29 PC Games you shouldn't Miss this year.

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i am not gonna miss any action/adventure games.though i am not into sports genre i am interested in checking out the new fifa with adidas live feature
 
Personally..with the sad comp i have..i m lokkin forward to spore...seems the ultimate game for people like me...
 
Got my hands on Mercenaries 2 - World in Flames a few hours ago. Thought I would upload a few screenshots and write my impressions (from the 10 minutes I played of it) :P

Now the game is just a buggy mess. It does not support my widescreen resolution of 1440x900, so I was forced to play it in 1280x720, and the game just looked darn unimpressive at that resolution, even with all details set to high.

Another major problem is that when I enabled "water effects" in the advanced graphics settings, the frame rates dropped to 14-15 fps, hardly playable. But when I disabled water effects, I started to get good frame rates. Now I don't profess to have the greatest gaming computer in the world, but a 4850 should be able to handle the graphics of a game like mercs 2 with ease (especially at my monitor's lowish resolution).

Ok enough ranting, here are some pictures:

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This is with water effects = on in the advanced graphics settings.

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This is with water effects OFF.

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The graphics remind me of Farcry. And that was a 2004 game.
The gameplay is decent:
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Shooting bad guys is fun, but quite easy (due to the retarded AI).

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You can drive vehicles in the game.

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I especially had a lot of fun with the tank. It just blows up a whole lot of stuff.

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You can also call in airstrikes to destroy gates and stuff.

Hopefully Pandemic will release a patch to fix the water effects bug (and add widescreen support) to the game. I think this can be a decent action game if the bugs are ironed out.
 
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^^Thanks for the Update :-)

Yes these 2 games Merc 2 and Clear Sky aint looking too promising anymore.

Since there is nothing much out yet I'll give them both a try aleast.
 
wow thnx tehster for the headups ..though i expected merc2 too offer a lot ,waiting for some official reviews
 
Infected said:
^^Thanks for the Update :-)

Yes these 2 games Merc 2 and Clear Sky aint looking too promising anymore.

Since there is nothing much out yet I'll give them both a try aleast.

The game is not an absolute abomination, it's in fact pretty fun to play (if you can get past the lack of proper widescreen support). It's kinda sad that in 2008 some games still don't give this kind of support.

Nitari said:
wow thnx tehster for the headups ..though i expected merc2 too offer a lot ,waiting for some official reviews

I liked the trailers of Mercs 2 myself, at the very least I thought it would be a decent, no-brainer action game. For the most part, it is just that, but the graphics considerably lessened my enjoyment of the game.
 
@Infected:: nice work :hap2:

my list >>

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames--ps2 --out of list now :(

Far Cry 2 - interesting

Just Cause 2 - lets c

Red Alert 3 - getting interested,,have nt tried the series yet,,now downloading the original one

Grant Theft Auto 4--WOW

Prince of Persia -- i like the new graphics

Mafia 2 - the original MAFIA is one the perfect game i ever player - so engrossing -every bit is enjoyable - i hope mafia 2 will set the bar higher.
 
Now the game is just a buggy mess. It does not support my widescreen resolution of 1440x900, so I was forced to play it in 1280x720, and the game just looked darn unimpressive at that resolution, even with all details set to high.

Another major problem is that when I enabled "water effects" in the advanced graphics settings, the frame rates dropped to 14-15 fps, hardly playable. But when I disabled water effects, I started to get good frame rates. Now I don't profess to have the greatest gaming computer in the world, but a 4850 should be able to handle the graphics of a game like mercs 2 with ease (especially at my monitor's lowish resolution).

ok i got the game today and i must say its look pretty good only the first lvl graphics are bad :P, i am playing the game at 1152x864 75 hz

the gameplay is good and a bit challanging if played with xbox controller .. yea its a full console port and best enjoyed with gamepad

the open world are stunning specially the city graphics ...though the most annoying thing the game has to offer is enemy AI ...lol

i also made a video showing open world bike riding a 1.25 min video

 
satyanjoy said:
@Infected:: nice work :hap2:

my list >>
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames--ps2 --out of list now :(
Far Cry 2 - interesting
Just Cause 2 - lets c
Red Alert 3 - getting interested,,have nt tried the series yet,,now downloading the original one
Grant Theft Auto 4--WOW
Prince of Persia -- i like the new graphics
Mafia 2 - the original MAFIA is one the perfect game i ever player - so engrossing -every bit is enjoyable - i hope mafia 2 will set the bar higher.

I'm getting interested in Red Alert 3 as well.. But for entirely different reasons :bleh:

You could say that it has.. aroused my interest :rofl:
 
Red Alert 3 you guys nuts getting "aroused" by it, it is a wicked game the entire series is just great i you like RTS. and "aroused" "SHE" maybe just there in the cut scenes...

merc2 didnt even live up to anything it just sucked for me, and didnt deserve to be on the list.

Warhead is gonna surpass my expectations i believe in just a few hours..
 
Infected said:
merc2 didnt even live up to anything it just sucked for me, and didnt deserve to be on the list.
are you comparing the game with some other game or merc1?:bleh: ...
 
are you comparing the game with some other game or merc1?

NO but I just didn't like the game, actually i somehow cant get too used to Third person, thats' why maybe. Also in todays day and age I have come to expect way better graphics, all turned up the game looked it could ave been released 2 years ago. I am sorry but that is my honest opinion.

Mafia 2 is sometime in 2009 and I hope it lives up to Mafia.

Max2k2 I love F1, but I tried to keep it to 2008 games when I posted they were scheduled for 2008 releases, but now as we can expect from the industry so many are pushed back...Last f1 I played on PC was the F1 1999-2002 or something..after reading about this Codemasters F1 I am excited, their racings games have come far now and I really have enjoyed most of the racing series: CMR and Race Driver.

I will add it to the list and make it 30 :-)

Have a nice day. For me today is "Warhead Saturday" :-)
 
^^Yeh both are good but I prefer SI games, Football manager anyday over EA's. But this year i'd give it a shot..
 
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