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What are the best free to play games that are not pay to win for a low spec PC?

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Best free to play games that are not pay to win for a low spec PC	Price	Genre	Co-Op
-- Team Fortress 2	Free	Hero-based FPS	6 Player Online / 6 Player LAN
-- Unturned	Free	Survival	24, Recommended. 48, Max (Will not be shown on the server list)
-- Dwarf Fortress	-	-	-
-- Clicker Heroes	Free	Casual	Single Player
-- OpenSpades	Free	First person shooter, Sandbox	Yes (teams)

Team Fortress 2

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Tons to do in the game with plenty of game modes and plenty of community mods

TF2 has more than 10 game modes, plus variations on those, as well as community mods that offer a wide range of objective-based play. Classic game modes include Capture the Flag, Control Point, King of the Hill and Payload. There's also Mann vs. Machine, a co-operative game mode where you play against waves of AI controlled enemies. See More

Top Con

Random critical hits add a significant luck element into the game and push certain types of players out

In most 'public' servers, an option called 'random crits' (short for 'random critical hits') exists by default. This allows a random percentage of your shots to multiply damage by 3 for a shot, and also remove the damage drop-off over range. This 'feature' gets increasingly more annoying as you get more experienced, as you will die more often than your opponent having x3 or more damage over you, actively making their experiences and wins less meaningful. Some classes are especially burnt by this. Medics don't use weapons often, Snipers only have secondary weapons and melees, and Spies only have their revolver (and most sidegrades of that revolver remove this ability entirely). Quickplay (a feature most newbies use to get a match) also disables these servers from appearing in the list, so there are very few 'nocrit' servers because many don't know they exist. See More

StrongCromCruach's Experience

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Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Hero-based FPS

Co-Op:6 Player Online / 6 Player LAN

Controller Support:Partial

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Hectic FPS gameplay that utilizes 9 distinct classes, each with lots of varied items

TF2 has 9 playable classes - Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Demoman, Heavy, Engineer, Medic, Sniper and Spy. This allows for a range of playstyles. For example, the Heavy, starting with 300 health (going up to 450), wielding a machine gun and usually assisted by a Medic, will be commonly found on the front-lines soaking up lots of damage and pulling the enemy team's focus; at the same time the Engineer will try and avoid direct battle as much as possible, providing infrastructure (teleports, sentry, dispensers). Add to this hundreds of weapons for each class providing different stats and you have an impressive amount of variety in gameplay. See More

Top Con

Free accounts are slightly limited

Free accounts do not get rare and cosmetic items nor as many storage slots for items. Items are relevant as free accounts can only hold 50, while the game has much more than 50 pieces of equipment (that affect gameplay), let alone 50 weapons. While a premium account player can react to almost all situations with a counter item, with only 50 slots a newbie probably won't have or even be able to access it. A full inventory also means a free player will have to miss out or delete exclusive event items and cosmetics just to play the game as full as they can. A free account is upgraded when any item is purchased with real money from the store. See More

PoisedKresnik's Experience

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Fun and humorous gameplay with graphics and sound that fit with this theme

This game has a history of over-the-top characters, visuals, voice-overs, and various other items, which altogether create an amusing world both within the game and outside of it as well. You get a feeling a lot of thought has gone into the development of the characters as well as the world they live in. For a genre that is often filled with drab characters in a drab world, it is refreshing to see something so well fleshed out. See More

Top Con

Taunt spam

Servers can be filled with people not actually interested in playing the game standing around using taunts and will get mad when someone kills them See More

MightyJowangsin's Experience

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Offline LAN support is pretty easy to implement

As long as users have logged in to offline mode on Steam before trying a LAN connection, LAN will work. Which could be an area of confusion, but luckily is easy enough to do if you know you need to do it. See More

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Cross-platform

The game runs on Windows, OS X and Linux machines. See More

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Fair free to play model

This game is mostly pay-to-gain, as in to get more weapons. You can randomly get things, though. You can use the things you randomly get to be also used in crafting recipes to make other things. See More

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Pretty good VR support and options

To enable VR support, type -vr in console. TF2 has 8 modes in which to control the game. They can be changed with the command vr_moveaim_mode in console. They offer choice in what combination of aiming and steering should be coupled to the rift and mouse and introduce the concept of dead zones - an area of the screen that controls differently when aiming or steering within its bounds than outside them. Typing vr_calibration in console gives access to adjusting interpupillary distance (distance between eyes). You can get that information from an optician or use the calibration tool to help figure it out and set it there. Calibration will help set accurate render point (camera position) and reduce nausea. See More

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Includes Mann vs. Machine, a ridiculously fun co-op mode

Mann vs. Machine is a co-op mode in Team Fortress 2 that is comprised of gameplay in which 6 players team up to stop AI robots from deploying a bomb. Though not the central gameplay of Team Fortress 2, it is a mode that allows for co-op play to be enjoyed with the characters of the game. Mann vs machine works quite well over LAN and is very fun to boot. See More

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Completely free to download and play any existing section of the game

The game can be downloaded and played for free, allowing anyone to try it out. There are some items that can be purchased with money, but those are optional and only decorative. See More

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Engaged, active, fun, and creative community give the game a welcoming feel, even for outsiders

The TF2 community is know for actively engaging in different TF2 related activities. They create shorts using the source filmmaker, sell items via the steam workshop, build real-life sculptures, etc. See More

Unturned

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Fair F2P model where no single person has a false advantage over anyone else

The game’s free-to-play model allows anyone to play free of charge; those who are willing to spend $5 get access to a separate server that grants double experience. So while it is not pay-to-win, spending some money will increase how quickly you can advance in the game. See More

Top Con

Childish community

Many of the community-run servers are managed by immature administrators who can make the game unbearable. See More

MightyJowangsin's Experience

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Co-Op:24, Recommended. 48, Max (Will not be shown on the server list)

Controller Support:No

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Fun and intuitive crafting system allows the player to explore tons of combinations of items

The crafting system can be used to easily and intuitively make hundreds of items. Combine two sheets of metal to make a saw, combine two sticks and a nail to make an arrow. Basically you can play around and test what kind of combination make what items, which is fun in and of itself. See More

Top Con

Players die, a lot, through no fault of their own.

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Plenty of things to do in-game, including combat, crafting, and exploring

The game includes combat, a crafting system, a housing system, lots of items, and varied landscapes to explore. Taken together, there’s plenty to keep you busy. See More

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Selection of weapons allows anyone to find something they enjoy using

The game includes a number of guns and melee weapons, giving the player plenty of choice as to how they would like to attack. See More

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Active developer who listens to their community

Unturned is developed by Nelson Sexton. He is very active and always listens to feedback from the player community. He is constantly updating the beta; check the community hub for more info. See More

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Well made maps where each is designed with purpose

Unturned is slightly different from other open world survival games, because it doesn't use randomly generated worlds. This actually is a pro, because the existing maps are very well made, well thought out, and overall having better design choices for worlds than say, Minecraft, Terraria, or 7 Days to Die. See More

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PvP winds up being very tense as the resources in the game are very limited

Scarce resources lead players to compete ruthlessly. This creates a scenario where it is all of nothing, show no weakness, give no benefit. See More

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Works great on low-end hardware

The game runs well on older hardware because it does not have very advanced graphics. This makes it compatible with many low spec systems. See More

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Easily mod or add custom maps through Steam Workshop

With Steam Workshop support players can create your own custom maps and mods as well as use others, thus giving the player never ending amounts of extras for the game. See More

Dwarf Fortress

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Lots of ways to die, no ways to win

Starvation, riots, goblins raiders stealing your babies, goblin war parties stealing your lives, elephants, vampires, werewolves, werebears, werebadgers, carp, digging into an aquifer, digging into lava, digging into the nesting area of a Forgotten Beast, selling wood to hippies, insanity, drowning in knee-deep water, and being attacked by your own dismembered finger. There are a lot of ways for dwarves to die. Age really isn't one ever heard of. After playing this game long enough, you'll realize why dwarves don't like going outside. Everything from harpies to dangerous man-eating carp is everywhere. Some of them are humorous, but most are a lesson. The entire game acts as a massive learning experience. Don't tell your dwarves to fish; they don't know how to swim. Wall off your fortress or a necromancer will make your lunch attack you. Don't dig too far down, or something scary will follow you back up. There is no victory, only glorious deaths. What goals you set in the game are up to you. Make small, simple goals that you know you can complete. "Surviving for 100 years" is like "curing cancer". Not technically 'impossible', but it might just be easier to settle on building a bridge for now. See More

