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    **Recommend Me a Game** Ask About Game Recommendations Here

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by xTank Jones16x, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. Mr_Mysterious

    Mr_Mysterious Like...duuuuuude

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    All right, I guess my next two games will be Assassin's Creed 2 and Mass Effect 2. :) Thanks everyone.

    Mr. Mysterious
     
  2. bks1987

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    Well, ME2 is on sale on Direct2Drive today for about 10 bucks.
     
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    im lookin for a game that i can sink aot of single player hours into. some sort of action adventure or sandbox game.
    ive got mafia 1,2 ,gta series, fable series ,assasins creed ,mass effect the witcher,oblivion
    but im looking for something along those lines so um yeh thx
     
  4. bks1987

    bks1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    Just Cause 2 is another sandbox game, but not sure if the game's long.
     
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    THX for the suggestion but i alredy got just cause 2 aswell lool :D
     
  6. SomeRandomDude

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    Hmmm... you should try Darksiders, maybe X-Men Origins: Wolverine too. They are both very hack n slash-y. And kinda long, single player wise. Darksiders is about 15-16 hours long on normal difficulty, Wolverine is a bit shorter.

    The Fallout games are another alternative, they're packed with content.
     
  7. bks1987

    bks1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    oh yes, fallout 3 GOTY and new vegas. But beware that these games may be full of bugs and glitches.
     
  8. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Any suggestions on one of these? I already have all the cod's (unfortunately) and BFBC2, homefront, stalkers series, arma 2 plus addons, fallout series.

    Does anyone know of a decent military style fps or rpg where you upgrade weapons and so forth?

    Thanks,

    StevenX
     
  9. Tblazer13

    Tblazer13 Notebook Geek

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    Metro 2033, Far Cry 2, and maybe Brink. I can't think of anything else at the moment.
     
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    Baka (・ω・)

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    Bulletstorm?
     
  11. Phistachio

    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    For PC, correct?

    Stalker, Crysis, Far Cry 2, Medal of Honor..

    And Bulletstorm, as Baka referred...
     
  12. Tblazer13

    Tblazer13 Notebook Geek

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    Oh yes, MOH is pretty good, if a little short and lacking any sort of RPG elements that I can recall. I couldn't get into bulletstorm or crysis myself, but they do have some weapon upgrading elements. Rainbow Six Vegas 2 might be worth checking out as well, it has some pretty decent kit customization.
     
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    Ghost_AWP Notebook Evangelist

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    MOH campaign was great (although short) and it was really cheap on Steam a few weeks back I think.

    Crysis 2 is a really good military FPS. Longer campaign and pretty fun to play. Has a decent story.

    Ghost Recon Future Soldier and BF3 when they come out.
     
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    It was cheap on D2D couple weeks back, only 7.50. might be worth watching for a steam sale.
     
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    Ghost_AWP Notebook Evangelist

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    Yes D2D....not Steam. My bad.
     
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    I haven't played it myself, but my friend was totally addicted to Boarderlands which is a FPS-RPG with multiplayer.
     
  17. bks1987

    bks1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    Borderlands = FPS RPG
    STALKER = RPG FPS
    Medal of honor = FPS
    Crysis 1, 2 = FPS
    Team fortress 2 (has different weapons with stats)
     
  18. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Borderlands sounds right up your alley. It's got a solid mix of RPG (skill trees, character roles/classes, special abilities) and FPS elements.

    It barely counts, but I'll throw in a vote for Medal of Honor Airborne. You can upgrade your weapons as you progress through the campaign, but beyond that it's mostly a standard (if very open-ended) FPS. Still, very fun and underrated if you ask me.
     
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    Consi Pit Notebook Evangelist

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    Try Boiling Point. Not that bad, there's some mistakes, but not so bad .
     
  20. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have borderlands. I've got loads of games I have never even installed. I got a bunch cheap at target that have that bioware DRM so I wanted to make sure the DRM was disabled. splinter cell and something else..
    Wife and I won borderlands on 360. Borderlands is honestly one of the funnest games we ever played. I have it for pc but never installed it.
    Cryis 1 and 2 and Warhead (have them). I love the graphics and open style but not much rpg elements.

    What about military strategy games?

    RPG style?

    Thanks for everyone's responses as well.

    StevenX
     
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    Military strategy like Civ?
     
  22. bks1987

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    If you want to buy Civ 5, check steam for the next three days because right now there's 2K game sales going on for the next three days. You never know if Civ 5 will be on sale.
     
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    The only thing I disliked about Borderlands is the fact that you have to fight the same exact enemies in the same exact places whenever you re-visit an area.
     
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    The Jagged Alliance and Men Of War games might be just what you're looking for Steven. And UFO: Alien Invasion is a pretty decent freeware game in the style of the old X-Com games.

    News - UFO:AI

    EDIT: Deus Ex series might be worth checking out as well.

    EDIT2: Just in case you missed my previous response due to the merger. If you haven't played them Metro 2033 and Far Cry 2 are great.
     
  25. stevenxowens792

    stevenxowens792 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks TBlazer. Metro I have..did a lot of benching with it. Never played it past 2nd chapter.

    Far Cry 2 I liked a lot. Game is serveral years old but pretty good. The mouse float makes me dizzy sometimes. sounds weird I know.

