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thief (not an fps), morrowind (not an fps)
these are both console games
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Some rpgs? Mass Effect and Witcher are probably the best in a few years, Jade Empire is good as well. If you haven't played Baldur's Gates there's a nice compilation of them available. Arx Fatalis is also good and seriously underrated, it's a 3d first person one from something like 2003. Not a massive open world type neither streamlined console style. Nice, compact and has a great casting system (seriously, play a mage).

Adventure games? Get ScummVM and play the LucasArts classics, get Grim Fandango. Telltale's new Sam & Max games are good, at least the first season, haven't played the second.

Then there's of course tons and tons of indie games, I can confirm that Braid is absolutely fabulous, World of Goo is nice fun and Crayon Physics is great provided you're not the achiever type.

Also seconding System Shock 2 and Thief (the second one is best). Freelancer is pretty great, an arcade space dogfight game (does not need a joystick) with a great story driven single player. Deus Ex if you haven't yet, I guess it's technically an fps but seriously.

I don't know, this is pretty much listing all the great games that come to my mind except fps and strategy. Any more pointers? Have you already played all the classics suggested here?

Alec only Thief III was released on consoles. Get Thief II.
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The exile series were baller old school 2d dungeon crawlers
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these are both console games

thief 1 and 2 aren't console games. thief deadly shadows was the only console game and is also considered the worst of the series by a long way (it's to thief what invisible war was to deus ex).

you can probably skip thief 1, but thief 2 is absolutely incredible
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Does turn-based tactical squad leading count as strategy? Like Jagged Alliance. If not, Silent Storm and especially the sequel/standalone add-on Silent Storm Sentinels.
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I tried playing jagged alliance DS and i couldn't even work out what the fuck was going on
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thief 1 and 2 aren't console games.
and morrowind was shit on console
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and morrowind was shit
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Go to metacritic, pc games section. Then sort by score and find the first game on the list that
a. You haven't played before
b. Isn't an fps
c. Isn't an mmo

Then play it.
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Civilizations 4.

Then when you get sick of playing that one, get mods for it and play it some more. (Fall from Heaven is the best if you can actually get it working)
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Go to metacritic, pc games section. Then sort by score and find the first game on the list that
a. You haven't played before
b. Isn't an fps
c. Isn't an mmo

Then play it.
I'm guessing he wants personal recommendations not lmgtfy.com
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dwarf fortress

depends on your definition of good though
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DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS. Shit, this game is AMAZING, it's a single-player gigantic RPG that every living thing needs to experience

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DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS. Shit, this game is AMAZING, it's a single-player gigantic RPG that every living thing needs to experience
It's a console game.

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Dragon Age: Origins is also on the PC.
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but also doesn't fit the requirements in the op
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Civilizations 4.
just stopped playing a game of it right now (at 3 in the morning) and we're continuing it another night. multiplayer is fecking awesome (singleplayer is too, but not as much imo)