Top Con

Controls are complex and often counterintuitive

New players are advised to read the Quickstart Guide. Dwarf Fortress takes a lot of patience to learn. Even something as basic and early as world creation might take a guide to understand the first time around. It doesn't really matter how experienced of a gamer you are; if you try to play this game without a guide, you're going to have a hard time. See More

Specs

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Renowned for depth of simulation and emergent gameplay

The ultimate goal of Dwarf Fortress is no less than a total fantasy world simulator. Its simulated systems include geology, metallurgy, fluid pressure, temperature, combustion and phase transitions (melting, evaporation, etc.), shear and tensile strength, ballistics and gravity, anatomy and tissue damage, growth and maturation of animals and plants, emotional states, life goals, and alcohol dependence. See More

Top Con

ASCII text-based display (alternatives available via mods)

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Massive randomly-generated worlds persist across multiple games

Estimating one meter per tile, the smallest possible Dwarf Fortress world is roughly 13 kilometers on each side, and about 400 layers deep. The largest world is about 197 kilometers (123 miles) on each side. Each world has its own randomly-generated history with thousands of notable figures, warring factions, and numerous settlements of various races. Any number of fortresses and/or adventurers can be played in a particular world, though only one at a time. See More

Top Con

No inherent goals or objectives

Simulation, and the resulting emergent stories, are (by design) all there is to the game. Adventurers can die and fortresses can fall, but there is no such thing as winning. See More

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Base game is free (supported by donations)

From the Bay 12 Games donations page: Bay 12 is dedicated to providing original games free of charge, but that doesn't mean it is free for us to make them. We've been online since December 2000, and you can help Bay 12 Games continue to thrive. If you've enjoyed any of our games, and you are able to give, we accept financial support. See More

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Continuous active development is planned for decades to come

Dwarf Fortress was started in 2002 and first released in 2006. Tarn and Zach Adams, its creators, have estimated that version 1.0 will be done in "about twenty years" and development will continue beyond that point. See More

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"Starter Pack" offers a streamlined introduction

The DF Starter Pack, formerly Lazy Newb Pack, is a collection of community-created enhancements to the interface and visual presentation of Dwarf Fortress. Find it here. See More

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Sim-like "Fortress" and roguelike "Adventurer" modes

Dwarf Fortress offers two primary ways to play. In Fortress Mode, the player oversees a small group of dwarves who embark to build a new settlement. Individual dwarves cannot be controlled directly; instead, the player supplies objectives and constraints and the A.I. decides exactly what is done by whom. Adventurer Mode presents a more classic roguelike experience, wherein the player controls a single character and can explore the entire world (including previous player-made fortresses). Two secondary modes are also provided: Legends Mode, which allows you to browse through all of the notable people, places, objects and events in a particular world's history; and the Object Testing Arena, where AI combat scenarios can be played out with any arbitrary combination of creatures and weaponry. See More

Clicker Heroes

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Free to play

Completely free See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Co-Op:Single Player

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Grinding mechanic

The game has more mechanics than just clicking like crazy.... See More

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Fun boss battles

Something unique to this title is that there are boss battles every 5 stages. This requires that the player is leveled up enough to defeat them thanks to the timer in the boss battle. If the player is not at a good level, they will not be able to beat the boss in the time limit, which means there is a bit of attention that has to be payed to the game in order to make sure ones level is appropriate to advance. Basically more attention has to be payed to leveling in this game than other clickers which makes for more immersion in the game. See More

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Free to play

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OpenSpades

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Moddable

OpenSpades has a built-in modding system for things such as custom weapon skins. See More

