What games would you guys recommend for a guy near 50, who doesn’t have a gaming pc (my laptop is an i7, 16gb RAM and using onboard graphics) which tend to have an older community? I used to play RPG’s and my least favorite games are those first person war games.
Something that doesn’t require synchronous gaming and doesn’t have a lot of stress would be even nicer.
Thanks for any input!
How about: Stardew Valley, Dwarf Fortress, Legends of Grimrock or Rift Wizard? Vastly different genres though.
Also dead cells, Rim world, into the breach, slay the spire. Ran fine on my old i5.
I’ve played Stardew Valley and loved it until the part where it’s only about getting that perfection score. Dwarf Fortress seems very complex. Can you play it casually? I saw that it involves a lot of reading which doesn’t threatens me but if by playing it casually I would be missing most of the stuff maybe it’s too demanding. Legend of Grimrock look very old-school, remembers me of Elvira!! Does it have any sort of a community?
Dwarf fortress is very complex but it’s also very chill. You can spend a lot of time reading, but you don’t have to read every single little detail. Grimrock is old school style dungeon crawl which is a lot of fun, I haven’t played it very much myself! There is two in the series iirc.
I’m assuming by first person war games, you mean the well-known first person shooters, such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, Arma, etc.
Have you already played the Bethesda Games: Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 4? These should most likely run on your system, als the last one came out 8 years ago, however they do feature real-time combat.
Other than that, the older Final Fantasy games are now on Steam and should run on your system, such as Final Fantasy X. Depending on the game, they feature turn-based combat, so you can leave at any time, if that is what you meant by synchronous gaming.
There are also the classic more sandbox games, such as Minecraft or Stardew Valley.
Then there is the narrative driven games, such as To the moon.
Most 2d RPGs, such as Bastion, Binding of Isaac, Transistor, etc. should also work on you system, but they almost always feature fast paced combat, which might be too stressful, depending on your definition of too much stress.
For better recommendations on what your system can run, it’s probably best to post your Laptop model, or at least the CPU Model, as the first i7s do date back quite a few years ago. Also, as there exists a lot of games, it’s helpful to specify a bit more what you’re into, such as Open World, Turn-based Combat, etc.
Thanks for your time in answering me.
Yeah, that’s exactly what I meant, just didn’t know that they were called “shooters” but it makes sense! I’ve played FF VII on PSx and definitely is the kind of game I like (maybe because it’s turn based, so no stress is involved). Also, Stardew Valley was the last game I’ve played. So, you’re right on spot.
I was searching for something more story driven and with a more mature community, so I think I’ll check the Fallout series. My CPU is a i7-10510U. I don’t know if there are open world games with turn-based combat, but that would be like the soft-spot for me. Also, community is very important, because I feel that, at my age, I just want to connect with nice people who casually have a same hobby. World is too fucked up to let ourselves vanish in the foam of the tide.
A have a couple of friends who played WoW for many years and although I never got into it, their community sense was really cool. If I could find something not so tight in terms of scheduling your gameplay and with a nice community, I guess I would dedicate my time to it.
MMORPGs like WoW will always have a strong sense of community, but they do require dedicating a lot of time, as they’re multiplayer only. Other than that it’s the long running single player games, which have remained fan favorites (Mass Effect, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, The Witcher, Dragon Age, etc.)
If community is your main focus, I’d recommend checking out the board game community (maybe at your local game shop, if you’ve got one close by). Some of the board games rival video games in complexity. Then you can join or grow your local community and meet people in real life.
There exists the genre of narrative focused, open world, turn-based combat RPGs, often called isometric RPGs, which is basically D&D as a video game. Notable entries are Divinity: Original Sin (I & II), Baldur’s Gate, Pathfinder: Kingmaker / Wrath of the righteous.
I’d also suggest you quickly google your Graphics Card (Intel UHD 620) and the name of the video game, before buying something. Often there are some videos of people playing them on either the previous Generation (Intel UHD 520) or your graphics card. Then you can get an impression on how it’ll run on your system.
Thank you very much. I think isometric RPGs will be the sort of thing I’ll definitely try.
