2013 a bad yaer for PC gamers?

Am I the only one that thinks that this year was dull for us PC gamers? Sure it started of fine with Bioshock, Tomb Raider and Metro but then it staled off. Theres not much to anticipate either thats coming out reasonably soon, well maybe except for Bf4 and Watch dogs.

In other words, damn Im bored and want something fun to play :/

I wouldn't say so.

There was Shadowrun Returns, CoH2, I enjoyed these games.

Arma III just launched or is about to, (haven't played it though)  

Planetary Annihilation in Dec.

Sim City has actually improved a decent amount from launch. My GF, and my mate both play it a good bit. (those are just the exclusives)

Not to mention the multiplats, like the one I am looking forward most to XCOM Enemy Within (expansion).  Also SouthPark Stick of Truth is supposed to launch in Dec. 

nah, BF4 comes out this year

Batman Arkham Origins is out 25/10/13 then Battlefield 4 on 1/11/13

Shadow Warrior is out tomorrow as well. 

On a "AAA" front, it's been kinda crappy. Rome II and Company Of heroes 2 was to be sequels to two of the highest quility strategy games around.

They sucked imo. From a smalller game indie perspective with stuff like Rogue legeacy, it's been great, i'v been enjoying these more so than the big hype games. Shadow Warrior coming on tommorow as well, will kick ass and chew bubblegum. Probably make up for DukeNukem: Console Port

Bad year for pc games? wow, I feel teh exact opposite, this has been the best year in ages imo.

Not only some good mainstream games but TONS of great indie games. If you dont have an open mind and dont try alot of different games or indie games then yeah you might think the year sucks.

- Prison Architect

- Chivalry

- Civilization 5: A Brave New World

- Outlast

- 7 Days to Die

- ARMA3

- Sins Of A Solar Empire: Rebellion

- Farcry 3 Blood Dragon

- Starcraft 2 Expansion

- Total War Rome II

- Rogue Legacy

- Company Of Heroes II

- Metro Last Light

- Rising Storm

- Don't Starve

- Splinter Cell Blacklist

- Cube World

- CS: GO

- Payday2

- Planetside 2

- State Of Decay

- Shadowrun Returns

- Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs

- Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

- Gone Home

- Europa Univeralis IV

- Folk Tale

- Godus

- Gnomoria

- Might and Magic Legacy X

- Game Dev Tycoon

- Bioshock Infinite

- Age Of Empires HD II

- Papers Please

- Crysis 3

- Sang Froid
- Sanctum 2

Plus you got the amazing GTA 5 on consoles if you own one of those, hell of a year for gaming if you look in the right areas.

The year was great if you check out non mainstream popular stuff, there was a ton of great indie games this year. 2013 is the year of the INDIE for me.

Much better year for games imo than the last 3 years.

The most dissapointing games for me this year was Tomb Raider and Takedown: Red Sabre

its been a shit year. Crysis 3 stands as my favorite so far this year. and that game is only good. waiting for bf3 and watch dogs to see if they are anything. if they suck too i will be mad. 2012 was great.

I just looked up Shadow Warrior and it looks cool. Might go to the store tomorrow after work and get it :P

Bad year for pc games? wow, I feel teh exact opposite, this has been the best year in ages imo.

Not only some good mainstream games but TONS of great indie games. If you dont have an open mind and dont try alot of different games or indie games then yeah you might think the year sucks.

 

- Prison Architect

- Chivalry

- Civilization 5: A Brave New World

- Outlast

- 7 Days to Die

- ARMA3

- Farcry 3 Blood Dragon

- Starcraft 2 Expansion

- Total War Rome II

- Rogue Legacy

- Company Of Heroes II

- Metro Last Light

- Don't Starve

- Splinter Cell Blacklist

- Cube World

- CS: GO

- Payday2

- Planetside 2

- State Of Decay

- Shadowrun Returns

- Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs

- Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

- Gone Home

- Europa Univeralis IV

- Folk Tale

- Godus

- Gnomoria

- Might and Magic Legacy X

- Game Dev Tycoon

- Bioshock Infinite

- Age Of Empires HD II

- Papers Please

- Crysis 3

- Sang Froid

Plus you got the amazing GTA 5 on consoles if you own one of those, hell of a year for gaming if you look in the right areas.

The year was great if you check out non mainstream popular stuff, there was a ton of great indie games this year. 2013 is the year of the INDIE for me.

Much better year for games imo than the last 3 years.

The most dissapointing games for me this year was Tomb Raider and Takedown: Red Sabre

kozzy1234

hmmm...what did I play new this year...

- tomb raider

- CoH2

- Rome II

- BF4

- Civ 5 BNW

- ArmA III

- Watch Dogs

and that's not counting the many older games i got dirt cheap

Im actually quite tempted to get Shadowrun but am holding off for the Ipad version. This game feel like a good game to play late at night in my bed on the tablet. Also thnx for remiding me about Southpark, cant wait :Pbrodelin

No problem. 

