Looking for good SP game...

[Dark_Swordmaster]

I just finished Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast and am currently doing Far Cry on realistic (Jack Carver dies nicely...). I'm kinda lookin' for a good SP game to fall back on if I get a little tire of Far Cry or once I finish it. I'm looking for either cheap titles, or for someone to recommend somethin' in my library.

These are titles that I own, and are considering playing through:

MoH:AA (and both x-packs), Postal², Unreal II, Red Faction, Clive Barker's Undying, Battlezone II, Black & White, Jagged Alliance 2 (and UB, but that's just unfunly hard), Neverwinter Nights, Abomination, Operation Flashpoint.

If any of these titles stick out as "Dude, you HAVE to play that one!", please let me know. If there are any cheap ($20 or lower, I'm poor) titles that have a good SP portion, let me know. If it's so phenominally great that it deserves my full $30 or up, let me know and I might consider it. Help is appreciated, thank you.

[RADiator]

Aghem, lets see (going to pick some off the recent ones): Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (really good, in my opinion better than the two previous ones combined), Half-Life 2 (no comments), Scrapland (for a couple of laughs and a good action), Trackmania Sunrise (haven’t bought it myself but judging from the demo its fully worth the money), Thief: Deadly Shadows (not really "recent" but by all means worth the time and money). What else, what else, well cant think of anything else right now so I will stop here I think. Oh and you should consider getting the expansions for Neverwinter, very enjoyable.

[Dark_Swordmaster]

Cool thanks. Deadly Shadows looks (and from what I've played, is) good. I've beaten Half-Life², although I constantly go back just to play around. Chaos Theory I can wait for the price to come down (I don't want to, but I must), however that reminded me of something... There's a pack for I think $30 that contains the original and Pandora Tomorrow... I might look into that.

[NiteX]

If you like Star Wars games, which you must if you played all the way through Jedi Outcast, Republic Commando is a must try.

[Dark_Swordmaster]

No no, I like GOOD Star Wars games. I played the demo of Republic Commando and indeed, it was fun, but it seemed as though it would get repetitive. Please tell me this is not the case! It looks so good!

[NiteX]

Well all I can say about that is it's a FPS. Every FPS on some level is repetitive. But it wasn't repetitive at all to me.

I just notice that you actually managed to pull yourself to finish Far Cry. Republic Commando will in no way seem repetitive to you my friend.

[Dark_Swordmaster]

Actually I'm only on the 3rd level of Far Cry (I stupidly picked the hardest difficulty while still being a n00b), but I shall check out Republic Commando.

[Freakonaleash89]

There haven't been many cool games lately. Definately get GRand theft auto 3, its really good. That's one of my favorite games of all time. Vice City is also pretty good.

[dante.hk]

HL2 and Doom III.

[nineball16]

doom 3, resurection of evil, play through all of the neverwinter series, HL2, far cry, mohaa pacific assault, CoD plus expansion, rome:total warfare

that should keep you busy

[LynX]

Try Jedi Academy if you liked Outcast, although a little more limited (and the in-between mission interface plain sucks), its still damn cool playing with double/saberstaffs.

[Yian]

If you can tolerate repetitive combat system, similar quests, boring text-based conversations, and frequent crash-to-desktop syndrome, Morrowind is just the game you want. It has a huge map for free explorations, and the best part of the game is how you can decorate your house with every items you can find in the game. Don't forget to check out the mods, there are thousands of them out there.

[Dark_Swordmaster]

Thank you all for your help. I should now be able to spend many hours playing awesome games!

[REBEL_AU]

somthing i would recomend to anyone is the NWN game/expansions.
A LOT of gaming is to be had there.

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

FPS:

Cold Fear, Doom 3 expansion, Snowblind, Republic Commando

RPG:

KOTOR and 2, NWN

Racing:

Underground 2, CMR05

Strategy:

Act of War Direct Action, Warcraft 3 and exp, Warhammer 40k

and some other games I can't think of right now.

