Anyone know of any good recent PC games? I'm looking to spend but i don't know which games are good? Any advice would be good thanks.

Anyone....?

What kind of games? Strategy, RPG, MMORPG, Action, Simulation?

If you're looking for a good adventure game, "Uru: Complete Chronicles" is definitely worth a buy.

Any games really, as long as they are fun to play. Yeah i'll give Uru a try. Does it have hefty system requirements though?

This is sorta the lull before the storm. This fall (and winter) expect a plethora of great games... Sims 2, Pirates! 2, World of Warcraft, Everquest 2, SWG's space expansion, Half-Life 2, and many more. All should be out by Christmas (hopefully). Sims 2 is first now, coming out next week.

-Elgalad

Rome: Total War, youl need a good computer tough.

Or you could buy a Playstation 2 and GTA San Andreas ;)

I knew I forgot one! And that's a huge one.. they sent me a calendar, every month is a screenshot from the alpha/beta version, they are Incredible. I also understand that the engine is being used by History channel to depict ancient wars now. That says a lot about their realism and flexibility. I'm very much looking forward to its release. Gogamer says September 22 which means it's probably gone gold or soon will. Keep your fingers crossed. :D

-Elgalad

Well, my local ebgames has the boxes in store, so I'd say very soon. :)

There's also Star Wars Battlefront and Full Spectrum Warrior coming out later this month. SWB has the potential to be the greatest game ever, (I've pre-ordered it heh), and I played FSW on my mates xbox, and loved it. So many games coming out, so little cash. :(

Full Spectrum Warrior, ill be sure to get that, but isn't it out already? and ill put Rome Total War on my list as well. Thanks guys.

Amazon seems to think that Rome total war will be out early in october, at least in the UK...

Any games really, as long as they are fun to play. Yeah i'll give Uru a try. Does it have hefty system requirements though?

Sort of....

Windows XP/Me/2000/98SE
800Mhz Pentium III or AMD Athlon
256 Mb RAM
4x CD ROM Drive
Video Card: 32 MB NVIDIA(r) GeForce(tm) 1, 2, 3, 4, or FX; ATI(r) Radeon(tm) 7000-9800 or better
DirectX 9.0 compatible Audio Card
DirectX version: 9.0 (supplied with game)
2 GB Hard Disk space Free
800x600 16 bit display
Mouse and keyboard

Full Spectrum Warrior, ill be sure to get that, but isn't it out already?

I know the xbox version is, but I dunno if the pc version is out in the states yet. I know it's coming out here sometime this month. :)

@ CivCube, that's exactly what my system is, too bad those are minimum system reqs, i bet it'll lag like no tomorrow on my comp. :(

@Thrawn ill check gamespot for details.

I didn't want to post a new topic, and my post seemed to fit into this thread most easily:

I'm looking for a new game to pour serious time into. I'm not set into a certain genre of games, but I tend to enjoy simulation, RPG, (in some cases MMORPG, but I don't care to add to FFXI at the moment) empire-building games, (or building in general- Sim Tower was a good example, 5 years ago) and real time or turn based strategy games.

Some games I've enjoyed in the past are:
-Morrowind,
-Most of the Final Fantasy games (VIII-XI, Tactics)
-Civilization 2 & 3
-The Sims
-Roller Coaster Tychoon (needed some serious reworking though- got bored in less than 15 hours)
-Rise of Nations
-All of the Harvest Moon games I have played so far...
-The "Thief" series of games
-NEVERWINTER NIGHTS!!! I've heard this isn't even the best DnD game, but I spent around 200 hours on it, over 3 years (Had it, quit, started again, quit, started again) and I found it to be a lot more fun than Icewind Dale II, which is probably because Icewind Dale II is horribly outdated.

If you have tastes similiar to mine, maybe you can suggest a game.
PC & PS2 are the systems I currently have working (my gamecube broke)

Whew... long post.

edit: added "Thief"... how could I have forgotton those games?

Did you like Diablo 2?

If so, give Sacred a try, it's not a super long game (I think, havent finished it yet!) but it's very similar to Diablo in gameplay and has many nice features that Diablo didnt. There are many more subquests and a nice system for character development. I also noticed from your list that you havent tried Knights of the Old Republic. That one's a new classic, get it. The sequel should be out maybe this Christmas season? As for strategy games, Tropico and Tropico 2 are always fun to kill some time. :crazyeye: Lots of replayability too. Finally, Spellforce: The Order of Dawn. An excellent hybrid of rpg and real time stragey game.

Hope one of those works for ya!

-Elgalad

Thanks for the great response, Elgalad.

I used to play Diablo 2 (back in the days of 1.09 I was pretty rich) and I got tired of all the mass cheating.

I've been eyeing KoToR for a while, so I think I'm going to try that one. My brother bought tropico 1, and one day I had some time to kill, so I popped in the disk. I couldn't even understand how to play, but I didn't spend much time trying to figure it out.

Anyways, I'll look into those games (I've never heard of Sacred... I'll look at some reviews for it)

whoo Knights of the Old Republic eh? i'll certainly give that a try? i read the gamespot reviews n stuff and it scored pretty well. 3D rpg is usually a rarety buh hope it doesn't lag too much on a slower comp.

Call of Duty: United Offensive comes out next week :D.

Call of Duty: United Offensive comes out next week :D.

Nice, played the original COD finished it in about 10 hrs. Hope this one lasts longer.

Hm....let me check my xifre profile. I have played 262 hours of CoD multiplayer since march, and have had the game since january. CoD single player took me 7 hours. CoD MP:300+ plus leagues, clans, scrims, etc. (as I have said in many other threads, MP is far better than SP usually).

Check Soldiers: Heroes of world war II. Played the demo... I love this game, it's so real and you can drive tanks like in battlefield 1942 but in 3rd person.

Hm....let me check my xifre profile. I have played 262 hours of CoD multiplayer since march, and have had the game since january. CoD single player took me 7 hours. CoD MP:300+ plus leagues, clans, scrims, etc. (as I have said in many other threads, MP is far better than SP usually).

Holy Moley!!! :eek: i have probably never spent that much time on any game (except civ). That is what u call hardcore.

Hehe, i checked one guys profile:
Played final fantasy 9 Online for 710 hours, and in 1 week, played 124. Addict!

whoo Knights of the Old Republic eh? i'll certainly give that a try? i read the gamespot reviews n stuff and it scored pretty well. 3D rpg is usually a rarety buh hope it doesn't lag too much on a slower comp.

Geez you seem to have too much money for your own good. You're just like o yeah I'll try that one and wow!!! that one looks cool and o yeah!!! ill get that.
:eek: :crazyeye: You must devote all your money to games huh.

You mean people don't do that? :crazyeye:

Geez you seem to have too much money for your own good. You're just like o yeah I'll try that one and wow!!! that one looks cool and o yeah!!! ill get that.
:eek: :crazyeye: You must devote all your money to games huh.

not at all, i set aside a certain amount money for games.

yea how much? like 100 dollars a week?

something close to that figure.