Hello everyone
I recently upgraded my PC and I’m excited to explore new games that can take advantage of my improved hardware. Previously, my old PC was limited, and I had to be selective about the games I played. I also have a Steam Deck, but I’m looking for offline single-player experiences on my PC.
I’m looking for games that offer an unforgettable experience and high replay value. I enjoy open-world games that give me the freedom to explore, similar to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I know it’s not a PC game, but it gives you an idea of my playstyle.
Here are some games I’ve enjoyed in the past:
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - My favorite game, I love the freedom to explore without being bound to quests.
• Far Cry 3 - Great open-world experience that didn’t get boring.
• NieR: Automata - Engaging story, but it got a bit repetitive.
• Scarlet Nexus - Great story, high replay value, and a beautiful world, although it can be repetitive.
• ULTRAKILL - Challenging and high replay value.
• Portal 2 - High replay value.
• Portal 1 - Enjoyed it, but didn’t love it.
• Subnautica - Absolutely loved it.
• The Witcher 3 - Didn’t enjoy it, but I’m giving it another try soon.
• Doom Eternal - Liked it.
• Horizon Zero Dawn - It’s an average game, with a mid-story and a beautiful world.
For me, a good story is often the top priority, but I also enjoy games like Breath of the Wild where I can relax and play without thinking too hard.
If you’re curious about my specs, here they are:
New PC:
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
• RAM: 64GB DDR5 Memory
Old PC: • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
• CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz
• RAM: 4GB DDR3 Memory
I’d appreciate any game recommendations that fit my preferences.
Edit: Thanks already for the recommendations, I might also add, that I love the Halo games. Except the newer ones.
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You might want to check out Red Dead Redemption 2 in story mode. The graphics and physics are pretty incredible. It’s a little old now, but I think it still holds up well, especially if you like the “old west cowboy” aesthetic.
Thanks for the suggestion. Might be a hot take, but what I dislike about Red Dead Redemption 2 and also Horizon Zero Dawn is that it is like a movie. Just a cutscene after another and I feel like that you aren’t really free in RDR2. But I didn’t play it so it might be better than expected!
fwiw I felt that RDR2 gives you an incredible amount of freedom. You can do so much even outside the main story. You can spend hours just traveling through the world and discovering things, helping / robbing people, hunting, etc. It’s the best game I’ve ever played and even after finishing the main story, there’s still lots to do out in the open world. The main story is usually done with cutscenes, yes, but it usually let’s you do the “active” parts yourself. Just the atmosphere of the game alone is absolutely worth it.
Tell Me Why is the same thing as well, just so you know.
That’s why I deslike that game (I’m NOT being homophobic, however having a game similar to the Telltales ones would have been a better idea)
Baldurs Gate 3 seems like a no brainer
For real. It took me a minute to get into it but once I understood how to play it really blew me away. Excellent story, great art, fun tactical fighting.
Outer wilds if you enjoyed subnautica’s sense of wonder and exploration. Not replayable but a unique once in a lifetime experience.
Helldivers 2 if you enjoy halo firefight and it’s expansive sandbox. Very replayable.
Teardown is very replayable and will run great on your rig.
Curious why you went for 64gb of ram instead of 32, because the extra dosh could have gone to a better gpu. Always use the extra on the gpu or monitor.
Thanks for the suggestions. I already own Helldivers 2, and it is great, but I would like something more single-player since my friends aren’t online all the time and playing with strangers is just half the fun.
Teardown does look really promising. Especially that it’s literary, a game where you can just blow up anything!
I went for 64GB because I wanted my RIG to be future-proof. I chose an AMD GPU, because I use Linux (of course on Lemmy ;)), it’s also a Statement to choose AMD over Nvidia because of the outrageous pricing. Honestly, any newer GPU is an upgrade in perspective to my old pc.
Seconded for Helldivers 2! Play it with the in game music off and with the halo music instead. Wayyy more epic
Someone else has said Baldurs Gate 3, and I second that. Great game.
