
Good RPGs that'll run on an older PC
#1
Posted 15 November 2008 - 02:47 AM
I have played all the IE games (with and without mods), Fallouts 1 and 2, KotOR 1 and 2, Jade Empire, Morrowind, and I have Oblivion sat there ready to go. I do tend to play intensively so I get through games quite quickly. My graphics card doesn't have the shader mcguffin to handle games like NWN2 and the Witcher, and isn't up to spec for Mass Effect either, though it handles Jade Empire very nicely. With this in mind, does anyone have any recommendations, or have I exhausted all the options?
(I should also add that I have NWN, and played it a few years ago and found it very dull, but I've not tried the expansions).
#2
Posted 15 November 2008 - 03:14 AM
Temple of the elemental evil
VAmpires the masquerade - bloodlines
Admittedly, I haven't got time to play them yet, but those are the only other 'modern RPGs' I can think about.
Edited by GeN1e, 15 November 2008 - 03:15 AM.
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#3
Posted 15 November 2008 - 10:14 AM
Any and all Gold Box games. I recommend "Buck Rogers".
The old Dark Sun games.
Simon the Sorcerer. And about 63 quadrazillion other old adventure classics.
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#4
Posted 15 November 2008 - 11:07 AM
Basically, I played a lot of games in the 90s when I was working as a games journo. My second and last magazine was sold off in 2000 (and then closed, surprise) so I sat on my arse at home playing Ultima Online for the next seven years. I dabbled with a few other games during, but most didn't get a look-in. Since quitting UO last year I've been playing catch-up, more or less.
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Posted 15 November 2008 - 11:44 AM
#6
Posted 15 November 2008 - 12:47 PM
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#7
Posted 15 November 2008 - 02:44 PM
As a comparison, my system is an Intel Core Duo 2.6GHz with 4Gb RAM and a 512Mb nVidia 8800GTS and until I was forced to load all my internet security stuff on my games PC, Oblivion ran silky-smooth even with a shedload of mods added in. Afterwards it definately tried to behave like a very fast slideshow but never quite got bad enough to be irritating.
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Edited by Yovaneth, 15 November 2008 - 02:45 PM.
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#8
Posted 17 November 2008 - 02:07 AM