With So Many Amazing PC Games Available, How Do You Choose What To Play?
In a perfect world, you wouldn’t have to choose which games you were going to play because you would simply have endless resources for them. However, we do not live in a perfect world so we have to make choices about what games we’re gonna pick up and play. This list hopes to guide you in your decisions and give you reasons to play every single game on this list.
All while knowing that you won’t pick up all 15.
1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Intense stares all around.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a huge open world RPG that begs to be explored all over the place. You decide whether or not you’re just going to explore, or go marching into battle; though at some point, you should probably complete the story. You play as an outcast bounty hunter, who falls into a mix of all the different classes present in the universe of The Witcher.
You must go about ridding the world of the horrible monsters that plague it. You can take a break from monster slaughtering to compete in some horse races, play some card games, or even get yourself into some trouble in a tavern brawl. There’s even some game-within-game games specific to The Witcher universe that you might want to check out.
Enjoy a gameplay trailer, if you will.
In The Witcher 3, you’ll have plenty of choices, activities, and exploring to keep you entertained for hours.
2. Pillars of Eternity
Have some fun in a classic RPG like Pillars of Eternity.
Pillars of Eternity strives to go back to the magic and nostalgia of classic RPGs. You can choose to play as a Human, Dwarf, Elf, Godlike, Aumaua, or an Orlan. You class up into Barbarian, Wizard, Paladin, or Chanter.
Announcement trailer, showing you what you’re in for.
All around the game, there’s the classic RPG-game feel that you didn’t know you were missing. It even takes some modern tabletop elements into its configuration. Explore the world of Eternity and learn all about the spells and abilities while delving into this older-style RPG.
Pillars of Eternity is still in the development stages, but showing your support early will increase the promise of a fantastic game.
3. Total War: Attila
Fancy an olden-style battle again and again and again?
You are now in 395 AD at the dawn of the Dark Ages and you must survive. You have some choices though. Are you going to create for yourself your own kingdom of barbarians or are you going to try and keep the last bastion of the Roman Empire alive?
Total War: Attila takes into account several factors: famine, disease, as well as war. You play this turn-based strategy game with real-time tactics. A large point of the game is to use fire in your battle tactics; whether you only set buildings aflame or raze the entire terrain is up to you.
They want you to burn the world.
Total War: Attila is your highly-realistic experience in what it would be like to be there. You’ll have the specific technologies, arms, religion, cultures, and social upheaval that were present in 395. Enjoy.
4: GTA: 5
Gotta go fast.
The premise of Grant Theft Auto: 5 is not that much different from previous GTA games. You control three criminals committing heists while trying not to get yourself arrested. You have your missions and scenarios that you must complete to progress the story, but outside of those missions, you are free to roam the otherwise open world.
The first person experience of GTA: 5.
GTA: 5 also includes aircraft, something new and exciting compared to previous games. And, in addition to the three protagonists, you can also hire accomplices with specific sets of skills to help you on missions—for a cut of the money, of course. You can also play online and complete missions with other players to help.
This installment of the Grand Theft Auto games is everything the other games had and more, better graphics, more vehicles, and more ways to complete your missions, all set within the completely fictional but also satiric city of Los Santos.
5. Cities: Skylines
See all that you can do from the release trailer.
Skylines is one of the more realistic city building experiences. The point of the game is to give you the opportunity to manage a city and have fun while doing it. The developers went out of their way to make it the closest-to-real-life experience as possible.
Game developing footage as well as some gameplay.
The goal of the game is to make the biggest and most efficient city. But you can make a smaller city and still win. You don’t even have to make the city pretty, if you really just want to dive in and crunch some numbers.
Cities: Skylines gives you a lot of options for what you can do while still having a fun time.
6. Elite: Dangerous
Join the ongoing battle for interstellar conquest.
Elite: Dangerous is a massively multiplayer online space epic. You have strategy and battles combined with an evolving narrative, which is pretty sweet. Your actions, as well as the actions from other players shape the online world around you.
You start out with a few credits and a starship and you do whatever you can to not only move forward, but also survive, in this cutthroat galaxy. You have a truly open world to explore and defend, as well as a realistic ship demanding to be upgraded. More money and success means more power and pull to get yourself among the ranks of the Elite.
Take a peek at what the experience of playing Elite: Dangerous is.
You build your own teams out of real players and you shape the scope of this otherworldly game.
7. Age of Wonders III: Eternal Lords
Create and control your empire.
Eternal Lords is an expansion for Age of Wonders III. It adds the ability to play as a Frostling or Tigran race, the Necromancer class as well as specialize in Torch Bearers, Grey Guard, or Shadow Born as far as Leader Specializations go. It adds more maps, more standalone scenarios, and more items for you to discover.
Eternal Lords Expansion Trailer with visuals of what all you’ll get.
Already, Age of Wonders III was a massive fantasy world that you could explore and create your own empire in. You expanded your domain by discovering things, or by fighting the people who got there first. Eternal Lords adds more perks and more ways to have fun and win.
