I have had playstation for a while, but aside from Petz, Rollercoaster tycoon, and the sims <4 I never had a pc that could handle games.
I was gifted a used custom gaming PC cuz the owner was getting a new one! I have an $80 steam gift card I’d love to spend on multiple pop culture classic games I’ve missed out on and can only enjoy on PC/Xbox… my favorite are 3rd person rpg with exploration as an important element in learning about the lore/story. Some sort of reward for exploring thar isn’t loot.
Games I loved
Control
Horizon zero dawn
Persona 5/royal
Those three are S tier life changing, think about forever types
Bishop trilogy (2 is best @me bro)
P5 strikers
Persona 4 golden
Final fantasy, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15
Catherine Full Body
Alan Wake
Ni no Kuni2
The forgotten city
Until dawn
A plague tale 1 innocence
TLOU1
Uncharted 1-3
Portal 1 & 2
Meh
life is strange 1
TLOU2
Nier automata (ikr, wtf? )
Did not finish/Gave up for lack of interest
Mass effect 1 (and thus none of the sequels)
Little nightmares
Fallout 4
Cyberpunk 2077 and not for glitch reasons
Ghostwire
So far the only game I’m sure of is the fable series but I dont even know what version to get? It often gets confusing for older games for a newbie
Don’t know the specs or if you’ve played it on console already, but given you played and liked Control and Alan Wake I think Alan Wake 2 is a must-play. It is a very demanding game, though. But would otherwise tick all your boxes.
Dragon Age: Origins is an old 3rd person RPG classic, and I would argue it is best on PC since you can install a couple of mods that fix bugs and restore cut content. And the UI and gameplay is better on PC I’d say. But given you gave up on Mass Effect I’m slightly hesitant.
The Witcher 3 has already been mentioned but it too would be a good shout.
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Don’t know the specs or if you’ve played it on console already, but given you played and liked Control and Alan Wake I think Alan Wake 2 is a must-play. It is a very demanding game, though. But would otherwise tick all your boxes.
Dragon Age: Origins is an old 3rd person RPG classic, and I would argue it is best on PC since you can install a couple of mods that fix bugs and restore cut content. And the UI and gameplay is better on PC I’d say. But given you gave up on Mass Effect I’m slightly hesitant.
The Witcher 3 has already been mentioned but it too would be a good shout.