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    lightweight games?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by xfax, Feb 22, 2010.

  1. xfax

    xfax Notebook Guru

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    Any suggestions on lightweight games that are high quality and have low requirements?

    Im talking games like Monkey Island Series, Civilization, Warcraft III. Personally, I enjoy these games more than the "latest and greatest". Recommendations?
     
    xfax, Feb 22, 2010
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    Torchlight
     
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    League of Legends
     
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    Battlefield 1942. Can't...stop...playing...
     
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    Doom :D
    And Clive Barker's Undying
     
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    tianxia kitty!!!

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    highly underrated imo.

    red alert 2.
     
    tianxia, Feb 22, 2010
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  7. Jeff

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    what are you interests.

    empire earth
    hearts of iron 1
    aoe 1, 2
    patrician 3

    could probably think of more. patrician 3 is a killer if you like somethign thats a bit different. the ship combat is pretty average, compared to say EIC but the trading beats EIC by a long shot.
     
    Jeff, Feb 22, 2010
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    Tiberian Sun
     
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    Histidine, Feb 22, 2010
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    Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2. They are easily 2 of the best PC games ever made and are right up there with Half-Life, Quake, and Doom.
     
    MrSpock2002, Feb 22, 2010
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    How "low" is low requirements? Is an HD4570 low for you or a GMA950 low for you? :p
     
    Melody, Feb 22, 2010
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    Halo
    Counter strike
    mass effect
    half-life
    doom
    TF2
    unreal tournament
     
    1ceBlu3, Feb 22, 2010
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    xfax Notebook Guru

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    don't really like shooters. Prefer great artwork over great graphics. My graphics chip is probably gonna be integrated
     
    xfax, Feb 22, 2010
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    Try Penumbra and its sequels.
     
    SomeRandomDude, Feb 22, 2010
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  15. Johnny T

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    Sounds like you might like DEFCON.
    http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/

    Very nice looking game in terms of design, offline AI game play is bland. Online game play is excellent. :D Whats not to love about shooting dozens of nuclear missiles at each other? :eek:

    You can get it directly from Introversion or from Steam.
     
    Johnny T, Feb 22, 2010
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    Starcraft Broodwar.
     
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  17. aznguyen316

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    uh Plants vs Zombies!!!!
     
    aznguyen316, Feb 22, 2010
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    Audio Surf

    SNES-EMULATIOR //
    Zelda: A link to the past
    Final Fantasy
    Supermario World
    Sword of Mana
    Illusion of Gaia
    Super Metroid
     
    redrazor11, Feb 22, 2010
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    Heroes of Newerth is a free and lightweight game.

    Also Doom.
     
    Purlpo, Feb 22, 2010
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    quake live
     
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    Plants vs zombie is fricking awesome.
     
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    The Longest Journey (NOT Dreamfall!) if you like games like Monkey Island
     
    key001, Feb 23, 2010
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    That Patrician 3 really interested me - have to go lokoing for that one when I get home... but I see Wiki says that there is a planned release of Patrician 4 in 2010 - anyone know if this is likely?
     
    jeffreyac, Feb 23, 2010
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    i don't know. there doesn't seem to be virtually any information about it. kalypso media seem pretty crappy with their reporting too.

    I picked up patrician 3 for $10AUD so your probably able to get it for 1 or 2 bucks in the US.

    this forum seems to eb the best with regards to patrician 3 info though www.drunkenscotsmen.com/TSR/viewforum.php?f=4
     
    Jeff, Feb 23, 2010
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    Neither of them are lightweight games. But agreed excellent games.

    I'd recommend Torchlight also. Also World of Warcraft if you liked Warcraft 3, just the MMO version, graphics fairly similar.

     
    ziddy123, Feb 23, 2010
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    BRAID 10char
     
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    Fate had a recent expansion, Fate the traitor soul.
     
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    Braid and World of Goo. Also, while it isn't super pretty, it is super fun, Escape Velocity: Nova.
     
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    Simcity 4.
     
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    Defiantly Trackmania Nations Forever. My older integrated graphics suck, but I can run it to the point where it looks good. So for you, it should run with all the nice looking stuff on I guess.
     
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    i just started playing "professor layton and the curious village" with a DS emu, and I have got to say it is one awesome game.
     
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    I would try and avoid that, because even games like civilization 4 won't run great on integrated.
     
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  33. aznguyen316

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    LOL I've heard the same... never had a DS to play it.. but this gives me an idea :)
     
    aznguyen316, Feb 24, 2010
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    all the half life 2 series or any source game and mods such as garrys mod

    trackmania

    old gta games eg vice city, san andreas
     
    wildman_33, Feb 24, 2010
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