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    Decent Games for a Decent Labtop

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by FiniteLight, Jul 28, 2007.

  1. FiniteLight

    FiniteLight Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys. i was wondering if you could make some good game suggestion for my labtop. ill be traveling soon and i could really use some good games to keep me busy.

    Dell E1505
    1.83 ghz intel T5600
    2 gb ram
    Ati mobility radeon x1400
    1280X800 display
    120gb hdd
    Intel Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
    Windows Vista Home Premium

    thanks
     
  2. davron

    davron Notebook Evangelist

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    What kind of games do you like?

    Yesterday I installed:

    NFS Carbon
    GTA San Andreas
    CS:S
    and The Godfather

    But don't know much about your graphics card. - Also Hitman is one of my favorite games, as you can see... ))
     
  3. FiniteLight

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    pretty much any games you think i worth taking up your time played gta already, heard the godfather was bad. ill check out CS:S and NFS (though i dont have a controller and i dont know if playing a racing gfame with a mouse and keyboard will be all that great, seeing as how ive never done it before...)
     
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    hitman sounds enticing as well thanks
     
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    If you're into deathmatch type games like Quake check out War§ow. It's free and based on Qfusion (a more advanced version of the Quake II engine). However, I hope you pass some free WiFi during your travels so you can actually play real people, but the bots can put up quite a challenge if wanted. ;)

    Outside of that, I'm sure you can pick up Half-Life 2 for cheap nowadays and Civilization IV just had its second expansion released and that can suck up a lot of time.
     
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    COMAND AND CONQUER 3!!!!! Look at my sig for some more ideas, and how those games will run. :)
     
  7. FiniteLight

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    its been awhile since i played an rts... ill be sure to check it out thanks IIIM3
     
  8. davron

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    Although I'm not really a gamer (try not to play games and don't really have much time) The Godfather wasn't bad - I liked it.

    I also like Zeus (pretty old game though)
     
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    OMG! It's out? Red Alert 2 was like the best game I've ever played. Ever since the Westwood Studios was PWND by EA games, all C&C games started to suck really bad (e.g. Generals)

    But will see...
     
  10. FiniteLight

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    bump bump bump
     
  11. IIIM3

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    C&C 3 made me like RTS's again. I would say, try it out. Its like 20 bucks, so not much to loose, and hell, you might even like it.
     
  12. imhungry29

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    i have yet to play it on my notebook, but i did play it on my friends NP9260. OMG playing that game maxed out at 1920 x 1200!!! even without the DX10 eyecandy its awesome.
     
  13. davron

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    Yea, I'll definitely try it. But I've never bought a single game in my life, believe it or not. =) Time to buy one I guess (if it's an online multiplayer game)
     
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    Sorry, but this is bugging me: it's laptop, not the commonly said "labtop".

    A great game I would get is Call of Duty 2. I can play it on my GeForce 4 Ti 4300 64mb, so it should run great. On xFire, more people play Call of Duty 2 multiplayer than BF2 multiplayer. And that's pretty sad, because BF2 is a mainly multiplayer game.
     
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    Oh, I'm getting it then. Is there a single player option?
     
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    If you're into strategy games, Civilization IV and Medieval Total War II are great games that will run great on that system.
     
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    Rome Total War - awesome real time strategy games

    Oblivion- What can i say?

    Vampire the Masquerade: bloodlines - most complex storyline game i have ever experienced

    Fable: good single player role playing game

    The Sims 2

    Doom III

    Farcry- very good 1st person shooter

    NFL 2007

    Halo 2- lol its been out for like 3 years and its now just out for PC

    Half Life 2 series: WOW cant believe nobody has mentioned this one yet

    Unreal Tourny 3: coming soon

    Prince of Persia series

    Call of Duty 2 - already been discussed but really good game

    Deux Ex- old game but very good

    Knights of the Old Republic: very good game- similar to Oblivion and Bloodlines

    World of Warcraft/Warcraft 3

    Ultimate Marvel Alliance

    Command and Conquer 3

    Age of Empires 3- stretegy game

    Spore (not out yet)- build your own universe, starting from a single cell

    Jade Empire

    F.E.A.R - intense 1st person shooter

    Dawn of War- really good strategy game

    Guild Wars- good MMORPG

    Silent Hill 2- Scariest game i have ever played, seriously...
     
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    Shoot... nice list. Brings to mind some good games i need to download