Top Con

Toxic Players

Some players can be very toxic. See More

Specs

Genre:First person shooter, Sandbox

Co-Op:Yes (teams)

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Open Source

The source code can be obtained and and modified under the terms of the GPLv3. See More

Top Con

Too many hackers

The occasional hacker can ruin a game, especially on servers that do not use anti-cheat systems. See More

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Minimalist looks

The game uses a very simple voxel artstyle. See More

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Graphics

Various lighting effects such as shadows and reflections can be enabled. See More

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Community

The community is small but friendly. See More

Dota 2

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Deny creeps

You can kill your own low-health creeps to deny experience and gold to the other team. See More

Top Con

It's got a huge learning curve

Dota 2 has 111 heroes, all of which are unique from each other. It will take time and effort to learn which heroes you like to play, and become skilled with them. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

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It's very well-balanced

Gameplay is balanced in the sense that while other MOBAs would have only around 30-60 viable picks for the competitive scene, Dota 2 has heroes and strategies in the game that are more varied, which enables more heroes to be picked in the competitive scene. Number of Heroes Picked in Dota 2's Recent Major Tournament in the past 4 months (as of July 2016) is 86/111 heroes picked and 100 out of 111 heroes picked. To compare between Dota 2 and LoL pick diversity, LoL has 64 out of 131 champions picked for LCS. There are also factors such as the ban/pick phase difference and the more rigid positions in LoL that may limit the viability for different playstyles and hero picks (typically it is 2 (AD, Support Bot) -1 (AP mid) -1 (Tank Off) - 1 (Jungler), with a possibility of double junglers in LoL). On the other hand in Dota 2, there are a lot more different positions compared to Lol/Smite such as Duo Mid (1-2-2), Traditional (2-1-2), One Jungler (1-2-1-1, most similar to league), One Roamer (1-2-1-1 as well with the difference being the hero roams the map for kills to create space for the mid and safelane rather than farm the jungle which can weaken a lane), Duo Roamer (1-1-1-2, all lanes are weaker in lane presence with the tradeoff being they get solo experience with two aggressive supports roaming), Trilane (1-1-3, Aggresive or Passive Trilane) and Abandoned Offlane (0-1-3-1 where the offlane is completely left empty due to a strong duo or trilane on the opposing team). More heroes are viable and balanced in Dota 2 partly due to the greater flexibility in laning. This can be attributed the mechanics such as creep pulling and creep stacking which allows the team doing trilane to make up for the shared experience between three heroes. Besides that, the existence of teleport scrolls that allow you to defend your towers or punish a tower dive also allows you to react and assist other lanes. In pub games, any hero/lane/lineup can work, and it is more about your individual mechanical skills (understanding of hero, combo execution, map awareness, last hitting, timings, item builds, flow) over the lack of coordination and teamwork (on both teams). See More

Top Con

Will consume a lot of time if you are not careful

Dota 2 has the potential to suck the player in. See More

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Can be played online and offline

However, you will need to be logged in to Steam either way. See More

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Rude, toxic community

Many players feel free to flame and insult, especially in the lower ranks and from non-english speaking countries. See More

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Incredibly deep gameplay

For players who put the time into Dota 2 to get past the early beginner phase, Dota 2 can become an extremely satisfying game. There's a reason it's one of the most popular eSports titles in the world. The amount of strategy, skill and variables involved make it a very deep game where anything could happen. See More

Top Con

Broken Patches

You will experience patches that make certain heroes broken and others really nerfed. See More

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Very active professional scene

Dota 2 has one of the most most active professional scenes in eSports today. If it's not the most active, it's certainly got the largest prize pools, coming in at over $20 million in 2016. See More

Top Con

You love and hate the game

While infuriating at times the addictiveness of the game keeps the players coming back. See More

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Has user-created custom games

Dota 2 includes Workshop Tools that allow users to create custom games as well as other play them. See More

Top Con

Game has been broken down to make it noob friendly

Recently, valve has been making the game more and more "foolproof" and the existing members of the community dislikes this. This can be considered a con though it makes it easier for newer players to get into Dota with significantly less hurdles to jump over See More

