Best Singleplayer

OK, so my gaming computer is gettin messed up, and I might be without an internet connection for a little while, and well, I'm just too damn bored without being able to play my games on line. I'm wondering if you guys can tell me what PC games have the best singleplayer options. Ya know-Good story, long campain, good AI, etc. Also, If you can keep the suggestions under a MATURE rating (It SUCKS being 13 with strict parents).

THANKS!

Picked up Sid Meier#s Pirates! over Christmas for a bargain but only got round to playing over the last week, but couldn't recommend it enough. Excellent gameplay, lengthy campaign and fits your age restrictions.

Plus, it's dirt cheap.  :)

You're in some trouble if you can't download mods...since that means you probably can't download patches, too.  A great single player game that is stable out of the box, isn't "M" rated and appeals to your taste?

What about sports games?  If you like TBS or RTS games there are a lot to choose from (though not being able to dl patches will suck).

Far Cry

Doom 3

Quake 4

HL2

F.E.A.R

Company of Heroes

 Sport games

Rise Of Nations : Rise of Legends 

Star Wars, Knights of the Old Republic.  Get it.  Over 100 hours of Star Wars RPG awesomeness from Bioware.  Amazing Story.  Oh, and its dirt cheap!!!  Get it.  If you want a shooter, there's not much out there for you unless you want a shorter game like freedom fighters or something like that.  Or Age of Empires 2, Civ4, or Roller Coaster Tycoon, the original.  It is such an amazing game.  I love it!!!

Far Cry

 

Doom 3

 

Quake 4

 

HL2

 

F.E.A.R

 

Company of Heroes

 

 Sport games

Rise Of Nations : Rise of Legends 

Phob0s

There are some ignorant fools on these forums....DOUBLY ignorant considering it's been said twice.

Supreme Commander, Black and White 2, Black and White, Armed Assault,

Man glad I don't have that problem.

Supreme Commander, Black and White 2, Black and White, Armed Assault,

Man glad I don't have that problem.

 

Allan225

Also foregot Medieval 2 Total War good game(:

Ya Know, I would but its rated MATURE. Damn ESRB.gamerwiz09

Just tell your parents its an Orwellian Scince fiction story where you play a physicist.

Far Cry

 

Doom 3

 

Quake 4

 

HL2

 

F.E.A.R

 

Company of Heroes

 

Sport games

Rise Of Nations : Rise of Legends

Phob0s

almost all of those are rated M.:o

I'm 13 too and I don't have an internet connection on my gaming computer, so I feel you pain.

I worked so hard for my compy and there's no internet, bummer.

Call of Duty 1-2 are good

Starcraft is awesome

Warcraft III, Red Alert 2, C&C Generals, etc.

Try some SimCities, if you like those type of games.

How could you be typing on here without an internet connection? :lol:explicthangnail

I'm typing on my dad's comp;)

and my parent's won't let my have dial up on mine. I'm fine with it though, I have plenty of games that I've collected over the years:

Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge, Tiberian Sun: Firestorm, Starcraft: Brood War, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne,

C&C Generals: Zero Hour, Caesar III, Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, Halo, Call of Duty 2

Myth: The Fallen Lords, Company of Heroes, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, Age of Empires II: The Conquerers, Age of Empires III

Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome, Renegade, etc. 

:D

I've been buying M-rated games since I was 12. Just don't go to walmart or target - when they scan an M-rated game something automatically pops up on their screens and they will notice/card you - go to a used store and tell your parents or whoever takes you that you want to try being older and buy something without your parents hovering - approach this in a mature way and as a suggestion or in the middle of another conversation and they should understand. last, walk into the store and act confident - dont wear a pokemon tshirt or 8-inch white socks and skater shoes - pick up the game without looking at the back, walk up and hand it to the guy and ignore him as he looks at you - pull out your money and act like you're paying for it regardless of your appearance. also, don't have a yellow and red velcro wallet. and hide the game in an intelligent spot in your house - not in cliched spots like under your pillow and if your parents find it say some kid at school lent it to you and sound positive about why it's rated M - "some language," "the main character smokes cigarettes."

If you can't pull this off with that much information, you are clearly lacking in the intelligence department.

I second Knights of Old republic and No One lives forever games. You can also try Prince of Persia: Two Thrones, Star Wars: Empire at War, Spellforce 1&2, Neverwinter nights2, and Dragonshard.

but, to me personally, in singlelayer compagin, nothing can touch Baldur's Gate 2 + Throne of Bhaal expension (really, really long and huge in scale if you explore every possibilities), followed by Planescape: Torment (shorter, smaller in scale). but, these two might be too ancient for you; especially without internet connection, you'll have tough time to get proper patches for BG2.    

Hey, I'm Back...this thing is turning into an "How to get around your parents and buy an M-Rated game," topic. You guys make it sound so easy, but unless I some how happen to be at a friends or something, and they want to stop by best buy, its kinda hard for me to get to a store, get in without my mom/dad coming in with me, buy the game, and go home without them finding out what I got. And like I said before, even If I did manage to get a hold of an M-rated game, my parents would probably see it-they usually stop in the room every now and then just to see what I'm doin.

Thanks for all the suggestions though...I'm not big into RTS campaigns and stories, thats why having an internet connection sucks so much...playing a EAW or BFMEII, or C&C3 campaign just gets to boring...I need to play how I want, against real ppl and with real ppl, which to me is what makes it so much fun. Of course, the exception is with FPS...cause they got plenty of action, and decent storylines, with tough AI. But multiplayer is still the best part of any game...probly why I love the Battlefield games so much.

Anyway, I've been talking to my parents recently, about getting an M-rated game. Both of them don't like the idea. Anyone else find this odd? I mean, most of my friends either 1.) Have parents that don't care what games they play. or 2.) Have at least a DAD that doesn't care, because they like the idea of virtually yet realisticly blowing ppl up just as much as a 14 yr old. And if they go to a store with the mom, she'll say no. But if they go with the dad, he'll say yes.

The good thing is, later today, I'm having a GeekSquad guy come by and take a look at the setup, and see if he can fix anything. I didn't explain my problem completely, but I have some free time so WTH. My computer, use to work...it gets the internet wirelessly from my moms comp, which is the family computer. this was like 2 months ago. then see decided she wanted to get a new one (It was a pretty crappy computer). And it was right around the time vista came out. So she got a brand new comp with vista...its a dell, so is mine, and I set it up. I'm pretty sure I hooked everything up right, but ever since she got that new computer, I haven't been able to get my computer on the internet. It sucks, it really does.

But any way, Thanks ya'll...keep posting if ya got any more suggestions, or if you have any ways to convince my parents...even if I get my comp back online, I'd still like to be able to play some M-rated games.

I hear Civ IV is awesomethe_sandwich

FarCry !

opps ! ....sorry, didn't see your disclaimer about 'M' Rated games.

If your into RTS games try Command & Conquer : Tiberium Wars (rated  T )

Hey Everbody!!! I'm back!!!

Guess what? My internets back on! That visit from GeekSquad was worth ever one of my mom's pennies!

Thanks though for all of your suggestions!

[QUOTE="the_sandwich"]I hear Civ IV is awesomeADG_

Civ IV is a matter of taste, imo. A lot of people, including me, find it bloated and unintuitive, while some simply love it.

Hey Everbody!!! I'm back!!!

Guess what? My internets back on! That visit from GeekSquad was worth ever one of my mom's pennies!

Thanks though for all of your suggestions!

gamerwiz09

I would have come over and fixed it for half the price ;)

you sure have strict parents, i have been playing gta 3 since im 10-11

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is rated teen, and IMO its much better than Oblivion (although I really needs mods to get the most out of it). Oblivion did several things better than Morrowind, but Morrowind overall was a MUCH better game IMO than Oblivion, simply because it had more depth, diversity, and personality.KorJax

I prefer Oblivion, but I must admit that somehow, some way, Morrowind has this amazing and weird 'sense' and 'feeling' and 'emotion' in it when you play. It feels like you have so much freedom, and it's made well, and it's just enjoyable to play in such an unexplicable way. 

Thats the personality and depth I was referring to :P

Sure, Oblivion's combat is more refined, and alot more features/graphics are alittle more polished than what they were in morrowind, but Morrowind simply had more personality and there was just more to do with more options.

Thats the personality and depth I was referring to :P

Sure, Oblivion's combat is more refined, and alot more features/graphics are alittle more polished than what they were in morrowind, but Morrowind simply had more personality and there was just more to do with more options.

KorJax

There was definitely more to do, more types of weapons, more of a lot of things, and it was extremely customizable and such, but Oblivion was much more complex in terms of dialogue options, NPC/PC interaction in general was waaaay way better, I guess that's why I appreciate it more. Plus great graphics just looks cool :p 

Diolouge Options?  Yeah right, thats one of Oblivion's downfalls compaired to Morrowind.  In morrowind, each NPC in the game had 12+ or so topics you could get information about (and we are talking plenty of info here, like full paragraph, if not more, of information reguarding a back-story, the lore, or a quest).  Oblivion only has 2-4 topics per NPC,  and most of them dont really give you much info or backstory on anything.  Much less is given to you also per topic, like usually a topic will only last 1-2 sentances long with the NPC's in Oblivion, partyly because of the horrid compass system that walks you through every quest in the game instead of you actually having to follow directions given by an NPC in Morrowind.

Now, Oblivion DOES have better NPC AI than morrowind, which had no AI sceuduals at all for thier NPC's.  Although to compensaite for this you could download the Atmospheric Sound Effects mod and the Living Cities of Vvardenfel mod for Morrowind, which simulated NPC's appearing in shops and taverns and such. 

The dialogue in Morrowind just gave me a sense of it was.. written in a game, really..

In Oblivion it really felt like I was talking to people with personalities. Morrowind gave me this lonely feel, whether I was in the city talking to people or not. I love the open-ness of it in general, but in Oblivion I loved the way I could fight in a dungeon, and feel the intensity if it was a tougher battle, and feel like something might creep behind you, or sneak up on you, and then you can head to the city and feel relief from it, like you're in a safe little town full of people. Morrowind always felt like I was the only real person. Maybe it's not the dialogue options, but the way the dialogue is represented or something

It's the difference of playing an amazingly deep, open, brilliant 'game', or playing a decent game with a brilliant sense of immersion for a game. Not really like 'being into' the story like most immersive games, but Oblivion's immersion is unique, and deep in the simpler things, like just walking around and talking about nothing with NPCs that don't feel as much like NPCs. It could just be from the graphics and sound quality that affects you subconsciously that gives you a different feel. That's why, as much as I personally don't care that much for graphics, at least to the point that you can easily find the best games of all time with horrible graphics, but good graphics is definitely worth more to me than just 'looks'. It definitely gives a better sense of being there.