One of last year's standout gaming stories was the rise of indie hits, proving that while game dev budgets balloon, spectacle matters less than how fun a game is to play.
The Best PC Games (You Should Be Playing)
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Tainted Grail massively overlooked this year. One of the best RPGs in recent years, with an expansion coming out today. Very positive ratings on Steam.
If you thought Oblivion Remastered was decent, Tainted Grail will be vastly better. This game took many people by surprise.
Overall, many good games in 2025.
If you thought Oblivion Remastered was decent, Tainted Grail will be vastly better. This game took many people by surprise.
Overall, many good games in 2025.
yRaz
Posts: 9,301 +16,358
Solid list, Warhammer rogue trader needs to be on it, though. It's an incredibly unique experience and I have almost 200 hours in it.
Arc Raiders may include some PvE, but it is ABSOLUTELY a PvP first game. Avoid this game if that is a concern. It will be extremely rare to not interact with people and it will be about a 70/30 on if they just attack you on sight or not. Singles is the safest play style. If you go in with a group of three, expect on PvP. EVERYONE will shoot on sight, camp exotic objectives or ambush you at extraction. It's a toxic PvP and it's a gods damned joke.
Billybobjoey
Posts: 276 +429
Dispatch was great, it'll probably be in my top 5 games I played this year. Didn't realize how much I missed the Telltale formula until I didn't play any since before the original studio went under.
Theinsanegamer
Posts: 8,740 +17,809
I will neve runderstand why people buy PvP games then cry that PvP happens.
RT came out 2 years ago. It's a good game, but its also a buggy experience and that does detract from its success somewhat.
yRaz
Posts: 9,301 +16,358
I'm gaming on Linux and I haven't seen any bugs. Considering that I'm using proton to play it, I'd argue that I'm more likely to experience bugs than someone playing it natively. I would have all the native bugs and the bugs from proton on top of it. It's also still actively supported by the developer and getting new content. I feel that 40K:RT fills a niche and that more people should be playing it. Although, I have seen people call it a book that's a game. I see that as a positive, not a negative
RudyBob
Posts: 2,668 +2,973
I only see two types of games here.
"brutal reimagining of id Software's modern Doom formula" Brutal? Reimagining ? I swear people don't think before they write.
"brutal reimagining of id Software's modern Doom formula" Brutal? Reimagining ? I swear people don't think before they write.
m4a4
Posts: 4,428 +6,619
HD2 is still a great game to co-op with friends. Content has been a bit slow as they fix their tech debt, but that shouldn't last toooo much longer (I hope).
Will be playing Dispatch and E33 this Christmas.
Dying Light The Beast I am hesitant to try because DL2 was such a wet fart. I didn't even finish it, got 2/3rds of the way through and uninstalled because it just wasn't worth it (among other things, the story was really dumb). I do have access to it for free, so maybe I'll see if this one is better.
Silksong is a "do I want to play a hardcore platformer over my break?" type of thing. I'd probably like it, but maybe later.
Ball X Pit I didn't care for. The loop was slower and more repetitive than I liked. And I typically do like a good rogue-lite game.
KCD2 isn't worth it for me (even with mods). I hate cheap deaths that lead to me needlessly replaying segments I already went through, and considering they kept the limited saves for this one too, not worth giving them my money. I remember losing hours of progress with a cheap death in the first one, it was a quick uninstall after that.
Not sure why Doom is mentioned, wasn't it by far the weakest of the recent 3 along with an obvious softening of the brutal tone?
Will be playing Dispatch and E33 this Christmas.
Dying Light The Beast I am hesitant to try because DL2 was such a wet fart. I didn't even finish it, got 2/3rds of the way through and uninstalled because it just wasn't worth it (among other things, the story was really dumb). I do have access to it for free, so maybe I'll see if this one is better.
Silksong is a "do I want to play a hardcore platformer over my break?" type of thing. I'd probably like it, but maybe later.
Ball X Pit I didn't care for. The loop was slower and more repetitive than I liked. And I typically do like a good rogue-lite game.
KCD2 isn't worth it for me (even with mods). I hate cheap deaths that lead to me needlessly replaying segments I already went through, and considering they kept the limited saves for this one too, not worth giving them my money. I remember losing hours of progress with a cheap death in the first one, it was a quick uninstall after that.
Not sure why Doom is mentioned, wasn't it by far the weakest of the recent 3 along with an obvious softening of the brutal tone?
MakeMSGreatAgain
Posts: 338 +304
Megalomaniac
Posts: 1,146 +1,219
I miss Battlefield and Call of Duty when they were Honest.
America vs. China.
