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    Best Trackpad games...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by souskei, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. souskei

    souskei Notebook Consultant

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    just wanted to know some games that play pretty well with a track pad only that some of you may have tried and enjoyed..

    i can play plants vs zoombies and puzzle quest pretty well..

    anything else?
     
    souskei, Jun 4, 2009
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  2. Delta_CT

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  3. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    I play RTS games with a touchpad on my laptop when I don't have a mouse with me.

    Haha that's impressive.
     
    crash, Jun 4, 2009
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  4. -L1GHTGAM3R-

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    hard to say hmmm i played dawn of war 1 with it somewhat difficult but enjoyable
     
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    RTS games tend to be the most playable on a touchpad, since they don't rely on lightning-fast and pinpoint-accurate movements the way FPS games do. Some RPGs might work as well.
     
    Mastershroom, Jun 4, 2009
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    I would think something slow paced like portal, oblivion or maybe fallout 3 (haven't played it).

    I tried tf2 but that was bad.
     
    ARom, Jun 4, 2009
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  7. Lethal Lottery

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    Risk 2. DEFCON?
     
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  8. Mastershroom

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    Portal is a bad choice; there's lots of instances in which you have to pull off rapid and precise motions to aim a portal exactly where it needs to go.
     
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  9. crash

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    Agreed. Portal with a touchpad would be hard. Some RPGs aren't too hard to play with a touchpad. I used to play KOTOR with mine.
     
    crash, Jun 4, 2009
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