You can buy the whole game on Steam or GOG.
8. Tom Clancy’s The Division
Taking cover during a firefight.
The plot of this apocalyptic game is simple: a pandemic sweeps through New York City on Black Friday and it isn’t long before basic services fail. The Division is a group of tactical agents trained to operate autonomously in order to save society. This is where the game kicks off.
What happens when our society breaks down?
The city that you play in is living and breathing: day and night, as well as weather, affect what you will be able to do. The whole place is contaminated and you need your gas mask to survive—so you had better upgrade it as the game moves along. You can also team up with other players to loot Manhattan.
9. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Talking deep, man.
Snake is out of the coma that the American private intelligence network, Cipher, left him in. He is on a mission to rescue a former partner, Kazuhira Miller, from the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. His mission is a solo one, because no one else believes that Miller is even alive.
You control Snake in his vengeance mission against Cipher while he threatens to start a worldwide battle. You have an open world in front of you, a realistic passage of time, and real time weather. You can also use the buddy system and play online.
30 minutes of gameplay for you to peruse.
Don’t worry, the Cardboard Box is back.
10: Star Wars: Battlefront
Play out your Star Wars fantasies in Battlefront.
This game is a small reboot of the Battlefront series. It features iconic scenes from the original trilogy and enables you to play out events however you want in the Galaxy. You play as the hero or the villain: confirmed characters include Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Boba Fett.
There are also plenty of vehicles for you to pilot, including, but not limited to, the Millennium Falcon itself. You have scenarios on planets including Tatooine, Endor, and Hoth. There are also small missions you can play solo, or larger missions to play with up to 40 other player characters—depending on your playing preference.
Game reveal trailer.
The whole point of Star Wars: Battlefront is to give you control and act out your Star Wars fantasies.
11. Fallout 4
The long-awaited Fallout 4 trailer.
The Fallout 4 announcement came out of nowhere. Bethesda had this game under wraps, trying to make it as complete as possible before they breathed more word than rumors. But now the game is announced for November and the seasoned fans are ecstatic.
First look at Fallout 4 gameplay.
For those of you new to Fallout, all you need to know is that in this game, you are the sole survivor of one of the nuclear-bomb proof “Vaults” that are the fallout shelters from the nuclear war. Now, you have to navigate and rebuild the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Boston in the FPS that is Fallout 4. Customize your character and explore the open world.
Fallout 4 builds off of the world presented to you in previous Fallout games, so maybe you should check those out too.
12. Torment: Tides of Numenara
Fully crowdfunded computer RPG.
In Torment, you play a single character in this RPG. You have a vast range of NPCs that you can choose whether or not to put them in your party. Like many good RPGs, it’s all about the role-playing: the choices you make affect the world around you.
The Ninth World is unlike any other.
There are many different sides to choose from in Numenara and it is not as simple as black and white. You can join in factions to receive support and give support, or you can stay out of it entirely if you want. Either way, you’ll come up against people with ideas unlike yours who will probably force you into combat.
This game, among several other RPGs on this list, are part of the RPG revolution to bring back a more classic RPG experience.
13. XCOM 2
XCOM is the planet’s last line of defense against the aliens.
The Aliens may look like they’re making a nice, shiny, and promising for humanity, but they’re not. They have a sinister agenda and are eliminating everyone who opposes them. The people who live on the farthest reaches of the world are the ones with the most freedom.
Be a part of XCOM as you rise against the Alien oppression. You must be on the run while simultaneously exposing the heinous crimes of the Aliens. You will guide your strike force around the world, gaining support from others oppressed.
It’s been 20 years, time to expose some sinister plans.
So, enjoy some beautifully crafted alien killing.
14. Mad Max
Embrace the combat.
It’s every man for himself in the Wasteland of Mad Max. You play as Mad Max himself as he goes on his journey to build himself the greatest vehicle… to leave everything else behind. Of course, you need to not run out of gas.
It’s kill or be killed. You have to create for yourself the best vehicle ever, or risk being taken alive. Your greatest asset is your will to stay alive against the ruthless and maniacal Scrotus.
Story trailer for Mad Max.
Get ready to explore the Wasteland and gear up in the garage.
15: Batman: Arkham Knight
I’m the Batman. (Said in Batman’s voice.)
This is the direct sequel of Arkham Origins. From the beginning of Arkham Knight, you can travel freely through the city. You can also team up with Robin, Nightwing, and Catwoman to complete your objectives and save the city from Scarecrow.
Perhaps most exciting about this game is the ability to drive the Batmobile, something previously unavailable in other Arkham games. You also have use of the Batwing. The Batmobile has tons of cool features that you’ll just have to play the game to find out.
PC Gameplay.
Revisit Batman as he figures out what he must do now in the absence of the Joker.
Conclusion:
There are a lot of new games out there. There is an RPG revolution going on and, in general, a strive to make all different types of games the best they can possibly be. What a time it is to play video games.
I hope this list has given you some thoughts as to what games you’re looking to buy in the upcoming months. Leave all your thoughts in the comments below.
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