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PC Gamer: The top 100 PC games (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 1 month ago by DdCno1@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Quite a good list, although without any real surprises, except for the cheeky inclusion of a recent fan-made PC port. I'm glad Kerbal Space Program is on it, but a few other personal favorites (and candidates for best game of all time) are absent, like The Talos Principle, BeamNG.drive, NEO Scavenger, World of Goo, Mafia, Machinarium and Gothic II. Jets'n'Guns - a very early Indie masterpiece of a 2D space shooter - as well, but it's a bit too obscure for these kinds of lists. I'll stop here before I accidentally create my own top 100.

Are your favorite PC games well-represented by this list?

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[–] mtlvmpr@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would say that it's offensive to put Early Access games on those lists. It clouds people's judgment as they are valued with different standards and are expected to get better (especially if more people support the game). Any game that's not fully released is a 0/10 in my book even if they were my favorite games.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

Valheim was a better game in it's first version than a lot of the games that are "complete" on this list.

I get where you're coming from, and certainly some games don't deserve to even be sold in their "early access" state. However, I think saying none of them should count at all is a bit ridiculous.

Valheim offered hundreds of hours worth of entertainment even in the early versions and has only improved since then. It only takes up 1gb of data through some miracle, and runs fairly well even on the steam deck.

Honestly it puts many of the other titles on the list to shame. Ignoring it because the dev wants to continue providing MORE free updates instead of calling the game finished and then charging for "DLC" is not a reason to punish the studio, if anything they should be looked to as an example of what other devs should do.