[xenophage]

Dude Cold fear isn't an FPS.. It's the single most boooring fuckin game ever..
Backtrack for ever.. shoot zombies.... backtrack some more..... snore

[RAY16]

RPG (and FPRPG):

Anachronox
Deus Ex
System Shock 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
Neverwinter Nights
Thief III: Deadly Shadows
Divine Divinty
Beyond Divinity (not as good as Divine Divinity, but still good)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines


Action, Stealth Action, Adventure, and Platforming:

Splinter Cell
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (My Review (http://pc.gamexc.com/modules.php?module=reviews&id=25))
Beyond Good & Evil
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (haven't played WW, so I can't comment on it)
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Max Payne 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Scrapland
Outcast
Grim Fandango
Full Throttle
Sam & Max Hit The Road


RTS:

Warzone 2100
Warcraft 3 & Expansion Pack
Starcraft
Rise of Nations & Expansion


FPS:

Half-Life 2 (really fun the first time through, absolutely no replay value)
Call of Duty & Expansion Pack
Tron 2.0
Halo (People either like it or hate it, I liked it)
Star Wars: Repbublic Commando (really fun the first time through, absolutely no replay value)


Simulations:

Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos (Space Sim)
Freespace 2 (Space Sim)
MotoGP 2 (Super Bike Racing Sim, might want to wait for MotoGP 3, which comes out in may)

[Chimera[NL]]

Well no need to post after what Ray just put in here. I think every classic (that has atleast color graphics) is in there.

Allthough I can also recommend the Space Quest games, the Monkey Island series and the old Command & Conquer and Red Alert series. But that's me, I'm a classic kinda guy.

[RAY16]

']Well no need to post after what Ray just put in here. I think every classic (that has atleast color graphics) is in there.

Allthough I can also recommend the Space Quest games, the Monkey Island series and the old Command & Conquer and Red Alert series. But that's me, I'm a classic kinda guy.

I forgot about the early C&C games, good stuff.

I haven't played the Space Quest series or the Monkey Island series, but I've been wanting to check it out. They're kind of hard to find, though.

[Chimera[NL]]

Bittorrent is your friend. But you'll have to scavenge real hard. Usenet is also a nice place allthough you'll have to request classics like these I think.

[Trustkill]

no one suggests Chronicles of Riddick? WTF!? One of the best SP FPS's out there right now!

[RAY16]

no one suggests Chronicles of Riddick? WTF!? One of the best SP FPS's out there right now!

Damn it, I totally forgot about Riddick. Great game.

[tisl]

Don't forget Sid Meier's Pirates!

Oh, and Rome: Total War

[Silence]

Don't forget Sid Meier's Pirates!

Oh, and Rome: Total War
those are great. i think im am one of the few people that managed to crawl over europa 1400 and love it... good little strategic game.. tho it gets boring near the end when theres no competition and u own 90% of the town :(

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

Cold Fear was not supposed to be there, wtf?

I think it was Brothers In Arms I wanted to put on there. And ofcourse the NOLF series.. bitches!

[RAY16]

Woooo... Classic gaming frenzy. I just got the entire Space Quest Collection, Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Loom, The Secet of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, and The Dig.

Since I already have Sam & Max Hit The Road, Full throttle, and Grim Fandango, all I really need is Monkey Island 3 & 4.

[Chimera[NL]]

Woooo... Classic gaming frenzy. I just got the entire Space Quest Collection, Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Loom, The Secet of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, and The Dig.

Since I already have Sam & Max Hit The Road, Full throttle, and Grim Fandango, all I really need is Monkey Island 3 & 4.


Holy shizzle dude. That's one nice gamepack. Bittorrent?

The only ones I've never played are Zak, Loom and The dig. They good?

[RAY16]

']Holy shizzle dude. That's one nice gamepack. Bittorrent?

The only ones I've never played are Zak, Loom and The dig. They good?


Combination of Torrents and Newsgroups.

The only ones I've played are Grim Fandango and parts of Sam & Max and Full Throttle.

[Chimera[NL]]

You've got a long way to go, young one :).

[Hitman]

Good SP game, ActOfWar.. if rts is your flavor.

[tisl]

Good SP game, ActOfWar.. if rts is your flavor.

Yeah, too bad it's 5GB and there's barely any seeders.

