General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Maverick on August 16, 2020, 10:29:30 AM
Title: Single player PC games
Post by: Maverick on August 16, 2020, 10:29:30 AM
Hey all. finally reached the end of my tolerance for wot. IO am, looking for a couple PC games to waste time with but have been out of the gaming world for a while. I did try AH a while back but I am no longer competitive.
I am looking for a game that is good to play on win 10. I do have a pretty good gaming PC (cyber power) and can handle demanding video intensive games. My old stand by the Command and Conquer games run like crap on win 10. Same for all my old fps. Even far cry 2 tends to hiccup a bit and it is the ONLY one of them that works. I am looking for a couple fps ideas, maybe a space game with some combat. If there is something that runs like C&C used to that might be worth a try. I am not really interested on a MMOG just single player primarily. I do have to say for space games the old homeworld actually bored me to tears. I did enjoy privateer back in the day it was a newer game.
In short ww2 games, space games. fps, some strategy so anything that you enjoyed I am interested in hearing about.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: deSelys on August 16, 2020, 11:30:25 AM
One excellent strategy game: 'Into the Breach' (SF with mechs). Simple to learn yet very smart. Can be played during 10 min sessions if needed. Lots of replay value. Reasonably priced.
I'm still playing Silent Hunter 3 and 4. With the right mods, the games are still great.
Wish I could find all of my mods and make it work on my machine. It was literally hours of patrol enjoyment. My wife never could figure out how I could sit for hours with a long time between contacts and be content. :)
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Nefarious on August 16, 2020, 02:12:17 PM
Wish I could find all of my mods and make it work on my machine. It was literally hours of patrol enjoyment. My wife never could figure out how I could sit for hours with a long time between contacts and be content. :)
After 15+ years, I finally got SH3 stable with GWX and SH3 Commander. There are newer mods for widescreen, but Im content with my old monitor.
The key is installation outside of the Steam folder I found out.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Arlo on August 16, 2020, 02:18:17 PM
FOTRS and TMO are great mods, but I think I installed them wrong.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Arlo on August 16, 2020, 02:29:28 PM
I like Trigger Maru (Overhauled).
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Spikes on August 16, 2020, 05:02:25 PM
I'd check out Company of Heroes or Civilization for some relaxing RTS games. Naval Action is cheap and has a PvE server if you like age of sail.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Toad on August 16, 2020, 11:00:41 PM
Mav, it's not single player but Rude and I are playing America's Army again.
Just need to pick a good server. There are definitely hackers in it but less on the official servers for some reason. We've found playing the servers with just 4-8 people altogether are pretty fun.0
We're bugging Sax to get into it too. You're welcome to give it a go with us if you like.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Rocco on August 17, 2020, 12:02:06 AM
Man I've accidentally blown up so many Kerbals. Good times.
Interplanetary is kinda fun. You can fling asteroids at enemy planets.
I used to play the X series space games. I think the newest is X4: Foundations but I stopped at X3. Not really sure how the newest are but it was basically a sandbox galaxy. Start off with just a fighter and eventually move up to fleets of capital ships and space stations. It's definitely a grind but the story missions are interesting. It's all single player.
Starcraft II is basically C&C with aliens, and a lot of fun. The base game is free now.
Hearts of Iron IV is a decent WW2 high level strategy game.
Far cry peaked at 3 but 4 and 5 aren't terrible. Worth a buy on sale.
Bioshock. Great FPS series.
I could go on, there are so many good games out there.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: BoilerDown on August 17, 2020, 01:21:37 AM
Been playing Avorion:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/445220/Avorion
Its not single player but can be played as if it is. I actually run my own private server just so that time elapses when I'm not playing so I can make more money off my factories.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Maverick on August 17, 2020, 09:37:03 AM
Toad. I used to play AA before we hit the road. I really liked it and got accused numerous times of hacking. What can I say I loved the hospital mission and learned all the hiding places and the grenade launcher was fun so I hoarded the round. I'll check into it.
