Lol. Damn, you caught me out!

Lol. Take a look at Game Rankings list for PC games and it's missing a number of games (exclusive and even some multiplats). For one thing, I can't seem to find any Mount and Blade game. There are tons of indie titles released on PC every year; just because you don't know about them doesn't mean they don't exist.

Check the thread/list I posted above.

First of all, games will always be terrible compared to movies so actors and cinematics are not as important. Second, even the best game music is absolutely pathetic to actual good music. Third, attention doesn't mean jack shit when your game crashes and has bugs everywhere.

Furthermore, purely statisitically speaking, there are far far more 90 games now than before. That is simply not possible. Therefore, what was before a 90, will have to be mapped to something that also splits the distribution in the same way. Maybe it's 96 maybe a little less maybe some more, but it is definitely not 90. The point is, being over 90 means nothing compared to 10 years ago.

Lastly, the games have been tailored towards the lowest common denominator. Just as in other entertainment industries such as movies, books, music, art, etc. etc. etc. the products catering to the lowest common denominator are generally speaking crap. The difference is that the critics of the other entertainment industries can tell the difference between entertaining, and quality. Apparently in games something that's entertaining but of piss poor quality is considered good. That should be gone once the medium matures. My prediction is that mechanics from back in 2000 earlier will start to be reintroduced in games as brand new and the next best thing to happen to games as gammers move on from their immaturity.

It's not that I don't like the PC itself. My favorite game is still an old strategy PC-Game called Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive(you should look for it - it is brilliant). But if you care so much about these mods or indie game which ones would recommend?

Yeah, and gameplay features are being downgraded all the time. I don't care about actors, orchestras or detail if they continue to cripple gameplay. The effort you mean is mostly money.

wow....the number of assumptions you make and conclusions you jump to.....

and yes KZ is AAA material......floaty cameras with toy guns attached to them *cough* source engine *cough* are not. i can understand quake and UT (my best fps of that time) having them but when newer games like L4D have it, it tells you a lot about how much pc gaming has really improved. then we look at games like starcraft 2 ....i mean starcraft 1.5 where theres hardly been an improvement given the number of years.

there is NO WAY what so ever to determine what a score in 2000 would be today and nor is there a way to tell what the lowest common denominator actually is and the ratio of games catering for them.

what planet are you living on?

games have much more replay value now than they did before.....we are seeing many games with level creators and things like customisation is expected of all games.

things like graphics, physics, AI all of which impact gameplay are continuously improving. This leads to games where even if you play the same level twice, it feels different........this was not the case in older games which were repetitive, standardised and predictable.

downgraded.....yeah right.

the reason why there is no dramatic change is because people dont like change so it has to happen slowly. i bet next gen every fps will have a weighty feel like killzone even though this gen people dont like it because their used to hovering cameras.

comes down to one thing

quality > quantity

pc is where all developers start, if they get a slight bit of sucess and their game works well with a console controller, they switch boats.

therefore the ton of games which are exclusive to pc, only a few of them are any good and the only thing stopping them coming to consoles is keyboard/mouse.

They're not mods. Some devs may have started out as modders and some games may have begun life as mods, but the list is 100% commercial releases. The mods have a seperate list I believe (and incomplete from what I can tell, mod-db is better for mods lists I think).

As for games it depends what you're into, but I'll assume you like some strategy based gameplay on your post. The "Mount and Blade" RPGs are good if you like open ended/open world games (and does have some strategy-ish elements). If you like Horror then I thoroughly recommend "Amnesia: The Dark Descent" (it's the only game in years that I find actually scary). Also, a bit old now, but "Darwinia" is a fantastic game. You may also want to check out the "AI: War" games (actually, I think it's 1 game with expansions; I've only played a demo) and "Galactic Civilisations II".

For the future, keep a lookout for "Dota 2" (which is actually developed by Valve), and "A Game of Thrones: Genesis". If you liked Dungeon Siege then you may want to look at "Dungeons" which is supposed to be a spiritual successor. Also, if you like titles like Deus Ex, I'd keep an eye on... errr.. "E.Y.E". It looks potentially interesting. 

I've mainly concentrated on indie strategy games, as I guess you already know about multiplats and the likes of Total War, Starcraft 2, Age of Empires: Online etc. If their are other genres you are interested in I may be able to make some more suggestions.

And I remember when Desperados was released. Never had an opportunity to try it but I'll see if I can find it (must be on GOG.com?).

I still play DOTA sometimes =P . And yes, I'm looking forward to Dota2