PC GAMING LISTS PART- 01

   

       There are a lot of video games organized by genres like Action, Adventure, Racing, Fantasy, Sports, etc. I will explain everything in detail right from the basics so that you can easily start your Gaming Journey.

        So for the Best Games that are really good and also are still at the top lists since they were released and now also they are still in the list of top 10/20. There are too many of them so I have created a list of them in 2 parts. 

Counter-Strike Series

    Counter-Strike (CS) is a series of multiplayer first-person shooter video games in which teams of terrorist battle to carry out an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking, assassination) while counter-terrorists try to prevent it (bomb defuse, hostage rescue). At the end of each round, players are rewarded based on their individual performance with in-game currency to spend on more powerful weapons in subsequent rounds. Winning rounds results in more money than losing, and completing objectives such as killing enemy players gives cash bonuses. Uncooperative actions, such as killing teammates, results in a penalty.

Platforms:- 

    Window, OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

Release Timeline:-

    1999 Counter-Strike

    2004 Counter-Strike: Condition Zero

            Counter-Strike: Source

            Counter-Strike: Neo

    2007 Counter-Strike Online

    2012 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    2013 Counter-Strike Online 2

    2014 Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies

Grand Theft Auto Series

    Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a series of action-adventure games created by David Jones and Mike Dailly. Gameplay focuses on an open world where the player can choose missions to progress an overall story, as well as engaging in side activities, all consisting of action-adventure, driving, third-person shooting, carjacking, occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements. The series focuses on many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game.

Platforms:-

    Android, Dreamcast, Fire OS, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, IOS, macOS, Windows, MS-DOS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, Windows Phone, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One.

Release Timeline:-

    1997 Grand Theft Auto

    1999 Grand Theft Auto: London 1969

            Grand Theft Auto: London 1961

            Grand Theft Auto 2

    2001 Grand Theft Auto III

    2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

    2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

            Grand Theft Auto Advance

    2005 Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

    2006 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

    2008 Grand Theft Auto IV

    2009 Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

            Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

            Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony

    2013 Grand Theft Auto V

            Grand Theft Auto Online

Devil May Cry Series

    Devil May Cry is an action-adventure hack and slashes third-person shooter video game series developed and published by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya. The series centers on the monster hunter Dante and his efforts to take revenge for his mother's murder. Its gameplay consists of combat scenes in which the player must attempt to extend long chains of attacks, avoiding damage and exhibiting stylized combat; this combat, along with time and the number of items collected and used, are considered in grading the player's performance.

Platforms:-

    Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Shield Android TV, Xbox 360, Xbox One.

Release Timeline:-

    2001 Devil May Cry

    2003 Devil May Cry 2

    2005 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening

    2008 Devil May Cry 4

    2012 Devil May Cry HD Collection

    2013 Devil May Cry Reload

    2019 Devil May Cry 5

Assassin's Creed Series

    Assassin's Creed is an action-adventure stealth video game franchise published by Ubisoft. The series features historical fiction, science fiction, and characters, intertwined with real-world historical events and figures.

            The main games of Assassin's Creed are set in an open world and presented from the

a third-person perspective where the protagonists take down targets using their combat and stealth skills with the exploitation of the environment. Players have the freedom to explore the historical settings as they finish main and side quests. Apart from single-player missions, some games also provide competitive and cooperative multiplayer gameplay.

Platforms:-

    PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows

Release Timeline:-

    2007 Assassin's Creed

    2009 Assassin's Creed II

    2010 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

    2011 Assassin's Creed: Revelations

    2012 Assassin's Creed III 

    2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 

    2014 Assassin's Creed: Rogue

            Assassin's Creed: Unity

    2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

    2017 Assassin's Creed: Origins

    2018 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Far Cry Series

    Far Cry is a franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft. The Far Cry games, due to the history of their development, do not have any significant shared narrative elements but instead share a theme of placing the player in a wilderness environment where they must help fight against one or more despots that control the region as well as surviving against wild animals that roam the open spaces.