Sorry for not being to focused but yeah, after this brainstorm with your help I think I’m searching for something that mimics board games (which I love and play) more than anything else. Maybe it’s this year that I finally get into D&D playing, since I have the books for 5ed and enjoyed reading them very much but never played.
No worries, video games are a huge market, so it’ll always take some time to find the niche which fits you best.
There exist a few online and PC versions of well-known board games, such as Dominion, Codenames or Scythe. And there is the general purpose Tabletop Simulator. I haven’t looked at those, but you might want to look into them.
That genre of “isometric” RPGs are sometimes also called “CRPGs” (where the C stands for either “Classic” or “Computer” depending on who you ask)
I recommend Dragon Age Origins, Divinity Original Sin, Pathfinder Kingmaker, and Pillars of Eternity
“Hexcells Infinite” is a great stress-free (and cheap) game. It plays like Minesweeper, but every puzzle is completely solvable with just logic (there is never a need to guess!)
I recommend Turing complete! Its a puzzle game in which you learn how to make computers.
Its lightweight and written in Godot, plus there is a native Linux build. The gameplay is mostly figuring out how to implement something and you can undo any mistakes (assuming you find them). Might not be exactly what you had in mind, but I still recommend it!
If you’re into horror and lovecraftian imagery, the first Darkest Dungeon might be a great fit.
In essence, you have to recruit teams of characters to send on missions, in order to get resources to upgrade these characters and build up the dilapidated hamlet your ancestor left behind.
It doesn’t require quick reactions or conplex hand movements. Its turn based, and you have all the time in the world to make your next choice. It is a great example of turn based RPG that isn’t in the JRPG style. Built around a creative approach to Lovecraftian horror, its also deeply punishing. So expect to lose. A lot.
I don’t know if it can run on your computer, but as far as I know it is not the most taxing game. Wholehearted recommendation.
I will definetely check it. It seems like a cool story and not very stressful. Does it have an online community?
It has a big community on discord and reddit. The devs recently released Darkest Dungeon 2, so a lot of attention is paid there.
Their discord is: https://discord.gg/darkestdungeon
Funny you should say stressful haha. Cause its only stressful in the sense that your heroes will be stressed out, and you might be when a plan falls through. Hope you have fun if you check it out!
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You could check out the isometric RPG “Disco Elysium”. The game is story and dialogue focused and very unique. Was my favorite game of 2022.
I’ve really enjoy turn based isometric battle rpg games.
I think xcom2 was the peak but the shadowrun games really packed in the story.
They’re pretty lightweight and kind of old so they,re chea and your laptop should be able to run them fine without a gpu.
If you try them and like them the mod scene on steam for them has 50x more content than the original game.
Wasteland 3 maybe? Don’t need to have played the previous entries to the series.
Turn-based combat, RPG, immersive world, choices have consequences. It sometimes has a puzzle feel to it with different ways to achieve a mission goal, or how you approach a fight.
Things that are a bit outside of your usual zone but are my personal chill favorites and might be enjoyable to look into (they’re all on Steam): RimWorld, Banished, Above Snakes, Factorio, Age of Wonders, Pillars of Eternity
Baldurs’ Gate 1&2, Icewind Dale 1&2, Planescape Torment.
All have been redone to work on modern Windows.
I got really interested in WoW Classic Hardcore Mode after watching a recent video about it. In this mode, when your character dies, that character is automatically deleted and you have to start a new one. I’m curious what it would feel like to play WoW again, but this time knowing that death is the end of my adventure. I think I may give it a shot one day.
I know you said it shouldn’t require synchronous gaming. WoW of course wants you to be online with other people… but you don’t have to be online with any particular people. There’s always someone on to group up with. Hardcore mode is having a moment, so you should have no shortage of people to play with. I wouldn’t worry about trying to schedule time to play it. I don’t want a game that is like a job. Just play when you can, enjoy it as long as you do, and then move on to something else. I guess what I’m saying is that you should play WoW Classic Hardcore casually. 😅
Or you could play the true hardcore mode: play WoW Classic Hardcore until one character dies. Then shelve the game forever and move on to something else. 😆
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Red Dead is incredibly taxing. No way to play that on onboard graphics unfortunately. But its a great recommendation!
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Rimworld is a great game and will run on your laptop.
