What do I mean by "worthwhile" and "promising"? Well, I never intended to just wildly list every game that can be played on PC, so I had to set up some criteria. For games that already were released the easiest way to judge their quality is through reviews. This listing originated from Gamespot and that still is the main source of reviews for this list. There are exceptions though, they had to be made because unfortunately Gamespot ignores large amount of PC games, especially those that aren't available in retail. That's why you will occasionally see review scores from other sites here. I tried to choose the most respectable and trustworthy ones for this task, like Out of Eight for indie games or Adventuregamers form well... adventure games :)
For upcoming titles it's obviously harder to pick the games. I rely on my instincts, but since those can never be trusted I always need some backing up first. The most obvious ones is if the game is made by people who already have proven themselves with other games or mods or if it's a sequel to a good game. Those are the main criteria, but they aren't enough. I take real pleasure in listing lots of indie games and those are mostly done by newcomers, it's a bit better if they previously made a good freeware titles, but that's not always a case. So in cases of indie titles I like to use awards and nominations for such awards, especially those from Independent Games Festival or at the very least the game should have positive previews before I list them.
All this is done to show the good side of PC gaming, so positive selection was necessary. I hope those listings will be useful to you and will help you to discover interesting games you had no idea about.
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