Blizzard was already on fire with a string of fantastic expansions for World of Warcraft, and Legion managed to continue the trend, scoring high with gamers and critics alike. It raised the level cap from to , introduced the Demon Hunter class, and allowed gamers to explore the brand new Broken Isles. The expansion was praised for breathing new life into World of Warcraft after a few years of relative stagnation, despite its classic take on raiding and questing. Whatever Blizzard did, it worked.
Survival games took a much different approach with 's Subnautica, which changes up the landscape formula for an underwater ocean on an alien planet dubbed B. After crash landing on this new world, players must deal with all the threats it has to offer and carve out a living for themselves. The mixture of day and night cycle, numerous unlockable engrams and a host of different play modes makes Subnautica one of the most interesting and praised games in the survival genre.
Hook it up to VR, and the game takes on a whole new atmosphere. At first glance, Rimworld looks dated, but don't let the visuals fool you. This indie gem scored big with both critics and users for its excellent take on the sim game formula. Rimworld is a sci-fi romp with a big focus on storytelling, thanks to an AI system that simulates a number of different game mechanics to craft a narrative. The game was showered with praise for its endless replay value and addictive gameplay, which could be further enhanced through the use of thousands of community-made mods.
Such a deceptively simple-looking game hides one of the best sim engines ever crafted for a game of this type. It took forever to come out, but this fan-made, ground-up recreation of the original Half-Life finally saw an official release in March of , and it was well worth the wait. The level of detail and careful attention to game lore went a long way to selling Black Mesa as perhaps the most definitive edition of the O.
Half-Life ever put out. Much criticism was heaped upon the dev team for the years-long wait while they completed the alien Xen levels.
The final reveal, however, blew past audience expectations, and it remains the signature highlight of the game. Even Valve got behind this one, and for good reason. Although its sequel was ultimately ported to consoles, Civilization V can only be played on PC.
Few turn-based strategy games come close to matching the wealth of options and creativity present in Civilization V , even if the AI has aged a touch since the game's original release.
So far, this list has primarily featured well-known, albeit niche, games. Well, this one is a touch obscure. Stephen's Sausage Roll is a puzzle game about guiding a sausage over grids to reach a grill. The goal is to cook the ultimate sausage, which involves grilling the dog on four sides. Even if the premise is rather weak, Stephen's Sausage Roll is a fun and challenging puzzle game.
Quirky and addictive, this is one indie game worth seeking out. With 's Battle for Azeroth garnering quite a mixed reception, World of Warcraft is finally beginning to show its age.
Blizzard's legendary MMORPG has been around since and has taken over countless lives over the last 15 years, mainly thanks to fantastic expansions like 's Cataclysm. Cataclysm revamped WoW 's two main continents while adding over new quests.
An elegant, exciting experience set in feudal Japan, it was another success for Sucker Punch Productions, known for their Sly Cooper and inFamous games. It seems like this title may be heading to PC sometime soon, though there's not much in the way of solid evidence to support these claims. Hideo Kojima is one of the most respected game designers and storytellers in the video games medium, and the hype for Death Stranding was already monumental when it was announced.
The game was released in to generally favorable reviews, although, as commented on by ScreenRant , many did criticize the gameplay and story. PC fans were overjoyed when a Windows port was announced, which was released in July Though they've definitely aged over the years porting the unique control scheme to mouse and keyboard may prove difficult, PC players would nonetheless love to get a chance to experience this unique Sony series.
Released in , inFamous: Second Son was, in terms of visuals, particularly stunning, and it still looks excellent even compared to today's standards. Sucker Punch Studios recently released Ghost of Tsushima , and, if Sony is planning on releasing a sequel for the inFamous series, what better way to create hype for the series than by releasing a PC port for one of the best games in the series?
Developed by Team Ninja, the studio best known for the Dead or Alive franchise, Nioh paired the then-emerging souls-like genre with far-eastern imagery long before FromSoft's Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice hit the scene. Much like the original, Nioh 2 originally debuted as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in March of before making the jump to PC about a year later.
Given that Nioh isn't intrinsically linked to the PlayStation franchise, the port seemed inevitable. Though it wasn't the fabled Bloodborne for which PC fans have long been clamoring, it was a serviceable replacement. Days Gone was released as a console exclusive for the PS4 in after multiple delays. Set two years after the start of a global zombie outbreak, the story features Deacon St.
John, an everyman on a quest to find his wife in a post-apocalyptic society. Even though the game received mixed reviews on PlayStation, it fared much more favorably on PC. Grabbing and throwing objects with the new Gravity Gloves feels fantastic, and trying to stay quiet so a blind, unstoppable monster doesn't hear you makes you hesitate to even close a cupboard door.
Exploring City 17 feels incredible through a headset, from the moment you see a Strider towering above the city's rooftops in the first few minutes of the game to the moment you begin a mind-bending trek near the end I won't spoil here. Alyx quickly becomes an essential part of the Half-Life universe, even if you think you know how it all ends. It's undoubtedly his most surreal, trippy game, and this remaster of the original Gamecube and PS2 classic updates it for PC, complete with higher resolution options and mouse-and-keyboard aiming, making it the best way to experience this strange masterpiece in XCOM: Chimera Squad is a smaller entry in the series that focuses on a single squad of fleshed-out characters rather than a platoon of random soldiers and offers a few twists on the intense XCOM firefights we're familiar with, like a back-and-forth turn order, breaches that give you a chance to whittle down enemy squads from the jump, and special abilities that give each member of your squad a special role in fights.
Disco Elysium eschews the fantasy trappings, combat-oriented encounters, and easy morality that underpin a lot of RPGs and instead lets you tell a story that truly feels your own. As an alcoholic detective hitting rock-bottom just as he's assigned a major murder case, you explore a city block in the middle of a conflicted territory recovering from a political revolution.
The conversations you have with various denizens around Revachol have you re-litigating the city's tumultuous past, putting together a dance club in the middle of a church, and delivering heartbreaking news to unsuspecting families as you come to terms with who you were before your last bender.
It's a long journey with twists that flip from pensive to laugh-out-loud funny to solemn on a dime while somehow telling a consistent, powerful story along the way--something I can't say about many other games. Disco Elysium is planned to release on consoles later this year, but for now, you can only enjoy this incredible narrative experience on PC. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to spend much more time indoors and distance themselves from friends and family, so finding ways to stay connected while apart has become crucial.
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