Which games do you recommend?

[Crowbars]

As the title says, I wanted to try other videogames, so, what do you recommend? Indies, Console games, Underrated games, ANYTHING.

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[Binky The Rabbit]

Make sure you've played Starcraft 1 first.

Also:

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Ape Escape

Tony Hawk's Underground/American Wasteland

Machinarium

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Just Cause 2

The Fall

GTA III

Bioshock

Total Annihilation

American McGee's Alice

Spyro 2: Gateway To Glimmer (Ripto's Revenge)

Ratchet And Clank (The original)

Shadow Of The Colossus

[BTGBullseye]

Age of Empires and AoE2

Borderlands series

Star Trek Online (F2P)

Super Mario Brothers series (ending at Super Mario World)

Starcraft series

Command & Conquer series (excluding C&C4)

Mass Effect series

Deus Ex series (yes, I do include Invisible War in this)

Battlefield series

Medal of Honor series (ending at MoH Airborne)

Far Cry 2 & 3

The Elder Scrolls series

The Fallout series

Half-life series

Portal series

Saints Row 3 & 4

Space Pirates & Zombies

Starpoint Gemini 2

Freelancer (especially with mods)

Wasteland 2

Age of Mythology

Total Annihilation

Assassin's Creed 2-4

Avernum series

Bastion

Brink (severely underrated game, designed for MP)

X-COM series

Company of Heroes

Eternal Silence (HL2 MP mod, awesome)

Geneforge series

Just Cause 2

Left 4 Dead series

McPixel

Quake 2

Red Faction Guerilla

Shadowrun Returns

Civilization 3 & 4

Alpha Centauri

Civilization Beyond Earth

Sins of a Solar Empire series

Supreme Commander series

Ghost Recon series

Rainbow Six series

Torchlight series

Tribes series

Earthsiege series (abandonware)

Cyberstorm series (abandonware)

Stellar 7 (abandonware)

Mechwarrior series

Mechcommander series

UFO series

Dawn of War series

Halo (the original)

H.A.W.X.

Shadow of Mordor

Minecraft (on a private server with mods)

Omerta - City of Gangsters

Organ Trail (only after playing or watching a playthrough of Oregon Trail)

Pixel Piracy

Prototype series

Star War Knights of the Old Republic 1 & 2

Star Wars Battlefront 1 & 2

Star Wars Empire at War (with or without expansion)

Star Wars Jedi Knight series

Tyrian 2000

Age of Wonders 2 & 3

Rise of Nations - Rise of Legends

Tropico Series

World in Conflict (it's a RTS version of Battlefield Bad company or the 1984 version of Red Dawn)

Legend of Dragoon (the female character literally has her clothes explode off her when she transforms)

Pokemon series of games for the GBC and GBA (denoted by different colors)

Battletanx (for the PS1)

Star Wars Shadows of the Empire (for the N64, can't be emulated)

Earthbound (for the SNES)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 - Turtles in Time (for the SNES)

Zelda - A Link to the Past (for the SNES)

Starfox (for the SNES and the later one for the N64)

Rome Total War

Stronghold series (some are better than others)

FlightGear (free, open source, high-detail flight simulator)

 

That's my current short list that I've intentionally left out a lot of old DOS titles from. (I tend not to include many abandonware titles if I can help it, as they're usually very difficult to find and run)

[Crowbars]

Some of those I played, but I have something weird, that, if I play the sequel to another game and it's good, I don't really like the first in the series (except Half Life). For instance, Borderlands, Loved the second one, biased about the first one. Thanks for the recommendations! If you have others let me know

[ThePest179]

Super Mario Brothers series (ending at Super Mario World)

 

Does that include World, or not? Does it also include the Lost Levels?

 

X-COM series

 

All of them?

 

Man, you must spend way too much time playing games if you beat all those and have more that you aren't showing. How much time do you have on your hands? This a legit question, BTW.

[BTGBullseye]

Does that include World, or not? Does it also include the Lost Levels?

Yes and yes. (the 'lost levels' were released long before SMB3 was)

 

X-COM series

 

All of them?