[Hitman]

lol.. well I bought the fucker, no regrets either because multi is fun.

Be careful when slipping in under the ban radar, it's right above gaydar.

[Ahriman]

What do you guys think I should get first? Sid Meier's Pirates, Stronghold 2, EE2(maybe, if it's cheap, it looks fairly interesting although I haven't tried the demos yet) or Chronicles of Riddick(unsure about this one, because, first of all it's an Xbox port, and I'm kind of sick of FPSs now)?

[Silence]

Woooo... Classic gaming frenzy. I just got the entire Space Quest Collection, Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Loom, The Secet of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2 : LeChuck's Revenge, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis, Day of the Tentacle, and The Dig.

Since I already have Sam & Max Hit The Road, Full throttle, and Grim Fandango, all I really need is Monkey Island 3 & 4.

man i loved all of those games... played through those many many manny times. i still have sam & max, all of monkey island day of the tentacle, indiana jones (both) somewhere on some cd thats prolly hidden underneath 3inches of dust.

[LynX]

Good SP game, ActOfWar.. if rts is your flavor.

Is it moddable?

[DCR]

Seriously play through Deus Ex, the story is fucking amazing. System Shock 2 is really good too, really scary too. Those aren't games any true PC gamer should go without playing. You do have to be somewhat intelligent to play them though, and to fully understand the Deus Ex Story.

[Freakonaleash89]

Don't forget Sid Meier's Pirates!

Oh, and Rome: Total War

Pirates is a good game, but if you get it make sure you pick it up cheap because it gets repetive and boring pretty fast. Rome: Total War is a really good game but I never could stick with it long enough to finish a campaign. It just gets boring too.

[Dark_Swordmaster]

Seriously play through Deus Ex, the story is fucking amazing. System Shock 2 is really good too, really scary too. Those aren't games any true PC gamer should go without playing. You do have to be somewhat intelligent to play them though, and to fully understand the Deus Ex Story.


Arg! I started to on hardest diff. (I'm one of those guys who takes it as hard as possible and then is done with it) and A.) I'm getting used to an Unreal powered game with realism and bounding boxes (kinda not easy...) and two, something's up with me mouse. I turned it down to 1 for sensitivity (I could do a 1080 by just moving it to the side 3 inches...) but on the menus it still feels lagged or something... Perhaps it's the 1200x900 res...

[RAY16]

Arg! I started to on hardest diff. (I'm one of those guys who takes it as hard as possible and then is done with it) and A.) I'm getting used to an Unreal powered game with realism and bounding boxes (kinda not easy...) and two, something's up with me mouse. I turned it down to 1 for sensitivity (I could do a 1080 by just moving it to the side 3 inches...) but on the menus it still feels lagged or something... Perhaps it's the 1200x900 res...

I highly recommend you run Deus Ex at 1024x768, at any resolution higher than that the HUD gets all giant and ugly.

Also, you should run with the updated OpenGL renderer (attached to this post), it's much faster than the Direct3D renderer.

Deus Ex + Updated OpenGL renderer + 1024x768 + AA + AF = Winnar.

[xenophage]

What do you guys think I should get first? Sid Meier's Pirates, Stronghold 2, EE2(maybe, if it's cheap, it looks fairly interesting although I haven't tried the demos yet) or Chronicles of Riddick(unsure about this one, because, first of all it's an Xbox port, and I'm kind of sick of FPSs now)?

Riddick all the way

[Trustkill]

Deus Ex is probably the best of the best of all the games mentioned....just steer clear of the MP.

[CXalculus]

i remember them all, space quest3, 4 and 5 was super to! No one tells about the larry's to, nr1,2,3,5 are great to and the Dig, was fantastic, Day of the tentacle, sam & max. If you like strategy everyone forgot Civilization 3 to and lots of others.

Damn 7buckazoids pls!

[Dark_Swordmaster]

I'm currently running DX with the OpenGL thing. I'm noticing less coruption but not much framerate improvement. Though I realise this was not the goal, what exactly are the gained benifits?

