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The Best Windows Gaming XPeriences

omninode — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:37:29 MST

bryanstanton,

This list only covers games released in the Windows XP era, which started October 2001. Half-life 1 came out in 1998.

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rainofwalrus — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:33:03 MST

"I used to be a PC gamer but the bottom dropped out sometime around the ps2 arriving. i havent seen a good reason in at least 5 years to own a cutting edge pc."

I'll sum it up the advantage real quick: 1600x1200

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bryantstanton — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:15:49 MST

The only thing that bothered me was Half Life 2 getting on the list, but not Half Life 1. Am I the only person who thought the first game was far superior?

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dowingba — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:44:51 MST

Civ4 is a turn-based strategy game. Turn-based being the logical opposite of real-time.

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r1nce — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:40:53 MST

Can someone please post a top 20 list of the most predictable games lists?

I'm putting this one in for my #3 spot.

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icelight — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:16:07 MST

I loved Civ IV, but it would take a very interesting sense of reality to consider it "real-time". Isn't it kind of, you know, more "turn based"? Ironically, that's the sort of thing that would make it easier to transfer over to a console, one would think, as there'd be no need for the rapid response time and precision that can require the use of a mouse.

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Ape.of.Gods — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:05:26 MST

Keeping game journalism tradition alive by having an "Everyone Wins" Award list.

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Indy_aka_Rex — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:49:25 MST

I didn't even have to look at the article to know W.o.W. was going to be #1. Ugh...

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G99 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:34:32 MST

gah...never mind. They are going from 2001 and beyond. Ignore my above comment.

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G99 — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:33:51 MST

gotta love their hate for the Great adventure games. :-(

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Scuba Steve — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:33:28 MST

I've already "hated" on this top 20 list, and I'll make no apologies for hating on it a second time.

Halo shouldn't be on that list. I don't care how many Ferrari laptops Microsoft sends out.

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el_gordo — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:29:55 MST

aestheticity,

Many PC gamers enjoyed gaming experiances that were beyond the limitations of consoles. throughout the xp era pc gamers will be known for their love for superior input devices (mouse and keyboard for FPS/RTS) and always having cutting-edge graphics. They are a different breed, and I think they more passonate about gaming in general then the "masses" were that bought consoles. PC gamers are willing to invest more time and money into their system, and I think their gaming experiences reward them in turn.

Referring to sales figures is not a valid argument for gauging enjoyment.

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drekmonger — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:28:35 MST

Aestheticity:

Wrong. Guild Wars, the World of Warcraft, and Neverwinter Nights, Civilization 4 are on that list. For various reasons, none of those games are suitable for console play.

World of Warcraft and has revenues that puts any console title to shame, plus Guild Wars and Civ4 aint doing half bad either.

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timebombtimmy — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:26:20 MST

its hard to believe there was not one racing game listed, even the more recent need for speeds, which i thought were good pc games.

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aestheticity — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:17:14 MST

the real irony will be that apart from rts, none of them are games that werent on consoles first, or didnt end up on them and sell twice as well. I used to be a PC gamer but the bottom dropped out sometime around the ps2 arriving. i havent seen a good reason in at least 5 years to own a cutting edge pc. if this is unpalatable to you, i simply refer you to sales figures.

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Jesus Christ — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:00:12 MST

Umm I think Battlefield 2 should definitely be in there. It was sooo much better than 1942...

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