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  Red dead redemption gets my vote. : supermonkeyballz
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    All jokes aside, has R* completely abandoned PC's? I mean GTA4 was the last PC release. I still hold ou... : coyoterys
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      RDR is the only one they haven't released on PC though. : justwr!ght
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        L.A. Noire is not planned for PC either. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • They aren't developing it! : justwr!ght
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        GT4 was barely a PC release. It runs like shit. I played multiplayer mods for GTA:SA that beat the shit o... : BeowolfSchaefer
        • GT4 GTA4 : BeowolfSchaefer
• 1. Deus Ex; play it 5 times. : devpaul
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  Carmageddon five times : Crabs Jarrard
  • Carmageddon was a formative part of my childhood : Empyric
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  1) Deus Ex 2) Half Life 3) Starcraft 4) Xcom 5) Freespace 2 : MercFox1
  • seeing all that one on line before clicking your post it looked like Deus Ex 2 (wat) and Half Life 3 (dou... : MamiyaOtaru
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  Half-Life The Sims RollerCoaster Tycoon StarCraft Civilization IV : DrWaffles
  • Switch out Starcraft with...AOE2 or something and this is my list. : Happy Doodle Muffin
  • These aren't a personal preference, really. I can't pick just five. Quake (III Arena), Black and White,... : DrWaffles
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    The sims? WTF? : razlebol
    • Seriously, who would ever play that dumb game. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      Do you have any fucking idea how big the original game was? Yeah, most of us dicked around in it for 30 ... : DrWaffles
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        I doubt the majority of gamers here played and liked this game. It was mostly a casual game for people wh... : razlebol
        • What was casual about it? : Happy Doodle Muffin
        • It's a game for women, that's why it gets no respect. : sanchez
        • I disagree with this entirely. It was a great sandbox style game. : thetangent
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        Daikatana, extreme paintbrawl, lsl: magnum cum laude, farmville, and ski free. : SolveChrist
        • Oops, meant for root of course. : SolveChrist
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  Duke3d.exe DOOM 2 DAY OF THE TENTACLE Deus Ex Grim Fandango : CrustaR
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    Wait, I must replace Grim Fandango with Full Throttle...! : CrustaR
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      You must not....! : SpaecKow
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        Okay, I'll trade Full Throttle with ...uhh...Deus Ex! : CrustaR
        • Replace Doom 2 with Baldur's Gate 2! : locater16
        • Because playing it through a second time is still worth a spot on the must play list! : nwillard
    • Full Throttle instead of Grim and this is my list! (Grim is #6) : Smoochy666
  • Fucking executive. : zebosausamite
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  Half life Half life 2 Portal X Com Duke3D : uglysad
  • Mine are all FPS except xcom... Interesting. I guess I think FPS for pc and console for platformers : uglysad
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  1) Planescape Torment 2) Homeworld 3) Duke Nukem 3D 4) Grim Fandango 5) Penumbra Overture/Black Plagu... : SpaecKow
  • PST needs to be on more of these lists. Fallout 1 or 2 and Baldur's Gate 1 or 2 would be acceptable, bu... : lechuck59
• Diablo, Monkey Island, Quake, Starcraft, Half-life. : razlebol
• Deus Ex Duke 3D Carmageddon II Terra Nova Baldur's Gate II : roushimsx
• Diablo, Shogun Total War, Quake 2, Doom2, L4D2 : james_austintx
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  Half Life Deus Ex L4D CSS WoW : justwr!ght
  • valve fan boy 4 lyfe : justwr!ght
• Doom Quake Baldur's Gate 2 Half Life Team Fortress 2 : zipr
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  System Shock 2, Fallout, Half Life, Quake 2, Deus Ex : shortbuscaptain
  • I can't believe I forgot about Homeworld. : shortbuscaptain
• Diablo Starcraft UT99 Quake III Arena Half-Life (1 or 2, either one is excellent) : Ambient80
