I have to admit I'm not into the complex strategy games myself, because I dislike that the first 100 hours are just the tutorial. But I heard good things about Stellaris, although you need apparently some of the DLCs, so wait for a sale there. Endless Legends and Endless Space are different games but both in the same universe, but the latter is in space and the other based on fantasy.
And I saw enough memes about Crusader Kings 2 to know that it is Crazy Story Generator in Medieval Times.
I would say PC only games mainly consists of complex strategy games like StarCraft or Total War and small indie titles that were not ported to a console like Dwarf Fortress. I would argue in general that there aren't really any must play titles, it all depends on what genres you like.
I would recommend Oneshot, which is in the second category and similar to Undertale. While there is a console port, it loses a lot of appeal due to a certain spoilery mechanic if you play it not on a PC.
Other games I like in the indie category:
FTL: Faster than Light
Into the Breach
Baba is you
Renowned Explorers
On the strategy side there are real time strategy games like StarCraft 2, Age of Empires 4/Age of Mythology, all of the MOBA games like Dota 2 or complex 4X games like Hearts of Iron 1-4 and all of the Total War series etc. I personally like AoE4 and the new remake for AoM.
If you like those totally depends on you.
Except Half-Life, that one is PC only and must play. I suggest to play the remake Blackmesa and Half Life 2, then you don't need to play a 20 year old game.
While I understand your feelings (I have such a friend myself), if graphics are most important to them, they are perfectly entitled to that opinion! I always interject, that my friend is missing out on great gameplay experiences but it is on them what they like and value most.
Well yes, of course. They sell you an installer and it's on you to download it. That the servers could be turned off at one point in the future because the company doesn't have money any more should be clear. It's on you to save the installer on your own hard drive, not the companies!
Yes, Radical Dreamers is a visual novel and between Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. But they got released together on Steam, which is what you are linking to.
For me 'Dream of the Shore Near Another World' is the best piece, it's otherworldly serenity just hits the perfect notes for me.
Although directly behind it is the intro theme, which screams ADVENTURE to me. It is one of the few game intros I never skipped during my whole playthrough.
No question the 3D graphics of the time are far worse than pixelart, but I actually liked the art direction. Personally I'm not really a fan of Akira Toriyamas style, although it is characteristic and easily recognizable.
Regarding the battle system I'm neutral. I liked the old system, but I also like that they tried something new. I appreciate the possibility to teach characters skills how you like. But it isn't easily understandable for sure.
Strange, I somehow 'remember' that you needed to play on hard, but checking it again, you are right. Just easy difficulty is not getting the best ending.
Definitely an interesting concept.
The hard part would be to make it still interesting for the player to continue or better restart and also to keep it hidden, so that the player will reach this conclusion by themselves. Too oftena nice mechanic like that is already given in the marketing material, underscoring every emotional impact it could have ever had.
I'm not saying this news article is true, but this reporting is exactly reporting what you are saying: they found out because all attention is on them.
If I'm not getting whooshed from you playing the act:
The joke is that everything in the meme is already in the established TES canon. But capital G Gamers™ (which I hate that those assholes made that word negative), being media illiterate and being "anti woke", often don't see what their loved games contain, even if they complain about those things.
Ah, yes. Thanks for the reminder, already forgot about this bullshit decision from Sony for the PC release.