Crap System, need games

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2003-06-16 10:05pm

I have a crappy system, (pentium3 650, w/TNT 2 3d card.)

I am looking for a good RPG, and a good epic strategy game.

Any sugggestions?

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2003-06-16 10:07pm

Homeworld, or Warcraft II

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-16 10:07pm

Heros of might and might 4 is pretty good and it doesn't require alot

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-06-16 10:08pm

For epic strategy I'd recommend Alpha Centuari and it's expansion pack Alien Crossfire. Good turn based strategy and an addictive game.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-06-16 10:08pm

If you haven't played any of the Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale series, I'd recommend those. For strategy, I'd suggest Hearts of Iron or Medieval: Total War. All of those (except HoI, which I have not tested) run fine on this Celeron 500 MHz.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2003-06-16 10:11pm

I have noticed a game about European imperialism mentioned a number of times in this forum. Sounds like fun, what sort of system reqs?

Homeworld, or Warcraft II

Have em both.

For epic strategy I'd recommend Alpha Centuari and it's expansion pack Alien Crossfire. Good turn based strategy and an addictive game.

sounds good, I'll give it a try.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-06-16 10:11pm

Fallout 1 and 2, if you haven't already got them.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-16 10:32pm

Pablo Sanchez wrote:Fallout 1 and 2, if you haven't already got them.

Seconded. I played Fallout II on a K7/700 + G400/16MB and it ran fine.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2003-06-16 10:52pm

Europa-Universalis II, a real epic RTS, very cheap. 133mhz processor is the minmal requirement. 1400s-1820 or any year you want. Very good.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-06-16 10:58pm

Thirdfain wrote:
For epic strategy I'd recommend Alpha Centuari and it's expansion pack Alien Crossfire. Good turn based strategy and an addictive game.
sounds good, I'll give it a try.

The nice thing about it is you can easily edit the factions or just download new ones if you get Alien Crossfire. That alone adds a lot of replay value though no two games are alike even with that.

It's a good buy, especially if you can get the dual pack.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2003-06-16 11:25pm

Europa-Universalis II, a real epic RTS, very cheap. 133mhz processor is the minmal requirement. 1400s-1820 or any year you want. Very good.

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Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-06-17 03:17am

JediNeophyte wrote:If you haven't played any of the Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale series, I'd recommend those. For strategy, I'd suggest Hearts of Iron or Medieval: Total War. All of those (except HoI, which I have not tested) run fine on this Celeron 500 MHz.

There is no way in hell you will get Medieval : total war to run on the kind of machine he's talking...and expect to command battles..it gets extremely sluggish to the point of stopping moving altogether when you get more than 3000 units on screen at any time...the comp I have here had a heart attack and died when I started taking on the Germans...2kv2k battles are baaaaaad when the best you have is a 750mhz

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2003-06-17 04:34am

Lords of Magic Special Edition if you like it a bit slower

Thunderfire · Post by **Thunderfire** » 2003-06-17 05:57am

RPG: Planescape Torment , FF7 , Fallout 1+2, BG 1+2, Gothic 1 , Wizardry 8,
IWD 1
Gothic might run a bit slow depending on the amount of RAM.

Strategy: SPWAW(free), Combat Mission, Disciples 2, Age of Wonders 1 or 2,
TA, HOMM3, EU1 or 2, Jagged Alliance 2

most of these games should be really cheap now.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-06-17 06:48am

AOE 2 still has some pep.

And for the same thing with a Star Wars feel, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-06-17 11:55am

phongn wrote:
Pablo Sanchez wrote:Fallout 1 and 2, if you haven't already got them.
Seconded. I played Fallout II on a K7/700 + G400/16MB and it ran fine.

I played them on a Cyrix 333 with 16 meg of EDO RAM and they were fine (apart from New Reno, the game chugged a lot there). I don't think it'll have a problem on any half-modern system...

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2003-06-17 11:57am

Get Soldat. It's free and runs well on pretty much anything.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2003-06-17 01:37pm

phongn wrote:
Pablo Sanchez wrote:Fallout 1 and 2, if you haven't already got them.
Seconded. I played Fallout II on a K7/700 + G400/16MB and it ran fine.

Thirded. Fallout I and Fallout II ran just fine on a K6-2/400 + TNT2/32MB.

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2003-06-17 04:21pm

GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:Thirded. Fallout I and Fallout II ran just fine on a K6-2/400 + TNT2/32MB.

Fourthed *g* I ran them on my K6/200 with no probs

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2003-06-17 05:16pm

Jawawithagun wrote:
GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:Thirded. Fallout I and Fallout II ran just fine on a K6-2/400 + TNT2/32MB.
Fourthed *g* I ran them on my K6/200 with no probs

Has EVERYBODY but me gotten Fallout 1 to run on a moden system?

RPG's have been mentioned to my satisfaction already, so I'll mention a few less well represented strategy games:

The original 5-star series:
Panzer General
Allied General
Pacific Admiral
Star General
Fantasy General

The hardware requirements for those are irrelevant by modern standards, and I spent a LOT of fun time with them.

And a personal favorite of mine:
Harpoon Classic '97

About the only things that could be done to improve THAT, IMHO, are a REAL campaign mode, and the addition of economics & production.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-06-17 06:56pm

Batman wrote:
Jawawithagun wrote:
GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:Thirded. Fallout I and Fallout II ran just fine on a K6-2/400 + TNT2/32MB.
Fourthed *g* I ran them on my K6/200 with no probs
Has EVERYBODY but me gotten Fallout 1 to run on a moden system?
.

Why wouldn't it work? It comes with a windows version so I can't see why there'd be a problem/

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-06-18 12:29am

A great gem of a game to lose hours in is Ruthless.com, very fun, deceptively complex and well, ruthless.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-06-18 01:05am

For a game with real low system requirements check out Geneforge.
Its got graphics on par with an 8 bit Nintendo, but the story line and game play are deeply immersive. Its a role playing game in the traditions of the classics like Ultima IV , Wasteland, etc.

Its cheap too, I think I paid 25 bucks for it. Its shareware so you can play the first 25% of the game before you have to pay.

Coaan · Post by **Coaan** » 2003-06-18 01:32am

If you can find a program like Moslo which you can download the free trial version of from moslo.com then I'd reccomend somehting like Ufo: defence which despite the poor graphics these days, I think everyone can admit is a pure classic