Any early 2000s game recommendations?

[LloydLynx]

I reunearthed my ultimate 2004 gaming PC project running WIndows XP and I'm looking for stuff to do with it. I already have Halo CE installed, I can't wait to try playing it when I get home this Sunday night. I also have my eye on Half-Life and Half-Life 2. I got a question though; does it matter which order I play them? What are your favorite early 2000s PC games?

[8tg]

Empire Earth 1 and 2, SWAT 3, Simcity 4, Trackmania Sunrise, GTA Vice City, Sims 2

 

 

[AndreiArgeanu]

3 minutes ago, LloydLynx said:

does it matter which order I play them?

well it would make the most sense to play them in order. But to add to that you should also play Half Life's stand alone "DLCs", Half Life: Blue Shift and Opposing Force.

 

There's also the GTA Series up to San Andreas, NFS Underground 1 and 2

[Middcore]

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

 

No One Lives Forever 1 and 2

 

Deus Ex

 

Max Payne 1 and 2

 

Far Cry

 

Mafia

 

Arx Fatalis

 

Fable

 

Trying to just stick with single player stuff, could put things like Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 also but those really only come alive with multiplayer against other human beings. 

[Duo01]

28 minutes ago, LloydLynx said:

I reunearthed my ultimate 2004 gaming PC project running WIndows XP and I'm looking for stuff to do with it. I already have Halo CE installed, I can't wait to try playing it when I get home this Sunday night. I also have my eye on Half-Life and Half-Life 2. I got a question though; does it matter which order I play them? What are your favorite early 2000s PC games?

Simpsons Hit & Run (2003) definitely a classic.

[Tech87]

1. The Elder Scrolls III : Morrowind (2002)
2. Star Wars KOTOR (2003)
3. Call of Duty (2003)
4. Call of Duty: United Offensive (2004)
5. Far Cry (2004)

 

[MadAnt250]

27 minutes ago, LloydLynx said:

What are your favorite early 2000s PC games?

Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed

Roller Coaster Tycoon

You should try them

[SupaKomputa]

Starcraft

Warcraft 3

Command & Conquer Red Alert

Counter Strike

 

The golden days of lan party

[trag1c]

Mechwarrior 4 (2000) 

Morrowind (2002)

Oblivion (2006)

Simcity 4 (????)

Starwars Empire at War (2006)

NFS Underground 1/2

NFS Most Wanted (2006)

Diablo 2 (2000)

Roller Coaster Tycoon

Zoo Tycoon (2001)

Age of Empires 2 (1999)

Civilization III

Command and Conquer Red Alert 1/2

Postal

Worms

Age of Mythology (Use cheat code O CANADA)

Delta Force

Tom Clancy (anything)

Counter Strike

Starcraft

Warcraft

 

Probably dozens more that I am forgetting.

 

[Quackers101]

most wanted, chromehounds (mecha game), BF2, BF2142 (these three games are kinda outdated tho).

But do they need to work on XP, since you mentioned console games?

 

- 007 golden eye I think it was the name, kinda fun in its own way, the weird controls and same looking rooms made the splitscreen PvP action sort of fun in it's own way, if you had enough players but it doesn't offer much else than maybe story mode.

- Ratchet and clanck?

- Surf Up, was a thing, I think.

- FEAR, the AI man.

- crash bandicoot, but it has a newer version so... could do that one instead? 

- Star Wars Battlefront (the first one)

- the different mario kart

- other mario games.

[Middcore]

9 minutes ago, Quackers101 said:

most wanted, chromehounds (mecha game), BF2, BF2142 (these three games are kinda outdated tho).

But do they need to work on XP, since you mentioned console games?

 

He didn't mention any console titles, and he specifically said early 2000's PC games. 

[SteveGrabowski0]

Diablo II

GTA Vice City, San Andreas

Unreal Tournament 2003, 2004

Half Life 1, 2

Fallout 1, 2 (ok that was late 90s but still incredible)

Mafia

NBA Live 2003 (loved the pace of this game, was all fast breaks)

[SteveGrabowski0]

16 hours ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

well it would make the most sense to play them in order. But to add to that you should also play Half Life's stand alone "DLCs", Half Life: Blue Shift and Opposing Force.

 

There's also the GTA Series up to San Andreas, NFS Underground 1 and 2

GTA III on PC was awesome with Odie's mods. Wonder if you can even find them in 2021. He had a funny stunt course to drive on.

[Mark Kaine]

On 5/29/2021 at 7:09 PM, SteveGrabowski0 said:

GTA III on PC was awesome with Odie's mods. Wonder if you can even find them in 2021. He had a funny stunt course to drive on.

Seems still highly popular.

https://www.fandomspot.com/best-gta3-mods/

 

And yeap that mod is in there too.

 

My suggestion would be NFS carbon, Underground 1+2 were awesome too but this puts it on a whole new level, the tuning was better too, albeit a bit wrong at times (for example dont install custom transmission for Evo or RX7 makes them faster? lol)

 

[Quackers101]

on the topic of medal of honor, MoH: Airborne

Psychonauts

Conker's Bad Fur Day or conker live & reloaded

the sly series

[SteveGrabowski0]

On 5/31/2021 at 5:59 PM, Mark Kaine said:

Seems still highly popular.

https://www.fandomspot.com/best-gta3-mods/

 

And yeap that mod is in there too.

 

My suggestion would be NFS carbon, Underground 1+2 were awesome too but this puts it on a whole new level, the tuning was better too, albeit a bit wrong at times (for example dont install custom transmission for Evo or RX7 makes them faster? lol)

 

Oh man, definitely bookmarked that page for next time I want to play GTA III.