PC Games

[wungfu]

I just started playing comp games again, it's been awhile and the old Diablo 2 and StarCraft just ain't doing much for me anymore, does anybody know of any good games out there now?

 

[KrimsonDraegon]

Well, Deus Ex 1 and 2 (the best is 1).
Morrowind GOTY for PC
WarCraft III Reign of Chaos and the Frozen Throne
Half-Life 1 and 2

That should get you started.

 

[Sketcher]

Civilization III, with the Conquests expansion pack.
Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

 

[Quantum_Man]

Guild Wars
Half-Life 2
WarCraft 3
Max Payne 1 & 2

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

Morrowind, definately. You could also pick up Final Fantasy 7 and 8.

 

[KrimsonDraegon]

Morrowind, definately. You could also pick up Final Fantasy 7 and 8.

Do they have FF7 on PC? That's one of the best RPG's of all time.

 

[Crono]

Do they have FF7 on PC? That's one of the best RPG's of all time.

Yes, FF7 and FF8 were both released for the PC. I will warn you that the PC version of FF7 is very buggy. It won't even install on most machines. I think it only works on Windows 95 and 98 and even then only with certain video cards. I know that it will not install on a 2000 or XP machine. When I played it, it was very slow and the sound was terrible. It's fine if it's the only way you can play the game, but it pales in comparison to the PlayStation version (although it did fix many of the spelling and translation errors).

The PC version of FF8 is much better. I haven't tried it since I had Windows 98, but it worked great on that system. I hear that it doesn't have nearly as many compatibility issues as FF7 does.

 

[WhirlwindMonk]

Yes, FF7 and FF8 were both released for the PC. I will warn you that the PC version of FF7 is very buggy. It won't even install on most machines. I think it only works on Windows 95 and 98 and even then only with certain video cards. I know that it will not install on a 2000 or XP machine. When I played it, it was very slow and the sound was terrible. It's fine if it's the only way you can play the game, but it pales in comparison to the PlayStation version (although it did fix many of the spelling and translation errors).

The PC version of FF8 is much better. I haven't tried it since I had Windows 98, but it worked great on that system. I hear that it doesn't have nearly as many compatibility issues as FF7 does.

FF7 installs fine on XP machines, but you need to then install a patch so it will run properly. As for bugginess, I don't know. But I've never heard any complaints from my friends who have it.

 

[GutterRat]

Hello,
I'm Gutter Rat and I'm addicted to BF2.

 

[FamilyFriendlyGaming]

Interactive Parables.

 

[Chrome]

Yes, FF7 and FF8 were both released for the PC. I will warn you that the PC version of FF7 is very buggy. It won't even install on most machines. I think it only works on Windows 95 and 98 and even then only with certain video cards. I know that it will not install on a 2000 or XP machine. When I played it, it was very slow and the sound was terrible. It's fine if it's the only way you can play the game, but it pales in comparison to the PlayStation version (although it did fix many of the spelling and translation errors).

The PC version of FF8 is much better. I haven't tried it since I had Windows 98, but it worked great on that system. I hear that it doesn't have nearly as many compatibility issues as FF7 does.

the first FF i played was VII on PC. It worked fine for me. Once and while i had a crash here and there (not half as bad as morrowind however). The reason the sound wasn't to great for you (for me it was barely different than the ps1) was probably because of your MIDI settings, since the audio is in Midi, the wrong 'card' will make it sound horrible. I know, i've sampled audio from the game with two different settings.

Anyway, around the same time, i didn't have a ps1 so i looked everywhere to the FF8 for PC, i had only saw it once, when i had no interest, and from then on, have never seen it...'sides, i have most of the FF's now anyway so no big deal.

Some good PC games, or just ones i like:
Warcraft III and expansions
Morrowind and expansions
Starcraft, if you haven't played it yet.
Unreal Tournament, the original is still awsome, but 2004 is great as well if you have nothing on ultraviolence.

um, well i guess i'm not much of a PC gamer so nevermind..

 

[Witness Of His Love]

I can't run FF8 on my XP-run system. It worked okay when I had my old system loaded with Win98. If I stop being lazy about it, I had planned on partitioning my hard drive so I can play old Win98 games. Be fun to play FF8 again.