Building a new computer (finally). What games....

[Moreb]

does one recommend that have both great gameplay and graphics? I like just about anything except linear story driven shooters? Is Dark Souls 3 any good? Witcher? How about some good flight combat sims out there? Space shooters?

Thanks in advance.

[acctingman]

Quite a few of the fellows here rave about Witcher 3 (The whole series if I'm not mistaken) and from what I've seen the game is gorgeous. A nice new shiny rig should run that game nicely.

It's on my "to do" list this XMas  O0

[Moreb]

Well I did what any Southern Man would do in a situation like this....
I waited until she was fast asleep and ordered the beast, paid from an account we rarely use.  >:D

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

[Nefaro]

Total War series for good looking 3D strategy:  Attila, Rome 2, Warhammer, or Shogun 2.  Medieval 2 is also good but it's gfx are showing their age nowadays.

I consistently end up spending a lot of time playing the TW series' single-player campaigns.  Good mix of grand strategy + real-time battles.  It's too bad there aren't more series with the same scope out there.

The TWs get somewhat regular discount sales, so you can get many of them at a good price, if you watch for them.



For Flight Sims, you can download DCS World from their site or via Steam.  You get a free Su-25T Frogfoot ground attack aircraft to fly, along with the unarmed P-51 trainer.  Costs nothing to check it out.  Often sales on the purchasing further aircraft modules, if you enjoy.


Skyrim has been extremely popular, for an open world 3rd/1st-person RPG.  Been out for a few years now, so you can also find sales for it.  Gives me motion sickness, due to the default console style Point Of View and Field Of View, so I haven't been able to play it too much.  Wish I could.  Many people dont have that issue and loved it.

[Moreb]

Good suggestions. I played the heck out of the one TW game that dealt with the US War of Independence. I forget the name.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how Skyrim looks with the new computer My old one started to lag with some of the mods I put in it although I never got that far into the game.

I'll check out the DCS world game but hope there is more of an arcade option because I'm just a noob with flight games. Has anyone ever played the Dark Souls series? They do look nice.

I can't wait to see how good Graviteam Tactics looks on the new rig

edit. I think Skyrim has a mod that allows you to play in 3rd person iirc, as I dislike 1st person views.

[Nefaro]

I'll check out the DCS world game but hope there is more of an arcade option because I'm just a noob with flight games. Has anyone ever played the Dark Souls series? They do look nice.

If you just want to do some Arcade dogfighting, go with the Free-To-Play War Thunder:


http://warthunder.com/en/

-or-

http://store.steampowered.com/app/236390/



There are three modes;  Arcade, Realistic, and Sim.   You can readily just use Mouse & Keyboard in 'Arcade' and 'Realistic' matches, with minimal settings adjustments.  You should expect to use a Joystick or HOTAS setup if you want to do Sim mode.

It's not a hardcore sim.  The Arcade mode is very forgiving, gives you respawns in each of the extra aircraft types you bring to the mission, provides lead targeting indicator circles, etc.  You can eventually move up to Realistic mode, where the flight models are a bit more realistic and you have to go back & land to reload your ammo/bombs (unlike Arcade where it's just a hotkey and wait time). 

HUGE amount of aircraft types to fly.  Although they don't all have perfectly fitting flight & damage models, the sheer number you can get will keep you interested.  You can also play tanks via the same game client, plus a mixed air & tank mode in Realistic and Sim modes.

The graphics look pretty good, when you crank them up, too!  They're also not very taxing - must be well optimized.

[Dammit Carl!]

Well I did what any Southern Man would do in a situation like this....
I waited until she was fast asleep and ordered the beast, paid from an account we rarely use.  >:D

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Amen  but good luck explaining things if and when she notices the new rig.   O0

Totes jelly as we need to update our gear to push BF1.

[Moreb]

I had to look up what totes jelly was. Lol.

I'm salivating over the idea of the new Gforce 1080 8 gigs watercooled graphics card. Stoked I tell ya.

[Gusington]

The Witcher 3 is my favorite game purchase of this year. Get the Game of the Year edition for about US$30.00 and you will be happy for 100s of hours. I'm taking a quick break from it now but think about it every day...seriously.

[Bison]

You, sir, are a brave man. 

[Moreb]

I think Witcher 3 will be a must buy for sure. I'm not even going to look further at it so I can be surprised around every corner.

You, sir, are a brave man. 

There's a fine line between brave and foolish. Time will tell.  I'll just have to remind her that the preacher man said for better OR worse. She was warned.

[Bison]

You, sir, are a brave man. 

There's a fine line between brave and foolish. Time will tell.  I'll just have to remind her that the preacher man said for better OR worse. She was warned.

I rely on this one too.

[Gusington]

Even if you watched YouTube videos on it for 100 hours you would only get the tiniest little inkling of the wonders in store for you in Witcher 3.

[Greybriar]

The Witcher 3 is my favorite game purchase of this year. Get the Game of the Year edition for about US$30.00 and you will be happy for 100s of hours. I'm taking a quick break from it now but think about it every day...seriously.

The Witcher III: The Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition is on sale at GOG.com right now for $29.99 U.S. I wish I had waited to buy it instead of the vanilla game because there is no upgrade for mine to the GotY edition yet. :(

[jamus34]

Can it run Crysis on max settings?




(Sorry, couldn't resist >:D)