If you’re searching for some nostalgia noughties titles to chill with, then try our record of the perfect PC video games from 2000’s!

I used to be 10 within the yr 2000. My N64 dominated the roost, and I used to be already accumulating all of the greatest Gameboy video games on the scene.

When we acquired a PC, nevertheless, a complete new set of potentialities opened up. New video games, elevated energy, and hours of enjoyable operating round as a wizard.

No surprises for guessing one of many video games on this record then, eh?

There are so many titles to select from that placing collectively 10 of the perfect was no simple job. Still, I believe I’ve finished the noughties justice with these 10 titles.

So, stick on Linking Park’s first album and grabs fruit winder as we try some epic PC video games from the 2000’s!

The Sims kickstarts our record of the perfect PC video games from 2000’s! It additionally kickstarted one in every of, if not the most profitable life SIM collection of all time.

Making homes, getting your individuals to do cool stuff, naming a personality after your crush and realising you can’t hit on them nearly both; the SIMS had all of it.

Building the right home is just one a part of the sport. Ok, so that you need to create a pleasant surroundings in your sims to Iive in, however the actual pleasure is the social side of seeing SIMS going by means of their every day lives,

Make certain your SIMS are motivated and saved entertained as they reside, work, love, and luxuriate in life.

I bear in mind one in every of my sims having a job as a burglar too. When I believe again, it was type of weird that I used to be attempting to improve my character to get a promotion in ‘the stealing business’, nevertheless it was enjoyable on the time.

If you desire a sport the place you possibly can lose 5 hours within the blink of an eye fixed and never take into consideration your personal job, then that is it.

Hitman: Codename 47 is a type of video games the place you find yourself sitting in silence since you don’t need the characters to listen to you. That’s how tense it will get whereas taking part in!

This sport is fairly brutal at instances with some ugly scenes. Still, the capturing motion is commonly blended up with powerful puzzles to crack, which means that it’s not solely your button mashing fingers that get a pummelling.

You gotta use that mind of yours too!

Embark on a profession as an murderer, wielding the whole lot from piano wire to large machine weapons. It’s tremendous tempting to only run in all weapons blazing on this sport, although that’s the easiest way to die in each scenario.

The reply to finishing Hitman is my (not so) favorite trait: stealth.

Steal NPC uniforms, use distractions and reflections to take down enemies from afar, and do no matter it takes to receives a commission on the finish of the hit.

Black & White takes the eighth spot in our greatest PC video games from 2000’s record, a sport that I used to be utterly enamoured with again within the day.

And If you want video games like Sim City, Age of Empires, and Populous, then this God-playing sport goes to be proper up your road.

The predominant distinction between these video games and Black and White is that the participant has a helper on this title.

No, it’s not Karen from HR; I’m speaking a few large animal that your individuals worship like a deity.

The creature is tied on to a morality engine; in case you do great things, your being will turn into divine and the land will prosper.

Do dangerous stuff, which I’m guessing most of you’ll do for amusing, and your creature will turn into tremendous evil!

Your predominant mission is to construct a affluent world whereas getting everybody to consider in you and worship you.

There’s heaps to do on this sport, from elevating your creature and both petting or punishing them, being strategic about constructing your world, and getting concerned within the lives of your individuals as you watch them going about their enterprise.

Will you oppress your followers or assist them thrive?

How lots of you will have taken to the skies in Combat Flight Simulator 2?

This is about as near WWII as I ever need to get, not to mention flying a airplane. Jump within the cockpit of iconic planes utilized by each the American forces and the Japanese Navy whereas battling up within the air.

As far as controlling the planes go, the method is fairly complicated. While the sport itself is now over 20 years previous, it nonetheless offers a practical expertise that, with sure settings, requires you to undergo the entire rigmarole of taking off in a airplane.

All whereas stressing about being shot down in a canine battle.

If you’ve at all times fancied taking to the skies in a Wildcat or a Hellcat, then now’s your probability.

Practice touchdown on an Aircraft Carrier when the wind is howling, bump up the problem by means of the marketing campaign mode, and soar over the ocean whereas searching down the enemy.

And who that’s depends upon which aspect you’re taking part in as!

So the degrees aren’t extremely detailed, however that doesn’t matter. I don’t think about WWII pilots noticed a lot surroundings whereas gunning down planes anyway, so it’s in all probability fairly spot on!

Next up in our record of the perfect PC video games from 2000’s is the epic Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn!

If you’re a fan of RPGs you can dive into with mates, then this sport must be in your assortment.

Take half in actual time battles in a celebration of as much as 6 individuals, traversing an enormous sport world full of thriller and hazard,

Utilising an isometric view, gamers transfer round Gauntlet-style, chatting with characters and immersing themselves in an arcing plot with many paths, twists, and turns.

I’m not saying that being a dungeon grasp will enable you to on this sport, nevertheless it would possibly imply that you’ve the nouse to consider what’s taking place 10 suggestions upfront.

If you performed the primary Baldur’s Gate sport, then you possibly can really convey your character from the earlier journey into this one. How cool is that!

Many options that we take without any consideration in video games reminiscent of ethical selections and aspect quests that fluctuate from character to character made a huge effect on this sport. It’s a fantasy fan’s dream title and the right sport to play whereas the following DM is getting ready their D&D marketing campaign.

