PC Reviews and News Articles. The Top 15 PC Games of All Time (Page 2) Thanks for voting in our search for the greatest PC game of all time! We've got your results here, but heads up, we only included the highest voted game from each series. No one wants to read about the same game three times. We'd have to copy/paste the previous entry and add "but with better graphics! " to the bottom. And that would be dumb. So sorry, Starcraft II, but Starcraft beat you handily. Nostalgia is a powerful thing. 15.
It's easy to overlook Counter-Strike today. 14. It's not easy creating a sequel to a game that received near perfect reviews across the board, but Mass Effect 2 not only lived up to its predecessor, it eclipsed it. 13. Chances are that when you started Age of Empires 2, you had no idea what your opening strategy should be. 12. The bloody grandpappy of the FPS, Doom wasn't just an addictive game, it's what taught us games could be so addictive in the first place. 11. There are two categories of MMORPG: 1) World of WarCraft and 2) All the Other Ones. The 100 best PC games of all time. This gets harder every year. Every year new games are released, old favourites are replayed, obscure indies capture our hearts, and games that we once knew are updated until they’re unrecognisable.
We’re fickle, argumentative people in love with the most dynamic gaming platform on the planet, and we’re only allowed to pick 100 games? It should be the top 1,000, the top 10,000, to fit every single game we all love. But it’s not. As much as the games change, our task remains the same. Boil down decades of sims and shooters, roleplaying games and real-time strategies, into the top 100. Our international team of writers were asked to put forth their ten favourite games, in order. 100. Release Date: 2008Last year: 15 Graham: I can’t stand Grand Theft Auto’s cruel, dull missions, so I used to be reliant on its buggy multiplayer if I wanted to have fun messing around in Liberty City. 99. Release Date: 2006Last year: New entry Tim S: Quake 3 re-imagined by Remarque or Solzhenitsyn. 98. 97. 96. The Top 10 Best / Greatest Video Games of All Time. The Best Video Games in the History of Humanity Last update, March 10, 2012.
Thanks to everyone who has helped maintain this site by sending me lists I missed. I really appreciate all of your emails, even if I haven't had time to respond to them all. You guys are the people who make this page the valuable resource that it is! Over the years, many gaming magazines and websites have churned out a ton of ranked lists as part of an ongoing attempt to comprehensively document the top 10 (or top 100, or 200, or whatever) video games of all time. This page aims to offer a summary of some of the leading Top 10s, as excerpted from various Top 100 (and up) lists.
I have tried to be as diverse and inclusive as possible in my selection of lists, and have used only the basic criteria that the lists must: Some lists will inevitably appear more credible than others, but my intent was quantity more than quality. (Grey games appeared on multiple platforms) A brief warning about controversies ahead! 53. 52. Top PC Games, Best PC Video Games. GameSpot Sign on Options Log in » Forgot Password? Sign up Main Nav Reviews Latest Reviews All Reviews Video Reviews Reviews Blog Reviews on Metacritic News Top Stories GameSpot Asia Blog News Blog Rumor Blog Daily Updates New Releases Videos All Videos On The Spot Now Playing Video Previews Trailers Gameplay Interviews Cheats Popular Game Cheats GameSpot Walkthroughs Walkthroughs on GameFAQs Culture Culture Home HotSpot Podcast Site Blogs Tradeshows & Events Soapbox Platform Nav Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Home Previews Top Games All Games Cheats & Walkthroughs Xbox Live PC Home Downloads PS3 Home PlayStation Network Wii U Wii U Home Wii Home 3DS Home DS Home PS Vita PS Vita Home PSP Home iPhone iPhone Home Highest Rated Most Popular Appetite for Distraction Android Android Home Community Nav Forums GameSpot Forums Forum Search Community Blog Fuse What's Hot eSports Watch GameSpot on Youtube Theme: [Light Selected] To Dark» Best Games by Rating Last 6 Months Last 12 Months This Year All Time Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings Release Date: Jun 19, 2012 Max Payne 3 Home.
The Top 15 PC Games of All Time. Top 25 PC Games of All Time. 20) Deus Ex Developer: Ion Storm Publisher: Eidos Interactive Year Released: 2000 Synopsis: Ion Storm's first-person RPG gave the player power. Not just in the form of deadly weaponry, which was certainly present, but also over the game itself. In each expansive level multiple routes to the end were available. With hacking skills you could take control of security bots to wipe out enemy patrols, or if concentrated more on raw firepower, you could blast your way to the end instead. 19) Warcraft 2: The Tides of Darkness Developer: Blizzard Entertainment Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment Year Released: 1995 Synopsis: There are a few iconic genre games that are hard to pass over when it comes to a top 25 list. 18) Call of Duty Developer: Infinity Ward Publisher: Activision Year Released: 2003 Synopsis: World War 2 shooters had been done to death when Infinity Ward honed the genre to razor sharp perfection with Call of Duty. 11) Sid Meier's Pirates!
The Top 25 Modern PC Games. Why It Was Selected Just one more turn. After that turn, you can save the game and stop for the night. That's what you keep telling yourself for hours on end and soon the sun is coming up. Your empire is flourishing, but it's almost time for work. Just one more turn. Civilization IV is one of the most addicting and rewarding games ever crafted. 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Past Lists. The Top 25 Modern PC Games. Why It Was Selected Alright, I'm just going to say it. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is the best role-playing game of all time. Packed into this experience is such a dizzying amount of content it's difficult to even know where to start.
Once you begin this epic tale and uncover bits and pieces of one of the best villains to ever grace a video game, it's near impossible to stop. Gorgeous art and environmental design, incredibly deep Dungeons & Dragons based combat, and a cast of memorable characters fill out this gigantic adventure. This is a desert island kind of game, the kind of fantasy world you can get utterly lost in and spend upwards of 200 hours exploring, which I did. With sharp writing, a staggering amount of environmental and fictional detail, a gripping plot, seemingly endless strings of quests and dungeons, tons of loot and class abilities, this is the ultimate role-playing experience.