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The 10 PC games you must own

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GB writes: "So you've bought your new computer. Acquired a 7.1 surround sound system. Sitting in your leather rumbling gaming chair. Facing your 24? widescreen HD monitor.

But you need some games to play, right? If you are new to PC gaming, or just aren't familiar with computer games past 1999, this guide will help you decide which games to buy out of this list of some of the best games ever to grace the PC screen.

So in no particular order, let us begin."
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williamkenny - 52 days 16 hours ago
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I love Battlefield. It is my most played game to date.
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mal_tez92 - 52 days 4 hours ago
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1.1 - Battlefield is awesome
But I hate it when they treat HL2 as just an FPS game. I'd call it an action game overall, because the shooting just plain sucks, but everything else about it is what makes it so incredible.
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starvinbull - 51 days 21 hours ago
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Morrowind is sublime.
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TheGrimBunny - 52 days 16 hours ago
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if only i had a computer to run crysis to it's full capacity
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williamkenny - 52 days 16 hours ago
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The Crysis "OMG it is so laggy on my PC" days are almost gone now, you don't need to much power to get it to run nicely now. Of course, that depends on your resolution.
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pogibaldy - 52 days 13 hours ago
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2.2 - Forking out the $$ for for a high-end gaming rig is worth the money.
Not only to run Crysis itself, but the bevy of other powerhouse titles coming out in the next year that will simply run better on a high end PC.

After years of thinking it over I finally buckled down and got a high end rig for myself four weeks ago. I chucked in an intel i7 processor, 9 gig of DDR3 ram, and an ATI Radeon HD 4850. I've never seen gaming look so good.
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GamerSciz - 52 days 12 hours ago
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LMAO, 9 GIGS of RAM??? Are you insane? There is no reason to have more than 4gigs unless you are using your computer as a server to host online games. And even then you would want a Raptor 10,000RPM HDD. i7 processor is good, very good and the ATI isn't bad but the latests NVidia cards are giving ATI competition again. Also, I am curious to see what AMD will come out with to put up as competition against the latest Intel.

I have only built 2 PC's but I plan to build another one as soon as I get the money. Regardless, 9gigs of RAM is TOTAL overkill buddy. Not to mention if you don't have a 64-bit OS then you can only get 3.5gigs of RAM anyways. So I hope and pray you have a 64-bit OS otherwise go return 2/3 of your ram because it's not even working.

You can check out how much RAM the comp can recognize by entering the setup mode from the load up screen and enter the bios. In there it will say a number in MB. For example I believe mine says 4096MB which is equivalent to 4gigs of RAM. I am running 64-bit Home Premium though.

Plus, to run Crysis at 30FPS on max settings you only need to spend probably $1,000 on a prebuilt computer because the technology has already advanced so much and computers have come down in price with the recession.

On Topic: I think TF2 is a must have as well but if you like really team-oriented then L4D and L4D2 are also must haves. Still a nice list for new PC gamers to get their feet wet.

My 5 cents... (sorry about the wall of text)
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STONEY4 - 52 days 7 hours ago
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9GB!!! O_o I wonder if any games will even use that much... even my 6GB is more than enough for most things.
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PopEmUp - 52 days 2 hours ago
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2.5 - @pogibaldy
man you're such a nerd/geek lol and 9gb facking hilarious xd
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Rashid Sayed - 52 days 16 hours ago
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Brilliant article...really loved that it included Dragon age origins!
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StanLee - 52 days 15 hours ago
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Dude, after playing the console version of Dragon Age: Orgins and then playing the PC version, this is definitely one of those games better on the PC. It's a whole different experience.
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Rashid Sayed - 52 days 16 hours ago
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My PC still cant run crysis..so thats a shame...I really liked the way Empire Total War is included...
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TheGrimBunny - 52 days 16 hours ago
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yeah even though a lot of people can't run crysis, as far as i'm concerned it has the best graphics i have seen in a game
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williamkenny - 52 days 16 hours ago
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Yeah I really enjoyed E:TW. That and Rome Total War are my fav's out of the Total War's.
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williamkenny - 52 days 16 hours ago
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The graphics in Crysis are even better with the high res textures mod. Then the game looks positivly stunning.
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STONEY4 - 52 days 7 hours ago
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Which texture mod do you use? Alot of the ones I've seen at CryMod and In-Crysis tend to look meh.
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tdrules - 52 days 15 hours ago
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6 - ermmm
have you ever heard of Blizzard, they're kind of a big deal
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monkey602 - 52 days 15 hours ago
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You'd at least expect to see WoW in the honorable mentions
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HOSe - 52 days 15 hours ago
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7 - source is such a bad game
source, lawl
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TheBand1t - 52 days 15 hours ago
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Counter-Strike, Red Alert 2, C&C Generals and Battlefield FTW!
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Bobby Kotex - 52 days 15 hours ago
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There are dozens and dozens of games that could be on this list. There's nothing particularly more special about these games versus the others.
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Cosquae - 52 days 15 hours ago
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10 - Top 10's
It's usually very subjective, but I can't include E:TW. It was seriously buggy when it was released, the AI was terrible too. Shame, could have been so much better. My personal top 10 in no particular order,

