Holiday Games Buyer’s Guide
It’s not easy being a PC gamer these days, with developers having slowly migrated at least a small portion of their development resources into the console arena. The cross-pollination of console and PC worlds may have taken away some of the elitism related to PC gaming, but thankfully this amazing year in gaming also applies to those with able gaming computers.
Crysis
Crysis is the poster child of PC gaming power for 2007, and perhaps even 2008. Pushing graphics technology far beyond what’s currently available on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Crysis is the game that is atop every PC gamer’s list – provided that he or she has an adequate system. The system recommendations are stratospheric, but those who make the cut will find the most graphically advanced game yet with the gameplay depth to match.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Recommended for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but the PC is where the Call of Duty franchise was born, and is where the latest installment feels most at home.
The Orange Box
If gamers had to choose just one game to occupy themselves with this winter, it should be the Orange Box from Valve Software. Composed of Half-Life 2, the first two episodic releases, Portal and Team Fortress 2 (and Peggle Extreme), the Orange Box is the finest collection of first-person action and adventure since, well, the last Half-Life collection. Plus, Team Fortress 2 for the PC allows 24 players, while the Xbox 360 version supports only 16.
Unreal Tournament III
Epic Games approach with the Unreal Tournament series is not to mess with success. The third entry isn’t all that radically different from Unreal Tournament 2004, which means that fans of the series will immediately take to Unreal Tournament III.
The Witcher
The PC RPG genre is under-populated these days, but the Witcher helps to fill the void. While BioWare’s main efforts for this year will only be seen on the Xbox 360, Polish developer CD Projekt’s use of BioWare’s Aurora Engine technology yields on the of the year’s best RPGs for the PC. The Witcher is a dark and adult-oriented tale with all the sex and profanity that one craves in a role-playing game.
Honorable mention:
The World of Warcraft Battle Chest
It’s the gift that keeps on giving... or taking (away your life). The World of Warcraft is old news, but it doesn’t matter, as it’s still the MMO of choice for over nine million subscribers over the world. Say goodbye to having any semblance of a real life.
World in Conflict
Aside from first-person shooters, the other genre that plays better on the PC is real-time strategy. The latest entry from RTS masters Massive Entertainment is World in Conflict, which offers superbly crafted gameplay for both single and multiplayer.
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
It’s a standalone expansion to Supreme Commander that spices up an already winning RTS recipe.
BioShock
While there’s no shortage of shooters on the PC, BioShock is one not to skip.
Gears of War
Even with the added levels, gamers who have played through the Xbox 360 version have little reason to pick this one up – but for those who haven’t played Gears of War before, the PC version is the complete package.
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