PS. Looking for a 3DFX wrapper for the excellent Myth series, anyone have a good one? The two I've found either corrupt the graphics ("What the fu-... PINK Thrall?") or look good but run at, oh, 2 FPS...

[RAY16]

I'm currently running DX with the OpenGL thing. I'm noticing less coruption but not much framerate improvement. Though I realise this was not the goal, what exactly are the gained benifits?

PS. Looking for a 3DFX wrapper for the excellent Myth series, anyone have a good one? The two I've found either corrupt the graphics ("What the fu-... PINK Thrall?") or look good but run at, oh, 2 FPS...

I don't know what your specs are, but here are the OpenGL settings I use.


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Translucency=True
VolumetricLighting=True
ShinySurfaces=True
Coronas=True
HighDetailActors=True
DetailTextures=True
UseTrilinear=True
UseBGRATextures=True
UseTNT=False
UseMultiTexture=True
UsePalette=True
UseAlphaPalette=True
FrameRateLimit=75
MaxLogUOverV=8
MaxLogVOverU=8
MinLogTextureSize=0
MaxLogTextureSize=8
UseSSE=1
UseTexIdPool=True
UseTexPool=True
DynamicTexIdRecycleLevel=100
UseTruForm=False
TruFormTessellation=3
TruFormMinVertices=0
AAFilterHint=0
NumAASamples=0
UseAA=False
RequestHighResolutionZ=True
MaskedTextureHack=False
SwapInterval=-1
UseVertexProgram=False
UseCVA=False
UseMultiDrawArrays=False
TexDXT1ToDXT3=False
BufferClippedActorTris=True
SinglePassDetail=True
ColorizeDetailTextures=False
DetailClipping=False
UseDetailAlpha=True
RefreshRate=0
MaxTMUnits=0
NoFiltering=False
MaxAnisotropy=0
Use4444Textures=False
UseS3TC=False
AutoGenerateMipmaps=False
UsePrecache=False
AlwaysMipmap=False
ShareLists=False
UseZTrick=False
OneXBlending=False
GammaCorrectScreenshots=False
GammaOffsetBlue=0.000000
GammaOffsetGreen=0.000000
GammaOffsetRed=0.000000
GammaOffset=0.000000
LODBias=0.000000
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[Hitman]

I just saw a nice making the game video for Earth 2160, i'm officially sold now.. maybe you might like this type of rts.

http://www.gamershell.com/news/21630.html

[Dark_Swordmaster]

I should probably put them in my sig., but for now:

Windows XP (sans shitpack2)
1024MB RAM (don't know type, if it even matters)
Radeon 9600SE (Isn't this a cheap knock-off of the 9700?) 128MB RAM AGP
Audigy 2 (Ah... It's so... Beautiful)
Some Logitech 5.1 system costing around $50 but actually quite good

If you need other stats, lemme know so I can tell you.

EDIT: Just noticed you don't use AA. Good reason not to? Also didn't notice (was skimming) AF. Poo...

Edit deux: Found AF in the thing (DeusEx.ini) but I don't know what to edit, what value to set it, all that stuff. If you could perhaps give a few more pointers, I be much appriciative.

[RAY16]

I should probably put them in my sig., but for now:

Windows XP (sans shitpack2)
1024MB RAM (don't know type, if it even matters)
Radeon 9600SE (Isn't this a cheap knock-off of the 9700?) 128MB RAM AGP
Audigy 2 (Ah... It's so... Beautiful)
Some Logitech 5.1 system costing around $50 but actually quite good

If you need other stats, lemme know so I can tell you.

EDIT: Just noticed you don't use AA. Good reason not to? Also didn't notice (was skimming) AF. Poo...

Edit deux: Found AF in the thing (DeusEx.ini) but I don't know what to edit, what value to set it, all that stuff. If you could perhaps give a few more pointers, I be much appriciative.

I leave the AA and AF settings in the INI alone because I force them on in the ATI control panel instead.

[Dark_Swordmaster]

I leave the AA and AF settings in the INI alone because I force them on in the ATI control panel instead.


Only reason I don't is because I run things like Doom³ and whatnot that my computer doesn't like the play with.

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil is pretty fucking good. Unlike the original.