A punishing Rogue Like platformer somewhat reminiscent of Castlevania. You will die, and your children will continue your legacy, and they will have congenital disorders and general strangeness, and your family castle will be improved.
Do you like randomly running around a massive open world doing endless quests with all sorts of humor and different possible outcomes to a lot of them, killing endless monsters, growing endlessly more powerful, and watching a Blind Guardian concert?
An HD Remake of one of a definitive 4x RTS games, it holds up well today and if you can ever suffer through the learning curve (for which there is now a tutorial) the skirmish maps are great fun to play and the game can be very challenging.
A great Action CRPG in which you play an evil spirit and his choice of possessed Hero, and various other creatures you can possess along the way to add to your collection of physical avatars. Will you use & discard them, change them, or be changed by them?
This game is impossible to describe, it's like a Tactical Strategy Space Simulator Role Playing Game with progression trees & a combat system that allows you to pause and plan your moves. If that sounds interesting to you, it works well on Windows 8.
Even though it doesn't hold up graphically on modern systems, Alpha Centauri is still an incredible game. It's like Civilization, on an Alien Planet with hostile alien life forms, where you control one of many very unique factions, with custom units.
A massive open ended Rogue Like space exploration game in which you control one of various races and navigate isometric star systems. You can be a trader, diplomat, scientist, pirate, or galactic hero. There are text adventures & RTS battles too.
KOtoR is the definitive Star Wars Role Playing Game. Discover your history and forge your destiny as a Jedi of the Force or rise as a Sith Lord. The game features a cast of excellently written characters and companions who you can influence.
Obsidian had big plans for KOtoR 2, but the project was forced out the door before it was ready and they couldn't finish it. Still, they did an excellent job, and at least the ending tells you what you did, if you ask. Check mods & unofficial patches
The Definitive Stronghold Game, don't ever buy another, except maybe the first one in HD, but not a one after that you hear me? Not a one.
