Top 20 of PC exclusives this gen that no console game can replace

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="Some-Mist"]eh, I don't know about that.. If you want to go "mainstream", most people on here will say the walking dead trumps all. but... the dream machine the sea will claim everything fester mudd: curse of the gold gemini rue trump the book of unwritten tales for me. not to mention that double fine adventure, the rabbits apprentice, ithaka of the clouds, story to nowhere: caroline's secret, face noir, and stasis are right around the corner.

Some-Mist

This list is my list, what I played. It´s not unbiased.

But it must be an PC exclusive and not a remake. Suggestions ?

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="DropsofJupiter"]

Command and Conquer 3 was awful.

Having said that, there are some great games on that list, though they are all within the same few genres. Mostly strategy, an MMO, a hack and slash RPG... for people who claim PC gaming has degenerated into only RTS/MMO gaming, that list isn't going to sway them.

DropsofJupiter

I tried to make the list universal, incorporating as many genres as possible.

[QUOTE="DropsofJupiter"][QUOTE="clyde46"] Should of put the original Supreme Commander in place of C&C3. jhonMalcovich

I tried to make the list universal, incorporating as many genres as possible.

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="DropsofJupiter"] Or Sins of a Solar Empire. Actually, why the hell is that not on there?clyde46

I tried to make the list universal, incorporating as many genres as possible.

 C&C3 is one the best story driven RTS arround. And full HD cinematics with real actors were just excellent.

Anyway, i disagree with almost every single title in your list... If i were to make a top 20 PC exclusive list this generation, i would go for:

• STALKER: Shadow of Cernobyl 
• Mount & Blade: Warband
• Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
• Legend of Grimrock
• Tribes Ascend
• Torchlight 2
• Trackmania 2: Canyon
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Starcraft II
• Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery
• Shogun 2: Total War
• Sins of Solar Empire
• League of Legends (it was addicting as crack, and fun as hell wile it lasted) 
• Supreme Commander (1)
• Civilization V + Expansion
• Guild Wars 2
• Sam & Max Seasons
• Hotline Miami

In no order. 

Anyway, i disagree with almost every single title in your list... If i were to make a top 20 PC exclusive list this generation, i would go for:

• STALKER: Shadow of Cernobyl 
• Mount & Blade: Warband
• Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
• Legend of Grimrock
• Tribes Ascend
• Torchlight 2
• Trackmania 2: Canyon
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Starcraft II
• Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery
• Shogun 2: Total War
• Sins of Solar Empire
• League of Legends (it was addicting as crack, and fun as hell wile it lasted) 
• Supreme Commander (1)
• Civilization V + Expansion
• Guild Wars 2
• Sam & Max Seasons
• Hotline Miami

In no order. 

Lucianu

Damn, I forgot of STALKER: Shadow of Cernobyl. Anyway your list is good too.

[QUOTE="clyde46"][QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

I tried to make the list universal, incorporating as many genres as possible.

jhonMalcovich

 C&C3 is one the best story driven RTS arround. And full HD cinematics with real actors were just excellent.

Anyway, i disagree with almost every single title in your list... If i were to make a top 20 PC exclusive list this generation, i would go for:

• STALKER: Shadow of Cernobyl 
• Mount & Blade: Warband
• Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
• Legend of Grimrock
• Tribes Ascend
• Torchlight 2
• Trackmania 2: Canyon
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Starcraft II
• Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery
• Shogun 2: Total War
• Sins of Solar Empire
• League of Legends (it was addicting as crack, and fun as hell wile it lasted) 
• Supreme Commander (1)
• Civilization V + Expansion
• Guild Wars 2
• Sam & Max Seasons
• Hotline Miami

In no order. 

Lucianu

20+ respect points for listing divinity 2

[QUOTE="Lucianu"]

Anyway, i disagree with almost every single title in your list... If i were to make a top 20 PC exclusive list this generation, i would go for:

• STALKER: Shadow of Cernobyl 
• Mount & Blade: Warband
• Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
• Legend of Grimrock
• Tribes Ascend
• Torchlight 2
• Trackmania 2: Canyon
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Starcraft II
• Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery
• Shogun 2: Total War
• Sins of Solar Empire
• League of Legends (it was addicting as crack, and fun as hell wile it lasted) 
• Supreme Commander (1)
• Civilization V + Expansion
• Guild Wars 2
• Sam & Max Seasons
• Hotline Miami

In no order. 

jhonMalcovich

Damn, I forgot of STALKER: Shadow of Cernobyl 

If you haven't played Mount & Blade: Warband with the cRPG module, you haven't lived. It's, literally, my favorite sandbox game of all times.

And one of the greatest games ever made, be it exclusive or not.  

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="clyde46"] Both Sins and Supcom are better than C&C3. lowe0

 C&C3 is one the best story driven RTS arround. And full HD cinematics with real actors were just excellent.

Seriously ? How can they play it with a controller. Anyway it easily replaceable with Supreme Commander.

20+ respect points for listing divinity 2

lawlessx

Yeah, i thoroughly enjoyed the game.  

[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

 C&C3 is one the best story driven RTS arround. And full HD cinematics with real actors were just excellent.

jhonMalcovich

Seriously ? How can they play it with a controller. Anyway it easily replaceable with Supreme Commander.

I played it with a controller and it's not impossible.

[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

 C&C3 is one the best story driven RTS arround. And full HD cinematics with real actors were just excellent.

jhonMalcovich

Seriously ? How can they play it with a controller. Anyway it easily replaceable with Supreme Commander.

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

Wanna know how many of those games I've heard of?

Better yet, wanna know how many of those games I care about?

And a few of them would have worked on consoles. Like Amnesia. As long as you weren't being anal about having "THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE" I'm sure Amnesia would have worked fine on consoles. Just use a surround sound system and play in the dark.

lostrib

Nope, don't care

Then why even bother responding?

[QUOTE="SuperNovaftw"][QUOTE="lawlessx"]

 i meant to say besides WOW.

DropsofJupiter

Yes it is =/. I'm not going to touch MAG with a ten foot pole, but by definition of MMO FPS, PS2 fits right in there. It's the largest one to date I believe.

Killing Floor? Torchlight 2?

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] Good thing that console gamers got to play it too, then, along with Red Alert 3. Not exclusives.lowe0

Seriously ? How can they play it with a controller. Anyway it easily replaceable with Supreme Commander.

Metacritic

Supreme Commander

PC: 86 XBOX: 56

Not that replaceable after all.

This thread must be what Comic Con is like....

I played Planetside 2

It's trash.

I played Planetside 2

It's trash.

LazySloth718

Cool story. Blog it.

[QUOTE="LazySloth718"]

I played Planetside 2

It's trash.

jhonMalcovich

Cool story. Blog it.

Pot. Kettle.

[QUOTE="LazySloth718"]

I played Planetside 2

It's trash.

jhonMalcovich

Cool story. Blog it.

I was surprised at what a pile of crap Starcraft 2 was after seeing the trailer for the expansion. People actually play that junk competitively. :lol:

I was surprised at what a pile of crap Starcraft 2 was after seeing the trailer for the expansion. People actually play that junk competitively. :lol:

StrongBlackVine

You should see a few professional multiplayer matches then.

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="LazySloth718"]

I played Planetside 2

It's trash.

MonsieurX

Cool story. Blog it.

You should blog that I should have blogged it.

what a awful list

[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

Seriously ? How can they play it with a controller. Anyway it easily replaceable with Supreme Commander.

jhonMalcovich

Metacritic

Supreme Commander

PC: 86 XBOX: 56

Not that replaceable after all.

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] Really? Your thread title says "that no console game can replace" yet it's "easily replacable"? Anyway, Supreme Commander is also on 360.lowe0

Metacritic

Supreme Commander

PC: 86 XBOX: 56

Not that replaceable after all.

Then it´s easily replaceable by Sins of Solar Empire. Or Europa Universalis. 

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] Really? Your thread title says "that no console game can replace" yet it's "easily replacable"? Anyway, Supreme Commander is also on 360.lowe0

Metacritic

Supreme Commander

PC: 86 XBOX: 56

Not that replaceable after all.

[QUOTE="lowe0"][QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

Metacritic

Supreme Commander

PC: 86 XBOX: 56

Not that replaceable after all.

jhonMalcovich

Then it´s easily replaceable by Sins of Solar Empire. Or Europa Universalis. 

You do realize most of these games are completely obscure and no one is going to bother looking them up? That is great thing about PC though...there is something for every one.

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] Really? Your thread title says "that no console game can replace" yet it's "easily replacable"? Anyway, Supreme Commander is also on 360.lowe0

Metacritic

Supreme Commander

PC: 86 XBOX: 56

Not that replaceable after all.