• Just Civ IV BTS. It counts as five. : Thick Axelrod
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  BC2, GTA IV, Uncharted2, WoW, Rockband2 : gyokuro
  • sorry i didn't read it right : gyokuro
• fffuuu I've spent 10 minutes revising my list and I can't do it. FIVE ISN'T ENOUGH : duffman03
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  Monkey Island Fallout Doom Half-Life 2 System Shock : Sapiens
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    one in that list is not like the others : umegastar
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      Just one? : Sapiens
      • Well, only one of them is monosyllabic. : Happy Doodle Muffin
• Homeworld, Grim Fandango, Psychonauts, Civ4, and Portal. : TylerJSmith
• Doom2, Tie Fighter, System Shock 2, Minecraft, Half Life 2 : watcherxp
• Deus Ex Baldur's Gate (1+2) Diablo(1+2) Ultima Online Half-Life : nukewinter
• Deus Ex, Grim Fandango, Half-Life 2, either Max Payne, UT99 : moonbreaker
• World of Warcraft - Grand Theft Auto 3 - Diablo 2 - Quake 2 - Starcraft : harvord
• elder scrolls: daggerfall deus ex grim fandango starcraft : entropy
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  Doom II, Quake, TIE Fighter, Interstate '76, Tribes : riptyde
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    Good list : twifosp
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      I76 is my favorite soundtrack ever. And the multiplayer, especially if you hex edited your car, was super... : riptyde
      • i loved i76. I hope someone makes a good Car Wars game. : hirez
  • Not bad list here : watcherxp
  • Yeah, this is good. : reelbk
• Quake. Counter Strike. Civ 3. Command and Conquer Red Alert. World of Warcraft. : boarder2
• Great question. Baldur's Gate II, Half Life, Deux Ex, Tie Fighter, Max Payne : Navy Spitfire
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  System shock2 Deus ex Freespace2 Quakeworld Total war Rome : twifosp
  • Just picking 5 is hard. I left civ 4 off this list : twifosp
• yikes... well if you want to get a taste of the best of the best from as many genre's as possible 1. ... : DewFuel
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  Magicka : OverloadUT
  • Wort wort wort : exit button
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  Planescape: Torment Half-Life Grim Fandango StarCraft Civilization IV : lechuck59
  • WINNER! umegastar approves this list : umegastar
  • Great combination though I'd switch Half-Life for HL2 and StarCraft for SC2. I second this list being exc... : LoioshDwaggie
  • Damn good list. : DewFuel
• Deus Ex, Operation Flashpoint, BG2, SS2, HL2. : pgharavi
• Bejeweled 2, Peggle, that flash game where you're freeing Vikings trapped in ice, System Shock 1, Syndica... : Dave-A
• I made my top 5 list, but then realized you only wanted pc games :[ : TheVietSpecial
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  Planescape, Fallout, C&C Red Alert 2, Doom, Freespace : sasquatchxing
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    Woah woah - Red Alert (the FIRST one) was the "must play" of the Red Alert games. : thetangent
    • yeah i was split between them. : sasquatchxing
• X-COM Deus Ex Diablo 2 Half-Life Battlefield 1942 : Code RedBeard
• Top 5 so far (rough estimate) Deus Ex, Half Life, Baldur's Gate 2, Doom 2, Starcraft You guys love ... : locater16
• Battlefield 1942. System Shock 2. CNC Red Alert. Doom 2. Half Life. : limpossible
• A Lucasarts adventure game (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, etc) Tie Fighter Half-Life Diablo2 Ci... : agcrouton
• Sam'n'Max Hit the Road, Quake, Deus Ex, Thief 2, System Shock 2. : Conan
• Thief : Rag and Bone Man
• Relentless, Twinsen's Odyssey, Alone in the Dark, ultima 7, fallout 1 : mista mista
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_uSKdZXJT8&feature=player_embedded# : VivaMachete
• Bejeweld, Farmville, Minecraft, Shacknews, Wikipedia : Dong Patrol
• In no particular order quakeworld team fortress, duke3d.exe, doom.exe, half-life 1, need for speed 3. : CaptainSurly
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  UO, Everquest, Asheron's Call, Dark Age of Camelot, WoW. Just kidding. : darkT
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    Everquest, yes. Everything else, no. : lotus2133
    • lol at how wrong you are, even picked the worst one in the list : graceofdragons
