Which steam game to install first? Skyrim?

[Vindaloovians]

I have a terrible download limit so I'm only allowed to download a game a month (Sucks I know ._.) so anyway, out my whole steam library, which game do you think is worth downloading? (Of which I haven't already installed) I haven't played any of these yet, I've just been on the steam sales this year.

Titanfall (Not steam)
Battlefield 3 (Not steam :3)
Alan Wake
Borderlands 2
Deus Ex - Human Revolution - Director's Cut
Dishonored
TES IV - Oblivion
TES V - Skyrim
Fallout - New Vegas
Kingdoms of Amalur - Reckoning
Theif
Tomb Raider
Garry's Mod
Terraria (Could get away with installing this with another)
Civilization V
Sniper Elite 3

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Aww too bad you don't have Age of Empires III. I say Civ V.

 

[smog0]

borderlands 2 + terraria

 

[Root_]

look you can play and download at the same time if you had already downloaded any game put up any other game simultaneously!

steam > settings > downloads >allow downloads during gameplays

I think you should go for Skyrim it has a good storyline!

 

[Vindaloovians]

look you can play and download at the same time if you had already downloaded any game put up any other game simultaneously!

steam > settings > downloads >allow downloads during gameplays

I think you should go for Skyrim it has a good storyline!

My ISP gives us 15GB limit monthly 🙁

 

[Rationale]

Praising Skyrim's story is a bit inaccurate. It's a good game, but the story is clearly an afterthought.

 

[Root_]

look you can play and download at the same time if you had already downloaded any game put up any other game simultaneously!

steam > settings > downloads >allow downloads during gameplays

I think you should go for Skyrim it has a good storyline!

My ISP gives us 15GB limit monthly 🙁

Hmmm I think Skyrim's size is about 5 - 6gb! so its best to go for it !

 

[Rationale]

look you can play and download at the same time if you had already downloaded any game put up any other game simultaneously!

steam > settings > downloads >allow downloads during gameplays

I think you should go for Skyrim it has a good storyline!

My ISP gives us 15GB limit monthly 🙁

Hmmm I think Skyrim's size is about 5 - 6gb! so its best to go for it !

With the DLC it's about 11GB, if I'm not mistaken.

 

[James Mason]

Civ 5 and skyrim offer the most replayability but.... a month is still a long time.

Are you sure you can't complain to your ISP? Download limits should be a thing of the past. (at least as small as 15gb)

 

[Root_]

Praising Skyrim's story is a bit inaccurate. It's a good game, but the story is clearly an afterthought.

look you can play and download at the same time if you had already downloaded any game put up any other game simultaneously!

steam > settings > downloads >allow downloads during gameplays

I think you should go for Skyrim it has a good storyline!

My ISP gives us 15GB limit monthly 🙁

Hmmm I think Skyrim's size is about 5 - 6gb! so its best to go for it !

With the DLC it's about 11GB, if I'm not mistaken.

true!

 

[namelessonez]

Reinstalled windows recently and had to download Skyrim last night with all the DLC's (except Hearthfire....couldn't care less for that one!). Total downloaded size was almost 12gigs.

Keep in mind, if you get addicted to Skyrim (which happened to many, including me), you will lose sight of your other titles and 'may' get stuck on it for a looooong time! (I had clocked close to 390 hours.....then I took my head out of the sand!)

My suggestion: Try the shorter ones which have a defined campaign/ story. In my preferred order from you list:

Battlefield 3
Tomb Raider
Deus Ex
Alan Wake
Skyrim

I've played most of the other titles (Dishonoured, Thief, etc) but found them very boring or monotonous.

The thing with Skyrim is that once you understand the whole concept of modding the game (Nexus, Steam Workshop, etc) you'll end up multiplying your game hours. So best to get the 'shorter' titles out of the way first.

I loved Skyrim when it came out and got hooked onto it right away. The sandbox/ open world style of gaming coupled with the capability of yanking the graphics to another level from the plethora of options out there meant that I was on my PC for days at a stretch.....but that's just me!

All the best....and welcome to Tamriel, Dohvakin!

 

[cats_Paw]

TES IV - Oblivion
TES V - Skyrim
Fallout - New Vegas
Kingdoms of Amalur - Reckoning

Id start with any of those 4.
All are long enought to be played for many hours, so its possible you will be able to get 2-3 months of gameplay (unless you play 6 hours each day or more) meaning you will get more games ready by the time you are done with it.

I would definitly not start with battlefiend 3, tomb raider, deus ex or alan wake.
Those games can be finished in under a day easy, and their replayability is low (except for battlefiend online, but you have a limit, so multiplayer is not the best idea for you at this point).

 

[Rationale]

Skyrim is a big download, and Oblivion is nearly as good (better according to some people, but even as a serious Oblivion fan I'm not too sure about that) at a smaller download size. With that in mind, I'd go Oblivion. Just, you know, maybe download a mod to improve the character faces, since they look like potato heads. The environments and dungeons are still pretty good though, really everything holds up pretty nicely except those godawful potato faces. Also, probably force 8x anisotropic filtering in your drivers (you should really be doing that anyway for gaming).

As cats_Paw said, downloading a short or linear game is not going to offer much replayability, even if the game might be funner for the short duration it lasts.