Suggest a good game to play on my shi*** computer!
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OK, so you CAN get a few good games, but seriously, Sims 2 takes almost zero computer power to run, so you won't find many.Dexiro said:I'm not necessarily saying you were trolling, just that it was a very silly thing to say ;DFidelias said:
I'd like to know where you're getting decent gaming computers that cheap as well. The cheapest i could find was like $800
Also, I was exaggerating about the price of a decent gaming computer. Sorry, I tend to do that when I go crazy and spout off my mouth. Anyway, I think my friend went to Best Buy and got a pretty good gaming computer for $400 tops. But even a non-gaming computer would work for quite a few games, and you can get them for $200 I think.
I fucking love that game! I toasted one computer and two discs from palying it so much!the-messy-ghost said:
I hate nostalgia.
Other games:
Doom
Dues Ex
System Shock 1 & 2
I will echo all of these to the ones I mentioned as well:
This thread is so fun to read through. Been trying to recap the past 20 years.
I will also say that this site below is awesome.
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I almost listed Sanitarium myself but wasn't sure if there would be a problem with getting it to run on modern OS's, plus I haven't went back to check it to see if it aged well. I imagine it would though. Story was epic in all senses of the word.R said:- Braid
- Sanitarium
I have listed some classic games that you might need programs like Scummvm or Dos-Box to run, but its worth it
You have tons of awesome games to play, most of them much better than the averageness of next-gen releases that plague the shelves today.
Nmil-ek said:
CD-R said:
This thread is so fun to read through. Been trying to recap the past 20 years.
I will also say that this site below is awesome.
Nmil-ek said:
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Probably not able to run it.Destal said:
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Sanitarium is a great experience, you probably know about Dos-Box, if not, check it out, you will be able to run most oldies with it, and install VDM sound, some games have a hard time regarding the sound department on current pcsSavagezion said:I will echo all of these to the ones I mentioned as well:
I almost listed Sanitarium myself but wasn't sure if there would be a problem with getting it to run on modern OS's, plus I haven't went back to check it to see if it aged well. I imagine it would though. Story was epic in all senses of the word.R said:- Braid
- Sanitarium
I have listed some classic games that you might need programs like Scummvm or Dos-Box to run, but its worth it
You have tons of awesome games to play, most of them much better than the averageness of next-gen releases that plague the shelves today.
To play Lucasarts games, i use Scummvm, an awesome program, those games and others run like a charm.
OP check this site http://www.hotud.org/ , you will find great information, links to various known and unknown games.
It was thanks to this site i first played Yahtzee's games, before he worked on The Escapist
In spite of looking terrible the game actually can get very demanding as one's fortress grows.Kwil said:
My suggestions:
Deus Ex - My favorite game of all time. Keep in mind, it looked bad when it was new and is filled to the brim with ideas and conciets that are downright archaic by today's standards.
Thief 2: The Metal Age - The game that really seemed to get stealth right. Also, unabashedly superior to the original.
Fallout - The game that started a beloved franchise. Notable because it usually comes bundled with several other fallout games like...
Fallout 2 - My favorite pure RPG in terms of mechanics, world design and presentation.
Fallout Tactics - A fairly linear take on the fallout series. Rather than playing a solo wanderer on a grand quest, you are a Brotherhood of Steel soldier and command a party of up to 5 other characters. In many ways superior to Fallout 2 (most in gameplay) but the story was a bit rubbish and most of the fun bits of humor are stripped away. Also, the game has a nasty habit of insta-killing party members. Trouble is, you can't get them back when they die unless you revert to an old save and any replacements are likely of very low level.
Icewind Dale 1, 2, Baldur's Gate 1, 2 - Lumped together because they are quite similar. The
narrative is obviously different in each, and these are some of the strongest stories you'll find in a game. Between these four games and their expansions, you can while away many, many hundreds of hours just working through the main quest line.
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind - It didn't look great when it came out but it's still one of the best games of the decade. I'd recommend looking to the extensive modding community that labored for years to provide new just about everything, especially if you played on the Xbox.
Half-Life - If you have never played the game before, don't expect the magic and rainbows you've always heard about. Still, even by modern standards it's a solid game and well worth the pittance valve asks for it these days.
Mechwarrior 4 - the Best online mech simulator I've ever played. It still has a community that plays online and a dedicated mod group dramatically expanded the content when Microsoft gave up on the product. Better still, it's available for free and it's legal.
Mechcommander - RTS set in the battletech universe. It's often punishingly difficult but if you like the universe it's well worth a run through as the events of the game detail the opening stages of the Inner Sphere's counter-attack into clan territory following a 15 year truce. If that doesn't sound interesting, it's at least worth checking out if you can find it.
System Shock 2 - I don't know if this game can even be found these days but it features a slighly better set of RPG/FPS hybrid mechanics than Deus Ex and features one of my favorite villians in any media: SHODAN. If you want to know where Bioshock came from, this is the best place to start and probably the easier entry to find in the series.
Tribes 2 - One of the great online shooters. It became free a few years ago, but I don't know if anyone actually plays the game anymore. Still, given that it can simply be downloaded (again, legally) it's worth a look, especially considering the game only spanned a single CD.
Serious Sam/Painkiller - Two very similar games when you get past the difference in presentation. Both are excellent and represent a very pure take on the classic FPS formula. You have guns, you have a nearly unending hoard of monsters and you have a flimsy pretext to apply one to the other.
American Mcgee's Alice - My favorite platformer ever. It's basically set in an especially twisted version of Wonderland following a terrible tragedy in the life of Alice.
Unreal - if you play Half-Life you might as well look into Unreal, seeing as it came out around the same time and has had just as significant an impact on the industry.
Alien Versus Predator (1999) - The very best imterpretation of the struggle between aiens, predators and marines. LIke the latest incarantion it's a bit short and the online component is all but dead. It can be done of course, but you have to actually know someone who has set up a server, and I strongly suspect the list of people doing that has long since dwindled to nothing.
Diablo 2 runs on just about anything, and you can buy the whole chest of the game for 20 bucks.
Failing that, and you didn't hear it from me.
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Failing that, and you didn't hear it from me.
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ROMs rule...
I have to quote you for mentioning Warcraft 3. Just that Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne adds so much more to the game Multiplayer-wise. Best online game for me.Junkle said:
Also, if you're a graphic freak, then Diablo probably isn't good for you. It gave me a headache (although it's a great game). And I'm not a graphic freak.
i know a game you can play on your shi*** computer! its called shi*** world 2 revenge of the shi*** shi***. i heard its pretty challenging.