Paula Tormeson IV said:
Fallout 3. If it crashes and you have an ATI card, use the display driver from April 09 and it won't crash again. (Older games are usually more stable with older drivers, because video card manufacturers continually update their drivers to work as well as possible with the CURRENT games. This means that after a year or two, they no longer work very well with OLDER games. The mantra that you should always keep your drivers up-to-date is a funny manboon myth if we're talking about display drivers.)
Tried, but kept crashing everytime I'd hit VATS. Nvidia driver bluescreen.
If you already have AOW 2 (and enjoyed them?) then get AOW 1 as well. The mechanics are different and it has a very nice non-linear campaing which will keep you occupied for quite some time.
I'll give it a look.
If you havent played Fallout 2 yet, you could give Fallout 1 a try. Otherwise dont bother. Fallout Tactics worth playing in its own right, mostly because FT fans scream for moar until they found Silent Storm games.
Alpha Centaury (and Alien Crossfire) is an immense world builder game that certainly worth a look at the very least.
I've played all Fallouts, though I've never beaten 3 due to the nvidia bsods. AC is pimp, and I guess I forgot about that one. Hopefully, it still works on XP (and soon to be 7).
Rise of Nations.
VtM: Bloodlines.
Icewind Dale.
RoN is probably the best RTS I've played thus far, though I was disappointed with its sequel, Rise of Legends. Bloodlines got boring (I get bored quickly with FPS games). Icewind Dale is a good timesink, I guess. Should find a copy of that, too.
Another one of the ones I forgot that I owned via GoG.
Warcraft 3 and Frozen Throne?
I liked it at first, but then I lost my taste for it. I hate the timed missions. Otherwise, I doubt I'd have too much a problem with it.
Thief and Hitman series, and the other two Stalker games. CS was so-so and CoP was awesome, so get only the latter if you have to choose.
Thief started fucking up when I upgraded my geforce 6150SE to a geforce 9600gt, so I slit my wrists for a bit about that one. Hitman was a series I could never get into, unfortunately. I always end up getting bored and gunning everyone down.
I've heard horrible things about CS and only good things about CoP but am not sure if my 9600gt is capable of handling CoP. Will give it a look, though, because STALKER is one of my favourites.