Modern PC game Racketboy-styled guides?

[Erik_Twice]

Flex, please let XCOM into your heart.

He's an heretic! He doesn't profess the love for the REAL XCOM, don't believe the lies of false prophets!

[fastbilly1]

A buddy of mine had one. I was super skeptical going in, being myopic and all. But Sonicretard spoke so highly about it. So I wore my contacts and at first I was underwhelmed. I gave the roller coaster and other demos a go, not impressed. It was neat, but silly. But then I sat in his racing setup, fired up Assetto Corsa, and I was blown away. Playing any simulator with it, that is supported, will be amazing. I was racing around Silverstone (a British track) and could look out over the wheels of my Lotus Type 98T and could see the suspension moving. I could crane my neck around and look behind me. Screw multiple monitors, that is the way to play simulators. I was sold enough on it that I thought about selling my Vectrex 3d Imager that night to pay for two, but before I could I got it tied up in a deal for a pinball machine.

I do not believe it is the future of all gaming, but it is pretty amazing.

But to get back on topic. Regardless of games you like, give Monaco a lookup.

[dogman91]

Those graphics do look pretty amazing. I suppose it's good for eye candy if nothing else. Reminds me of Project CARS http://www.projectcarsgame.com/

In terms of genres I like; platformers, third person action/adventure, and RPGs (of all types) are probably be the main three.
There's also RTS and other simulation games like SimCity 4 that I really enjoy. I do like FPS, but my experience in that is basically Goldeneye 007 and Wolfenstein 3D (a bit of Metroid Prime too).

I'm surprised with the praise surrounding Oculus Rift. I thought for sure it would be another thing to lump in the "motion-control gimmick" pile.

[fastbilly1]

Off the top of my head
Platformers:
Dustforce
Braid
Fez
Battle Block Theater
Great Giani Sisters Twisted
Spelunky
Trine 1&2 - if you can play coop
Type Rider

RTS:
Planetary Annihilation

[noiseredux]

Platformers:

Shovel Knight !

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Man there is so much. I think I'll cast my vote for Team Fortress 2 since it's free and very very fun. It's a bit old so it wont exactly flex the GPU muscles but that's okay. Still quite nice to look at.

XCOM and Planetary Annihilation are both excellent choices for strategy games.

[ZeroAX]

Platformers:

Shovel Knight !

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