PC games I currently own

  • Diablo
  • -- great when it first came out, but gets old fast.

  • Diablo II
  • -- prettier version of the above.

  • Blade Runner
  • -- see write-up

  • Blood
  • -- great fun. Remember: there's no business like show business.

  • Blood 2 and Expansion Pack
  • -- not so great sequel.

  • Realms of the Haunting
  • -- see write-up.

  • Jedi Knight
  • -- the best Star Wars games I've played.

  • Mysteries of the Sith (expansion for above)
  • -- almost as good.

  • System Shock 2
  • -- excellent. Not as good as the first one.

  • Heretic and Expansion Pack
  • -- see write-up.

  • Heretic II
  • -- endlessly silly fun.

  • Deathtrap Dungeon
  • -- mindless action.

  • Shadow Warrior
  • -- best one-liners in any game.

  • Return to Krondor
  • -- great story/game ruined by shitty game mechanics.

  • Unreal
  • -- pretty but average shooter.

  • Half-Life and Opposing Force
  • -- HL1 is the best shooter I've ever played.

  • Quake 2
  • -- awesome fun online.

  • Quake 3
  • -- more of the same, just prettier.

  • Quake 4
  • -- interesting.

  • Thief 1
  • -- Not my kind of game.

  • Hexen 2 and Expansion Pack
  • -- I played it for hours.

  • Pool of Radiance 2
  • -- see write-up

  • Grand Theft Auto 3
  • -- mega-coolness.

  • Ultima Online
  • -- bleh.

  • The Sims Online
  • -- big-time bleh.

  • Sanitarium
  • -- intriguing stuff, shame about the bugs.

  • Asheron's Call 2
  • -- R.I.P wannabe game.

  • Neverwinter Nights and Shadows of Undrentide expansion
    pack
  • -- see write-up

  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1
  • -- awesome game, terrible bugs and crashes.

  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2
  • -- awesome game, hooray for having less bugs.

  • Warlords III
  • -- not my cup of tea.

  • Tomb Raider 1
  • -- annoying puzzles.

  • Age of Empires 2
  • -- best RTS I've played.

  • Soldier of Fortune 1 and 2
  • -- 1 is hella fun, 2 not so much.

  • Lands of Lore 1
  • -- great when I first played it. Wouldn't touch it now.

  • Lands of Lore 2
  • -- not as good, too many dead ends.

  • Gabriel Knight 3
  • -- terrible puzzles.

  • Forgotten Realms Archive
  • -- old, and they creak.

  • Planescape: Torment
  • -- weird and wonderful.

  • Baldur's Gate 1 and Expansion Pack
  • -- just plain wonderful.

  • Icewind Dale 1 and Expansion Pack
  • -- ditto.

  • Icewind Dale 2
  • -- ditto again.

  • Baldur's Gate 2 and Throne of Bhaal Expansion
  • -- even more ditto.

  • Everquest 1 and all Expansions up to The Legacy of Ykesha
  • -- hard to walk away from this, but I did.

  • Everquest 2 and all Expansions
  • -- still going.

  • Ultima 9: Ascension
  • -- see write-up.

  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  • -- good fun, undeniably so.

  • Anarchy Online
  • -- killed by the poisoned word potential.

  • Shannara
  • -- lasted 3 minutes.

  • Clive Barker's Undying
  • -- fun and different.

  • The Longest Journey
  • -- fun and different squared.

  • Sin
  • -- just another shooter.

  • The Elder Scrolls: Arena
  • -- where it all started.

  • The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind and
    expansion packs
  • -- see write-up.

  • The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and the Shivering Isles expansion pack
  • -- wicked stuff. I'll do a write-up one day.

  • Deus Ex
  • -- great game, but bombed out repeatedly at the end for me.

  • EVE Online
  • -- yawn

  • Earth & Beyond
  • -- see write-up.

  • Jedi Knight II: Outcast
  • -- not as good as the first, but still better than most.

  • Istaria/Horizons
  • -- see write-up.

  • Jedi Academy
  • -- better than Outcast, but not the first one.

  • City of Heroes and City of Villains
  • -- great games...for a while.

  • Doom 3
  • -- over-rated. Semi-OK as a shooter.

  • Painkiller
  • -- weird.

  • Full Throttle
  • -- amusing but full of annoying puzzles.

  • Dreamfall - The Longest Journey
  • -- not as fresh as the Longest Journey.

  • Sim City 2000
  • -- barely touched it.

  • Sim Tower
  • -- ditto.

  • Far Cry
  • -- great stuff. Better than average shooter.

  • Far Cry 2
  • -- wonderful visuals, tedious gameplay. Driving and boating gets old.

  • Arx Fatalis
  • -- Underworld 3 in all but name. Not as good as the Origin games.

  • Fallout 1 and 2
  • -- over-rated.

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Shadow of Chernobyl
  • -- creepy stuff. Great game. Enough said.

  • Crysis Warhead
  • -- pretty, no doubt about it, but an average shooter all-up.

  • F.E.A.R and Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate expansions
  • -- interesting, but the supernatural encounters get old.

  • Half-Life 2: The Orange Box
  • -- doesn't deserve the hype and there's too much bug-hunting.

  • Dead Space
  • -- mind-boggling stuff. Sure, there's nothing original about it, but who cares. Enjoy the ride.

  • Medieval II: Total War and Kingdoms expansion
  • -- not my cup of java.

  • Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods
  • -- utter shite.

  • Bioshock
  • -- well made, but bleh. Over-rated for mine.

  • Dark Messiah: Might and Magic
  • -- better than I expected. Great fun really.

  • Black
  • -- can't get used to the PS2's controls for shooters.

  • Grand Theft Auto Vice City
  • -- super cool stuff.

  • Fallout 3
  • -- Oblivion goes post-apocalyptic. Pretty good. Will get back into it one day.

  • Secret Files Tunguska
  • -- absolutely horrid puzzles.

  • Lord of the Rings Online and expansion
  • -- loving it so far.

  • Clive Barker's Jericho
  • -- Can't get into it.

  • Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
  • -- dumbed down for the console crew, but good fun.

  • Space Siege
  • -- nothing special.

  • Mass Effect
  • -- Knight of the Old Republic sans the Star Wars licence. Pretty good however.

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Clear Sky
  • -- More difficult than the first one.

  • Rush for Berlin
  • -- Not my thing.

  • The Guild 1 and 2
  • -- Can't get into them.

  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • --Captivating experience once you get into it.