I loved the South Park 64 game, and are looking forward to the RPG as well.

As an FYI

Shadowrun I must point out has pretty much fixed most of the techincal launch issues like stuttering of audio, lagging gameplay.  Gets new DLC early next year. The tablet version doesn't come with the map/campaign editor, however it will still get the (best of) user made content (or something to that extent) 

Might be, but my queue of older games is so brutal at the moment, I don't really care for new releases.gp19

Heck no. It's a good to great year. :)

hell, i'm a VERY picky person yet I bought many games indie, and some bigger titles and I enjoyed several titles.  Arma 3 just released too.  I don't see how it was a bad year, besides, the year isn't even over!

Not bad for me. ArmA3 is out and has fulfilled my expectations already.

Was a decent year. Got simcity last month its not super but its ok. But Don't starve is now one of my favorites.

But will probably be better year for 2014 with GTA 5 on pc, tropico 5, Grim dawn and many others.

Below average, not terrible but not great.

Best games for me include:

Metro LL, Antichamber, Tomb Raider, SC: Blacklist, Rayman Legends, Brothers, FC3 Blood Dragon and CoJ Gunslinger and Dead Space 3.

DotA 2 alone has made this year of gaming worthwhile.

I'm doing great.

Playing System Shock 2 and Trine 2 both for the first time.  Just bought Rogue Legacy off of GoG today and I still have Fez, Dyad and Legend of Grimrock all off of GoG.  I also have Portal 2 recently purchased from the last Steam sale.

That's not counting the stuff I want to replay still: Ys: Oath in Felghana (want to speed run the game), BioShock, BioShock Infinite, Star Wars: KotOR, Jade Empire and Binary Domain (so good).

Then I've got the games I want to give a second chance to, never beat them just sort of stopped and did other things: Alan Wake, Shogun 2, Alpha Protocol and Dead Space 3 come to mind.

So even if there aren't any "new" releases I've still got a ton of games so I'm doing just fine.

Of course there's my wishlist too... The Raven: Legacy of a Master Thief, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Papers Please, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, Devil May Cry, Civilization V (and the expansions), Kentucky Route Zero, La Mulana and other games.  Just waiting to complete what I have before buying.  I already have so much it's impossible to justify buying more stuff UNLESS I jump straight into it ala Trine 2 and System Shock 2.

Kozzy was spot on with his game list, this year was actually a pretty damn good year for games, it's probably one of my fav years in gaming.

Kozzy was spot on with his game list, this year was actually a pretty damn good year for games, it's probably one of my fav years in gaming.

Ballroompirate

Same here. I'm really enjoying PC exclusives like Rising Storm, Don't Starve, Prison Architect, Company of Heroes 2 and am looking forward to the upcoming Shadow Warrior.

And then there is all the great multiplats that were even better on PC: Bioshock, Metro, Tomb Raider, FEZ, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, GRID 2, Dishonored DLC, ...  I simply don't have the time to play them all. Still need to get Wargame and The Swapper.

I can't think of much the consoles have gotten this year. Except for GTA V and TLOU, I barely touched them. 3DS did have some interesting games though and am very excited for Ace Attorney and Zelda. But that's it. PC had a fantastic year!

DotA 2 alone has made this year of gaming worthwhile.

whiskeystrike

What this guy said. 

Am I the only one that thinks that this year was dull for us PC gamers? Sure it started of fine with Bioshock, Tomb Raider and Metro but then it staled off. Theres not much to anticipate either thats coming out reasonably soon, well maybe except for Bf4 and Watch dogs.

In other words, damn Im bored and want something fun to play :/

brodelin

[QUOTE="brodelin"]

Am I the only one that thinks that this year was dull for us PC gamers? Sure it started of fine with Bioshock, Tomb Raider and Metro but then it staled off. Theres not much to anticipate either thats coming out reasonably soon, well maybe except for Bf4 and Watch dogs.

In other words, damn Im bored and want something fun to play :/

SKaREO

your posts you mean?

Might be, but my queue of older games is so brutal at the moment, I don't really care for new releases.gp19

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

Bad year for pc games? wow, I feel teh exact opposite, this has been the best year in ages imo.

Not only some good mainstream games but TONS of great indie games. If you dont have an open mind and dont try alot of different games or indie games then yeah you might think the year sucks.

 

- Prison Architect

- Chivalry

- Civilization 5: A Brave New World

- Outlast

- 7 Days to Die

- ARMA3

- Farcry 3 Blood Dragon

- Starcraft 2 Expansion

- Total War Rome II

- Rogue Legacy

- Company Of Heroes II

- Metro Last Light

- Don't Starve

- Splinter Cell Blacklist

- Cube World

- CS: GO

- Payday2

- Planetside 2

- State Of Decay

- Shadowrun Returns

- Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs

- Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

- Gone Home

- Europa Univeralis IV

- Folk Tale

- Godus

- Gnomoria

- Might and Magic Legacy X

- Game Dev Tycoon

- Bioshock Infinite

- Age Of Empires HD II

- Papers Please

- Crysis 3

- Sang Froid

Plus you got the amazing GTA 5 on consoles if you own one of those, hell of a year for gaming if you look in the right areas.