Platforms:-

    Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, Arcade, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

Release Timeline:-

    2004 Far Cry

    2005 Far Cry Instincts

    2006 Far Cry Instincts: Evolution

            Far Cry Instincts: Predator

            Far Cry Vengeance

    2007 Paradise Lost 

    2008 Far Cry 2

    2012 Far Cry 3

    2013 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

    2014 Far Cry 4

    2016 Far Cry Primal

    2018 Far Cry 5

    2019 Far Cry: New Dawn

Call Of Duty Series

    Call of Duty is a first-person shooter video game franchise published by Activision. Starting out in 2003, it first focused on games set in World War II. However, over time, the series has seen games set in modern times, the midst of the Cold War, futuristic worlds, and outer space. 

Platforms:-

    Microsoft Windows, OS X, Nintendo DS, GameCube, Nokia N-Gage, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, J2ME.

Release Timeline:- 

    2003 Call of Duty

    2005 Call of Duty 2

    2006 Call of Duty 3 

    2007 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 

    2008 Call of Duty: World at War 

    2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2    

    2010 Call of Duty: Black Ops 

    2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

    2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 

    2013 Call of Duty: Ghosts 

    2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

    2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops 3

    2016 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered

            Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

    2017 Call of Duty: World War II

    2018 Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 

    2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

    2020 Call of Duty: Warzone

The Witcher Series

    The Witcher is a 2007 action role-playing game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by Atari. The story takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows Geralt of Rivia, one of a few traveling monster hunters who have supernatural powers, known as Witchers. The game tells the story of Geralt of Rivia, a witcher – a genetically enhanced human with special powers trained to slay monsters. There are three camera styles available in The Witcher: two isometric perspectives, where the mouse is used to control most functions, and an over-the-shoulder view, which brings the player closer to the in-game combat while limiting vision. In all three views, the controls can be changed to be primarily mouse focused or a combined keyboard and mouse approach.

Platforms:- 

    Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, Macintosh OS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch.

Release Timeline:- 

    2007 The Witcher

    2011 The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings

    2015 The Witcher 3 Wild

            The Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone

    2016 The Witcher 2 Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine

Resident Evil Series

    Resident Evil, known in Japan as Biohazard is a Japanese horror media franchise created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara and owned by the video game company Capcom. The story follows outbreaks of zombies and other monsters.

Platforms:- 

    Arcade, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, GameCube, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, N-Gage, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Sega Saturn, Shield Android TV, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Zeebo 

Release Timeline:-

    1996 Resident Evil

    1998 Resident Evil 2

    1999 Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

    2000 Resident Evil Survivor

            Resident Evil – Code: Veronica

    2001 Resident Evil Gaiden

            Resident Evil Survivor 2 – Code: Veronica

    2002 Resident Evil (remake)

            Resident Evil Zero

    2003 Resident Evil: Dead Aim

            Resident Evil Outbreak

    2004 Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2

    2005 Resident Evil 4

    2006 Resident Evil Deadly Silence    

    2007 Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

    2009 Resident Evil 5

            Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

    2011 Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D

    2012 Resident Evil: Revelations

            Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

            Resident Evil 6

    2015 Resident Evil: Revelations 2

    2016 Umbrella Corps

    2017 Resident Evil 7: Biohazard

    2019 Resident Evil 2 (remake)

    2020 Resident Evil 3 (remake)

Prototype Series

    The prototype is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. Set in Manhattan, the game follows a powerful amnesiac shapeshifter named Alex Mercer who must stop an outbreak of Blacklight, a plague that mutates individuals into hideous violent monsters. During his quest, Alex tries to uncover his past while also coming into conflict with both the US military and a black operations force called Blackwatch. Parallel to the game's storyline is the ability to play the game as a sandbox-style video game giving the player freedom to roam Manhattan.

Platforms:-

    Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

Release Timeline:-

    2009 Prototype

    2012 Prototype 2

Just Cause Series

    Just Cause is an action-adventure video game series created by Avalanche Studios. The series consists of Just Cause, Just Cause 2, Just Cause 3, and Just Cause 4. The games are open world and take place in islands and archipelagoes primarily. Each installment in the Just Cause series features a story of multiple factions fighting for control of an island nation. Although all four games take place in real-world locations (the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, the Mediterranean, and South America), the islands are fictional and the games only draw inspiration from those locations. 

Platforms :-

    Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One.

Release Timeline:-

    2006 Just Cause 

    2010 Just Cause 2 

    2015 Just Cause 3

    2018 Just Cause 4