Best PC Games From The Last 5 Years

[matt18012]

Having been a mac user since 2002, i've also been "checked out" of the pc gaming world since 2002. Now that I can run windows on my macbook, maybe forum members could list their picks for best pc games of the last five years. I need to make a shopping list:)

[Eevee]

Counter Strike, F.E.A.R

Those are the two in mind now...

[dayosx]

One word. GTA3.

[Quantum Man]

I've only recently become a Mac user, prior to that I was really into PC gaming. Half-Life 2, Max Payne 1 & 2, Battlefield 2 are some PC only games that I enjoyed immensely. My personal favorite game ever is World of Warcraft if you want to chance having your life sucked away from this game lol.

[Nermal]

Max Payne 1 is available for OS X.

[MacsRgr8]

My favourites:

Half Life 2
COD 2
Richard Burns Rally
DTM 2

[Vinnie_vw]

First-person shooter:
Far Cry
Half Life 2 and it's many mods
Strategy:
Warcraft 3
Battle for Middle-Earth 2
Adventure:
Indigo Prophecy (played this on the xbox actually)
No One Lives Forever 1 & 2
Thief 2 & 3

That's it for me... Beware of gamer's addiction! ;)

[greatdevourer]

Ooops, wrong thread. CounterStrike or UT04 :D

[ke2000]

Aoe2 although it runs at macs, can't play against pc gamer.

[Palad1]

Galciv2 : http://www.galciv2.com

I'm hooked...

[sunfast]

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is my favourite game ever, but you can get it for the Mac.:rolleyes:

[Diddiyo]

Unreal Tournament (the good ol' one! not that crappy 2kx stuff)
Quake III Arena

[Uma888]

One word. GTA3.

GTA3? Terrible control system? GTA Vice City for me :D

[Diddiyo]

Unreal Tournament (the good ol' one! not that crappy 2kx stuff)
Quake III Arena

*edit*
wait... they're both older than 5 years... well then i guess there haven't been any good games come out in the last couple of years

[topicolo]

One game tops them all: Elder Scrolls: Oblivion http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/index.html

Rated a 9.3 on gamespot, 9.6 from user reviews, and 9.3 averaged out of the other game review sites.

[Dagless]

In no specific order and reasons;

Far Cry (big, open, beautiful game)
HL2 (It's HL2)
Max Payne (Loved every minute of it)
Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 (Played 1 all my life and got 2 last year. Works better in 2D, IMO)

'sall I can think of!

[DougTheImpaler]

With two exceptions, all my favorite games have also been released for OS X. Those two would be Tiger Woods 2006 (which really is a nice improvement over 2005 on Mac) and Half-Life 2

[Haoshiro]

What about Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Beyond Good & Evil, Splinter Cell (all of them), and Psychonauts? Lego Star Wars is also good. Call of Duty (1 & 2), Far Cry, Half-Life 2, Sim City 4, Civilization 4, Warcraft 3... to name a few.

[XP Defector]

Max Payne
Half Life / Counterstrike (Was that really beyond five years ago?)
Baldurs Gate 2 + Throne of Bhall
Jedi Knight III
Final Fastasy 7 (Probably the best RPG game ever)
Everquest (Dated now of course, but amazing in its day)
GTA 3 / GTA Vice City

Wow, you can tell I've had a dated PC for the past three years :rolleyes:

[biohazard6969]

quake 4 (available on mac)
FEAR (my personal fav)
HL2
battlefield 2
doom 3 (available on mac)
CoD 2 (available on mac...i think)
battlefield 1942 [a classic (available on mac)]

mac gaming isn't so bad after all!

[Dont Hurt Me]

IL2/Pacific fighters, whats better then strapping on a P40 and taking down some Zero's:D

[superwoman]

Baldur's Gate II.
Neverwinter Nights.

[Whiteapple]

Max Payne 1 is available for OS X.

macbook? x86? -----> Rosetta.
Nevertheless I'm pretty sure it works perfectly well under rosetta, like warcraft III for example, I think you would prefer to get either PC games or UB OSX games. UT2004 runs great on the macbook, even though the PC version may be more reliable, the OSX version quits randomely. Not cool when in LAN.

Best PC game: Agreed GTA3 (i'd get a PS2 gamepad though, prefer it to the mouse, and it's not really the kind of game where you need to stay 2 inches in front of the screen...)
Otherwise, I will try installing Toca Race Driver 3 or GTR/GTLegends (i dunno if you play these in the US), with I hope my PS2 USB wheel that should work.

And yes, "shopping list" :p

[Whiteapple]

oh and yes, Unreal Tournament does rock!!
I love the assault mode, way better than any other UT.