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Dota 2 has the world's biggest e-sports tournament

At The International 4 in summer 2014, players raised the prize pool to more than $10 million, one of the largest prize pools in E-Sports history. See More

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A very diverse MOBA

This game has a steep learning curve, but it's well worth it. The games that came after Dota like League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm, Smite, and other lookalikes don't even compare to the complexity of Dota 2. Every hero is unique and valuable in one team composition or another. The amount of versatility of each hero is amazing as well. The mechanics by far destroy any other Dota style game (MOBA) and that's what makes this game top tier in it's genre. This game is the highest grossing E-Sport game in the world and will probably continue to be for a long time. See More

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Players can trade self-made cosmetic items

The game includes a system for players to create, buy, and sell cosmetic items. See More

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Moba-leading graphics

When compared to other leading MOBAs, Dota2 has some of the best graphics to be found. See More

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Fair free-to-play business model

Microtransactions involve only cosmetic items such as custom weapon designs or clothing colors and tickets to view live events. See More

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Regularly updated

Dota 2 is regularly patched and changed with new characters being introduced and balance changes made. This can prevent the game from becoming too stale as the tactics utilized by players changes often. See More

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Start with all heroes

You don't need to unlock or purchase characters. See More

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Cross-platform

Available on Windows, OS X, and Linux. See More

Brawlhalla

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Playing is addictive

Top Con

Bad matchmaking

Newbies get matched up with experts. See More

ReverentSiliniez's Experience

Dude you literally pay money to buy OP weapons and get matched with newbies instead of matched players. This game is the definition of PTW. Are you that stupid? See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Co-Op:Online/Shared PvP

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You're able to test your skills against others via a ranking system

Brawlhalla offers a ranked game option if you're into competitive play. In ranked games, each player has 3 lives and you battle until one player loses all of them. Every player has an ELO rating, essentially a number that shows your rank. Winning games will raise your ELO, while losing will lower it. Every player also has two other ratings: the Matchmaking Ratio (or MMR), which is hidden from everyone, and an ELO for the character they're playing. Your MatchMaking Ratio (MMR) is a secret number that determines what other players you'll be playing, and how quickly your ELO will rise or fall with victories and defeats. The ELO for the character your playing has a distinct effect on your MMR - a character you're not as good with will place you against lower ranked people than the character you're best with. See More

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Tons of different ways to enjoy the game

Brawlhalla is a 2D fighting game where you choose a character and fight in matches that are one of the following: 1 versus 1, 2 versus 2, 4 versus 4, and 4 or 8 person free-for-alls. Every game mode has a different reason to love it, from the fierce competitive feeling of the one on one match up, or the all-out ridiculousness of an 8-man free for all, Brawlhalla has a way for everyone to have fun. See More

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Very rewarding gameplay

In game, some of the moves are completely over the top, and when you connect with them it's just so satisfying. There's not much quite like being deep into a game and pulling off a ridiculous combo that clinches the victory for you. On top of that, fighting games inherently have a lot of room for improvement, even for the top players in the world, and Brawlhalla is no exception. You can spend hours practicing your favorite characters and still want to get better. After spending all those hours practicing, it's great to put the beat down on an opponent in true Brawlhalla fashion. See More

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The controls are very good

Controlling a character in Brawlhalla is great because everything is so responsive and just flows perfectly. Not only does this make performing combos and special moves easier, but it simply feels good to play. See More

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Completely free to play

Brawlhalla's developers have a strict "no pay to win" philosophy. There's an in-game store where you can buy things like alternate looks for your characters, new taunt and KO animations, etc., but there's no power-ups, no new mechanics, nothing that would give someone putting money into the game an edge. See More

StarCraft II

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Has an active eSports scene

With a 1.6 million dollar prize pool for the world championships in 2015, StarCraft II has a very large and supported eSports scene that is participated in throughout the world. See More

Top Con

Starcraft I units are unavailable

They removed/replaced some of the units with new units. See More

TruthfulFrigg's Experience

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Specs

Top Pro

Free to play

Since 2017 starcraft II is now free with the first extension: WIngs of Liberty. See More

