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Chazore on 23 September 2016

If you want to give Cossacks 3 a go, the game came out recently and looks to rekindle that AoE look and feel to it, at least for me it is.

It's only £22 on Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/333420/

Could always go for XCom 2, Cities Skylines, Planet Coaster (still in early access atm), to name a few.
Planetary Annihilation is a decent RTS and then there is Ashes of a Singularity if you want to push your system.
Fallout 4, I wouldn't say is visually demanding, especially considering it's still using Gamebryo. I'd say battlefront looks better visually compared to Fallout 4.


Step right up come on in, feel the buzz in your veins, I'm like an chemical electrical right into your brain and I'm the one who killed the Radio, soon you'll all see

So pay up motherfuckers you belong to "V"

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okr on 23 September 2016

Anno 2070 (building sim)
Anno 2205 (building sim)
Cities: Skylines (city-building sim)
Dreamfall Chapters (interactive story)
Civilization V (and VI in October) (TBS => and the best franchise ever created for PC)
Endless Space (TBS)
Endless Legend (TBS)
Age of Wonders III (TBS)
Total War: Attila (TBS)
Total War: Rome II (TBS)
Total War: Warhammer (TBS)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (TBS)
Ashes of Singularity (RTS)
Grey Goo (RTS)
Homeworld Remastered Collection (RTS)

BTW: If you played mostly Nintendo games up to now, you can try out plenty of old and new multiplats on PC.

Some mutliplat recommendations:
ABZU (it's gorgeous but short, wait for a pricecut)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Life Is Strange (interactive story, game is complete, 5 episodes, episode 1 is free)



Chazore on 23 September 2016
okr said:
Anno 2070 (building sim)
Anno 2205 (building sim)
Cities: Skylines (city-building sim)
Dreamfall Chapters (interactive story)
Civilization V (and VI in October) (TBS => and the best franchise ever created for PC)
Endless Space (TBS)
Endless Legend (TBS)
Age of Wonders III (TBS)
Total War: Attila (TBS)
Total War: Rome II (TBS)
Total War: Warhammer (TBS)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (TBS)
Singularity (RTS)
Grey Goo (RTS)
Homeworld Remastered Collection (RTS)

BTW: If you played mostly Nintendo games up to now, you can try out plenty of old and new multiplats on PC.

Some mutliplat recommendations:
ABZU (it's gorgeous but short, wait for a pricecut)
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Redux
Life Is Strange (interactive story, game is complete, 5 episodes, episode 1 is free)

Man, seeing this list just reminds me how big TBS has come in a way over the past 5 years. RTS has been on the decline compared to TBS. Wish it would come back in a big way like TBS has.



Step right up come on in, feel the buzz in your veins, I'm like an chemical electrical right into your brain and I'm the one who killed the Radio, soon you'll all see

So pay up motherfuckers you belong to "V"

pokoko on 23 September 2016
Soleron said:
pokoko said:
How open are you to modding?

I used to be kind of an anti-First Person elitist but then I tried Fallout 3 and discovered that many FPS-RPGs can be played at a slower, more tactical pace with stealth and sniper builds. Even series like Borderlands allow you to play mostly as you like.

I'd recommend playing Dishonored in preparation for Dishonored 2.

Modding is OK but I'd want a reasonable standard of quality. 40 mods conflicting with each other and a jank UI with 200 toolbars is not my thing.

Dishonored is a stealth game, right?

Dishonored is one of those games you can play as you like.  I played completely stealth, knocked people out, and almost never fought out-right.  Other people kill everything in sight, which actually changes the game.

Modding does take a bit of researching and thought.  It's not hard to figure out two things which modify the same values will conflict but that isn't for everyone.  However, using mods can take a game like Skyrim and make it much more beautiful and tailored to your preferences.  Not sure what you mean about toolbars, though, unless you mean MMOs like WoW.  Heck, in single player games, a lot of people use immersive UI mods that remove or minimize most of the HUD.



Imaginedvl on 23 September 2016

Forza Horizon 3 :)



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Raistline on 23 September 2016

Divinity: Original Sin is a great PC game to sink you teeth into.
It has astounding graphics. It is a very in depth role playing game that you can play at your own pace. The graphics on it are amazing and put my old GTX 970 to work so your 1060 will work hard on it.

Just be warned, it is not an easy game as far as RPG's go and is a Top-Down, turn based, western RPG.



Zoombael on 23 September 2016

Crysis



Hunting Season is done...

Azzanation on 23 September 2016

Star Citizen, its Exclusive and possibly the biggest AAA game you will find anywhere. Plus it will push your PC past its limits. It destroys my Laptop and thats no push over.



Pemalite on 23 September 2016

Give a try:
* Ashes of Singularity.
* Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
* Homeworld: Remastered.
* Grim Dawn.
* Eve: Valkyrie.
* Master of Orion

And if you wish to throw your life away...
* Sins of a Solar Empire.
* The Settlers series.
* Cities: Skylines.
* Anno series.
* Planetary Annihilation.
* Heroes of the Storm.
* StarCraft 2.
* Pillars of Eternity.
* Total War series.
* Elite: Dangerous.
* Stronghold: Crusader 2.
* Age of Wonders series.
* Heroes of Might and magic series.
* Arma series.
* Dota 2.
* League of Legends.
* Team Fortress.


Some to keep an eye on:
* Rising Storm 2: Vietnam.
https://rs2vietnam.com/

* Scorn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBlBtP3-x_w

* Civilization VI

* Tyranny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5s4Usksb9o

* Endless Space 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_yW2NkxQ2w

* Divinity: Original Sin II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG6YOUXyx3Q

* Lawbreakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3006HyyN4

And I shall also mention:
* Dreadnaught.
* The Mandate.
* Fortnite.
* Unreal Tournament.
* Warhammer 40k
* Tyranny

If you wish/don't mind going retro... These are some of my favorites:

* Sacrifice.
* Battlezone 2.
* Evolva
* Giants: Citizen Kabuto
* Black and White
* Dungeon Keeper
* Alpha Centauri
* Age of Empires 1+2.


Ignore those who say the PC does not get exclusives, they clearly haven't even bothered to try and look at any of the games on offer, thus their "opinion" is actually incorrect and should be discarded.



--::{PC Gaming Master Race}::--

Wildcard36qs on 23 September 2016

Elite: Dangerous has been the only game I've really been playing for the last year and half.
When I want something different, I fire up Star Wars Battlefront or Project Cars. These 3 games look absolutely stunning.