The Best of Big Download: September 28-October 4

by Joystiq Staff { Oct 4th 2009 at 11:00PM }

Once again there was a lot to report on and talk about in the world of PC gaming last week. Big Download has all the highlights for the past seven days:
Exclusive features

Five PC games console players would love to play: There are still some big PC-exclusive games that console players have never played. We take a look at five of them.
The Top 10 PC Game News Stories for September 2009: We look back and give our picks for the news that was the most important for PC gaming in September.
Left 4 Dead Crash Course Quick Impressions: We give our first impressions on the new (and free for PC owners) mini-campaign for Valve's zombie shooter.
Second Skin Review: We review the recent MMO-themed documentary.
Mac Monday: We check out two more games for the Mac: Zuma's Revenge and Creeper World.
Boot Disk: Our weekly look at retro games checks out the original Majesty.
Big Ideas: Our weekly thoughts on game ideas examines if having-game specific features actually takes you out of the game.
All You Need To Know: Our regular look at upcoming games gives you all the info we know about Modern Warfare 2.
Playing For Free: Our weekly look at online free-to-play games checks out the browser based MMO Ikariam.
Freeware Friday: Our always popular look at free PC games checks out the newly free indie title Strange Adventures in Infinite Space.

Downloads

Risen demo: Try out this sample of the just released fantasy RPG from Piranha Bytes
Machinarium demo: Its a taste of the upcoming indie adventure game
World of Warcraft 3.2.2a patch: Download this quick update to Blizzard's MMO
Mass Effect 2 Subject Zero video: Check out this new character in BioWare's upcoming sci-fi RPG

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Special Agent Steve @ Oct 4th 2009 11:04PM

"Five PC games console players would love to play: There are still some big PC-exclusive games that console players have never played. We take a look at five of them."

I can think of 50 console exclusives that I would like to see on PC.

Flo @ Oct 5th 2009 12:44AM

HEAVY RAIN!!! :|

Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Oct 5th 2009 3:48AM

I'd like to see NWN2 on my PS3. My PC just can't handle it at any setting. :(

iHavepants {SteamPSN: Arkanti} @ Oct 5th 2009 3:53AM

I'm assuming it will be ported to both PC and 360, I don't see why they wouldn't.

iHavepants {SteamPSN: Arkanti} @ Oct 5th 2009 3:55AM

I was referring to Heavy Rain.

About NWN2, that game is a piece of shite optimization wise, Crysis runs a lot better then it does on my PC. I doubt they could get it to run well on a console either.

JoeTheBlow @ Oct 5th 2009 8:23AM

Yeah, rubbish list, should read: "Five boring PC games most console players would hate to play"

WEEEGEEE! @ Oct 5th 2009 8:35AM

Are they all in one console or do i have to buy 10 or so game consoles to play all of em,
anyways Daggerfall works well under dosbox in the same pc i'm using to play oblivion, i wonder what console has better backwards compatability than that?

WEEEGEEE! @ Oct 5th 2009 8:52AM

Is 1 of the games on your list the ocarina of time? well you could play it on a pc via emulation the same way all console exclusives from the n64 era and playstation era or older consoles can be emulated rather easily on a weak netbook. if its Halo3 then congratulations on buying your overheating, jet engine loud dvd player. if the game on your list is uncharted2 then congratulations on buying an overpriced blu-ray player. i don't get why people fill their houses full of useless trinkets like a dvd player, when they can just buy a box that does all these tasks without the overpriced peripherals and said device (A COMPUTER) is rather essential for their lives for typing up essays or business reports or to even just troll around

Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Oct 5th 2009 9:14AM

Damn, I gotta say I always feel good after reading someone elses angry rant. :) Does that make me a bad person?

Rawg @ Oct 5th 2009 2:09AM

Guild Wars? Really?

I would of thought of all games WoW would be wanted by more console owners then GW.

cknblade @ Oct 5th 2009 6:00PM

Guild wars is more intense than WoW, and requires less grind. Of all MMO-esque titles, GW would seem to appeal to the typical console player most. Why the witcher is on there is beyond me, I'm a big RPG fan, love intense stories and interesting dialogue, but that game strained my attention span, and if it wore me out, I can only imagine how long my console buddies would last on it.

RogueJedi86 @ Oct 6th 2009 6:47PM

Guild Wars has no monthly fee, which is why it works for consoles more than WoW. For the Xbox 360, you have to deal with a lot of red tape on the XBL fee in addition to the monthly fee. FFXI is the only one to do it.

Einhanderkiller @ Oct 5th 2009 2:58AM

Ikariam rocks.

iHavepants {SteamPSN: Arkanti} @ Oct 5th 2009 3:43AM

Machinarium and Risen rock.

testName @ Oct 5th 2009 4:28AM

test comment again

sorry

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