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The PC Gamer Top 100 - The best PC games you can play today.

Robert Jarzebina

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29 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

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I noticed this in the other thread, no matte what changes Mass Effect 2 is always near the very top on these lists.
It's weird, since you barely see that game mentioned by players today outside of directly ME related discussions, but it is universally adored by journos.

Heh, last page is hipster snark overload even by their standards...
 
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Andy: I love it when games make you feel like a stranger in a strange land, and BGII does this brilliantly. Transplanting the hero to Amn against their will is a brilliant device to change the setting, and it’s one of the most vibrant, interesting places I’ve explored in an RPG—particularly the giant city of Athkatla. It’s a huge game, with complex characters, hundreds of hours of questing, and a deep turn-based combat system
Bgfags never cease to amaze and disappoint.
 

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A list to farm clicks.

100 Kentucky Route Zero
99 Warframe
98 They Hunger
97 Stardew Valley
96 Hotline Miami
95 Zork: Grand Inquisitor
94 Dragon Age II
93 Papers, Please
92 Undertale
91 Anachronox
90 Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
89 Cities: Skylines
88 Europa Universalis IV
87 Fallout: New Vegas
86 Unreal Tournament 2K4
85 Path of Exile
84 Company of Heroes
83 Psychonauts
82 Euro Truck Simulator 2
81 TowerFall Ascension
80 Super Meat Boy
79 Rising Storm
78 FTL: Faster Than Light
77 The Curse of Monkey Island
76 80 Days
75 The Stanley Parable
74 Nuclear Throne
73 Don't Starve
72 Return to Castle Wolfenstein
71 Mechcommander Gold
70 Final Fantasy IX
69 Doom II
68 World of Warcraft
67 Far Cry 2
66 Burnout: Paradise
65 Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines
64 Life is Strange
63 Rollercoaster Tycoon 2
62 Homeworld Remastered
61 Diablo II
60 Half-Life
59 Pillars of Eternity
58 BioShock Infinite
57 Star Wars: KOTOR
56 Hitman: Blood Money
55 Fez
54 Final Fantasy XIV
53 Darkest Dungeon
52 Battlefield: Bad Company 2
51 League of Legends

50 Max Payne
49 Valkyria Chronicles
48 Medieval II: Total War
47 Hearthstone
46 Dragon Age: Origins
45 Guild Wars 2
44 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
43 Arma 3
42 Terraria
41 Baulder's Gate 2

40 CC: Red Alert
39 Her Story
38 Counter-Strike: G.O.
37 Fallout 4
36 StarCraft 2
35 Stalker: Call of Pripyat
34 Planescape: Torment
33 Resident Evil 4
32 Diablo III
31 Crusader Kings II

30 Mount and Blade: Warband
29 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
28 Portal 2
27 Rainbow Six Siege
26 Civilization V
25 Left 4 Dead 2
24 Overwatch
23 Divinity: Original Sin
22 Minecraft
21 Deus Ex: Human Revolution

20 Team Fortress 2
19 XCOM 2
18 Mass Effect
17 Bioshock
16 Alien: Isolation
15 Spelunky
14 EVE Online
13 Deus Ex
12 Dota 2
11 Kerbal Space Program

10 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
09 Grand Theft Auto V
08 Rocket League
07 Portal
06 Metal Gear Solid V
05 Dishonored
04 Mass Effect 2
03 Half Life 2
02 Dark Souls
01 The Witcher 3

Stole this from reddit.
 

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" the 100 best PC games you can play today. The ‘today’ part is crucial: these are games from across the history of PC gaming that you can still enjoy playing in 2016."

Fuck off. Across the history my balls
 

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Is it weird that these lists from pc gamer always include one super popular recently released game?

I noticed this in the other thread, no matte what changes Mass Effect 2 is always near the very top on these lists.
It's weird, since you barely see that game mentioned by players today outside of directly ME related discussions, but it is universally adored by journos.

Heh, last page is hipster snark overload even by their standards...
It's Good man
 

octavius

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" the 100 best PC games you can play today. The ‘today’ part is crucial: these are games from across the history of PC gaming that you can still enjoy playing in 2016."

Fuck off. Across the history my balls

I guess the makers of DOSBox never bribed gaming "journalists" with whatever skipped along with the Mass Effect 2 review copies.
 
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The bingo at the end was pretty funny, but unfortunately I didn't laugh much as I had already gotten multiple types of cancer from reading some of their game descriptions.
 

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" the 100 best PC games you can play today. The ‘today’ part is crucial: these are games from across the history of PC gaming that you can still enjoy playing in 2016."

Fuck off. Across the history my balls
He meant across the history of journo cocksucking.
 

