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com/feature/25-best-pc-games Best-reviewed PC games of 2013 (as of October 1st) Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a NEW symbo l. Game Publisher Metascore 1 Box BioShock Infinite 2K Games 94 The best PC game of 2013 so far remains this third installment in the BioShock s eries. 2 Fez Trapdoor 91 3 Spelunky NEW Mossmouth 90 4 Dota 2 NEW Valve Software 90 5 Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods Paradox Interactive 88 6 Guacamelee! Gold Edition NEW DrinkBox Studios 88 7 The Swapper Facepalm Games 88 8 Gone Home NEW The Fullbright Company 87 9 Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Blizzard Entertainment 86 10 Tomb Raider Square Enix 86 11 Saints Row IV NEW Deep Silver 86 12 Out of the Park Baseball 14 Out Of The Park Developments 86 13 Europa Universalis IV NEW Paradox Interactive 85 14 Bit.Trip Presents...Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien Gaijin G ames 85 15 Dust: An Elysian Tail Microsoft Game Studios 85 16 DmC: Devil May Cry Capcom 85 17 Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World NEW 2K Games 85 18 Trials Evolution: Gold Edition Ubisoft 85 19 Rogue Legacy Cellar Door Games 85 20 Papers, Please NEW 3909 84 21 Mass Effect 3: Citadel Electronic Arts 84 22 Gunpoint Tom Francis 83 23 Card Hunter NEW Blue Manchu 83 24 Final Fantasy XIV Online: A Realm Reborn NEW Square Enix 83 25 Starseed Pilgrim Droqen 83 ... and the worst-reviewed: 162 DARK NEW Kalypso 41 163 Seduce Me No Reply Games 41 164 The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct Activision 38 165 Orion: Dino Horde Spiral Game Studios 36 166 Ride to Hell: Retribution Deep Silver 16 Includes games released between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 with at le ast seven reviews in our database. Note that games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding. The Metascore is a weighted average of critic reviews on a scale o f 0 (bad) to 100 (good). All scores are from October 1, 2013. Best-reviewed PC games of all time Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a NEW symbo l. Game Publisher Metascore 1 Half-Life 2 (2004) VU Games 96 2 The Orange Box (2007) EA Games 96 3 Half-Life (1998) Sierra Entertainment 96 4 BioShock (2007) 2K Games 96 5 Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) Interplay 95 6 Portal 2 (2011) Valve Software 95 7 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Bethesda Softworks 94 8 Mass Effect 2 (2010) Electronic Arts 94 9 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) Rockstar Games 94

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Civilization II (1996) MicroProse 94 Quake (1996) id Software 94 BioShock Infinite (2013) 2K Games 94 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) 2K Games 94 Grim Fandango (1998) LucasArts 94 Diablo (1996) Blizzard Entertainment 94 Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005) 2K Games 94 Company of Heroes (2006) THQ 93 Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004) Atari 93 Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010) Blizzard Entertainment 93 Minecraft (2011) Mojang AB 93 Homeworld (1999) Sierra Entertainment 93 Grand Theft Auto III (2002) Rockstar Games 93 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) LucasArts 93 World of Warcraft (2004) Blizzard Entertainment 93 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005) Rockstar Games 93

Games with fewer than 7 reviews are not eligible for inclusion. _______________________________________________________________________________ http://whatculture.com/gaming/10-greatest-role-playing-games-of-the-last-ten-yea rs 1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2. The Mass Effect Series 3. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 4. World of Warcraft 5. Fallout 3 & New Vegas 6. Dark Souls 7. Final Fantasy XII 8. Xenoblade Chronicles 9. Dragon Age: Origins 10. Fable _______________________________________________________________________________ 1. Immersion is the best experience 2. The Walking Dead 3. FTL: Faster Than Light 4. Antichamber 5. Dishonored 6. Tomb Raider

7. Fallout: New Vegas 8. Half-Life 2 (and Episodes 1 and 2) 9. Fez 10. Gone Home 11. Bioshock Infinite 12. Portal 2 _______________________________________________________________________________ *The 15 best PC role-playing games* 1. Planescape: Torment

2. The Witcher II

3. Baldur s Gate series

4. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

5. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II

6. Torchlight II

7. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

8. Fallout New Vegas 9. Anachronox

10. Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura

11. Mass Effect series

12. Shadowrun Returns 13. Mount & Blade: Warband 14. Deus Ex

15. Dark Souls

COMMENTS 1. I just can't agree with much of this list. Not just with the rankings (The Witch er 2 doesn't belong in the top 10, never mind #2 - far too many flaws and Shadow run Returns is mediocre - just look at the ratings) but there are too many omiss ions. Where's an Ultima - especially Ultima 7 Part 1 and 2? U7 had perhaps the best RP G narrative up to that point and still is a great game to play. Fallout 1, 2 and 3 should go on this list. All are better than NV. IMO, Skyrim >>>>>> Morrowind. While Morrowind's setting was more exotic, the set ting in Skyrim was perfectly grounded and the story far more compelling. Diablo >>>> Torchlight. Hands down. M&B isn't a role playing game. You have to stretch the definition of Deus Ex to make it a RPG. No MMORPGs like Warcraft, Everquest, Guild Wars or Ultima Online? Why do they no t fit? Where are older games like Betrayal at Krondor, Pool of Radiance or Icewi nd Dale? So nope, I just can't agree. Though every game mentioned on your list and mine w ere well worth the time to play. On that I hope we can all agree. 2. Neverwinter Nights - Especially the first, good graphics (for that time), good s tory and pure D&D with the Forgotten Realms background. 3.