Going to look over the games listed, thanks folks
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Shuffler on August 17, 2020, 09:51:24 AM
I have not played any single player games in a long time. I have been married over 34 years now. :D
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Toad on August 17, 2020, 10:02:01 AM
Toad. I used to play AA before we hit the road. I really liked it and got accused numerous times of hacking. What can I say I loved the hospital mission and learned all the hiding places and the grenade launcher was fun so I hoarded the round. I'll check into it.
Most of the maps are new now Mav. There are a very few servers running the old maps with updated graphics. There are two hospital missions, one with a lot of outside buildings and a quick play inside version.
Rude and I are pretty much getting our rear ends shot off. Eyesight and reflexes not what they were 15+ years ago. Having fun though.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: TheBug on August 17, 2020, 11:11:54 AM
I like the Total War series https://www.totalwar.com/ and Paradox Interactive games https://www.paradoxplaza.com/ Especially Europa Universalis IV and Crusader Kings II. Also Steel Division 2 from them has good reviews but I myself have not tried it yet. https://store.steampowered.com/app/919640/Steel_Division_2/
If you want to go hard core strategy give Gary Grigsby's War in the West, War in the East or War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition a crack. The airpower aspect in War in the West is a game in itself. https://www.matrixgames.com/game/gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-west
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: mikeWe9a on August 17, 2020, 11:20:53 AM
If you like old school games, Xenonauts is a recreation of the original XCom. There is also a new XCOM (and both an expansion and a sequel) from Firaxis games, that is much updated graphics-wise and is a somewhat different game than the original. both are single player, turn-based tactical games, with a bit of economy and strategy between missions, along with team management. All are available on Steam.
Mike
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: BoilerDown on August 18, 2020, 11:27:19 PM
I shouldn't forget Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock:
A cylindrical pseudo-3D 1st Cylon War space battleship-carrier game. Its quite good, especially if you liked the TV show. And the music, while not done by Bear McCreary, is amazingly just as good, and done in his style. I personally uploaded the music from the game to YouTube and made a playlist:
I have not played any single player games in a long time. I have been married over 34 years now. :D
Multiplayer then :D
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: perdue3 on August 19, 2020, 09:53:50 AM
I recommend any Total War game or Civilization VI for strategy. RTS, Company of Heroes is great and many like Men of War. The Paradox games are good, too although they are bit complex. Mount and Bland II is great as well, just has a few release bugs at the moment.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Ack-Ack on September 01, 2020, 09:47:14 AM
Wasteland 3 Horizon Zero Dawn Red Dead Redemption 2 Marvel Avengers Borderlands 3 The Division 2 (main story is single player) Gear 5
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Chalenge on September 01, 2020, 10:21:43 AM
"Destroy All Humans" - Great game with retro humor. "The Hunter - Call of the Wild" - has its moments. "Aliens X" - Not really a FPS, but has a retro arcade feel to it. "Sniper Elite 4" - best FPS since Quake.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Volron on September 01, 2020, 11:50:09 AM
Freespace Freespace 2
I went to this site and found a launcher that allows me to play these two on my Win 10 Pro machine with zero problems.
http://www.hard-light.net/
While you can play Vanilla, I HIGHLY recommend that you use the FSPort version. Greatly enhances the graphics making it look "modern". :D
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Shuffler on September 01, 2020, 11:54:11 AM
I had never been much of a gamer other than flight. I have been playing a lot of Red Dead Redemption 2 the last couple of months.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: Wiley on September 01, 2020, 01:29:08 PM
Lots of great choices in here.
In a slightly different vein from most suggestions above, I'll preface this by saying open world games are my crack.
RDR2 is one of the best ever single player games if you like that kind of thing. It takes a fairly decent computer to run it. Mine is a 2500k, 16GB RAM, and an R9 380. It juuuuust barely runs it politely, I'd consider it bare minimum spec. If fantasy is more your jam, Witcher 3 is truly excellent too.
If your computer is a bit older, Skyrim doesn't take a real beast to run and there's plenty of fun to be had. Fallout 4 is a bit newer and is the same idea, but post-apocalyptic.
Wiley.
Title: Re: Single player PC games
Post by: RichardDarkwood on September 01, 2020, 04:53:36 PM