Not sure if automation/building is exactly your tastes, but satisfactory is a good one.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is, as someone already stated, I think a huge investment. I think it isn’t a Game where I can just go and play, but I think it is more like a game I need to actively think and have more than two hours to get back in. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Satisfactory is awesome, but since the 4th Update or so it has become too advanced for me.
But thanks for the recommendations
As a huge baulders gate fan that has finished the game about 5 times, I would say that’s a mostly correct characterization. If you play on the easiest settings, then yeah you can totally drop in and out while enjoying the story. But anything beyond that will need either some tactical planning or doing research on best builds.
You can save wherever you want but ya, it is a game you would want to play consistently. Like taking a month break would be tough. But that’s how most 1 player story games are, to me at least.
Outer wilds
Outer wilds does sound like a really fun game. Thanks.
Outer Wilds is an unforgettable experience, but has very low replayability. Everything is knowledge based, and playing the game means figuring everything out for the first time (so be sure not to look anything up).
But it’s all exploration, it has an excellent story, and I would recommend it to anyone.
Mass Effect legendary edition.
Isn’t the remastered edition the version who all hate because of the launch with the huge bugs and other errors? Also, since it is from EA, does it like have unnecessarily Micro transactions built in? Apart from that it looks really promising, thanks for the suggestion.
Factorio
And then after you get wore out on factorio, you can try factorio mods. Between the two it should hold you over for forever.
It ain’t called Cracktorio for nuthin’!
You’d probably enjoy cyberpunk 2077
I finished it a few months ago and their launch did the game dirty. Absolutely gorgeous game with a compelling interesting story. Big time recommend!
The new Indiana Jones is great
None of the one suggested.
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I’ve been getting a lot of play time from Ostranauts.
From the Steam blurb:
Ostranauts is a hardcore noir space-sim. Manage life aboard your ship, and beware the cost of every decision you make. Scavenge and explore the boneyard. Create, build, and customise your ship.
There’s kinda of a story, more like things are happening in the world. You’re mostly just left to your own devices.
Another game that’s taken up a lot of my 2024 was Baldur’s Gate 3, pretty sure it doesn’t need a short write up though.
A few years ago I got into this weird russian game about gravity and detonating sideways nukes above ground.
The storyline is a bit complex, but essentially its about a resource-based society trying to build colorful apartment complexes to house it’s population, but the government keeps bombing the developments anytime an even stretch is built.
To get around this, the player has to grab these incomplete apartments as they’re dropped by helicopter from the sky and position them into interesting structures that can’t legally be called apartments, thus saving them from detonation.
There’s a romance angle too, where the apartment bomber convinces the player to build multi-storey apartments at the last minute, thus allowing the govt worker to deploy his vast arsenal at a profit and split the proceeds with the player 50:50.
Its a pretty intense game, and I can still hear the chilling screams of those occupants to the tune of that haunting russian folk song.
This sounds weird but super intriguing. Do you remember the name?
It began with a T, I think, and I believe it rhymed with “stretches”
Omg 🤦🏼♀️
Good job on the creative backstory! This was like the pac man episode of secret level!
;-)
Honestly psychonauts 1 and 2 are both absolutely amazing, and the art style means that they don’t end up looking ancient despite still looking old. The story is also very enjoyable and influential on the level design
No Man’s Sky - One of the most beautiful games out there imo, and has vastly improved since its disasterous launch. Warning this one does require an internet connection (actually for a good reason) but you dont have to interact with anyone, and it’s difficult to even encounter another player in the wild outside of the Anomaly hub and campaigns due to its sheer size.
Project Zomboid - Even if you have zero interest in zombie stuff it’s still worth a shot. Has a massive detailed world based off Midwestern towns in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. It’s still in development so there’s some noticeably unfinished aspects, and they’ve only just begun to add non-zombie NPCs.
I actually played No Man’s Sky at launch, and honestly I didn’t think that it was such a disaster. But I haven’t played recently but I will pick it up again.
I’ve enjoyed watching YouTube Videos about Project Zomboid, so I think I will like it. Thanks.
I always have to recommend Vampire: The Masquerade, Bloodlines. Cheesy AF game from the early 'aughts, but it holds a special place in my heart and is a fantastic RPG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAIR9faz9pM
