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Wastedslayer
10-23-2007, 07:43 PM
I know many of you hate these threads but Im sitting here at a loss, I burned myself out on World of Warcraft a couple months back and just have been sitting here when Im not at work doing nothing. I have tried a lot of the other big name MMO's out there and they all well, they suck. I like FPS's and RTS's so I'm willing to play them, I was thinking about bying the Orange Box for TF2, but I don't know how it is. So tell me what you guys are playing right now or what you would recommend.

Wasted
JacKz5o
10-23-2007, 07:47 PM
Portal itself is worth the entire $45 for the Orange box IMO :) Then you get one of the best multiplayer games of all time, TF2 and another episode of Half Life 2. Portal and E2 won't last too much more than 10 hours total.. TF2 can give you a good deal of fun online.

Have you ever played Oblivion? It is by far one of my most played single player games, and I'm not even an RPG person :p
Easy Rhino
10-23-2007, 07:50 PM
well i too enjoy RTS. im playing a game called "the movies" which was published in 2005. its a sim /RTS where you build a movie production empire. you can even create your own scripts for the movies your company puts out. i also enjoy sid meire's railroads! which is an updated version of the classic railroad tycoon. but keep me occupied. i havnt played it in a while but medieval 2 : total war is a wicked RTS. i recommend that first and foremost. really anything out of the total war series is great.
Kreij
10-23-2007, 07:55 PM
If you are not sure about buying games that you might not like, you can always download the demos and try them out.

Try Hellgate:London demo. I really enjoyed it.

On my computer currently :
Orange Box (All Games)
SupCom
Jade Empire SE
GalCiv II
Painkiller:Overdose Demo
Starcraft
NWN 2
Oblivion
Stalker
Titan Quest
and a couple more I can't think of ...

If you are little burnt out on games, you could always learn to mod something you played already.
Wastedslayer
10-23-2007, 07:57 PM
Yeah I played Oblivion Im currently going to "Try" world in conflict
Wastedslayer
10-23-2007, 07:58 PM
O and I beat Portal, Somehow :P
JC316
10-23-2007, 08:00 PM
Bioshock is awesome, well worth it.
Wastedslayer
10-23-2007, 08:01 PM
I beat Bioshock lol
HookeyStreet
10-23-2007, 08:02 PM
Bioshock & The Orange Box are both worth a look atm ;)
Wastedslayer
10-23-2007, 08:07 PM
Well how is TF2, like I really want them to release a demo.
bassmasta
10-23-2007, 08:10 PM
TF2 is good if you get into it. I prefer CS:S to it, myself, but that's only because I can't find a class that suits me other than sniper, which is only good on certain levels
Kreij
10-23-2007, 08:10 PM
I finished Prey awhile back. It was pretty entertaining.
Interesting use of gravity and character orientation.
ktr
10-23-2007, 08:15 PM
GTA:SA is a good game. I like it, and it last for a while. Garry's mod is a fun sandbox game, great add-ons for it. TF2 is a fantastic multiplayer, loads of fun.
KieranD
10-23-2007, 08:33 PM
il give the top games imo

Orange box - mainly for episodes 1 and 2 and half life 2 forget what people say about portal its gimmicky and not that long team fortress is great for when your bored and need a quick game
Garys mod if you have half life 2 because its a mod for half life 2
Bioshock
Oblivion Game of the year addition
Far Cry
Civilization 4 Gold edition
Enemy Territory Quake Wars
command and conquer series
Supreme commander
Age of Empires series
Stalker
sega rally
collin mac rae dirt
medieval total war 2/rome total war (if you like romans better)
the sims 2
half life 1
star wars republic commando
call of duty
the settlers series
tom clancy rainbow 6 vegas
football manger 2008 (even tho im not big on football its good)
nhl 2k8
pro evolution 2008
tiger woods pga tour 2008

theres more but thats the ones id like to play now

games coming out
gears of war for pc
crysis
lego star wars complete saga
Woah Mama!
10-24-2007, 10:35 AM
Apparently Settlers 6 is a lot of fun. There is a stack of mods out for the Dawn Of War series. Speaking of Relic, tried Company of Heroes? I found Stalker rather boring, as with Bioshock too. DiRT is awesome.
The new Need For Speed comes out in a few weeks, and will be an awesome game.