Thief just lately featured in our greatest 90s PC video games article, and now Thief II: The Metal Project is taking a decent place in our compendium based mostly on the noughties!

If you liked the stealthy elements of the unique Thief: The Dark Project sport, then you definately’re in luck. The sport mainly looks like a continuation of the primary title so far as movesets and motion goes.

Still, Master Thief Garret has some new methods up his sleeves that make his sneaky actions even… effectively, sneakier.

Throw orbs round corners to see what’s coming, a useful tip when these bizarre robots are heading in direction of you.

As at all times, Thief 2 is all about laying in wait and taking the proper alternative to strike. Running in blindly will typically result in you dying, one thing I nonetheless don’t appear to have the ability to perceive in 2022.

Don’t fear; you’ll get to do a little bit of thieving as you progress by means of the degrees too. A person’s acquired to earn a residing whereas slaying dangerous guys, in any case!

How Max Payne acquired away with stealing the bullet time impact from the Matrix I’ll by no means know. Still, it made for some epic gameplay on this exhausting hitting PC sport.

The film may need been utter rubbish, however the sport is spectacular. Follow Max as he’s on the run, blamed for the homicide of his good friend and grieving after the demise of his spouse and daughter.

I instructed you it was exhausting hitting!

Now, each the police and tonnes of different seedy gang varieties are after him. But Max is a unfastened cannon with nothing to lose.. and bullet time abilities.

This third-person shooter looks like Enter the Matrix crossed with Mission Impossible, one of many greatest N64 video games of all time, twinned with the tense ambiance of video games like GoldenEye 007.

Come on, how way more reward can I give it.

Some of the scenes are extremely bizarre, and the selection of weapons generally is a bit hit or miss generally, nevertheless it’s an absolute stellar sport and one which greater than deserves to be on this record!

You’re a wizard Harry! Yes, Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone takes the bronze medal in immediately’s record of the perfect PC video games from 2000’s.

Step into Hogwarts Castle and end up proper within the thick of all of the trials and tribulations of Harry’s first yr.

The story follows the act of the guide and movie; learn to use spells, fly broomsticks, and cease Quirrel from getting his arms on the Philosopher’s Stone.

Exploring the fort is extremely enjoyable, and the puzzle components of this sport are actually participating too. Obviously there’s a bit extra to-ing and fro-ing than there’s within the movie, in any other case the sport would solely final about 90 minutes.

Ron and Hermione are alongside for the trip too in addition to different necessary characters reminiscent of Albus Dumbledore. Eat chocolate frogs for well being, pull off spells from the Standard guide of Spells, and be the wizard you at all times wished to be.

If you’re ready patiently for Hogwarts Legacy to drop, then return and play the entire greatest Harry Potter video games in the interim!

Gordon Freeman appears to repeatedly discover himself in unattainable conditions, and Half-Life 2 doesn’t make something simpler for him.

Caught amidst an invasion of demons within the first sport, he’s now becoming a member of a insurgent resistance group armed with preventing inter-dimensional beings which have destroyed earth’s forces in a warfare that lasted a complete of seven hours.

I imply, not less than it was over and finished with shortly, however there received’t precisely be a lot for the historical past books to cowl, will there?

From the picture above, you possibly can immediately see that Half-Life 2 is way more polished than the unique sport. Move by means of City 17 as you full puzzles, gun down foes, and defeat an evil scientist.

Don’t neglect that Gordon is only a scientist himself. This all appears a bit a lot, to be sincere. I guess her’s contemplating a profession in retail after this.

The crowbar makes an look once more (it wouldn’t be a Half-Life sport with out it), however the firepower is way extra spectacular on this sequel. You may even drive automobiles in some areas too!

The plot line jogs my memory a bit of of the movie ‘Children of Men’ too, with no kids being born and the world in a state of chaos. If you thought Valve knocked it out of the park with their first providing, then their second will effectively and actually blow you away!

The outcomes are in, and Dues Ex formally takes the highest spot in our record of the perfect PC video games from 2000’s!

Can you bear in mind the primary time that you just took anti-terrorist legend JC Denton out to destroy dangerous guys?

For these of you taking part in Cyberpunk on the PS5, this was one of many first video games I can bear in mind the place you could possibly customise the principle character by including cybernetic elements to the character’s physique.

We’re speaking Neo, the Master Chief, and Samus all rolled into one!

RPG followers will love updating JC’s ability tree and bettering sure strategies. Will you flip your hero into a tough hitter or a grasp hacker?

Let’s get again to these cybernetic enhancements. Players can seize and carry objects that will be means too regular for a human to carry. Jump greater, and even swim like a Zora.

You can full missions in a wide range of methods too. And, for as soon as, there’s the choice to be stealthy or simply go wild with a machine gun.

See why I put this sport prime now?

Yes, Deus Ex continues to be a cracking sport in 2022, and I believe it’ll nonetheless be fashionable with the plenty for a few years to return too!

Seb Santabarbara has purchased each Nintendo console that has ever been launched in his 31 years on Planet Earth. His favorite sport franchise is Zelda, and he’s patiently ready for Banjo-Kazooie to return again to the fold. When he’s not taking part in video games, he’s travelling the world in his self-converted camper van.