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Can I ask for recommendations here?

I mainly play on PS and Switch, and have a long list of games that I want to play, so am fully covered there, but recently updated my laptop, and this one has a nice Nvidia card in it, so was thinking about catching up on the PC only games I missed.

I am currently playing Trails in the Sky series, and plan to get Age of Empires and other Xbox / MS games like Halo, Gears of Wars, Fable etc.

Any other PC-only, must-play recommendations from last 10-15 years?

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helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Any other PC-only, must-play recommendations from last 10-15 years?

What games or type of games do you like most?

Some of my absolute all-time favorites are Control, “DmC” (Devil May Cry), God of War (not Ragnarok), and Guardians of the Galaxy.

But everyone has different preferences. I hate many of the most popular games.

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- slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Well, I am generally a fan of RPGs but I play pretty much any kind of game. Most of the AAA games end up on consoles, so have played most of them (or have them on wishlist). Played both God of War (all except Ragnarok, which is on my wishlist) and Control on PS. And Guardians of the Galaxy is on my wishlist.
  
  Oh, not a big fan of MOBAs or any PvP game. Same with very old or retro game. Don’t have a nostalgia for 8-bit games. Don’t mind 16bit era that much though. Also don’t like horror.
  
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  - helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    Ragnarok, which is on my wishlist
    
    Please FFS don’t buy this game.
    
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    Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Why not?
    
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Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I would say PC only games mainly consists of complex strategy games like StarCraft or Total War and small indie titles that were not ported to a console like Dwarf Fortress. I would argue in general that there aren’t really any must play titles, it all depends on what genres you like.

I would recommend Oneshot, which is in the second category and similar to Undertale. While there is a console port, it loses a lot of appeal due to a certain spoilery mechanic if you play it not on a PC.

On the strategy side there are real time strategy games like StarCraft 2, Age of Empires 4/Age of Mythology or complex 4X games like Hearts of Iron 1-4 or all of the Total War series etc.

If you like those totally depends on you.

Except Half-Life, that one is PC only and must play. I suggest to play the remake Blackmesa and Half Life 2, then you don’t need to play a 20 year old game.

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- slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Played FTL near to it’s release, and Into the Breach when it ended up on mobile / Netflix. Baba is You is still on my wishlist though.
  
  Complex strategy game might be an interesting category. Will check out a few. Any recommendations that I should check first? I used to play Age of Empires before, so going to get AoE IV soon, but don’t know much 4X games (except maybe some Civilizations and Age of Wonders 2).
  
  Also played Half-Life a while ago, haven’t played 2 though. Thanks for the reminder!
  
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  - Wrufieotnak@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I have to admit I’m not into the complex strategy games myself, because I dislike that the first 100 hours are just the tutorial. But I heard good things about Stellaris, although you need apparently some of the DLCs, so wait for a sale there. Endless Legends and Endless Space is in the same universe, but one is in space and the other rather based on fantasy. And I saw enough memes about Crusader Kings 2 to know that it is Crazy Story Generator in Medieval Times.
    
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