i suggest the crysis beta if you havent already had a go (it looks superb on my system (which is not as good as yours))

dgowenlock said:
1: Far Cry (Is it true this can be had for free?)
2: Call of Duty 2 (Bargain at £15 delivered)
3: Bioshock

1: tick, can be had for free now (but use ads to pay for it, so prepare to have maccy D's flashed up on the loading screens)
2: CoD 2 is a pretty solid game (not a personal favourite)
3: bioshock- as above tbh, don't get me wrong, it's a fun game, but it's a waste of a game, it could have been more

modo77 · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:43

Also Bioshock requires you have an Internet connection to activate it. If you do then its a great game. Farcry is well worth a look too.

ergonomics · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:46

bringerofdecay said:
pity it's short, not as inovative as previously mentioned (oddly enough by 2k) and about as linear as a roman road.

may i suggest the crysis beta if you havent already had a go (it looks superb on my system (which is not as good as yours))

its closed now unless you can get a key from someone who is bored of it now.

LabR@t · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:48

single player hey ? graphical goodness

oblivion
X3
medieval II

they r good and look nice

vincent1989 · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:48

ergonomics said:
its closed now unless you can get a key from someone who is bored of it now.

not quite

can still get keys if you have a suscription (only £3, well worth the £3 imo)

vincent1989 · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:50

LabR@t said:
single player hey ? graphical goodness
medieval II

they arrrr good and look nice

M2:TW+ mod is ace, i have the CE right here infront of me

(runs maxed on my system (e4300/2GB ram/8800GTS(320mb)) @1680x1050

bledd · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:50

prey
company of heroes

J0hnb0y · 3 Oct 2007 at 23:52

FEAR
Stalker
CoD2

These games (particularly stalker) will give your system a good workout and are all good singleplayers!

BlackDragon · 4 Oct 2007 at 00:11

Out of all of them, i'd recommend CoD2. Been out for a while, but still has very good graphics and the singleplayer is amazing!

C64 · 4 Oct 2007 at 00:19

Medal of honour Airbourne
FEAR
Company Of Heroes
Supreme Commander
Command & Conquer 3
Bioshock

Bengaboy · 4 Oct 2007 at 00:59

BF2 or BF2142? Very fun games, not exactly top gfx nowadays, but still brilliant games

Margaret · 4 Oct 2007 at 01:07

bringerofdecay said:
pity it's short

Longer than most.

silversurfer · 4 Oct 2007 at 01:20

I think you should start off with an old game, blitz it with all max settings and scale it up from there. Farcry is free and I havent seen any adverts on it yet
On the other hand, jumping into crysis might be a bit depressing because nothing will run that perfectly yet

eyetrip · 4 Oct 2007 at 08:20

Condemned

vincent1989 · 4 Oct 2007 at 09:30

Jihad said:
Longer than most.

not really, i'd say it was a little shorter than average, the only reason it took me about a month to complete it was because i could bear anything more then 30 minutes at a time on it

nice to see you agree with the rest of what i said

Kipper67 · 4 Oct 2007 at 10:22

bringerofdecay said:
............

may i suggest the crysis beta if you havent already had a go (it looks superb on my system (which is not as good as yours))

Problem is, I don’t have broadband anymore – so need a good single player game to get going with.

ATM Crysis is neither non-broadband friendly nor is it a single player game

Out of the 3 in the original post then I'd probably go for Far Cry - visuals aren't that bad and it's a bit longer than Bioshock. I've no idea what COD2 is like - gave up on games like that after playing MOHAA/COD1 and all the publishers started turning them out evry 6 months like Madden/NHL titles

vincent1989 · 4 Oct 2007 at 10:47

Kipper67 said:
ATM Crysis is neither non-broadband friendly nor is it a single player game

didnt see that

either way the SP demo is out this month (which he could ask for someone to put it on disk and mail him) and the full is next month (i think i got that correct)

mosehn · 4 Oct 2007 at 12:00