Top Con

Large focus on micromanagement

StarCraft II relies on minimal micromanagement compared to the predecessor due to its engine which performs pretty much alll of the tasks you had to perform in SC:BW bar a-click. Play StarCraft II if StarCraft is too hard for you and you like being part of a snowflake community. See More

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Well balanced, asymmetrical gameplay

Opposing teams will have completely different skillsets allowing players to take wholly different approaches toward completing the same goal. This makes for asymmetrical gameplay that has been painstakingly balanced. See More

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Campaign features an engaging story and acts as a tutorial

StarCraft II tells a very concise and cohesive story, exclusively featuring the Terran, with some exceptions during optional missions. During the campaign, the player is asked to make several choices which partially alter the storyline, as well as give access to some units, while making other completely unavailable. With a new unit unlocked nearly every mission, these levels utilize unique gameplay mechanics that highlight the specific uses of each new unit that is unlocked, thus allowing players to familiar with them. For example, one mission highlights the maneuverability of the Viking, an aircraft that can quickly fly across the map, killing other aerial units, and transforming to become a walking vehicle that can annihilate ground-based enemies. See More

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Big player base

Has a very big player base and everyone will be able to find a suitable opponent whether you are a rookie or an experienced player. See More

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Gives in-game access to a wide variety of community created games/mods

Users can publish their mods to the game so that other players may then apply them in-game. This makes for easy access to a wide variety of mods and games. See More

Open Arena

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Runs nicely on very old computers

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Steep learning curve may drive some players back to their phones

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FPS SHOOTER WITHOUT THE FLASHBANG GARBAGE AND REALISM FEATS. outstanding performer and a must play for every quaker on the planet. for those who just want a relaxing game without too much pressure there is dm. For those willing and wanting to commit there is ClanArena and defrag. Expect a prime shooter at it's finest, no graphical drama, just spawn and kill. Or CTF. or even Treasure Hunt. Everyone is welcome to pick up the gauntlet and cut some gibs. See More

Specs

Genre:First person shooter, Arena

Co-Op:Yes (teams)

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Very enthusiastic developers and players

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Active in development

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Cross-platform

Mac, Linux, and Win. And even Android. Can run in webbrowser as shown on openarena.live See More

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Active clan scene

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Community works

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Those willing to commit a few extra minutes can make this game suitable for epileptic people

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Free and open source

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

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Crafting is expensive

In lieu of trading cards, this game uses a disenchanting/crafting system to handle duplicate copies in your collection and being able to obtain the cards you want. Many cards disenchant for paltry amounts, and the best cards cost lots of "dust" to be able to play with. See More

Top Pro

Familiar characters from Warcraft 3 and World of warcraft

The characters used in Hearthstone are all from the lore of the Warcraft series, making for a familiar universe for fans of the series. See More

SociableBaldr's Experience

This game is pay to win. Why is it on this list? See More

Top Con

The reward system is not significant enough

Hearthstone's reward system is very lackluster, providing little to nothing of significance to the casual or excessive player. There will be times when you feel heavily rewarded by the game, but these times are few and far between and if you are driven by rewards you will likely lose attraction to this game quickly. See More

Top Pro

Free to play that doesn't exploit

Yes it's free to play, but it's designed to easily continue to play and have fun without having to feel like you HAVE to pay. At the same time, after playing a while you'll probably want to. See More

Top Con

Huge money sink

Although you can "technically" play for free, Hearthstone is very stingy on rewards. To get the limit of 100 paltry coins free a day, you have to win 30 games vs mostly players who have much better cards than you. It can take a new player 6 to 8(or more) hours to accomplish this. And after all this you get a pack of 5 cards that are often completely worthless to any viable deck. It's possible to get cards like "Angry Chicken"(worthless card) as the "Rare" card several times. You can also get a bunch of cards you already have a lot of. See More

Top Pro

Great even for casual players

Hearthstone has a friendly learning curve that makes picking it up and getting started easy for people who don't want to spend a lot of time learning rules and tricks. See More