Red Orchestra 2 is not nearly the best multiplayer game this gen. No way. 

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] You said exclusives, not exclusives and well received multi platforms. Besides, by the sequel, they appear to have ironed out many of their issues, judging from the 75%.StrongBlackVine

Then it´s easily replaceable by Sins of Solar Empire. Or Europa Universalis. 

You do realize most of these games are completely obscure and no one is going to bother looking them up? That is great thing about PC though...there is something for every one.

They are not obscure at all, they are very niche games. Sins of Solar Empire is the only space combat RTS available this then. Very noticable due to its epicness where hundreds of ships can clash in space battles.

Europa Universalis is very popular and has a lot of spin-offs and clones. It´s a RTS game about ruling historical nations through politics, you don´t command units but issue laws, manage political intrigues and define general political lines for the nation to follow.

 +++++++>everything on pc

And soon 

Good list but I would put Anno2070 on that list, along with the thousands of awesome indie games and kickstarter games we get on PC (FTL, real Minecraft, Project Zomboid, Spiderweb rpgs, To The Moon, etc..)

 ++++++>everything on pc

happyduds77

Nope, I own all those gaems along with a ps3 and 360 and PC still gets more gaming time than both those system combined.

Although they do play more dvds/blu rays than my pc :P

And in all honesty I would replace God Of War and LBP with Heavy Rain and RDR (Forza sereis is great to).

Red Orchestra 2 is not nearly the best multiplayer game this gen. No way. 

Wasdie

Did you try it recently ? With new custom maps ? I couldn´t come back to my BF3 Premium Edition after having been playing RO2 for a while.

Only exclusives on PC I really loved this gen are Tribes Ascend, Quake Live, and Binding of Isaac. I mostly like multiplats though, I really only liked the Halo series on 360 for exclusives.

Anyway, i disagree with almost every single title in your list... If i were to make a top 20 PC exclusive list this generation, i would go for:

• STALKER: Shadow of Cernobyl 
• Mount & Blade: Warband
• Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
• Legend of Grimrock
• Tribes Ascend
• Torchlight 2
• Trackmania 2: Canyon
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent
• Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Starcraft II
• Anno 1404: Dawn of Discovery
• Shogun 2: Total War
• Sins of Solar Empire
• League of Legends (it was addicting as crack, and fun as hell wile it lasted) 
• Supreme Commander (1)
• Civilization V + Expansion
• Guild Wars 2
• Sam & Max Seasons
• Hotline Miami

In no order. 

Lucianu

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Red Orchestra 2 is not nearly the best multiplayer game this gen. No way. 

jhonMalcovich

Did you try it recently ? With new custom maps ? I couldn´t come back to my BF3 Premium Edition after having been playing RO2 for a while.

[QUOTE="happyduds77"]

 ++++++>everything on pc

kozzy1234

Nope, I own all those gaems along with a ps3 and 360 and PC still gets more gaming time than both those system combined.

Although they do play more dvds/blu rays than my pc :P

And in all honesty I would replace God Of War and LBP with Heavy Rain and RDR (Forza sereis is great to).

 ++++++>everything on pc

And soon 

happyduds77

Yey. I counted 7 games, 3 of them, interactive movies. And another is not even released. VS dozens of PC exclusives that actually provide a real gameplay.

Uncharted is counteracted by Tomb Raider, Max Payne 3 and Dead Space 3. 

Metar Gear Solid 4 by Splinter Cell, Deus Ex 3 and Thie 3

God of War  is counteracted by a much more solid Devil May Cry.

Journey is nice Indie game, we have them plenty on PC.

Halo 4 ? Halo 3 is coming to PC.

Little Big Planet ? You can keep it to yourself.

What consoles have to override Total War, Star Craft, Europa Universalis, sims, point-&-click adventures etc, and a huge pile of Kickstarter exclusives.

Nothing at all. Try harder netx time. 

 

20. DCS A-10C Warthog

The best war plane sim this gen.    Not interested

19. Death to Spies 1

One of the best infiltration game this gen.       Never heard of it

18. Silent Hunter 4

The best and only simulator available where you can command your own submarine during WW2.    Who cares?

17. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl     Couldn't get into it

16. Planet Side 2

The biggest MP game to date.     Not a fan

15. Sins of Solar Empire      Not interested

14. Galactic Civilizations 2

The best space strategy this gen.     Not interested

13. The book of Unwritten Tales

The best adventure game this gen.      Never heard of it

12.  Path of Exile

A Diablo made right.     Want to try this out

11. World at War     Not heard of it

10. Civilization 5 

The best turn-based strategy of all times.      Valid, love this game

9. Arma 3

The best multiplayer sim shooter that keep growing thanks to its awesome mod community.     Slightly interested, but not that interested

8. Amnesia

The best horror game this gen.       Love this game, it's amazing

7. Chivalry 

The best desmemberment simulator this gen.     Wish to try it out, looks really good

6. Red Orchestra 2

The best multiplayer shooter this gen.     Not interested, doesn't look as good as BF3

5. Company of Heroes

A new school RTS of all times.         yup, will give you that one, sweet game

4. League of Legends / Dota 2

5M concurrent players for LOL. Dota 2 is growing exponentially too.      No interest at all.

3. World of Warcraft

Still the best MMO to date.     No interest at all.

2. Star Craft 2: Heart of the Swarm

An old school RTS of all times.     Quality game.

1. Total War series

A strategy franchise of all times. A perfect blend of turn-based Civilziation, RTS and Epicness = hundreds of hours of gameplay.      Could never get into this, not sure why

jhonMalcovich

Out of all those listed, only 6 in my opinion are worth listing.

Most of those games suck and are low budget. Give me console games over those any day.Miketheman83

You have no taste. Most of those games provide unique addictvie gameplays what consoles are lacking.

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Red Orchestra 2 is not nearly the best multiplayer game this gen. No way. 

lawlessx

Did you try it recently ? With new custom maps ? I couldn´t come back to my BF3 Premium Edition after having been playing RO2 for a while.

I am using one always populated server which is called Tactial Realism or something like this. 64 players with team speak on. Amazing team work. Everybody knows each other. This server constantly runs custom maps along with oficial ones. My ping is rediculously high, but by some reason it didn´t stop me from getting rediculously high amnount of kills. Once I got some 50 kills in one round as a sniper (camping a bit : ))

 +++++++>everything on pc

happyduds77

No. I own, and have played, all except Journey. That reminds me, I need to grab that.

:lol: MMO's

NathanDrakeSwag

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

 

20. DCS A-10C Warthog

The best war plane sim this gen.    Not interested

19. Death to Spies 1

One of the best infiltration game this gen.       Never heard of it

18. Silent Hunter 4

The best and only simulator available where you can command your own submarine during WW2.    Who cares?

17. Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl     Couldn't get into it

16. Planet Side 2

The biggest MP game to date.     Not a fan

15. Sins of Solar Empire      Not interested

14. Galactic Civilizations 2

The best space strategy this gen.     Not interested

13. The book of Unwritten Tales

The best adventure game this gen.      Never heard of it

12.  Path of Exile

A Diablo made right.     Want to try this out

11. World at War     Not heard of it

10. Civilization 5 

The best turn-based strategy of all times.      Valid, love this game

9. Arma 3

The best multiplayer sim shooter that keep growing thanks to its awesome mod community.     Slightly interested, but not that interested

8. Amnesia

The best horror game this gen.       Love this game, it's amazing

7. Chivalry 

The best desmemberment simulator this gen.     Wish to try it out, looks really good

6. Red Orchestra 2

The best multiplayer shooter this gen.     Not interested, doesn't look as good as BF3

5. Company of Heroes

A new school RTS of all times.         yup, will give you that one, sweet game

4. League of Legends / Dota 2

5M concurrent players for LOL. Dota 2 is growing exponentially too.      No interest at all.

3. World of Warcraft

Still the best MMO to date.     No interest at all.

2. Star Craft 2: Heart of the Swarm

An old school RTS of all times.     Quality game.

1. Total War series

A strategy franchise of all times. A perfect blend of turn-based Civilziation, RTS and Epicness = hundreds of hours of gameplay.      Could never get into this, not sure why

_Matt_

Out of all those listed, only 6 in my opinion are worth listing.

I tried to make a universal list that would include as many genre representatives as possible. It´s all about a choice. If you will ever want to play a flight sim, PC is the only platform that provides that. If you want to try, some day,  to command a submarine during WW2, then PC is still the only platform for that. All games I listed have very high metacritic scores.