Suggestions For A Good PC Game?

[Worknman]

I'm looking for a PC game, something epic and binge worthy to waste the weekend on. Im more interested in something strategic and fun rather than just dazzling graphics and what not. I haven't played computer games in the last 15 years. Back then WOW was the thing and I played it a good bit. It was alot of grinding though and got boring. I believe I also played Rome Total War and one of the Sid Meier Civilization games and they were interesting.

What are all the nerds playing these days?

 

[beezer]

I enjoy "Ultimate General: Civil War", which is a very detailed strategy game.

 

[Jaylotw]

The Long Dark is pretty amazing, binge worthy and immersive. As far as getting lost in a game...well, the whole point of the game is that you’re lost more or less.

The premise is that some type of strange disaster happened while you were flying a plane, bringing you down on a sparsely populated island in Canada. Everyone is dead, it’s freezing cold and you have to survive. The sandbox mode is just straight survival and in my opinion is the best part of the game. The cold might kill you, wolves or bears might kill you, or starving/thirst, or you might break a leg in a blizzard and crawl to a shed with enough time to start a tiny fire and keep yourself alive for a few hours until daylight. It’s awesome.

It’s like playing a novel in real time.

 

[PiperCubAK]

First post!

Long dark is great but very grindy. You really have to make hard decisions and it can be stressful.

I recommend Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, or Skyrim. All 3 are excellent games and you can really immerse yourself in the world and the lore/universe of the game.

 

[jaytex1969]

Path Of Exile, if you want to fall down an overwhelming rabbit hole forever...

 

[mingc]

Portal and Portal 2 are excellent puzzle games. I also enjoyed Skyrim.

 

[keith929]

Company of Heroes 1 or 2 are my favorite way to spend a weekend.
Strategic thinking are a must while playing.

 

[olkofri]

Another vote for the Portal series. Still working on the second one.

If you want something strategic, I highly recommend the Blitzkrieg Anthology. It's by now an 'oldie', but it's super immersive and fun. And at that price it's a no brainier.

I'm mostly playing oldies by now, what with newer games full of all kinds of satanic shit, the old wine is best.

 

[Jaylotw]

Oldies but goodies should include the first two Thief games. Creepy, cool steam-punk/medieval universe, sneaking and looting. Thief II is my favorite of the series.

Banished is also pretty neat. City/society/economy building with 400 million free mods for download.

 

[Worknman]

Another vote for the Portal series. Still working on the second one.

If you want something strategic, I highly recommend the Blitzkrieg Anthology. It's by now an 'oldie', but it's super immersive and fun. And at that price it's a no brainier.

I'm mostly playing oldies by now, what with newer games full of all kinds of satanic shit, the old wine is best.

I vaguely remember an old sega game I played as a kid that was called Blitzkreig. It was a really good strategic war game.

 

[americaman]

Age of Empires II. They even have an updated version of it on Steam now.

End of thread.

 

[lochinvar]

The only ones I play are the Total War franchise, especially Attila, but also Medieval, Crusades and Shogun. It's a map and battle civilization game. Not the snazziest, but fun.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Beware: a driving survival horror game.

 

[username]

I’ve been playing hades. It’s a rouge lite style game. I got about 35 hours or so into it.

Hades on Steam

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

store.steampowered.com

 

[BROBS]

Leisuresuit Larry
Lemmings
The Zork Series

 

[bullet08]

StarCraft. The original one with expansion pack. Killer RTS game.

 

[Kingsley]

I can recommend Oblivion, the Elder Scrolls game that came before Skyrim. The graphics aren’t impeccable, but, as a game I greatly prefer it to Skyrim. +1 Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas, though, I’d play Vegas first.

 

[olkofri]

I vaguely remember an old sega game I played as a kid that was called Blitzkreig. It was a really good strategic war game.

Hah! I was never into consoles, but one of the very first games I played on my computer was Campaign: Campaign (1992) - MobyGames - https://www.mobygames.com/game/campaign

The other one was Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, LOL. ?

 

[BROBS]

Leisuresuit Larry
Lemmings
The Zork Series

And let me be clear I’m talking about the originals.

 

[chilipalmer]

I'm looking for a PC game, something epic and binge worthy to waste the weekend on. Im more interested in something strategic and fun rather than just dazzling graphics and what not. I haven't played computer games in the last 15 years. Back then WOW was the thing and I played it a good bit. It was alot of grinding though and got boring. I believe I also played Rome Total War and one of the Sid Meier Civilization games and they were interesting.

What are all the nerds playing these days?

There is no better game to get lost in than Dwarf Fortress. What it lacks in graphic excitement is more than made up for by excellent game play. Best of all, it is free!

Check it out here: Dwarf Fortress

Cheers,

Chili