Top 50 PC games of all time. 20-11.

20. Quake (1996)
-developer: ID Software

Doom might have been the father of all FPS but it was another ID Software game that will define online death matches for future FPS. Quake was released when internet was just coming onto its own, it quickly garnered popularity as many people started to play the game competitively over the internet. It is hard to imagine this now but the game rely on fast paced action and precise controls but was played on somewhat primitive 32k and now many people even had internet back then. Never the less enough people got the thrill of killing enemies that were controlled by real life opponents rather than the same old bots and thus the internet ownage and trash talking have started.


19. Dragon Age Origins (2009)
-developer: Bioware

Touted by Bioware as the spiritual successor to perhaps one of the greatest and most beloved RPG of all time, Dragon Age had high expectations and big shoes to fill when it was announced. And Bioware did not disappoint as it was almost everything any cRPG fans would ever wanted. Now it might not be as big, expensive and rich as some of Bioware's older games but we live in a time where games are all about graphics and little about game play. Bioware gave us a little taste of what they are still capable of in Dragon Age. Even though you could say Dragon Age was merely a fraction of what Baldur's Gate 2 was but I will still gladly take this game over majority of the games out today.


18. Deus Ex (2000)
-developer: Ion Storm Inc.

Besides the fact you can not pronounce this games name there are several things about this that was out of the ordinary when it came out in 2000. It was one of the few FPS/RPG hybrid and it was so well done through out the whole game you do not feel like you were playing a game but rather going through an epic experience. Its an action packed game unlike many RPGs at time which were slow paced and were rigorous in combat. And then the story, puzzles, interactions and the choices you can make easily rivals the best RPGs out there.


17. EverQuest (1999)
-developer: Sony

EverQuest was the first truly Massive MMORPG on the market, it had massive worlds, massive raid encounters, massive player community and massive amount of contents. The technology part of the game at the time was quite impressive as the game was first real main stream MMO that you could play. And it also was the first real addictive MMOs on the market as millions and millions people subscribed to the game and played 24/7, you can say EverQuest was the WoW before WoW was here.


16. Unreal Tournament (1999)
-developer: Epic Games

Long before the battle between Call of Duty and Battlefield started for the console kids to argue which is the better FPS, the original battle between the two greatest FPS franchises torn the PC community in half. Quake or Unreal, it was the question. Not only did the two play very similar they also looked similar, and the battle don't just end with the game play as they were also fighting for the dominance of their respective graphic engines for the next two decades. In the end Unreal won and to some people dismay many games today uses the Unreal engine. This great victory also earned nerds like Clifford Bleszinski cool nicknames such as Cliffy B and Dude Huge as well as his own wikipedia page.


15. F.E.A.R. (2005)
-developer: Monolith Production

A truly brilliant game is one that ruins other truly brilliant games for you. After playing FEAR, the inability to kick enemies in the face in every other FPS makes it feel like our legs are tied together. How can any game not have a slow-mo key? Why don't other shotguns feel this right? Why, more importantly, don't they literally blow your enemies in twain? Why can't everything be a little more like FEAR?


14. Day of the Tentacle (1993)
-developer: Lucas Arts

Funny and brilliantly written, but more to the point it had ingenious puzzles. Playing three characters trapped in different periods of time, you twigged that simple and ridiculous actions in the past could have life-saving consequences in the future. It makes me sad that games today has lost the touch of fresh, unique and awesome game play rather then the same old graphic war. This game also makes me realize that we need Tim Schaffer to make more games such as this and Grim Fandango.


13. Civilization 4 (2005)
-developer: Firaxis Games

It's that time when, playing as the Britons, you sacked Rome. Or when playing as Germany, you invaded west - through Poland and France, into Britain, and didn't stop, across the Atlantic, through the US, and into Russia. Whether founding your own religion, seeking the counsel of Great People, or assimilating enemy cities by making your own too wondrous to resist, Civ IV creates more memorable moments than any of its predecessors.


12. Neverwinter Nights (2002)
-developer: Bioware

Not the greatest singleplayer RPG ever, but Neverwinter Nights was so much more. Dedicated Dungeon Masters could create and run their own D&D campaigns without all those pesky dice and bits of paper, and Neverwinter was also the prime source of peoples Co-Op fun before more sophisticated online RPGs have arrived. So many people ended up making unique maps and mods for this game that after the main game has long fallen off the face of the earth there are people still playing customized Neverwinter Nights games.


11. Half Life (1998)
-developer: Valve

It was 12 years old we were introduced to the voiceless Gordon Freeman and perhaps the greatest FPS Half Life. Well where should I start with this game? First FPS with a story, a purpose, a well crafted cast, a game play that involves more than just run to the end of the corridor and shoot, a game with scripted events which was very rare at the time...well you get the idea. Not only that the game was so popular that even the mods of the game became extremely popular now how about that.