Good single player games
Now that the computer parts are ordered, I need to find some good single player games. Unfortunately, out here in the country I have no high speed internet. My two options are my wife's tethered phone which gives me about 130K download or satellite.
I can get up to 2MBS download, 300K upload on satellite but that's $109/mo. On top of that the latency is bad. Due to 45 miles each way, it's 500ms which will kill online gaming so I'll have to be content with single player stuff. So, what's good? One that I'm getting for sure is Amnesia-The Dark Descent. What about shoot-em-ups? Halo? COD? Does this suck single player? The thing that I liked about computer over x box or the like is Steam games are cheap. They had Aliens vs Predator for $3.99. Even if you play it for a few days that's cheap. |
Doom
GTA4 was a lot of fun. |
Mafia 2 is pretty good. Also, in case you've been living under a rock for the past couple months you'll know that people are obsessing over Skyrim.
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Originally Posted by ThatGuy85
(Post 811176)
Also, in case you've been living under a rock for the past couple months you'll know that people are obsessing over Skyrim.
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The new batman game. Anything by the company SimBin
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Skyrim.
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new batman game, skyrim, new deus ex game. lots of good single player games lately.
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In this order
Skyrim, Saints row 3, Batman arkham city, The witcher 2 This will help, Only top 10 of the year list i trust. (notice cod and bf3 did not make the top 10) http://www.gametrailers.com/video/to...wattack/725347 |
Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 811173)
Now that the computer parts are ordered, I need to find some good single player games. Unfortunately, out here in the country I have no high speed internet. My two options are my wife's tethered phone which gives me about 130K download or satellite.
I can get up to 2MBS download, 300K upload on satellite but that's $109/mo. On top of that the latency is bad. Due to 45 miles each way, it's 500ms which will kill online gaming so I'll have to be content with single player stuff. So, what's good? One that I'm getting for sure is Amnesia-The Dark Descent. What about shoot-em-ups? Halo? COD? Does this suck single player? The thing that I liked about computer over x box or the like is Steam games are cheap. They had Aliens vs Predator for $3.99. Even if you play it for a few days that's cheap. If you like RPGs, I liked the original Neverwinter Nights. Alpha protocol was a good mixture between RPG and 1st/3rd person shooter, but its not always shiny and has some really odd limitations to it. Mass Effect 2 was great. |
Originally Posted by Track
(Post 811312)
Morrowind is superb, if you want something newer, Oblivion is by far better than Skyrim at capturing the Elder Scrolls' original formula.
Alpha protocol was a good mixture between RPG and 1st/3rd person shooter, but its not always shiny and has some really odd limitations to it. on a side note |
Go for the older RPGs. I'm playing Dragon Age right now. You can get the entire set with all expansions for about $30 online.
Morrowind and Neverwinter Nights are also both good. |
Originally Posted by jeff_man
(Post 811324)
Skyrim has the best leveling / skill system to date and I am only 20 or so hours in and already like it better then oblivion. Alpha pro was a pile of failed shit.
on a side note I am not arguing about its streamline/easy of use, but its pretty lame and cookie cutter compared to Morrowind's leveling system. Morrowind = Open-world RPG Skyrim = Conventional RPG with a million and one things to do. Alpha protocol was pretty annoying, but the concept was good enough that I got most of the way through it before calling it quits. About the same thing happened with Dragon Age 2, because that game sucked balls compared to DA. Anyways, if Morrowind could provide food and sexual pleasures, I am pretty sure some people would never stop playing that game. fucking massive, especially with the expansions. |
Do you have data limits on that cell phone? Serious Sam 3: BFE is awesome but only available through Steam ($30 right now).
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Originally Posted by midpack
(Post 811415)
Do you have data limits on that cell phone? Serious Sam 3: BFE is awesome but only available through Steam ($30 right now).
Buying so far: The Orange Box - It's only $10 and gets me Portal, Half Life 2, HL2 EP1, HL2 EP2 Amnesia-The Dark Descent Remember, just because it's older doesn't mean anything to me. I haven't seen any of these before. Anything in the last 4-5 years is fine. |
Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 811489)
Amnesia-The Dark Descent.
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Im playing Oblivion right now on xbox. It took me 3 times but I finally got into it.
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Originally Posted by viperormiata
(Post 811495)
I was just coming in to post this. Easily the most frightening game ever made. True to survivor horror roots.
Have you played much or finished it? |
are you into rpg story style games? If so, anything and everything made by bio-ware should be on your list.
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I'm probably going to stay away from the rpg stuff, at least for now. Everyone tells me that I need to do Skyrim but it appears to be more of a commitment than I am willing to make, at least at this juncture. My last video game was Defender on Atari 2600, so I have about 25 years' worth of stuff to go through.
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Well, I'm still going to have to recommend the mass effect series. They are rpg'ish, but what really stands out is the cinematic experience they provide. Knights of the Old Republic series is much the same, but I find mass effect more polished (kinda like beta vs final). Both are great story tellers.
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