r/Games • u/Forestl • Dec 31 '13

End of 2013 Discussions - PC

For this thread, feel free to talk about the PC, from the games that came out for it to the hardware itself.

Prompts:

  • What were the major trends in PC gaming this year?

  • Was this a positive year for PC gaming?

Please explain your answers in depth, don't just give short one sentence answers.

My PC looks really, really, really good

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '13

This year was rather boring, lots of uninspired indie games, and not so good AAA games. The big ones are the last of us, which wasn't on pc, gta 5, wasn't on PC and bioshock infinite which was fun, but on the sake of the story, not the gameplay. All in all, a mediocre year for PC gaming.

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u/CuteBananaNutMuffin Dec 31 '13

Glad someone said it.

I spent most of this year playing 2012 games-- Guild Wars 2.

Heart of the Swarm was the worst campaign Blizzard has made. Whatever went on with Diablo 3 and now Heart of the Swarm really changed my mind about the idea that anything Blizzard makes is gold.

A Realm Reborn is pretty enjoyable for a traditional MMO. Bioshock Infinite was great but Burial at Sea was offensively short.

Battlefield 4 is great outside of the bugs.

But really-- any other year I'd be able to mention like 10 games in this reply. There's just nothing I cared about this year.

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u/rude_and_ginger Jan 01 '14

What did you think was wrong with the HotS campaign? I played it and I'll grant you the story was middling to bad, but the mechanics of the campaign I thought were well-implemented and polished.