The best PC games of 2018 (Part 3)

Portal 1 + 2

Meeting day: 2007/2011 | Developers: Valve | Steam

Portal would be a great game if only it had creative puzzles. And it will be a great game if the game has a smart plot. But somehow, Valve has wrapped both of these elements into an unforgettable experience, as well as giving us a headache. The game’s mechanics will teach players to think differently by allowing you to create pathways that lead anywhere, and the game’s humorous storyline is sure to bring you laughter. .

Meanwhile, Portal 2 will bring you all the essence of Portal and more, along with an attractive co-op mode. Portal 2 will have a larger world and more complex puzzles, but at the same time retain the typical humorous elements of the game. What makes Portal 2 so successful is that you and your friends can now solve these “brain hacks” puzzles together through co-op so well that it makes the main game feel like just a game. is a foreplay.

Opus Magnum

Meeting day: 2017 | Developers: Zachtronics | Humble Store, Steam

The challenge of Opus Magnum is not only in figuring out how to solve each puzzle, but in finding the best solution. With the programmable robotic arms, you will have to build an efficient alchemy system to handle the transitions you are assigned, and there will be many great ways to succeed – the Simple parts and instructions can create a machine that is not simple at all. And if Opus Magnum catches you, this game won’t let you go easily!

Gorogoa

Meeting day: 2018 | Developers: Buried Signal | GOG, Steam

This beautifully hand-drawn title is one of PC Gamer’s favorite puzzle games. The premise of this game is simple: arrange the illustrated tiles in the most creative ways to complete the puzzles. The game’s complexity and creativity give players one of the most elegant experiences available today. As Pip said in a PC Gamer interview: “The exterior and interior are perfectly connected, like an image in a thought bubble followed by the landscape on the balcony, a star in the sky so perfectly aligned that it will glimmer through the arrays and become the light of a lamp.” You’re best off seeing it for yourself in the trailer below.

What Remains of Edith Finch

Meeting day: 2017 | Developers: Giant Sparrow | GOG, Steam

Explore the strange home of a disappeared family in this amazing and varied game that feels like you’re playing a familiar walking simulator, then transform yourself into something different. . Each member of the Finch family will have unique stories to tell and each will be presented as a series of minigames. You should discover and feel this game yourself if you have never played it. According to PC Gamer, this game more than deserves the GOTY award for the game with the best story in 2017.

Life is Strange

Meeting day: 2015 | Developers: Dontnod | Humble Store, Steam

You could argue that most video games these days are coming-of-age novels, and while Life is Strange still falls within the genre, the game offers something different. , a new breeze. The game revolves around teenagers, in a town full of secrets, as well as the ability to rewind time. It can be said that this is Twin Peaks for teenagers.

Life is Strange benefits quite a bit from being released in episodes, making it easier for the game to adapt to what players loved in previous episodes. That means you’ll have to play through an episode or more to get started, as well as be surprised by the split in the final episode, but the episodes in between will be an emotional roller coaster that’s hard to forget.

Tacoma

Meeting day: 2017 | Developers: Fullbright | Humble Store, Steam

Calling a game a “walking simulator” sounds pretty bad, but there’s really no other way to describe titles like Tacoma and Gone Home that developer Fulbright has done: build an engaging world. guide to discovery and attachment. In Tacoma, players will enter a mysterious abandoned space station. Exploring this detailed setting gives players the feeling that they’ve actually spent time and work there. There will be dozens of mini-stories, humorous situations and tragedy unfold as you browse through VR plays and rummage through other crew’s abandoned belongings. If you want to know what the future of storytelling looks like, experience characters and plots that can’t be copied into a book or movie, then give Tacoma a try.

Euro Truck Simulator 2

Meeting day: 2013 | Developers: SCS Software |Humble Store, Steam

Many players have the same story to tell about Euro Truck Simulator 2. The game will initially lure you in with curiosity, then dozens of hours later you are still gearing up in the truck compartment. Although it’s just a simulation game with nothing too special, for some reason the authenticity and simplicity of the game has such a strong attraction, proving that the usual inspirations are still good enough. make an extraordinary game.

Elite Dangerous

Meeting day: 2014 | Developers: Frontier Developments | Humble Store, Steam

Outer space is a big place, really too big. In Elite: Dangerous, players can become explorers, exploring the depths of the Milky Way galaxy, or they can be meteorite diggers. Both are worthy ways to spend your time in Elite, an open-world flight simulator (an open galaxy?) that offers players total freedom. At higher levels, you can become everything you want from a space truck driver to a bounty hunter, but that doesn’t mean newbies overlook the simple joys of being a pilot. work, as well as helping you improve your silk driving over time. If you’re a fan of sci-fi titles or flight simulators, you’ll want to spend some time in the Elite cockpit.

Football Manager 2018

Meeting day: 2017 | Developers: Sport Interactive | Humble Store, Steam

Football Manager is the best football management simulation series today. With a host of user-friendly features, sophisticated, and story-generating capabilities, FM 2018 is not only the most ambitious release, but also the best completed version of the series.

An all-new Dynamics system, for example, forces players to consider their team’s emotions from the field to the practice room and beyond. The players can get into a fight with anyone on the team, even you. This means that success is not just about winning games, but about keeping your team happy. This attention to detail also allows for some amusing, hilarious situations and circumstances to occur that reflect your level of management. Discuss with the team captain, discipline unruly members, or stand up when the board sided with the player instead of you. A pretty attractive game for fans of this king sport.

Frostpunk

Meeting day: 2018 | Developers: 11 Bit Studios | GOG, Humble Store, Steam

Part city-building game, part survival game, Frostpunk will focus on making tough decisions and dealing with the consequences that follow. Trying to keep a handful of citizens alive in an glacial world is not just about managing resources but about hope, as well as keeping everyone productive in every essential way.

Unlike most city-building games, Frostpunk won’t be an endless experience: the game will take place over a 45-day span, with recurring narrative events that can easily easily ruin your city. This is a tense and grim experience where you may end up regretting your best moments or defending your hardest decisions. Are you willing to do anything to save the last lives on earth? And what will be the accompanying price?

You can watch Part 1 and Part 2 here.

Source: PC Gamer