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A few different categories.

Games that need the more precise and better control scheme. Things like FPS and RTS rule this category, although there are exceptions, mostly things that are single player focused. DOOM and Titanfall 2 have some of the best FPS campaigns in the history of shooters, and if that is all you want for your experience, they're absolutely fine on consoles. Portal is another exception where you don't need precise control because it's a puzzle game first, everything else second. And if you find yourself playing a single player game which clearly needs a controller (like the new Star Wars game), most controllers are plug and play. Just buy a wired Xbox One controller and it takes 15 seconds to set up through a USB.

Games that run poorly because of how much shit is going on. The Just Cause series doesn't need precise control because it's easy, but getting constant slowdown or FPS locking because you can't run it as it's meant to be played really hampers the gameplay. Same with something like The Witcher 3, which has a ton of technical issues on consoles that it really isn't worth your time to play it on not PC. I haven't played Control yet but I hear it falls in this boat of clearly not being optimized for consoles.

And finally, of course, are games that you can mod like crazy. Most open world games fit this bill - I can't even imagine playing any Bethesda game not on PC. Once you start, it's impossible to not want to mod it. Even Skyrim which runs 'fine' on consoles had so many issues fixed right out the gate with PC modding. Inventory fixes, control stuff, animation stuff, etc. It took about 15 minutes of my time to fix so many issues the game had just in terms of quality of life stuff.

I won't make an entire list of stuff you should play, but if you think of a game and think it might fall into any of the above categories, it's probably something that should be played on PC. The final thing I can think of is the multiplayer aspect of it (PC gets updated first, can have dedicated servers, generally bigger player base, higher skill cap, etc) but that's not really do or die unless you plan on playing the game long term. Consoles are fine when a game releases - if you love something so much you'll be playing it for years, PC it is.

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