Decent PC games?

[Larommi]

Favorites are RPG's, ran through GOG.com list of older RPG's like Icewind Dale I and II, planscape, those things. Have baldurs gate I&II enhanced edition, which is the actuall playable version someone updated to remove the bugs, both great old games but they don't keep my interest. Favorite RPGs are Fallout 1, 2, 3 and NV. Loved Elder Scrolls Skyrim and have Oblivion but I can't stay interested in it and I'm not getting the leveling system, etc. Really wish that Fallout 4 would come out already.

Love shooters, was awesome at Battlefield 1942 and the Desert Combat mod. After 2 came out and stunk, I didn't buy 3, but would up getting it as part of a Humble Bundle package. I tried to play the campaign and OMFG I suck. I don't recall, but I think the issue was too many controls, too much crap. I never played online as I didn't feel like sucking and dragging others down with my suck. Maybe I should get over that, it's a decent looking game I guess.

That said, not many decent shooters out lately. I loved FarCry 3, and don't want to spend the $ on 4. I wish Valve would get off their collective asses and release something decent for poop sake. No idea how that company produces so many incredible games without ever sticking to any sort of time frame. Left 4 Dead 3 would be awesome, or Half Life 3, or portal 3, well, anything they do really.


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I have even more hours clocked into L4D2 than what the pic shows. I LOVE cooperative like Left for Dead I&II I want Payday 2 or Evolution, but I can't justify the $$, I don't buy newer $60 anymore unless I know I'm going to play the heck out of it or I can buy a whole pack of games on steam from X company.

Love the whole Saints Row 2, 3, 4 and Gat Outta Hell series, play them often.

Been trying a lot of the free games on steam, but honestly there's a good reason they are free and if they are decent, they have major balance issues, etc. Never liked TF1 or 2.

Part of the issue is lack of money for games, but the other part is that it seems that even though PC games make an absolute fortune, there just aren't that many that are decent. I saw someone say Witcher, and I played one and liked #2, but then got the previous versions and OMG it stunk. Didn't dig 2 enough to justify 3.

Loved Mass Effect and Dead space series too, but neither have anything coming out.

Tried Civ 5, it was OK, Beyond Earth stunk out loud. The new sim city was abysmal, and I refused to buy it. I had downloaded a copy to see if it was worth the $ and it was not. Utter garbage.

I dunno, I need to finish BG1 and Oblivion still, but got bored with them and I play L4D2 a bit on heavily modded servers. Just looking for something to put the spark of life back into me and hold my interest for more than 15 minutes that doesn't cost a fortune. I will pirate games, but only if I plan to buy or not, like a trial. I always paid for games and plan to continue. I think I'm just being apathetic right now.

Your style of gaming is not far from my own. I have played most of the games you have listed either on PC or PS3. I loved Skyrim, but it is beyond broken for the PS3. Bethesda has been great about allowing 3rd parties to mess with their games. PC version of Skyrim had been fixed either by Bethesda or 3rd party. I would love to finish the game but refuse to buy it a 2nd time so I am stuck with the broken PS3 version.

If you get a chance, give BF3 another shot. It is pretty fun. I belong to a clan that still operates a couple servers and we get into Teamspeak and have a pretty good time. Even those that are not that good like myself still have fun.

For future games I am not sure where I am going to go. I can't do FPS on consoles, and honestly, the XBone and PS4 have little appeal.

If you don't have Steam, get it. They give away some pretty decent titles now and then or sell them really cheap. Origin does too but man, that company sucks. Still, I have a 2nd BF3 account I got for free and I tried that latest SimShitty for 5 bucks or something like that.

[slgrieb]

Spider Solitaire and Hearts

I just don't have time to game much anymore. I did a lot BK.

OK, I'm guessing BK would be "before kids"?

[slgrieb]

ILTU makes a good point about GOG. They sell a lot of older games for very little money. They even have DOS titles that run in VirtualBox, and many of them are certified to run in Win7 and 8. Fun.

[Gazzak]

My boy has got need for speed and Fifa 15 on his PS4. Both are awesome.

[JaxSon]

My 22 year old son uses his Xbox to play Destiny and Skyrim a lot. He can hook up his Xbox to our big screen TV and I gotta admit, even tho I've never played, it looks awesome.

He also play Clash of Clans on his phone.

[slgrieb]

A while back I bought Oblivion, but I did didn't like playing the game, and I tossed it. Predictability, about a month later EC decided she very much wanted the game. fine. Found her an inexpensive used copy, but she didn't like the game any more than I did. YC also got me to buy her Myst and Riven from GOG, but I don't think she has ever played either game. But I've replayed them, still like them, even if the franchise went downhill after that.

[Pinnacle-Project]

I played a lot of computer games in high school but none since. I used to really love the Infocom adventure games. A long time ago they released the Zork series for Windows (probably 95) but I never had a chance to get into it again.

[Tekboy]

I've been playing some browser games by Inno, most notably The West, though I am in vacation mode there, and am currently playing a newer game called Elvenar. I am thinking of trying to find a cheap copy of Everquest Titanium, and play on a free "emu" server. I liked the original game a whole lot, but the later expansions kept trying to be more like WoW. People want like 200 bucks for this thing.

[northbayteky]

OK, I'm guessing BK would be "before kids"?

Yes, before kids. Back when I had a life ;-)

[slgrieb]

There's still life after kids; you just get a large dose of drama, frustration, aggravation, and poverty you didn't have before.