The most important PC games of all time

By Dom Reseigh-Lincoln

As part of TechRadar’s PC Gaming Week 2018, we’ve thought long and hard about what the most important PC games of all time are.

So, what makes a game ‘important’? For many, it’s a totally subjective argument based on which games have made the biggest impact on your gaming life.

However, there are some games that have done more than gained legions of fans – this is the software that’s shaped the ebb and flow of the industry. From graphical milestones to the creation of a entirely new genres, these are the games that elevated PC gaming with every release.

That’s why we’ve gathered together ten of the best, highlighting just why they have been so influential in shaping the course of PC gaming.

Sid Meier’s Civilization (1991)

It’s impossible to overstate just how influential Civilization has been on strategy games, world-building sims and PC gaming in general.

Alongside SimCity and Populus, MicroPose’ seminal piece of software took something as vast as building and nurturing numerous empires through time and somehow made an interactive experience with untold control at your fingertips.

The original MS-DOS versions looks positively antiquated today, but it’s been remade and remastered multiple times over the years so …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming