OT: Games worth buying

[Renegade 13]

As the title implies, I'm looking for some suggestions on good PC games to buy. Games that will actually hold my attention for more than a few hours. I know, it's a tough one. If you make a suggestion, please state what genre the game would fall under, since there's some genre's that I really don't like. Below are the games I already have:

- SEIII
- SEIV
- Dom2
- X2: The Threat
- X3: Reunion
- Doom 3
- Far Cry
- Maybe some others that I can't think of at the moment.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, since on the weekends when I'm not working I can get pretty bored around here.

[Puke]

Wierd Worlds

[pathfinder]

Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots
Civ IV

Quake IV

[douglas]

How about a game well worth paying for that's free for download? The Ur-Quan Masters (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/), a port of the old Star Control 2 for modern PC's. It's a single player RPG with a really good storyline, plenty of puzzles, tons of things for the player to do in addition to the essentials required to win, and multiple ways to do a lot of things. Also, unlike most CRPG's I know of where you can take however long you want to do anything with no consequences, when the aliens you talk to say time is running out, they mean it.

[Hugh Manatee]

Guild Wars

[Atrocities]

Tribes 2
Tribes
SEIV
SEV
Starfury
Dominions II
Farcry
Deus Ex Invisible War
Gal Civ 2
SimCity4 Rush hour

[ZeroAdunn]

Hmmmm.....

Deus Ex is definately a wonderfull game, not truly a first person shooter, but not wholy an RPG, a little of both. Throw in a fabulous story line and Freakin sweet technology and it makes for a great game. My personal opinion on Invisible War (the sequel to Deus Ex) is that it traded good gameplay and solid story telling for gimmicks.

I know many people try and steer clear of MMO's but I have recently been playing City of Heroes. It is a slick game designed around simple gameplay and easy going group dynamics. Instanced missions designed to run about 30 minutes a piece, a wide variety of character types/costume options, as well as smooth well thought out gameplay make fo a truly addicting experience. Designed for both the hardcore and Casual MMO player it is the only MMO to hold my interest. About 15$ a month.

If you haven't played fallout I would recomend it simply for the bizzareness of the world and the quirky humor.

Conquest: Frontier wars is like a stripped down version of SEIV in real time. No politics, standard RTS research trees, but multimap intersteller warfare make it unique in the genre.

Killzone. They called it the Halo Killer, but it really isn't, it is a game in its own right. The unique features to the game is an AI who works smart. It uses cover, and in return you would be wise to use it. Things like covering fire, diversion tactics and four unique (tacticswise) character choices make for a funly unique, and very challanging game. The story attached to the game is also well worth the time spent.

Fable. The game itself is over hyped, in reality the story is short, and only mildly challenging. But it shines in the diversity of sidequest. Anything from buying houses and renting them out, to finding the love (or loves) of your life and getting married. (of course, this is the middle ages, so come divorce time you may just have to kill the wife) The good/evil system is fun to play around with, as you steadily become a paragon of virtue or a bleak cloud of evil the nature of the game seems to change around you. The wide variety of options including the aging system make the replay value high, and the gameplay nearly infinite. (assuming you don't decide to beat the game right away)

That is all for now.

[AgentZero]

Personally, my favourite game to date was The Longest Journey. Not sure how well a non-violent adventure game would fit in with Renegade's preference for action/strategy, but it's a bloody brilliant game. The sequel, Dreamfall is due out at some point. Website says Fall 2005, but that's come and gone...

Otherwise, my time's currently divided between the SE5 beta & World of Warcraft, with occasional bouts of AOE3 and Civ4 thrown in for good measure. Anyone know of a game similar to Star Control 2? Downloaded The Ur-Quon Masters and beat it in a couple hours. I played that game to death when it first came out, and can almost play it blindfolded.

[Ed Kolis]

Weird Worlds is *somewhat* similar to Star Control 2...

[Suicide Junkie]

And when Puke gets Carrier Battles mod ported over to Wierd worlds, it will rock.

[Captain Kwok]

I've been enjoying doses of Weird Worlds and like the quickness of games when I don't have much time to goof off.

[Renegade 13]

AgentZero said:
Not sure how well a non-violent adventure game would fit in with Renegade's preference for action/strategy


I'm open to (pretty much) any suggestions. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

Thanks for all the suggestions so far everyone, there's definitely a few that I'll be looking into when I have the time again (next weekend). More suggestions are always welcome of course. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Elder Scrolls: IV has about the same release schedule as SEV. I'm delaying my Christmass presents to get them.

www.elderscrolls.com (http://www.elderscrolls.com)

And if you can snag it off e-bay, Master of Magic is very dated, but very good.

[Kamog]

Elder Scrolls IV looks like it's going to be a great game. I've never played any of the other games in the series, but the preview videos of Oblivion are beautiful.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

And better yet, it looks like the rest is going to match.

[Instar]

FEAR
Deus Ex
Far Cry
Warhammer 40k Dawn of War (and expansion pack)
Doom3

[PvK]

Pausable real-time tactical fantasy/medieval:

Myth: The Fallen Lords
Myth II: Soulblighter


Turn-based semi-accurate historical strategy with pausable continuous action tactical:

Medieval: Total War
Rome: Total War


Spaceship simulation:

Independence War
Starshatter


WW2 Tactical (simultaneous turn-based):

Combat Mission

[Daynarr]

Just wondering, there is over 5 mil. subscribers for World of Warcraft - isn't anyone going to suggest that?

And no I'm not suggesting it, btw. :p

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

There are over 5M subscribers to WoW. And how many of those do you think are total jerks? And how many jerks would it take to ruin the game for the remainder of the 5M people? Exactly.

[PvK]

Go watch the video of "Leroy Jenkins"...