Top 10 Amazing PC Games

Top 10 Amazing PC Games

Since Pokemon Go is such a big craze nowadays, people seem to be forgetting the dopest PC games. Despite the stiff competition faced from the Console gaming industry, pc gaming has continued to flourish. PC Gamers also consider themselves elite mainly because of the better hardware at their disposal letting them run their games at their full visual glory unlike consoles where they are crippled. Keyboard and Mouse combo has let PC to be home to all the famous genres of games and thus over the years has had some really amazing games. Here are the Top 10 Amazing PC Games.

Top 10 Amazing PC Games

Top 10 Amazing PC games

10. Witcher 3

At number 10 in Top 10 Amazing PC Games is Witcher 3. The Witcher 3 is the latest game in the list but has already acquired a cult status. Witcher series have been popular for their great storytelling, morally conflicting decision makings, great quests and creating the complex world of Witchers. The Witcher 3 has won several “Game of the Year” awards and critics have even said that it’s the most important game to have come recent times as it stretches the envelop of what’s possible in games.

9. Mass Effect 2

At number 9 is Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect at the time of its release was totally outside of the comfort zone of its developers Bioware. To create a living breathing universe filled with lore is a big challenge for anyone but Bioware took the challenge head one. Mass Effect was a great result but had its shortcomings, with Mass Effect 2 though, the series achieved what it had set out too. With some of the best storytelling ever, choices that affected the storyline, plenty of a quests and a strong feeling of morality made Mass Effect 2 one of the finest games to be ever made.

8. Civilization 4

At number 8 in Top 10 Amazing PC Games is Civilization 4. Civilization series has always been the novelty of PC Gamers. This Turn Based Strategy games has been the best in the business for more than a few decades ever since the first game of the series and since then has had many spinoff like Galactic Civilizations, Pirates ! etc, but Civilization series has been the staple. With Civilization 4, the series had reached a zenith in gameplay and design.

7. Bioshock

At number 7 in Top 10 Amazing PC Games is Bioshock. Bioshock is even today one of the best adventure games created with a amazing story about a failed underwater city. The atmospheric setting itself is enough to draw enough chills for even the most hardcore horror fans but combined it with bosses like the Big Daddy and plenty of chilling scenes you have one of the best experiences ever created in gaming.

6. GTA 5

At number 6 is GTA 5 or Grand Theft Auto 5. Though the game was released first on consoles and it was quite an excruciating wait for the PC fans to finally get their hands on it but it was worth the wait. It was unanimously lauded as the “Best Open World” Game when it came out on PC because the PC release was the definitive release of the game, where the visuals were cranked to their maximum and on PC it felt at home. Complete with MOD support, it’s really hard to imagine GTA 5 without PC.

5. StarCraft II

At number 5 in Top 10 Amazing PC Games is StarCraft II. The genre of RTS (Real Time Strategy) which enjoyed a huge popularity in the 90s and early 2000s has slowly become a dying breed. Enter StarCraft II, which not only brought a lease of fresh life into the genre but also become so popular that it paved the way for eSports that has become so famous now. It is also a national sport and pass time in Korea where it is still hugely popular. The game also had 2 expansion packs with greatly improved upon on the quantity of the game.

4. Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn

At number 4 in Top 10 Amazing PC Games is Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn. Any Old School RPG fan swears by the name of Baldur’s Gate. That is how important this game has been to the genre. Shadows of Amn is the sequel to the already awesome original game and the sequel to the series to another level. With greater polished gameplay, large world, balanced combat and ambitious story, Shadow of Amn is the perfect RPG world to get lost into for dozens of hours.

3. Portal

At number 3 in Top 10 Amazing PC Games is Portal. A first shooter game like no other, this skillful puzzle/platformer game took everyone by surprise. The game was incredibly original with some of the most mind numbing physics based puzzles ever created in gaming history. It was so loved, that it also got a sequel which was also equally good.

2. Deus Ex

At number 2 is Deus Ex. Deus Ex is the pinnacle of Cyberpunk genre in gaming which skillfully combines great story, choices, conventional RPG mechanics, moody atmosphere and solid level design to provide what is often regarded as the greatest single player campaign ever. A game which is a part shooter, part platformer, part RPG and part stealth game, it never feels too much as they are blent in perfectly.

1. Half Life 2

At number 1 in Top 10 Amazing PC games is Half Life 2. A sequel to the already impressive Half Life, the bar was set pretty high and many doubted if it will live up to the hype. What followed was 5 years of development and 40 million dollars spent on a game that is unanimously regarded as one of the best games to be ever made. Apart from the 39 “Game of the Year” awards that it got, it also received several “Game of the Decade” awards and is often considered as the pinnacle of first person shooting genre.

Games not only give a respite from the daily schedule but they are able to tell great stories and let us live those stories and that is what a great game is supposed to do.