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    Fallout 3

    Fallout 3

    First Person Shooter

    Gamers assume that making a huge world, like in Fallout 3, somehow excuses you from filling it. Fallout 3 is huge, but it's big and interesting. You remember the little moments:...

  • 9
    Thief II: The Metal Age

    Thief II: The Metal Age

    Stealth

    Thief II is all about the loot - about those dark nights spent on the rooftops, sneaking into bedrooms and mansions, having away with anything shiny. Yes, it looks awful...

  • 8
    Planescape: Torment

    Planescape: Torment

    Role Playing Game

    Playing the Nameless One, Planescape's long dead corpse who has an annoying habit of coming back to life, is a chance to revel in cynicism, sarcasm, and dark humour. 

  • 7
    Fallout

    Fallout

    Role Playing Game

    Fallout kicks you out of a safe, sheltered vault and into a harsh, deadly world full of brutal humour, great choices, and memorable locations. The end of the world is hella...

  • 6
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

    Role Playing Game

    Oblivion is about the world - about the adventure you create when you step out of dark dungeon and into the sunshine. Yes, you could save the world. But you could join the Dark...

  • 5
    Rome: Total War

    Rome: Total War

    Real Time Strategy

    The glory of Total War games comes from that mix of turn based strategy, and real-time battles. The results and motivation for your actions are spread between each portion....

  • 4
    Half-Life

    Half-Life

    First Person Shooter

    Valve's first take on first-person shooters was an extraordinary glimpse into what PC games could do. Its fiction, its set-pieces, and its imagination have yet to be...

  • 3
    Team Fortress 2

    Team Fortress 2

    First Person Shooter

    The silliest multiplayer shooter in the world, the most gorgeous, and co-incidentally, the best. Team Fortress demands tactical, co-ordinated play, but it never takes itself too...

  • 2
    Half-Life 2

    Half-Life 2

    First Person Shooter

    It's the best story in gaming: a tale of a man, his gorgeous sidekick, her robot dog, angry aliens, and hair-brained scientific schemes to save the planet. Unmissable. 

  • 1
    Deus Ex

    Deus Ex

    Role Playing Game

    In Deus Ex, shooting your way through real-world locations like New York and Hong Kong is just one option available to players. It's the incredible freedom you have to tackle...