PC games to keep the sanity
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Morning all, with the lockdown in place I'm very glad I recently treated myself to a 2TB SSD for my gaming PC 
After some recommendations for some fun games to kill time. there's a far cry bundle on steam I think I'm going to go for, not the most amazing but good to kill time and have some fun gunplay/good story. Any other recommendations? I've got Arma, CSGO, assetto, BeamNG, and a bunch of Gmod, half life etc.
Anyone spotted any good deals?
After some recommendations for some fun games to kill time. there's a far cry bundle on steam I think I'm going to go for, not the most amazing but good to kill time and have some fun gunplay/good story. Any other recommendations? I've got Arma, CSGO, assetto, BeamNG, and a bunch of Gmod, half life etc.
Anyone spotted any good deals?
Borderlands 2 - just switch your brain off and shoot lots stuff
Total War - take your pick of the games, I keep going back to Rome 2 but I think my most hours is on Warhammer 2
The TellTale story games pass the time well, you need a controller to properly sit back and relax with them though as you can be watching a cutscene and all of a sudden have to press a combination of buttons, you don't want to be hunched over a keyboard the whole time. I've gone through Borderlands and The Wolf among Us but there are loads to choose from.
Total War - take your pick of the games, I keep going back to Rome 2 but I think my most hours is on Warhammer 2
The TellTale story games pass the time well, you need a controller to properly sit back and relax with them though as you can be watching a cutscene and all of a sudden have to press a combination of buttons, you don't want to be hunched over a keyboard the whole time. I've gone through Borderlands and The Wolf among Us but there are loads to choose from.
geeks said:
Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition is an excellent way of wiping out entire days, ask me how I know
Im so with you on that. My missus keeps doing the bugle sound from the other room because she can hear it coming from the game every time im attacked!Are you like me, in that you know you could finish certain campaign missions in 5 minutes with limited troops, but instead you spend an hour or 2 building up an impregnable base with optimum economy and every military upgrade obtained before you attack??
Kerbal Space Programme. I've probably spent more time on that that all other games combined over the last few years. Massive modding community so loads of additional stuff you can add on. I'm currently using a mod that allows me to write my own command scripts, so I'm basically now writing software to make the game play itself
Keep an eye on the Epic Games store which, if you are signed up, gives away a couple of free games each week. I have just picked up Watchdogs with Assassin's Creed Syndicate a couple of weeks ago and The Wolf among Us a couple of weeks or so before that, amongst others. Sure you have to install the Epic Games launcher but that's easy and free and a no brainer to get access to free games, some of which are well worth having.
Another vote for Crossout... also World of Tanks, in a similar vein. Both free to play.
Have you played the Mass effect and Dragon Age games?
All of them are very good, at least, although there are the inevitable disagreements about which is "best"
Oh, and The Witcher series, although I'm not quite so keen myself.
Most/all of the above available very cheaply, should see you through a few months' lockdown
Have you played the Mass effect and Dragon Age games?
All of them are very good, at least, although there are the inevitable disagreements about which is "best"
Oh, and The Witcher series, although I'm not quite so keen myself.
Most/all of the above available very cheaply, should see you through a few months' lockdown
One I've just finished and may have slipped below the radar - Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. It is an unashamed update of Wing commander Privateer and a fun 3D space shoot'em up (not a space sim like Elite Dangerous - more Space Opera) .
Downside it is only on Epic at the moment but I picked it up for a little over £10 during the Xmas sale.
Downside it is only on Epic at the moment but I picked it up for a little over £10 during the Xmas sale.
Jinx said:
One I've just finished and may have slipped below the radar - Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. It is an unashamed update of Wing commander Privateer and a fun 3D space shoot'em up (not a space sim like Elite Dangerous - more Space Opera) ..
Ooooh, colour me interested... do you need a joystick?Many happy hours spent playing WC back in the day, along with all the Star Wars flight games... ...no idea what happened to my Sidewinder Pro; as I type that I vaguely remember they stopped supporting it and it wound up in the bin???
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