If you want to go old school a bit then try track down Aliens Vs Predator 2, its so much damn fun online and the story/SP mode is just awesome.



If all else fails, try to finish Quake on nightmare. Or just get back into UT2004, instagib will always entertain. Oh, and if you havent got it Test Drive Unlimited could be worth a thought but the forums suck, the patch is useless, Atari are lazy, there is no car packs, the server is slow and there is compatibility issues with basically every computer in the world. But if you get it running well it's quite a lot of fun to cruise around with people.
DrunkenMafia
10-24-2007, 11:07 AM
No one has mentioned anything about Quake wars... does it suck or something. I haven't tried it yet...

And there is always the BF series. I am a huge fan of those, just the sheer playability of the game. online of course.

Crysis is coming out ?????? soon. Apparently. Don't hold your breath though. that will be pretty kick ass.

I myself couldn't stand WOW. I thought it was shit and but my mate loves it and he also plays a game called guild wars... that is supposed to be pretty good. Its a bit like WOW I believe...
von kain
10-24-2007, 11:56 AM
on rts try the settlers it is very very funny or one from the c&c series, on fps i would say portal and bioshock ,or you can wait for the fallout 3
ktr
10-24-2007, 05:09 PM
No one has mentioned anything about Quake wars... does it suck or something. I haven't tried it yet...

And there is always the BF series. I am a huge fan of those, just the sheer playability of the game. online of course.

Crysis is coming out ?????? soon. Apparently. Don't hold your breath though. that will be pretty kick ass.

I myself couldn't stand WOW. I thought it was shit and but my mate loves it and he also plays a game called guild wars... that is supposed to be pretty good. Its a bit like WOW I believe...

http://archive.gamespy.com/stats/

there are more people playing older games like MOHAA, quake3:A, UT2k4, and WOLF:ET than QW:ET
Easy Rhino
10-24-2007, 06:26 PM
http://archive.gamespy.com/stats/

there are more people playing older games like MOHAA, quake3:A, UT2k4, and WOLF:ET than QW:ET

i think that is because most people dont upgrade their PC every 6 months. so they still play the older games online which are still a lot of fun!
ktr
10-24-2007, 08:45 PM
i think that is because most people dont upgrade their PC every 6 months. so they still play the older games online which are still a lot of fun!

First day of BF2 had over 24K players! BF2 ran like a retarded donkey for its huge demand for memory (and blood).
Kreij
10-24-2007, 08:50 PM
If you want a diversion from mainstream games try TAGAP (The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins). Zombie Penguins FTW !!!

... and of course, it's free. TAGAP (http://www.tagap.net)
Easy Rhino
10-24-2007, 09:03 PM
First day of BF2 had over 24K players! BF2 ran like a retarded donkey for its huge demand for memory (and blood).

haha a retarded donkey. yea, bf2 had over 24,000 players on it's first day but think about how many people around the world with PCs dont upgrade often. id say in the 100s of 1000s.
KieranD
10-24-2007, 10:49 PM
i think i mentioned quake wars its good if you have friends to play with and i like doing objectives and helping people a headset/mic is a must but its playable without just harder to help people and thus easier to lose

new settlers game is great

lord of the rings online

Civilization 4 is the best the gold edition with all expansions is out soon and is cheap i think £15 or abouts

crysis obvo

gears of war for pc has 5 new chapters its great and has improved graphics

old games id recommend are
transport tycoon
theme hospital
worms world party
soldier of fortune
the settlers 3
age of empires 2
command and conquer 1 is a free download now
castle wolfenstein
call of duty 1
alien vs predator is great
Star Wars: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM old but fucking good fun hard controls tho but rewarding to keep trying to get far in the game
StarCraft
total annihilation
deus ex
half life 1 and opposing force
unreal tournament
quake
duke nukem 3d
doom2

thats not even a small amount of games i could mention

try beneath a steel sky its kinda cool and i though the story was good its free i think
TUngsten
10-25-2007, 01:07 PM
If you want a diversion from mainstream games try TAGAP (The Apocalyptic Game About Penguins). Zombie Penguins FTW !!!

... and of course, it's free. TAGAP (http://www.tagap.net)

LOL I posted a link to TAGAP a few months ago, I love that!