Yes, all of them.

 

Man, you must spend way too much time playing games if you beat all those and have more that you aren't showing. How much time do you have on your hands? This a legit question, BTW.

When unemployed, and have already applied everywhere, you don't have anything else to do except play games. Usually somewhere between 40 and 80 hours a week.

[ThePest179]

All of them?

Yes, all of them.

 

Those are pretty difficult games, too. You must hav better patience then me.

 

When unemployed, and have already applied everywhere, you don't have anything else to do except play games. Usually somewhere between 40 and 80 hours a week.

 

So you play all night?

[BTGBullseye]

Those are pretty difficult games, too. You must hav better patience then me.

They are nowhere near difficult... Remarkably easy, especially on anything below the hardest difficulty. (you just have to be a good planner, and plan for the missions before you do them)

 

So you play all night?

More often than not, all day... Bear in mind that a 40 hour week means 8 hours per day for 5 days, and I usually get 8-10 hours of empty per day for 6 days, then another 4-6 in the evening on 3-4 days of the week.

[Crowbars]

Also, why can't I emulate the N64 Star Wars game?

[BTGBullseye]

It requires features from the graphics expansion module, and there is currently no way to emulate it. Reason: why build code to emulate some really complex hardware that is required for only one game ever? (I know, someone should do it anyways)

[Alyxx Thorne]

My blog is full of game reviews so maybe check that out if you're looking for games to play.

[Crowbars]

Already did long ago before this thread . However, my PC is not the best when it comes to games, so I stick with 2006 below (Although I CAN actually run some newer games). Actually, some of the games on my list are not really ones I want to play, they are acutally games I haven't beaten yet (System Shock 2 for example). Also, I wanted to get into the Strategy games genre, is Starcraft a good game to start? If not, what game is good to get into that genre?

[K4_Kydure]

I would recommend Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, Civilization, and Age of Empires if you wanted to get into strategy games.

[BTGBullseye]

I would recommend Dawn of War, Company of Heroes, Civilization, and Age of Empires if you wanted to get into strategy games.

Command & Conquer series, (one of the biggest successes in strategy game history until EA bought Westwood Studios) and Starcraft series (really a sci-fi venue for strategy games) as well.

 

If you want, you can even fairly easily mod C&C Generals... I have a half finished mod to allow the laser general to have an orbital insertion power with laser armed infantry. (and it was balanced at one point too)

[ThePest179]

Command & Conquer series, (one of the biggest successes in strategy game history until EA bought Westwood Studios)

 

Something we can both agree on!

[Alyxx Thorne]

I've never been able to get into any C&C games past Red Alert 1.

[BTGBullseye]

I've never been able to get into any C&C games past Red Alert 1.

That is still my favorite of the series, even if my current computer refuses to run it properly.

 

Honestly though, C&C 4 is fun, but it just doesn't belong in the C&C series as a direct successor to the strategy genre that the series has been historically. It could quite easily be set as a RTSRPG side-type in-universe game like Renegade was. (and it's really too bad they never made a sequel to Renegade)

[ThePest179]

Cave Story

Iji

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These are must have games, and to sweeten the deal, all are freeware.

[BidetoftheDead]

Morrowind

Fallout New Vegas

Modded skyrim

Europa Univeralis 4

Crusader Kings 2

To the Moon

Banished

FTL: Faster Than Light

Syberia 1 and 2

The Deponia Series

Jet Set Radio

Castlevania: Symphony of the night

Aria of Sorrow

Dawn of Sorrow

Harmony of Dissonance

Order of Ecclesia

LISA

Rogue Legacy

[Psychotic Ninja]

Psychonauts

Chrono Trigger

Final Fantasy series (start with 4, 6, 7, or 9)

Kingdom Hearts series (I highly recommend order they came out, but skip Re:Coded, it adds nothing)

GTA San Andreas

Elder Scrolls 3-5

Crisis Core (Prequel to Final Fantasy 7, play 7 before Crisis Core)

Beyond Good and Evil

Mark of the Ninja

Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

Quake 1 & 2

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time