- Sim City 2k (Great, pre-EA Maxis game)
- Civilization 4 (How can you not include the best series in PC history?)
- Half Life 2 (They got this right on the list at least)
- Crysis Warhead (Like Crysis, only better gameplay, still unbeaten graphics nearly 2 years on)
- Duke Nukem 3d (Best of the old-old school FPS games, classic to this day)
- Elder Scrolls 4 : Oblivion (Not as hardcore as number 3, but still a damned impressive game)
- Command and Conquer (Westward original, pre-EA, amazing)
- Diablo 2 (An rpg that people still play in their hundreds of thousands even nearly 10 years later)
- World of Warcraft (For proving heroin is only the second most addictive thing in this world)
- Fallout 1&2 (Not that number 3 was bad, but these were better)
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DeathroW22 - 52 days 15 hours ago
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Counter-strike: source yo
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bigrudowsky - 52 days 15 hours ago
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i can run crysis on medium with no aa and i average 50 fps so its not bad but if i add aa drops me to 30 lol
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toaster - 52 days 15 hours ago
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13 - WOW
I have all of these games.... wait. maybe not Empire Total War.

Another honorable mentions would be (my opinion solely):
Original Half Life
Bioshock
Diablo (1 or 2, pick any. Both are brilliant)
Starcraft
Warcraft 3(can you tell I like Blizzard?)
Portal (everybody loves cake.)

I don't know why people think you need a $1000 PC to play games.
I run Crysis on High and it's frying my machine.
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Thadorus - 52 days 15 hours ago
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14 - This list heavily lacks blizzard games
where is Diablo 2: LoD?

Starcraft?

Warcraft III?

(im not a WoW fan but I'm sure 11.5 million people think it should be on this list)

IMO these deserve to be on the list more then a few that are there.
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jjesso1993 - 52 days 15 hours ago
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i cant wait to get my pc at xmas quad core 4gb ram ati 4850 may get the 5750 but not sure yet
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omicron009 - 52 days 15 hours ago
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Got 6 out or 10, but Im getting Dragon Age Origins so, so 7 out of 10.
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jleack - 52 days 15 hours ago
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Counter-Strike 1.6
Half-Life 2
Starcraft
World of Warcraft

All arguably my favorite games of all time. Unfortunately nothing new has joined my list, but perhaps in the near future one will.
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Donger - 52 days 14 hours ago
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18 - CoH
Company of Heroes is an awesome game also. I'm glad to see it on the list. BF1942 started it for me... that games deserves a mention also.
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Tatsumaki - 52 days 14 hours ago
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19 - I'm shocked that nobody has mentioned
Team Fortress 2
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Pandamobile - 52 days 13 hours ago
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It was an honourable mention.

But yeah. I was so blind-sided by TF2 when it came out. I was totally pumped for Portal and Episode 2, and I didn't pay much attention to TF2, that is, until they released the TF2 beta. My life literally changed forever from the first time I played that game.

I've been playing TF2 since day one over two years ago, I've racked up 1,400 hours and I've racked up almost 225,000 kills. And Valve keeps adding more, and more content and the TF2 player base has grown exponentially since it first arrived. God damn I love that game.
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Gun_Senshi - 52 days 13 hours ago
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20 - CS 1.6 > CS:S
Also Fallout 3 Honoruable mention? PFFT Try Fallout 2.

For who says Bioshock above, Bioshock sucks in comparism of System Shock 2, in fact the director of Bioshock himself says so.
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Jamescagney - 52 days 13 hours ago
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I actually agree with every game on that list. A first for a top 10 article on n4g I think.
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ian72 - 52 days 10 hours ago
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I have spent literally days playing Deus ex. It is looking a little aged now but was one game I really got into. I got it with 2 other games for $10 about 7 years ago, Its the best £3.33 I have ever spent.
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TABSF - 52 days 10 hours ago
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My system

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 OC @ 3.2GHz 8 X 400MHz FSB or 9 X 400M FSB for 3.6GHz
GeForce Nvidia GTX 285
8GB PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 (400MHz). Disable 2GB for Arma2 bug
Asus P5Q SE Plus

CPU £120 time of purchase
GPU £300 time of purchase
RAM £90 time of purchase
Mobo £90 time of purchase

For these components at the time of purchase its around £600

There is no need for i7 but I would take one if given LOL
Here is a great system for gaming would rape my system and it costs less

Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 default @ 2.8GHz
ATI Radeon HD 5770
4GB PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 (400MHz)
Asus P5Q SE2

CPU £85 ATM
GPU £120 ATM
RAM £65 ATM
Mobo £60 ATM

This system ATM is around £330 plus it will rape my system in games simply because high clock speed or OC Dual core rape Quads also ATI Radeon HD 5xxx series
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Relientk77 - 52 days 3 hours ago
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Diablo 2
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