I Need a good older computer game

[Sam Warrior]

OH MY GOD! I forgot the most important one of all... Morrowind. Buy it.

Definitely agree with this Morrowind is awasome

 

[EddySpaghetti]

Carmaggedon 2 superawesome poligonal orgasm of distruction and cool cars

 

[Sougo]

The Thief Series
Homeworld series
Warcraft series
Lego Star Wars

 

[micky]

i HIGHLY RECOMMEND HALF-LIFE, that game still stands up against allot of new games, its one of my favorites

 

[ThePorject]

Any Mech game or even the first two Fallouts are great

 

[Fox242]

red alert 1
hellmarch rules!

It certainly does man. There's nothing better than the Hellmarch. On topic, I highly reccomend the sequel to Red Alert: Red Alert 2 aka "Red Dawn RTS the game".

 

[The Night Shade]

Deus Ex and Age of Empire 2

 

[The Cheezy One]

red alert 1
hellmarch rules!

It certainly does man. There's nothing better than the Hellmarch. On topic, I highly reccomend the sequel to Red Alert: Red Alert 2 aka "Red Dawn RTS the game".

i found that one to be equal to RA1
the increased gameplay makes up for the slightly loose story and increased "cuteness"
i thought RA1s grityness did it credit, but RA2 became a bit too colourful
however, we can all agree that RA3 is practically a positive argument for abortion by itself
ok, thats overly harsh to say the least, but if you argue, you have not played the game. or at least, played it and 1+2
so einstein has been removed, no bomb on japan, so they get more powerful. i get that.
but what about what einstein did with hitler, does that still apply? and where is this in relation to the first war, the second war and the smaller war with yuri[expansion pack]
before any, after all, or bypassing all?

 

[oktalist]

heh, you need practically newish games, is what you should say.

You could easily handle most games, bar Crysis-esque compkillers.

So what's wrong with your PC now? It sounds fairly competent (except for the Vista part).

Not sure about the graphics card. GeForce 8300 is pretty pants, the least good of the 8 series, comparable to motherboard integrated graphics chipsets. Just because 8300 is a bigger number than 7800 doesn't mean it's better.

OT: Most of the greats have been mentioned already[footnote]Deus Ex high-five![/footnote], but if turn-based strategy is your thing, try Space Empires IV. And for adventures, Dreamfall.

 

[Ghostkai]

Starcraft, Warcraft 3, Baldur's Gate I+II, Knights of the Old Republic.

That should keep you occupied for a long time OP.

 

[Sagiterios]

American McGees Alice
Diablo 2
the origional DOOM trilogy
neverwinter nights
black and white
freedom fighter
evil genius
painkiller
starcraft
any warcraft game
all of the half life games
dawn of war
masters of orion 3
conquest frontier wars
psychonauts
Heroes of might and magic (any of them, but i like 4 the most for some reason)

These are all good and easy to run. By royal decree (i am the king of my own private universe) I order you to play all of these games. have fun

 

[SecondmateFlint]

American McGee's Alice is a great old PC game. Problem is that it's kind of expensive. If you can get it though I definitely recommend it.

I was addicted to it for a long time. It's challenging but rewarding I think. Plus they're coming out with a second one!

 

[Chris^^]

C&C Generals: Zero Hour, Red Alert 2, Maelstrom, Painkiller, Homeworld 2. I love PC games

[edit] also the Dawn of War and Total War series

 

[Wayneguard]

Deadly Shadows only runs on desktops so if you're system is a laptop, you're sol.

Lolwut? How does it tell if you have a laptop? Why does it matter if you meet the specs?

Unreal Tournament (GOTY and 2k4 should both work!)
Quake live www.quakelive.com It's free! And a good time waster.

Starcraft is a fantastic RTS that can be easily run.
Also, KotOR 1 and 2 can both be run pretty easily.

Deus Ex.

All of these are absolutely necessary. As to the Thief series, it is difficult to run dark project and metal age on any system made after 407 A.D. so good luck with that endeavor. Deadly Shadows only runs on desktops so if you're system is a laptop, you're sol. Otherwise, they are all great games. Rune, if you can find it, is fucking awesome as well. Oh, and if you're into any kind of flight sims or space sims, Descent: Freespace and its sequel are pretty much the best you can buy. Absolutely epic games.

Deadly Shadows does run on laptops, Maybe it just requires a little tweaking.

Ok, maybe it's changed. But when it came out, it was incompatible with any existing laptop chipsets.

 

[Nouw]

Aliens Vs Predator 2. Its a fantastic survival horror game based in the Alien Predator universe

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Here's 101 games for your perusal
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163783

But obvious shouts for X-Com, Jagged Alliance 2 and Doom.

 

[Twilight.falls]

C&C Generals: Zero Hour, Red Alert 2, Maelstrom, Painkiller, Homeworld 2. I love PC games

You enjoyed C&C Generals, Zero Hour? More importantly, you know what it is?

You, sir, have good taste.

 

[adrian_exec]

Gothic and Gothic 2 are pretty old and pretty good.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Age of Mythology. RTS + Mythology = Awesome. Plus there are Canadian superhero bears who shoot lasers from their eyes and make Zero Wing references.