    StevenX
     
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    Tblazer13 Notebook Geek

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    Just remembered another one you may not have played from the Fallout series, Fallout Tactics. It's a pretty decent game IMO, a lot of people don't really like it for some reason though. Mainly because it doesn't stay very true to the fallout lore and story I believe.
     
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    vishnukumar Notebook Geek

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    My XPS 15 L502x s being delivered in a day :biggrin: , the specs are in my signature, 6gb 1033mhz ddr3 ram and nvidia gt 525m 1 gb card.

    I need your help in suggesting good first person shooter games that can be run with out any lag on this config and the settings to run that in :yes: ..... Thank you
     
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    can run most modern FPS in 720p with medium to low settings
     
  29. sprtnbsblplya

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    Anyone know of any more tower defense games?
    I've played Defense Grid though and am looking for another simple TD game that I can play a quick round of between study breaks (yes, 30 minutes is a good study break! ;) )
     
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    Simplified The Most Awesome

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    Ballons tower defence 4
     
  31. bks1987

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    Anomaly warzone earth is a reverse TD if you are interested.
    Sanctum is a FPS Tower defense.
    And there are tons out there on Steam.
     
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    Peter Bazooka Notebook Evangelist

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    If you like Warcraft III, there's a lot of TD maps made for it.
     
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    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    theres revenge of the titans... its a decent TD game...
     
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    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    I'm also playing Revenge of the Titans. Very cute and fun.
     
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    Bloons is epic.
     
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    I'm looking for some good games to play but not fps types. Any good advice?

    I played LoL , Hon , dota , im bored with those , planning to try mmorpgs , but not those grind fest mmos , any suggestions?
     
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    I'm looking for games to play with my cousins during the summer either over LAN or split screen/co-op.
    I won't have access to internet so it can't be online games.
    I'm looking for games like Counter Strike, FIFA.
    Here's the list of games I have in mind. I already own some.
    Counter Strike Source, FIFA 11, NBA 2k11, DotA, Blur, Split/Second, Tomb Raider Guardian of Light and Street Fighter IV.
    It's for the whole summer, so I'm gonna need some more.
    Thanks in advance.
     
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    You may try resident evil 5 co-op mode , you may try in hard mode its really fun , you may google search torrent , you don't really need to buy it. :)

    Lost Planet 2 not bad thou , shooting aliens but not horror as dead space 2. (for me dead space 2 aren't horror at all , I loves killing monsters)
     
  41. Sasquatch202

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    Bubble tanks tower defense and GemCraft are my 2 favorite TD games.
     
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    hey guys, new to this section of the forum. can anyone recommend me some good MMORPG's.
    just recently bought a new gaming laptop, which can preety much play any game ive thrown at it on max settings.
    Ive previously played the following MMORPG's and can reccomend them to others:
    World of Warcraft
    Guild Wars (by far my favourite)
    Ragnarok Online

    im looking for some more mmorpgs to play, i get bored too easily from playing through campaign and single player games, i need online games :)
     
  43. psycheight

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    ^ try Rift?
     
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    How's the game Singularity? the game's on sale for 14 dollars on D2D.
     
  45. ravivarsani

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    ahh rift has a monthly fee tho, i hate joining games like that, incase i get addicted xD
    Guild Wars was a single fee to buy, and Ragnarok online was free
     
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    I'm playing order & chaos on iphone , don't really need rift~

    its kinda rip off from wow/rift lol. YouTube - Order & Chaos Online Review by Deatrocker

    PS : For myself , I don't know what games will get me addicted anymore , I brought gaming laptop but no games to play...
     
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    It's fun, interesting storyline (for FPS standards anyway), decent gun handling and a time manipulation aspect (for example, you can create a small area where time slows down, allowing you to dodge bullets or leave enemies vulnerable). The problem is 1) it's very short, around 4 hours and there's nothing else to do afterwards except online play, which brings us to... 2) multiplayer is pretty much dead . So, yeah, expect 4 hours of fun and pretty much nothing else.
     
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    I was wondering what games are very similar in game play to the ones I most enjoy. I am looking to upgrade from an older desktop to a similarly capable laptop so I can at least play my current favorites. Until recently I only had dialup, so online gameplay isn't as important as the game itself.

    Age Of Empires 3: I love this game, but may look into something that plays similar online to give me something different.

    Battlefield 1942 (also Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2, and Battlefield 2) : I cannot say how much I love this game, even the way it plays offline(never played any online). I have played Call of duty offline and do not like the gameplay as much as Battlefield. I just love the Spawn points and the capture concept.
     
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    AoE3: If you're looking for online RTS'ing, nothing compares to Starcraft. That community isn't going anywhere anytime soon. :p

    BF1942: Bad Company 2 seems like the logical next step here. But with video games, I feel like too much of the same thing quickly grows old. I also enjoyed Battlefront 2 and Battlefield 2, but after playing Borderlands on a friend's computer I think I will purchase that next. The system reqs are easy and from what I hear, the game is still being updated with new weapons. Steam really offers a wide variety of FPS-style games at great prices, ranging from zombie killing to military shooters to crazy things like TF2. Look around; you'll find something you like. :p
     
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    Texanman Master of all things Cake

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    BOOO STARCRAFT!!!!

    if you want something cool try the Dawn of war 2 games...their amazing!!!

    or you can get a cheap copy of company of heroes.... imo best rts of all time as it actually takes skill to play
     
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