THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Beezy on May 16, 2008, 09:06:16 PM
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I've decided to get Orange Box and also Company of Heroes since Cajole seems to like it. What else is worth good? I mainly want RTS and turn based strategy games, but I'll try other types of games too. No more FPS (orange box should last me for a while) or mmorpg recommendations please. :)
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whats yer specs
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Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor T9300 (2.50 GHz, 6 MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB)
3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
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http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=20419.0 (http://www.evilbore.com/forum/index.php?topic=20419.0)
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World of Warcraft
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Learn to read PD. smh
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You like RPGS?
Titan's Quest and Neverwinter Nights 2 should run ok on your labtop. If you do get either game, make sure to grab the expansion also.
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Medieval: Total War 2.
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Just get Titan Quest.
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Starcraft, Warcraft III, and Civilization IV for the absolute win.
CNC3, Dawn of War, Supreme Commander, and Sins of a Solar Empire for more win.
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Neverwinter Nights 2 was pretty good once it had been patched up and got that expansion.
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You like RPGS?
Titan's Quest and Neverwinter Nights 2 should run ok on your labtop. If you do get either game, make sure to grab the expansion also.
Yeah, I like rpgs although I've never really played a western one. I'll get Titan's Quest since everyone seems to like it. Not sure about NWN2...
Starcraft, Warcraft III, and Civilization IV for the absolute win.
CNC3, Dawn of War, Supreme Commander, and Sins of a Solar Empire for more win.
CNC3 is Command & Conquer 3? Can my laptop run it? What about the older C&C games?
Also, If I get Civilization IV, is there any reason to get any of the previous games?
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If your computer can run Orange Box and Company of Heroes, then I don't see why it can't run CNC3.
I love the CNC franchise but I don't know much about it. However, I enjoyed Tiberium Sun and Red Alert 2. I played the original CNC, Red Alert 1, and Generals, but I couldn't get into them. Don't know about how you would like them.
I have only played Civilization IV, so I don't know much about the previous games.
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Medieval: Total War 2.
Hell Yeah!
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8400GM? I read a thread on GAF that some guy could barely run BioShock on his machine with that chipset
edit - His was a GT, not sure if that is weaker than your GS
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GT is more powerful than a GS.
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8400GM? I read a thread on GAF that some guy could barely run BioShock on his machine with that chipset
edit - His was a GT, not sure if that is weaker than your GS
GT is more powerful than a GS.
This thread?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=11222626&posted=1#post11222626
He updated the drivers and got it running at 30-40 fps.
Here's what I get when I do the same test that he did on Bioshock:
CPU
2 processors running - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz
CPU Speed
2.49 GHz Performance Rated at 6.17 GHz
System RAM
3.0 GB
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition, 64-bit (Build Service Pack 16001)
Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Video RAM: Required - 512 MB , You have - 1.4 GB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 4.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 3.0 , You have - 4.0
Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 7.15.11.5665
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Medieval 2: Total War is a good pick. It's a really fun game that has both turn-based stuff and real time battles.
There's no reason to get anything before Civ4 if you want to play Civ, though I would recommend getting the expansion pack Beyond the Sword as well since it drastically enriches the game and has a huge amount of content. The Warlords expansion should be skipped.
Titan Quest Gold (game+expansion) can be had for $20 and it is the best loot and levels game on the PC. Don't miss out on it.
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MOUNT AND BLADE
sandbox CRPG with large tactile battles
i'm going to do a review first look sort of thing later tonight while i work on laundry
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Argh, I don't wanna spend too much money. I think I'll just get a wireless mouse (touchpads are ass), Civilizations 4, and Company of Heroes for now.
I'll get Orange Box, the Civ4 expansion, Titan's Quest and probably a few of the other recommendations over the summer.
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go ahead and get the CoH gold box edition with Opposing Fronts, you save a little money
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go ahead and get the CoH gold box edition with Opposing Fronts, you save a little money
True. Now my total is $90. :'(
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Good choices, Beezy. :D
I'll be getting Civ4+BtS soon, probably.
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Good choices, Beezy. :D
I'll be getting Civ4+BtS soon, probably.
Cool, I'll probably be a jobless bum for the next month, so we'll have time to play.
Btw, do you still play Burnout Paradise? I haven't really played it online and I wanna do the challenges since I'll be done with the main game soon. I set all the time road rules yesterday. All I have left to do is set the showtime road rules, get my elite license, and find a few more smashes, billboards, and superjumps (less than 25 each).
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Yeah, my job doesn't start until mid-June.
I haven't played BP in at least a month. I'm not averse to playing it with you online, though. It'd be good if we could get a bunch of people to play though, since I already have all the 2-player, and I think most of the 3-player challenges.
I have a handful of smashes, billboards and super jumps to do. I just didn't feel like searching for them.
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Yeah, my job doesn't start until mid-June.
I haven't played BP in at least a month. I'm not averse to playing it with you online, though. It'd be good if we could get a bunch of people to play though, since I already have all the 2-player, and I think most of the 3-player challenges.
I have a handful of smashes, billboards and super jumps to do. I just didn't feel like searching for them.
Who else has it on the 360? The only ones I know of are Willco, MAF, and TVC.
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me
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me
Wanna play later this week?
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Sure, just let me know
I'm going out of town Friday afternoon through Sunday, though
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Damn, my finals don't end until Thursday afternoon. Thursday night it is then I guess.
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I'll be in for Thursday night.