Building a new gaming rig, any game recommendations?

Anteater · Post by **Anteater** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:13 pm

Hi all. I'm building a new mid-range gaming rig and was wondering if anyone could recommend some games. Obviously I've gotta try Crysis, but besides that, does anyone have any recommendations? I'm afraid that I've been outside of the PC gaming loop for a while

ent1ty · Post by **ent1ty** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:17 pm

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl(2007)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky(2008) (I don't recommend this one)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat(2009)

Risen(2009)

Metro 2033(2010)

Jake-GR · Post by **Jake-GR** » Wed May 05, 2010 8:44 pm

If you like RPG's and/or shooters, id definitely recommend:
Mass Effect 2
I absolutely love that game, I have a high-end rig and the graphics look outstanding, and the game has a nice rich story line... at times it may have too much of a back-story though and hard to figure out what exactly is going on hehe

ACE247 · Post by **ACE247** » Wed May 05, 2010 10:03 pm

If like very realistic Shooters/Simulations, Checkout Arma 2. Its awesome.

Cardinal4 · Post by **Cardinal4** » Thu May 06, 2010 10:01 am

Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Multi-vehicular Destructable-Environment Open World FPS

Assasin's Creed 2 - Stealth-based Open World Assasination
Batman: Arkham Asylum - Stealth-based Open World Investigative/Action

Left4Dead 2 - Teamwork based FPS, play as Zombie or Human

Torchlight - aka Diablo 3

Nalin · Post by **Nalin** » Thu May 06, 2010 8:33 pm

What genre's do you like and/or want to play? There are lots of good games for each genre. I'm sure people can give great suggestions if they know what you are looking for.

ACE247 wrote:If like very realistic Shooters/Simulations, Checkout Arma 2. Its awesome.

ArmA 2 *IS* very awesome. But, in order to fully enjoy it, you have to integrate yourself into an active community that makes missions and plays them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy_osU-eA8s

Cardinal4 wrote:Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Multi-vehicular Destructable-Environment Open World FPS

Assasin's Creed 2 - Stealth-based Open World Assasination
Batman: Arkham Asylum - Stealth-based Open World Investigative/Action

Left4Dead 2 - Teamwork based FPS, play as Zombie or Human

Torchlight - aka Diablo 3

These are all great games.
BF:BC2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkd4veFmwIM
Assassin's Creed 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1y11dU9ag4
Batman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPK2iLj4v0s
L4D2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsgV5Qlqd-s

As for some other genres:
4x: If you want an action-focused 4x game, I would recommend the Sword of the Stars series. It is a hybrid turn-based / real-time game, with turn-based empire building and real-time battles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MSIJ3cGY8U

racing: I own Grid and I really enjoyed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM5FXYDCs_k

Anteater · Post by **Anteater** » Thu May 27, 2010 12:03 pm

Arma II does look pretty nifty. I may have to pick that one up. Tell me though, is it as buggy as they say?

slavik262 · Post by **slavik262** » Thu May 27, 2010 1:10 pm

I bought ARMA II the day it came out. I've regretted it since.

The concept is fun, but the game is ludicrously buggy. I gave up on it about three missions in. I called for helicopter extraction in a perfectly wide open field and waited for the chopper. It arrived, flew in circles over my head for five minutes, and then crashed into the adjacent forest and exploded. I tried this about five times from five different places before I just gave up.

The game is also ridiculously CPU costly. I have a 2.5 Ghz dual core (and a GTX 260 for a graphics card), and the dynamic mesh and texure loading lagged so much. I'd start getting shot at, look at where I was getting shot from, and everything would be blurry and blocky for a good 5 seconds while the engine sat on its ass and loaded the high-detail versions of the textures and models I was looking at. This is what really made the game unplayable for me - gameplay was just so choppy, even on my (fairly good) system.

If you're into tactical realism like me and are looking for something similar to ARMA, try Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. It's a squad-based tactical shooter like ARMA, but it doesn't forget it's a game. It's a lot of fun, has great combat dynamics, and has co-op support for the full campaign. Check it out - I've had more fun playing it than a lot of other games lately. There's a free demo for it.

ACE247 · Post by **ACE247** » Thu May 27, 2010 4:48 pm

Hey.. I've quite enjoyed ARMA II. Nowhere did i see any real fun breaking bugs, just patch it to v1.5 and Enjoy.

PS: I only have a GTS250 In the system i played it on, and that was on max, so I don't know what was with your rig.

slavik262 · Post by **slavik262** » Thu May 27, 2010 5:47 pm

ACE247 wrote:I don't know what was with your rig.

My thoughts exactly... even on minimum settings it was choppy as hell.

Cube_ · Post by **Cube_** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:42 am

ent1ty wrote:S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl(2007)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky(2008) (I don't recommend this one)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat(2009)

Risen(2009)

Metro 2033(2010)

HEY! Clear Sky is awesome! Have you ever played it?

**If you have... look here!**
Did you update the game to the newest version? The patch is on their website and fixes most (if not all!) Game-breaking bugs!

Irrlicht Engine

Building a new gaming rig, any game recommendations?

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