What\'s the best looking PC game currently?

theomen have u tried "Mafia" i know the game is been out for some time but imo its one of the best games ever made i enjoyed playing it alot graphics are nice, and story is even better.

damn, thanks for reminding me about Mafia.  When it first came out I had a shit computer and couldn\'t play it.  I could probably pick it up damn cheap on ebay or half.

*runs off to buy mafia

PC gaming is where it\'s at. The only reason I even have my PS2 is for sports games and the occasional game that won\'t be on PC.


Right now what I\'m playing...


Warcraft 3 - The Frozen Throne
Syberia
Battlefield 1942
Rainbow Six 3 - Raven Shield

Yep, agreed there.

RTS- C&C:Zero Hours - just look fantastic.
Runner up: Age of Mythology

Racing: NFS:UG - makes the XBOX version looks like PS2...makes the PS2 looks like PSX!!

RPG: Knights of the Old Republic - the PC version simply trounced the XBOX version...i finished it on the PC. Tried the XBOX version on my friend\'s XBOX a few weeks ago...urrggghhh...jaggies everywhere....blur textures....no thanks.

Others: GTA:VC - not exactly the prettiest game around, but if you\'ve been suffering with the PS2 version, the PC version looks like a next-gen game.

Really, i don\'t see the console can even hope to match the PC as long as the crummy TV is used....next gen console MUST have a direct VGA output or it\'ll simply won\'t match the PC no matter how many polygons it can push, or how many Ghz it\'s CPU is.


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PC Rocks, console sucks.

I was at Fry\'s yesterday, and considered buying a game.  The PS2 version was $49.95.  The PC version of the same game was $19.95.  Unbelievable.  Unfortunately my video card can\'t handle the truth, so I have to delay this purchase.

PC games seem to get discounted much faster than console games.

I\'ve bought about 6 pc games over the past week (COD, WC3, Freelancer, NBAlive2004, Splinter cell, Max Payne 2 and Freedom Force) and have spent under 100 bucks, gotta love how cheap games are online.

http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/downloads.php

Get it.  Play it.  Have fun.

Originally posted by theomen
I\'ve bought about 6 pc games over the past week (COD, WC3, Freelancer, NBAlive2004, Splinter cell, Max Payne 2 and Freedom Force) and have spent under 100 bucks, gotta love how cheap games are online.

I just upgraded to a Sapphire Raedon 9800 Pro 128m card, and Freedom Force is SOOOO MUCH BETTER.  OMG I might actually continue playing it now.  

I now have the same question theomen did.  What games should I start playing?  

I already have Knights of the Old Republic, and it runs pretty sweet.

I\'m considering these:

Call of Duty
C&C Generals
Combat Flight Simulator (whatever the newest one is)
Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (I really liked the old Jedi Knight, so I think it could be cool)
The Matrix Reconstituted or whatever it\'s called.    Was this any good?

Should I avoid any of these?  Any other suggestions?

Avoid the matrix.  Seriously.

UT2004 is the best thing right now IMO. Or at least that im playing on my pc. Vehichles just add so much more to an otherwise old formula. Not to mention a crap load of new levels etc.

Originally posted by Lord Nicon
UT2004 is the best thing right now IMO. Or at least that im playing on my pc. Vehichles just add so much more to an otherwise old formula. Not to mention a crap load of new levels etc.

Are you talking about a demo?  UT04 is not quite out yet, right?

I linked to the demo up above and the full game comes out in a few weeks time.

OK, I downloaded and played Unreal Tournament 04 last night.  It was remarkably bug free for a demo!  Looked great, and it was a lot of fun.  Obviously the "Onslaught" map was the most interesting one in the demo due to the addition of vehicles.  That game reminded me of Tribes in many ways, except of course the map was much much smaller.  I\'m still put off by the slight air of cornyness to the Unreal products.  The character models, weapons, and vehicles all look like something out of a dumb SciFi comic book.  That\'s why I\'ve always prefered Half Life to Quake and Unreal.  In HL, they\'ve really tried to make everything look real.  You have character models with ordinary civilain clothes and beer guts.  I always thought that was sort of cool.

In any case, I will probably consider buying UT04 later, if I\'m not too busy with Doom3 or HL2.  

Far Cry is the next big game to come out.  It plays well and shows off your graphics card.

Gothic II has impressive graphics and is a solid RPG.

Morrowind is another great game - you can even download new textures to make it look even better.

NFSU is another nice looking game and it is sort of fun if totally unrealistic.

If you ever liked StarWars try KOTOR. I\'m playing it now and it is incredible. Also think about Tron. I had fun with that one also and by now the price should be right. I know i\'ll get razed but Serious Sam is good old fashioned fun and real cheap