The year was great if you check out non mainstream popular stuff, there was a ton of great indie games this year. 2013 is the year of the INDIE for me.

Much better year for games imo than the last 3 years.

The most dissapointing games for me this year was Tomb Raider and Takedown: Red Sabre

brodelin

You should try Outlast. A trully amazing next gen horror game.

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

Kozzy was spot on with his game list, this year was actually a pretty damn good year for games, it's probably one of my fav years in gaming.

R4gn4r0k

Same here. I'm really enjoying PC exclusives like Rising Storm, Don't Starve, Prison Architect, Company of Heroes 2 and am looking forward to the upcoming Shadow Warrior.

And then there is all the great multiplats that were even better on PC: Bioshock, Metro, Tomb Raider, FEZ, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, GRID 2, Dishonored DLC, ...  I simply don't have the time to play them all. Still need to get Wargame and The Swapper.

I can't think of much the consoles have gotten this year. Except for GTA V and TLOU, I barely touched them. 3DS did have some interesting games though and am very excited for Ace Attorney and Zelda. But that's it. PC had a fantastic year!

Honestly it was an amazing year in general

Consoles:

TLOU

GTA V

Dragon's Crown

Multiplats:

Bioshock Infinite (hated the ending though)

Metro LL (one of my fav FPS)

State of Decay (so glad it finally came over on PC)

Tomb Raider

DMC (yea I liked it)

Payday 2 (such a good co-op FPS game)

PC:

SC2 HotS

Chivalry Medieval Warfare

Shadowrun Returns

Total War Rome 2 (still need to buy it)

FF14 ARR (probably one of the best MMO's that I've played)

Then theres still to be released:

Wasteland 2 (pc)

BF4 (multi)

Batman Origins (multi)

Watch Dogs (multi)

Honestly it was an amazing year in general

Ballroompirate

True,I wasn't saying that consoles didn't get many exclusives, I just barely touched them this year because of all the PC games I was playing (and also played a lot onv3DS). I forgot about God of War Ascension, Puppeteer and Gears of War.

Some really interesting titles launching in the coming months. I'm excited for Need for Speed, Ace Attorney, South Park, Zelda and Watch Dogs. And some titles that may or may not release this year: Grim Dawn, Apotheon, Command and Conquer, ...

we had gone home. easily one of the best games of all timeyellosnolvr

[QUOTE="yellosnolvr"]we had gone home. easily one of the best games of all timedanten81

lol heck no.  I bought so many games this year and im having trouble completing them as I have too big of a backlog

Am I the only one that thinks that this year was dull for us PC gamers? Sure it started of fine with Bioshock, Tomb Raider and Metro but then it staled off. Theres not much to anticipate either thats coming out reasonably soon, well maybe except for Bf4 and Watch dogs.

In other words, damn Im bored and want something fun to play :/

brodelin

A bad year?

No. No. No no no.

There has been a steady stream of good PC games throughout the year. Metro, Tomb Raider, CoH 2, Rising Storm, Bioshock Infinite, Rome 2, Arma 3, Payday 2 and SC Blacklist to name a few. 

I've put over 100 hours into CoH 2 between the beta and final release and I still play it pretty much daily, Relic are doing a great job of patching it and adding new maps. Same goes for Rising Storm (which imo is the best multiplayer FPS in ages). 

Only thing the year has lacked is RPG's, but next year we get TW3, DS2 and DA3 which all look promising. 

The only game that drew me away from my PC was TLOU which I found to be pretty overrated. We had better games in Metro Last Light and Tomb Raider. 

I've been out of the loop for years, so I'm catching up with all the old titles. It's going to take me a while to catch up. Just beat Tomb Raider today. That was a lot of fun.

The market is changing. Steam is trying to adapt. People are not buying computers like they use to. Consoles, tablets, smartphones and other low powered devices are taking over. Even Microsoft realizes this with the shift to their surface line.

I've put over 100 hours into CoH 2 between the beta and final release and I still play it pretty much daily, Relic are doing a great job of patching it and adding new maps. Same goes for Rising Storm (which imo is the best multiplayer FPS in ages). 

with_teeth26

Same here. I play it almost daily.

They got a lot of flak for the amount of DLC (skins and commanders) they put in the game. But the most important thing, maps, they continue to add for free. That's really awesome of them. And gives the game logevity.

I also got the new Theater of War pack for free because I preordered. 

I suppose this year hasn't released that much that I'm enthusiastic about but thats okay because I usually wait a year or two after release so I have yet to play borderlands 2, xcom enemy unknown and skyrim!