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  Silent Hill 2 Portal System Shock 2 Shadow of the Colossus StarCraft : s2jason
  • Oh, oops, *PC games* Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Portal System Shock 2 Diablo 2 StarCraft : s2jason
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  Ultima VII, System Shock 2 OR Deus Ex, Insterstate '76, Max Payne 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2. : AxeMan808
  • Oh shit! Diablo 2! But I have no room for it! : AxeMan808
• Ultima Online Starcraft Diablo 2 Team Fortress 2 Final Fantasy 7 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• You just can't fit anywhere near the amount of MUST PLAY PC GAMES into a 5 game list! You just CAN'T do i... : MercFox1
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  F29 Retaliator (1991, Ocean Software) : Tech T
  • fuck yeah best game ever made : kabex
  • Only combat flight sim I actually played. It seemed complexe enough for my 12yo self. : guigr
• 1. Deus Ex 2. GTR 2 3. Baldur's Gate 2 4. Planescape Torment 5. Rainbow 6 : MPLStagger
• You Don't Know Jack volumes 1-4 and Chip's Challenge. : dmason
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  This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI57HHO_Apg&feature=related (Quarantine) : NGFodder
  • oh and Tie Fighter : NGFodder
• Sam and Max Grim Fandango Duke3d.exe Unreal Tournament Half-Life 2 (episode 2 if you have to choose a... : davislovestacobell
• #6 Star Control II : watcherxp
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  1. Alpha Centauri 2. Deus Ex 3. Alpha Centauri 4. Deus Ex 5. Tie FIghter : DonkeyPopsicle
  • This is the exact same as my list, but replace tie fighter with Freespace 2 : Chipwarrior
• carmageddon, ut 99 or 2004, kotor, hl2, any one of the gta games (3-4). A decent mix of mind blowing g... : itsjames
• Wing Commander: Privateer, Soldier of Fortune, Hitman: Blood Money, Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom, ... : Cliffzorz
• Star Control II X-Com Starcraft Civ 4 Duke 3d : retardhumper
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  Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing. There is nothing else. : greasyjohn
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    Best gamespot review I ever saw : Mondo
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      Whoa now God and Generals was pretty damned good. : greasyjohn
      • I forgot about that! : Mondo
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  I'd be hard pressed to narrow it down to 20 : dognose
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    Really, this right here. There have been a whole bunch of games that I would call "must play" for anyone ... : thetangent
    • How about "What are the 5 MUST PLAY pc games that have come out in the past 20 years"? : Cliffzorz
• Planescape Torment, TIE Fighter, Command and Conquer, Civilization IV, and a tie between Homeworld and St... : thetangent
• Portal, Warcraft 3, Battlefield 1942, Mass Effect, Diablo 2 : lotus2133
• Ultima VII – X-Com – Diablo II – System Shock 2 – Half-Life 2 : CecilPhilpot
• 1, Everquest 2, WoW 3. Quake (qw) 4. Tie Fighter 5. Descent : shackwack
• Kind of depends if you are looking to take a history lesson in PC gaming, or if you want to actually enjo... : ramshot
• XCom | Quake | Tie Fighter | StarCraft | Civ4 : threeup
• http://www.scoutshonour.com/digital/ : TimeDoctor
• 5 games? Jesus, that's way too hard to decide. : Rice-Rocketeer
• homeworld 1 Fallout =_='' ( can i nominate the whole series =___________=''''' .... fallout 1) Freespac... : Gapyro
• XCOM BG2 for sure : bolneze
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  Results with 5 or more votes so far: Deus Ex 18 Half-Life 15 StarCraft 12 TIE Fighter ... : s2jason
  • i flicked through this new book at the airport: http://kotaku.com/5555559/1001-video-games-you-must-play-... : radula
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  I would call these games genre defining, where if you played only these games, you would have been expose... : Boring Writer
  • pc games // but good list But for adventure/puzzle list tat include console // resident evil 1 has... : Gapyro
  • I don't think an MMO is a good "genre defining" example of RPG's. Something like Planescape Torment or th... : thetangent
• Half Life, The Witcher, World of Warcraft (by numbers alone!) MDK, Doom II.. but god there are still so m... : HL3dsx