America vs. Jihadists
America vs. Russia.
Crysis: America vs. North Koreans.
Now everyone's avatars look the same and they enjoy equal weaponry.
Since when can "the terrorists" call in B2 strikes and EMP attacks???
These games now suck because they're not truthful.
If I was making games, I'd make a game that we actually want and then I'd quickly be bought out by EA which would completely run my product into the ground.
I do appreciate Cyberpunk (PC version) for not pulling any punches.
America vs. China.
America vs. Jihadists
America vs. Russia.
Crysis: America vs. North Koreans.
Now everyone's avatars look the same and they enjoy equal weaponry.
Since when can "the terrorists" call in B2 strikes and EMP attacks???
These games now suck because they're not truthful.
If I was making games, I'd make a game that we actually want and then I'd quickly be bought out by EA which would completely run my product into the ground.
I do appreciate Cyberpunk (PC version) for not pulling any punches.
Space Marine 2 is still my favorite. The gorgeous graphics, animations, customizations, 40k world brought to life, music, voice acting, PvE missions for constant replayability, awesome developer support and monthly updates continue to make it my fav.
And for us computer geeks its state of the art game engine pushes CPUs to the limit w/ it's horde animations in addition to pushing the GPU to use 16gb of RAM (those gorgeous 4k textures!). It's an excellent system stress-tester that'll utilize all the resources of a modern PC.
And for us computer geeks its state of the art game engine pushes CPUs to the limit w/ it's horde animations in addition to pushing the GPU to use 16gb of RAM (those gorgeous 4k textures!). It's an excellent system stress-tester that'll utilize all the resources of a modern PC.
Battlefield 6 massive maps? Ummm no not really at all.
Gravitytr1
Posts: 230 +137
This list is atrocious. Techspot usually has great pieces but this by far is the worst and I'm getting LLM flashbacks.
So many points that I should mention, but too many also. For example, anyone who has played any original BFs early realize BF6 is in no shape a "return to form", it's literally the opposite. That quote was taken from EA marketing, a straight copy paste.
A bunch of similar rusting away "AAA" games and marketing quotes. The dispatch section was copied from or written by a hormonal redditor.
Massive BF6 maps? More evidence of LLM involvement.
I can write a short book about this mess of an article. I hope this filler type of work won't continue.
So many points that I should mention, but too many also. For example, anyone who has played any original BFs early realize BF6 is in no shape a "return to form", it's literally the opposite. That quote was taken from EA marketing, a straight copy paste.
A bunch of similar rusting away "AAA" games and marketing quotes. The dispatch section was copied from or written by a hormonal redditor.
Massive BF6 maps? More evidence of LLM involvement.
I can write a short book about this mess of an article. I hope this filler type of work won't continue.
No. OW2 is ever worse than OW1. Only questionable pick in this list.
Jeff Murray
Posts: 31 +18
The last 3 generations don't realize you can vote in Socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.
Weird you'd say that as the matchmaking now matches up PvPers with other PvPers.
My experience with Arc Raiders is (crossplay off on PC)... normal. Some players think it's a PvP game, others play it for PvE. The truth is you can largely avoid PvE.
But, with absolute certainty, I can say it is far less toxic than any other game that I am aware that has PvP. 185 hours and counting.
I'm happy to say I have the achievement for using a defibrillator on a random raider and for being thanked 10 times for something I've done. something less than 25% of players on Steam have. I don't know how our experience is so different in the same game. Just today, I exchanged a "don't shoot" with someone and they killed me as I was stopping the fan/calling security, to extract. Another time, I had someone jump down into extraction as a rocketeer was shooting me, to finish me off, in extraction. In buried city, I had alerted a snitch and was hiding in an attic, when a raider ran past the Arc to attack me while I was hiding. It's as though we're playing different games. I now exclusively take free loadouts as I don't even bother shooting back any more. I'm sure they look at my scraps after killing me and don't even take anything.
DonquixoteIII
Posts: 205 +136
@TechSpotStaff... I don't like being 'that one', but your subtitles are always a bit offensive. 'You Should Be Playing....' 'How dare you presume to know what I want?' is always my first thought, followed up with.... 'A******s'
As far as your lists go, seldom do you have anything that interests me. I always look, you just never know. However, the user comments sometimes have nuggets of insight that are worth looking into, far more often than your lists I am afraid.
As far as your lists go, seldom do you have anything that interests me. I always look, you just never know. However, the user comments sometimes have nuggets of insight that are worth looking into, far more often than your lists I am afraid.
DonquixoteIII
Posts: 205 +136
There are those that like sarcasm, then there are the others. Or satire, if you prefer...
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