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    Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

    • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
    • BattleField 2
    • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
    • Half-Life 2

    The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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      Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

      • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
      • BattleField 2
      • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
      • Half-Life 2

      The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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      Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Playing though the campaigns right now. Highly recommended. Supreme Commander is an awesome new RTS if you like controlling massive groups of units.

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        Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Playing though the campaigns right now. Highly recommended. Supreme Commander is an awesome new RTS if you like controlling massive groups of units.

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        Thanks, might look into Supreme Commander, but was looking originally for a FPS like game.

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          Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

          • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
          • BattleField 2
          • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
          • Half-Life 2

          The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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          I have been playing C&C 3 and I love it. I just wish I could crank up those graphics settings to the max, that would be cool. Have you ever played Morrowind? That game is very fun. I recommend you get Morrowind 4: Oblivion. I have seen screen shots and its graphics are spectacular. It also has better AI that makes the game's characters seem more realistic. I have Battlefield 1942 and it is very fun and addictive. I haven't played Battlefield 2 but if it is anything like 1942 then I would recommend it. If you are a fan of C&C then you may also be interested in getting Company of Heroes. I have it and it is a pretty good game. If you just want a mindless game get Morrowind and Battlefield in that order.

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            Thanks, might look into Supreme Commander, but was looking originally for a FPS like game.

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            Haven't played it myself, but friends have said RainbowSix Vegas is very good.

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              Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

              • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
              • BattleField 2
              • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
              • Half-Life 2

              The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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              I haven't kept up with games since Half-Life, which I still think is one of the best FPS games around (but hey, I'm showing my age). Why not head over to GameSpot and/or File Planet and read some reviews on the latest FPS ... just a thought. I'll ask my Son, who is a huge "gamer" and see what he recommends.


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                Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

                • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
                • BattleField 2
                • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
                • Half-Life 2

                The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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                If you like BatteField and like Star Wars, I'd recommend "Star Wars BattleFront". Just like BattleField. I also liked so much Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic I & II. Although, those are Role Play Games. Also, Star Wars Republic Commando is good.

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                  Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

                  • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
                  • BattleField 2
                  • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
                  • Half-Life 2

                  The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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                  FEAR because everyone loves slow motion, horror, and shotguns. Plus the office stages usually remind people of their own office. Except you can deal with the paper jam in the copier machine with a frag grenade instead of just throwing it off the roof into the nearest dumpster. :) Not... that I ever did that... . . . . . . and miss... . . . . . . and hit the boss's car....

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                    Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

                    • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
                    • BattleField 2
                    • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
                    • Half-Life 2

                    The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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                    I greatly enjoyed Half Life 2. I tried the demo for Battlefield 2 and didn't like it. I could never get into Splinter Cell or Ghost Recon. World of Warcraft can consume every waking hour. C&C 3 is on my short list--have played all the rest except Generals. For shear fun, grab No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2. Graphics are a bit dated, but the games, especially the first, are a blast.

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                      Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

                      • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
                      • BattleField 2
                      • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
                      • Half-Life 2

                      The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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                      Assuming that you aren't a hard-core gamer in the past being a programmer,: I'd suggest Americas Army both 2.6 and 2.8. Those can be ran very fast on slow machines and doesn't take much resources... 2.8 can be as big as 2 GB though. It's the most realistic game there is for FPS (seeing that United States Army developed it). It's not a huge graphics intense game, but fun and addictive. It's more of team-role and reverse-psychology as you try to think of where the opponent's gonna go and things like that... Also, you have level ranks, and that formal stuff... As for Battlefield 1942, don't get the real version... Real version is too bureaucratic with Punkbuster and everything. (AA has punkbuster, but it's little different). instead get BF1942 DEMO. You can TK, you can do just about anything to relieve your stress... Some DEMO servers have great mods. also for the real version, most servers won't have the version your client-side game has... It took me about 20 min just to find a server that was compatible while DEMO takes about one or two seconds. Both BF1942 and Americas Army is not too graphics intensive but fun and addictive. A Two thumbs up from me. Keehun

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                        Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

                        • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
                        • BattleField 2
                        • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
                        • Half-Life 2

                        The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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                        Go for half-life 2, its a great game and yet not too mindless to get you bored.

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                          Well as some of you may know I'll be spending 4 weeks in isolation in Cardiff hospital for a stem cell transplant.  This is a bit of extra treatment for the cancer I had since it was a very rare form. Back onto the point, just before I leave for the States (and that's just before I go into hospital) it's my birthday.  My sister has decided to give me C&C3 and Mum's sister was asking if there was a game or something that I'd like to wile away the hours in the hospital. Since the intellectual side of things is taken care of, with programming :rolleyes:.  The strategy side of things with C&C3 I was thinking of something mindless (FPS violence really) as the other game.  Current thoughts are:

                          • Splinter Cell (whatever the latest one was called)
                          • BattleField 2
                          • Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
                          • Half-Life 2

                          The PC I'll hopefully have access to will be an AMD Athlon 64 X2 with 2GHz cores, 2GB RAM and a 320MB nVidia 8800GTS (dual monitors although I suspect I'll only be allowed one). A friend has highly recommended Splinter Cell & BattleField 2 (in that order).  I'd heard some good stuff on GRAW but this friend wasn't so sure and HL2 is well HL2. Any other suggestions are welcome, but already have, and completed: GTA I to San Andreas, Black Hawk Down, Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Ghost Recon, Star Wars something or other.  Medal of Honour: Allied Assault, Red Alert 2, StarCraft, Tomb Raider (last 2 or 3), and Age of Empires (as well as a couple of others). Ideally it'd have a good set of single player missions as I don't think I can abuse the hospital connection too much :sigh: but reasonable multi-player too for afterwards when it's completed (the thing I like most about the GTA series, plus the fact you can mod them easily). Well that was more long-winded than I'd planned.

