Best PC games of the 2000s? - Are we officially oldfags now?

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Stasi said:
Age of Mythology was awesome. Age of Empires 2 was 99 but the Conquerors came out in 2000 so I'm gona toss it into the mix too. The 2000s were a great time for RTS games. The entire genre seems to have died recently and I don't really know why.
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It's weird how it went from mid-late 90s and 2000s being fantastic with Command & Conquer/Red Alert, Total Annihilation, Starcraft Brood War, Red Alert 2, Tiberian Sun, Warcraft 2 and 3, the Age of Empires/Mythology series (at least until AoE III hit), Emperor: Battle for Dune, some of the best Total War games, Homeworld... into later dross like C&C3, Red Alert 3, Starcraft 2, the Warcraft 3 remake, later Total War fuckups...
 
The 2000s were a decent enough time for PC gaming. In no particular order:
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (I liked using the Nebelwerfer scene to test subwoofers, and so did every computer shop around ‘02)
  • No One Lives Forever 1 & 2
  • Max Payne 1 & 2
  • F.E.A.R.
  • Far Cry
  • Crysis
  • Hitman
  • Freedom Fighters
  • Company of Heroes
  • WH40K: Dawn of War
  • World in Conflict
  • American McGee’s Alice
  • Aliens vs Predator 2
  • Crimson Skies
  • Deus Ex
  • Earth 2150
  • Homeworld: Cataclysm and Homeworld 2
  • Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance, Black Knight, and Mercenaries
  • Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
  • Rayman 2
  • Septerra Core
  • Alpha Centauri
  • Tachyon: The Fringe
  • Return to Castle Wolfenstein
  • Battlefield 1942
  • Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
  • Half-Life 2
  • Mafia
  • Neverwinter Nights
  • Pharaoh
  • Red Faction
  • Soldiers of Anarchy
  • The Thing
  • Tribes 2
  • C&C Generals
  • Operation Flashpoint
  • ArmA
  • Psychonauts
  • Jade Empire
  • Mass Effect
  • Project: Snowblind
  • Serious Sam
  • Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, et cetera
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
  • Morrowind and Oblivion, obviously
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
  • GTA:SA
  • Fallout 3
  • Unreal Tournament 3
  • Tomb Raider: Legend
Actually, quite a lot of games worth playing.

And for a few semi-obscure ones, MDK2, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, and Armed & Dangerous. Planet Moon Studios died a lonely death ten years ago after making a fucking Disney adaptation game. They deserved much better.

Balr0g said:
Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War
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Dark Crusade kicked ass. Played the shit out of that on an Acer Ferrari.
 
probably mentioned already but some of my personal favorites...

VtM Bloodlines
Baldurs Gate 2
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights 2
Morrowind
Titan Quest
Diablo 2
Unreal Tournament 2004
 
TFW it took three pages for F.E.A.R to be mentioned, I'm so disappointed in you guys

Also Area 51 was the shit, I wish somebody could remake/remaster it so I can experience the glory of a double barreled SPAS-12 again. (And yes, you can dual wield and fire all 2/4 barrels at once.)
 
Oh, and also, of course, the CODs (already mentioned), SupCom, and Rise of Nations.


 
System Shock 2 and Mechwarrior 3 just missed the cutoff (released in 1999).

Morrowind was indubitably one of the best open-world games I've played. I remember wandering somewhere at night, and seeing the twin moons rise and being struck by how damn pretty it looked. If I didn't think Bethesda would fuck it up, I'd beg them for a graphical remaster.

While the original campaign of Neverwinter Nights was... less than ideal, the Aurora Engine's capabilities led to some absolutely fascinating stuff, like entire fan campaigns and even quasi-MMO settings.
 
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