Top Con

Additional "Cards" must be paid for if not earned by continuously playing

There is a bit of a grind in earning new cards, so for those that do not want to spend the large amount of time needed to earn quality cards they will need to be purchased, which can get expensive. See More

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Active community

It has a lot of players due to Blizzard's fanbase which means finding multiplayer matches is not all that difficult. See More

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Sometimes unfair matchmaking

Sometimes players will be matched up with people who clearly have been playing longer. See More

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Multi-platform

Available on PC and on mobile. Makes a great commute companion (provided you have internet). See More

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Lacking a lot of depth found in better TCGs

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Brawl events, that don't require you to follow "the meta"

You can take advantage of weekly brawl events that give you a certain set of cards (so no need to pay to stay competitive). It keeps the game fresh, fun and fairly "casual". See More

Top Con

Dependent on Battle.net infrastructure, not playable offline

The game requires a connection with Battle.net servers from the developers, and thus can't be played offline. See More

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Card balances and game updates often

The Hearthstone team is always looking at their data and community reaction towards cards and the state of the game, and they have made many card and game changes/updates to balance and improve the game for all players. See More

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Poor port

Plays much better on PC. Sluggish and crashes often on mobile, sometimes connections can be difficult to make as well. See More

Top Pro

Near-perfect balance between going first or second

There's no significant first-turn or second-turn advantage in Hearthstone. The player going second gets an extra card from his deck as well as "The Coin", a card that gives one extra mana crystal for one turn. This subverts the advantage that would be gained otherwise by the player going first. See More

Top Con

Ridiculously bloated

Over 4 GB data installed on ones device. Which is quite a lot of room, something many might not have to spare. See More

Top Pro

You won't be cursed at in the chat.

Interaction with opponent limited to simple pre-made phrases, so you don't have to see how many 1337 gamers had their way with you or your mother. Or deal with the spam about free decks, new hacks etc. See More

Top Con

Some mechanics based on random numbers

Random effects in the game use a random number generator, which causes an uncertainty of all outcomes. See More

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

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Every match feels as fresh as the first one

Even though all matches start the same (with you dropping from a plane), chances are, you will rarely have the same experience twice. Up to 100 people can join the server which is practically a 8x8km island. The choices you (and every other player) make from the moment you touch ground onward, will alter the course of the match in unexpected ways. Items are also randomly-generated, which means you never know what you'll find. See More

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Steam Rating:Mixed

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Always keeps you on the edge

Managing to survive usually means that there's a relatively great time investment going, this increases the stakes of the game and keeps you on the edge at all times. See More

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Lots of different strategies you can take

The massive map, the great array of weapons, and the amount of different choices each player can make give you a great deal of strategies to follow to win the game. Even dropping from the plane to start the match is a choice that can greatly affect your possibilities of winning. Do you drop early to gain an edge over opponents? Do you drop close to the centre of the island in order to prepare for the final stages of the battle? Even after dropping from the plane you can choose different strategies. You can play aggressive and try to hunt and kill other players, or you can bid your time, hide inside a building and wait for other players to kill each-other. The possibilities are endless. See More

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Great co-op

You can play in a squad of 2-4 and the teamwork makes the game infinitely more fun. See More

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Awesome combination of looting, survival and combat

You start the game getting dropped from a plane where you parachute into a random point of the map. You got to loot to get as good gear/weapons as you can before the game forces everyone to converge to a location for an intense firefight. See More

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Engaging Player Interactions

The game mechanics create ample opportunity for politics and role playing, where attacking other players is usually not the best option. See More

Top Con

Unbalanced

Game is still having major features tweaked as the developer is seeking to balance the game properly. See More

CptCommanche's Experience

Almost 2 years after launch, the developer is still tweaking the game balance, and soon plans to reset the universe for a fresh start. The in-game politics and player interactions are the main draw for me and what has kept me here so long. With a game reset and a larger player base, this game could be something really unique. See More

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Genre:Sci-Fi MMO

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Great Community

Has a small but dedicated community of players that creates a very positive playing environment. See More

Top Con

Slow Development

Game is run by a solo-developer who is slow in implementing new features and is sometimes out of touch with the community. See More

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