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                          jiri
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                          I would suggest Call of Duty series. It's cheap nowadays and there's plenty of MP server all over the world. I'm hooked on CoD2 actually :cool: If you like MOHAA, you'll love CoD.

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                            I have been playing C&C 3 and I love it. I just wish I could crank up those graphics settings to the max, that would be cool. Have you ever played Morrowind? That game is very fun. I recommend you get Morrowind 4: Oblivion. I have seen screen shots and its graphics are spectacular. It also has better AI that makes the game's characters seem more realistic. I have Battlefield 1942 and it is very fun and addictive. I haven't played Battlefield 2 but if it is anything like 1942 then I would recommend it. If you are a fan of C&C then you may also be interested in getting Company of Heroes. I have it and it is a pretty good game. If you just want a mindless game get Morrowind and Battlefield in that order.

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                            Peter Mulholland
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                            I know you're looking for a FPS, but I'd recommend Sudden Strike or Sudden Strike II. It's a WW2 game like age of empires but no resource gathering. I think it's one of the best games I've played.

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                              Haven't played it myself, but friends have said RainbowSix Vegas is very good.

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                              I've played the Six3: RavenShield and that's good, I especially like that you can do Co-op missions on a PC with someone else.  Perhaps I'll actually complete it this time properly when I have access to a faster computer (the last time I played it it was bare minimum specs).

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                                I have been playing C&C 3 and I love it. I just wish I could crank up those graphics settings to the max, that would be cool. Have you ever played Morrowind? That game is very fun. I recommend you get Morrowind 4: Oblivion. I have seen screen shots and its graphics are spectacular. It also has better AI that makes the game's characters seem more realistic. I have Battlefield 1942 and it is very fun and addictive. I haven't played Battlefield 2 but if it is anything like 1942 then I would recommend it. If you are a fan of C&C then you may also be interested in getting Company of Heroes. I have it and it is a pretty good game. If you just want a mindless game get Morrowind and Battlefield in that order.

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                                Captain See Sharp wrote:

                                Morrowind

                                Thanks for the suggestion but I'm not really into those sort of fantasy games.  Nice to have the recommendation for Battlefield.

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                                  I haven't kept up with games since Half-Life, which I still think is one of the best FPS games around (but hey, I'm showing my age). Why not head over to GameSpot and/or File Planet and read some reviews on the latest FPS ... just a thought. I'll ask my Son, who is a huge "gamer" and see what he recommends.


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                                  Ed Poore
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                                  I agree HL was an awesome FPS.  I had a look on GameSpy but I'll head over to GameSpot for some reviews. Hearing what your son says would be great since I also haven't kept up with games that much, the latest I've played since Half Life was San Andreas and that was an easy choice because the other games were so good.  And San Andreas is so much better, the map is bloody huge :omg:

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                                  • S Sho_Asylumn

                                    FEAR because everyone loves slow motion, horror, and shotguns. Plus the office stages usually remind people of their own office. Except you can deal with the paper jam in the copier machine with a frag grenade instead of just throwing it off the roof into the nearest dumpster. :) Not... that I ever did that... . . . . . . and miss... . . . . . . and hit the boss's car....

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                                    Sho_Asylumn wrote:

                                    and hit the boss's car....

                                    Well, that wouldn't be good, considering I'm my own boss.  But then again a frag-grenande hitting my "car" wouldn't do much to it since it's a Series III in the process of being rebuilt onto a new chassis so it's already lying in pieces all over the barn.

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                                    • J Joe Woodbury

                                      I greatly enjoyed Half Life 2. I tried the demo for Battlefield 2 and didn't like it. I could never get into Splinter Cell or Ghost Recon. World of Warcraft can consume every waking hour. C&C 3 is on my short list--have played all the rest except Generals. For shear fun, grab No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2. Graphics are a bit dated, but the games, especially the first, are a blast.

                                      Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

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                                      So is Half Life 2 much better than Half-Life, or haven't you played the first edition?  I've got to say the main reason I got into Ghost Recon was a friend brought it over and we played multiplayer on the LAN against each other and in co-op modes.  My sister joined in and that was good fun, picking on her, since she was in a different room. But the best bit was building our own guns, he (my friend) designed one with such a high-rate of fire (he like's those kinds of guns) that it actually froze the game for 5 minutes while all three computers tried to play the sound of half a million rounds going off in 3 seconds. :doh:

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                                        Assuming that you aren't a hard-core gamer in the past being a programmer,: I'd suggest Americas Army both 2.6 and 2.8. Those can be ran very fast on slow machines and doesn't take much resources... 2.8 can be as big as 2 GB though. It's the most realistic game there is for FPS (seeing that United States Army developed it). It's not a huge graphics intense game, but fun and addictive. It's more of team-role and reverse-psychology as you try to think of where the opponent's gonna go and things like that... Also, you have level ranks, and that formal stuff... As for Battlefield 1942, don't get the real version... Real version is too bureaucratic with Punkbuster and everything. (AA has punkbuster, but it's little different). instead get BF1942 DEMO. You can TK, you can do just about anything to relieve your stress... Some DEMO servers have great mods. also for the real version, most servers won't have the version your client-side game has... It took me about 20 min just to find a server that was compatible while DEMO takes about one or two seconds. Both BF1942 and Americas Army is not too graphics intensive but fun and addictive. A Two thumbs up from me. Keehun

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                                        (seeing that United States Army developed it).

                                        Oops, wrong thing to say to a Welsh person :-D

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                                        • S Steve McLenithan

                                          Haven't played it myself, but friends have said RainbowSix Vegas is very good.

                                          Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

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                                          Can't believe that no-one has suggested nethack yet...

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