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    Which publisher has most games on your harddrive

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Starscream, Jan 2, 2013.

  1. Starscream

    Starscream Notebook Consultant

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    So we all play alot of games, finish some, and keep even fewer on our hard drives. So I want to know which publisher has credit to the most amount of games on your hard drive currently.

    I'm very picky about games I keep on my hard-drive...here are MY idiosyncratic rules (1) must have metacritic score of 80 or higher, 2) must have good graphics, 3) must have some replayability, and 4) not too linear.

    For me, its ubisoft...I really love ubisoft (and never had an issue with their uplay), they make the most diverse and creative games imo.

    Ubisoft (4)
    - Far Cry 3
    - Anno 2070
    - Splinter Cell Conviction
    - Assassins Creed Revelation

    Blizzard (2)
    - Diablo 3
    - Starcraft 2

    EA (1)
    - Dragon Age Origins

    Square Enix (1)
    - Sleeping Dogs

    2K Games (1)
    - Civilization V
     
  2. Baka

    Baka (・ω・)

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    Baka has quite a few games installed but it's probably THQ with Dawn of War Series and Company of Heroes series ._.
     
  3. Pohmell

    Pohmell Notebook Consultant

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    I credit the most Ubisoft as their games are well made.

    I dislike Blizzard for ruining legendary series. instead
    Very promising game coming from Grinding Gear Games.
     
  4. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I actually got a lot of games on my hard drive at the moment but il list them anyways.

    Activision:
    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

    EA:
    Star Wars: The Old Republic - F2P
    Mass Effect 3
    Medal of Honor: Warfighter

    NCSoft:
    Guild Wars 2

    THQ:
    Darksiders II
    Red Faction: Armageddon
    Saints Row: The Third

    Ubisoft:
    Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
    Far Cry 3

    Valve:
    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    2K Games:
    Borderlands
    Borderlands 2
    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    The rest are either self published or indie titles.
    I have no hate for the games UbiSoft publish but rather the poor managment they had with always on DRM ect.
    Its like they still dont trust you after you bought the game.
     
  5. fantomasz

    fantomasz Notebook Deity

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    Valve

    CS Source
    CS Global
    Day of Defeat
    HL2
    HL2 Episode One
    HL2 Episode Two
    HL2 Lost Coast
     
  6. moviemarketing

    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    I only have 320GB on my primary drive, so I only keep a few games installed at a time. Most games I delete and uninstall if I want to try something else. If I ever want to play it again, I just download from Steam again. However, I have a few games with lots of mods, like the Bethesda games and Civ 5. These particular games have a very high replay value and it's a PITA to download all the mods again, I will probably never delete them. Also haven't deleted TF2.
     
  7. Zymphad

    Zymphad Zymphad

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    THQ/2K-Games/EA for me. I only have a few from Activision. And I do have the AC bundle and FC3 from Ubisoft, but I consider they don't count since these are barely PC games. These console ports are trash.
     
  8. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    2K -
    Borderlands 2: Back in the Habit
    Sid Meier's Civilization V + Gods and Kings

    EA -
    Battlefield 1942
    Battlefield 3
    Bejeweled 3
    Star Wars: The Old Republic

    Square-Enix -
    Deus Ex GotY
    Deus Ex: Human Revolution

    THQ -
    Red Faction: Guerrilla
    Titan Quest

    Ubisoft -
    World in Conflict

    Valve -
    DotA 2

    Zenimax -
    Dishonored

    Miscellaneous
    Beware Planet Earth!
    Greed: Black Border
    Planescape Torment
    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

    I might have to bite the bullet on Ubisoft if Watch Dogs turns out good, and they don't do that always online/activation limit nonsense.
     
  9. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Right now:

    THQ: Metro 2033 (haven't started)

    Rockstar: LA Noire (current poison)

    Chinese Room: Dear Esther (disappointed that it seems to be pretty much the same as the original Source mod)

    Sierra: Phantasmagoria 2

    I only keep two or three games on at a time since I use a 128GB SSD and don't game online.

    I have yet to put Steam or any games back on my Envy since a Windows reinstall recently, which I may have to do again if I can't get some Chinese IME issues figured out. It'll mostly get games that don't require too much power now that I have a desktop for heavier gaming; GOG stuff (Ultima, Gabriel Knight), some Humble Bundle games (Botanicula, Analogue: A Hate Story), maybe a few others.
     
  10. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Remedy Entertainment:
    Alan Wake (played it very little though)

    Ubisoft:
    Assassin's Creed 2

    EA:
    Dragon Age Origins

    2k Games:
    Duke Nukem Forever
    Sid Meier's Civilization V

    Valve:
    Half Life 2 (haven't played it since reinstall, don't why I have it installed)

    Tripwire Interactive:
    Red Orchestra 2

    Microsoft Games:
    Microsoft Flight Simulator X (game I play the most)