Jason Liang

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GUESS WHAT

PC Gamer updated their list for 2017!

EVEN SAME LINK

http://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-pc-games/

1. The Witcher 3 (again!)
2. Dark Souls
3. Dishonored 2
4. XCOM 2
5. Portal 2
6. Metal Gear Solid V
7. Mass Effect 2
8. Alien Isolation
9. Doom (2016)
10. Spelunky
11. Half-Life 2
12. GTA V
13. Overwatch :(
14. Hitman (2016)
15. Rainbow Six Siege
16. Rocket League
17. BioShock
18. Wolfenstein: The New Odor
19. Her Story
20. Battlefield 1
21. FTL
22. Stardew Valley
23. Deus Ex
24. Nier Automata
25. PUBG
26. TES Skyrim
27. What Remains of Edith Finch
28. Fallout: New Vegas
29. Forza Horizon 3
30. Diablo 3
31. Thief Gold
32. Bayonetta
33. Divinity: Original Sin EE
34. Thumper
35. Total War: Warhammer
36. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
37. 80 Days!
38. Heroes of the Storm
39. Kerbal Space Progrom
40. Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
41. STALKER: CoP
42. Bloodlines
43. Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
44. EVE Online
45. Heartstone
46. Hollow Knight
47. Titanfall
48. Baldur's Gate 2: EE
49. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
50. Invisible, Inc.
51. Left 4 Dead 2
52. CK 2
53. Tales from the Borderlands
54. DotA 2
55. ARMA 3
56. Company of Heroes
57. TES Morrowind
58. Civ VI :(
59. World of Warcraft
60. Planescape Torment: EE
61. Undertale
62. Ori and the Blind Forest
63. Max Payne 2
64. Pillars of Eternity
65. Burnout Paradise
66. Plants vs. Zombies
67. Fez
68. System Shock 2
69. N++
70. Bastion
71. Valkyria Chronicles
72. Fallout 2
73. Ladykiller in a Bind
74. VVVVV
75. Sunless Sea
76. Doom 2
77. Overcooked
78. Nethack
79. Warhammer: Endtimes
80. Minecraft
81. Killing Floor 2
82. City Skylines
83. Darkest Dungeon
84. Terraria
85. Rising Storm
86. Guild Wars 2
87. Kentucky Route Zero
88. Resident Evil 7
89. ETS 2
90. Team Fortress
91. KOTOR 2
92. Nidhogg
93. Nuclear Throne
94. Spider and Web
95. Metro Last Light
96. Grim Fandango Remastered (really, this exists?)
97. FEAR
98. Dragonfall
99. Shadow Tactics
100. Dwarf Fortress
 
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Reinhardt

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n other words, by putting it in the list they think they're sending a message about their skills as gamers and their supposedly refined tastes as the hardcore, elite part of the "gaming community".
Ctrl+f "Cuphead" in list. Not found.
 

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On the bright side, it's lists like these that forced me to flee to the Codex.
 

PorkBarrellGuy

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MOBAs and MMOs do not belong on this kind of list. For fuck's sake. They accidentally manage to stumble across a few decent-to-good ones like New Vegas, DF, FTL, Stardew and NetHack and miss SO MANY actually great ones (WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE BLACK ISLE FALLOUTS, WHERE ARE THE ULTIMAS AND MIGHT AND MAGICS AND WIZARDRYS, GOD DAMN YOU).
 

PorkBarrellGuy

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WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE BLACK ISLE FALLOUTS
Fallout 2 is on the list :M

Shit, you're right, my bad. Probably only there because of New Reno and the ability to marry/gay-marry Miria/Davin, knowing these journos' tastes. (Next to Ladykiller in a Bind, really? Fuck you PCGamer)

Fallout 1 should be there too though, and slightly higher on the list, frankly.

EDIT: Why the fuck is Doom 2 on the list? Level designs ranged from terrible to OK at best in Doom 2 and the only really good thing was the Super Shotty.
 
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AMG

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EDIT: Why the fuck is Doom 2 on the list? Level designs ranged from terrible to OK at best in Doom 2 and the only really good thing was the Super Shotty.
Because they needed to throw in some "old shit" to increase credibility and street cred and Doom was already on some previous list.

How to make "Best games of all time" list:
1. 50% whatever is the most popular in the last 5 years
2. 25% whatever indie hipster shit that got some coverage in the last 5 years
3. 25% throw in whatever old shit them grognards like to talk about (reshuffle every few years so it seems like you actually know this shit)
 

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Fallout 1 should be there too though, and slightly higher on the list, frankly.

EDIT: Why the fuck is Doom 2 on the list? Level designs ranged from terrible to OK at best in Doom 2 and the only really good thing was the Super Shotty.

More number = More better
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