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Posted January 10, 2019
- Red Alert 2 + expansion
- HoM&M III and V (including expansions)
- Disciples II Gold
- Age of Empires II + expansion
- Worms Armageddon (depends on if you view it as a turn based strategy)

and many many more.


Some of the best FPSes out there:
- Blood
- Doom 1, 2
- Duke Nukem 3D
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- Heretic
- Hexen

and again, many many more.
Post edited January 10, 2019 by idbeholdME
Posted January 10, 2019
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CervelloYM: SidCol also great, but the motherland always mops the floor with me.
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ConsulCaesar: Take the fight outside of the cities! During the Revolutionary War you get a terrain bonus when attacking, because by then the New World has become your homeland. ;)

A few other tips: http://www.colonizationfans.com/strategy/preparing-for-independence.html
Well thanks for the advice.
I thought I must have more Dragoon to win it and have only one coastral city.
Posted January 10, 2019
I can recommend Heroes of Might and Magic 3 & Age of Mythology
Posted January 10, 2019
My previous laptop had an i7 and a GT500M, so it sounds like yours is more powerful in the graphics department. Among others, on that machine I ran:

Mount & Blade: Warband
Independence War 2
Morrowind
Stalker games
X2
Terraria
SPAZ
Posted January 10, 2019
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Matewis: Great game! But if you're interested in that sort of game also check out Disciples 2 which personally I enjoy a bit more than HoMM3. Better story, better overall atmosphere and much better art direction imo. Unfortunately, even though it can be pretty challenging (especially for a new player), it doesn't quite deliver the challenge that HoMM3 does (at least the HoMM3 expansions)
Is that really a bad thing though? I think HoMM 3 could go overboard at times. In some scenarios it could really be a matter of getting the right spells when you need them, or starting over.

I do agree about the art direction certainly. Honestly, upon replaying the series now I found myself liking HoMM 2 more than 3, mostly for that exact reason.

And since we're recommending Disciples 2, I feel obliged to point out that the first game was nothing to sneeze at either.
Posted January 10, 2019
Doki Doki Literature Club free full game NON SHTEAM EDITION

Should work on your PC

Abuse PC Game

Ahriman's Prophecy

Alien Arena Reloaded

Baby Blues

GTA 1

GTA II
Post edited January 10, 2019 by fr33kSh0w2012
Posted January 10, 2019
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muff8u: HoMM3 looks pretty good at this stage im leaning towards this

if there are any games outside of the strategy genre im happy to look into these also.
HoMM 3 is very overrated. Do yourself a favor and play the 2nd first.
Posted January 10, 2019
Ive just had a quick look at shadowrun : dragonfall , has anyone had any experience with this game?
Posted January 11, 2019
'Low spec'... come back when you cannot run a twelve year old game satisfactorily on the lowest graphics settings.

So there might be two three thousand games that run badly or not at all on that machine and millions of games that do run. You have lots of good and bad games to choose from.
Post edited January 11, 2019 by Themken
Posted January 11, 2019
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muff8u: HoMM3 looks pretty good at this stage im leaning towards this

if there are any games outside of the strategy genre im happy to look into these also.
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liltimmypoccet: HoMM 3 is very overrated. Do yourself a favor and play the 2nd first.
cant disagree more. esp with wog/era mods / hota / hdmod - homm3 is lighyears ahead of homm2 in any aspect


ps: Add ReVolt to the list. extreme fun racing game esp multiplayer
Post edited January 11, 2019 by timesink
Posted January 11, 2019
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liltimmypoccet: HoMM 3 is very overrated. Do yourself a favor and play the 2nd first.
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timesink: cant disagree more. esp with wog/era mods / hota / hdmod - homm3 is lighyears ahead of homm2 in any aspect
homm 3 was just a forced sequel to a perfect game. homm 2 is definitely the pinnacle. better gameplay, artstyle and soundtrack.

I used to love playing homm3 but after playing the 2 it became unplayable, the combat is painfully longer because of extra units turns and battlefield tiles and the art style is dull in comparison
Post edited January 11, 2019 by liltimmypoccet
Posted January 11, 2019
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timesink: cant disagree more. esp with wog/era mods / hota / hdmod - homm3 is lighyears ahead of homm2 in any aspect
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liltimmypoccet: homm 3 was just a forced sequel to a perfect game. homm 2 is definitely the pinnacle. better gameplay, artstyle and soundtrack.

I used to love playing homm3 but after playing the 2 it became unplayable, the combat is painfully longer because of extra units turns and battlefield tiles and the art style is dull in comparison
Then we disagree here diamteral, all 3 parts are way better in homm3 mho :) Lets agree to disagree :)
Luckily the homm cummunity sees homm3 as good, and thats the reason why even so long after its release theres still super high quality content released.eg HOTA. And sure, it depends on personal taste and playstyle, esp the combat has more depth, but it very much depends on your skil aka knowledghe of the game to recognoze it and ofc patience.
i definitely recommend checking out http://heroescommunity.com/ , btw homm3 has mods for all playstyles - even simultaneos turns.
Posted January 11, 2019
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Breja: Is that really a bad thing though? I think HoMM 3 could go overboard at times. In some scenarios it could really be a matter of getting the right spells when you need them, or starting over.

I do agree about the art direction certainly. Honestly, upon replaying the series now I found myself liking HoMM 2 more than 3, mostly for that exact reason.

And since we're recommending Disciples 2, I feel obliged to point out that the first game was nothing to sneeze at either.
Well, I'm not sure. Some of the levels, especially HoMM3's levels were real battles for me to finish. I remember Gem's scenario took me an entire weekend to beat, or more even. However, finally getting through such a level was always an incredible feeling, and I have to say I miss that a bit in D2. In part I think because there are a couple of pretty OP things you can do D2. That's not to say D2 can't be pleasantly difficult though. It's just that those real monsters of levels in HoMM3 do not have D2 equivalents, at least not in D2's sagas.

Whether HoMM3 difficulty can be a bit unfair / excessive? I have to say I can't really remember this being the case. True that certain heroes with certain spells can make the first level of a scenario much, much easier. But usually it shouldn't be a problem from the 2nd level onwards? I mean it should be possible in the later stages of each 1st level of a scenario to fully upgrade all the towns' mage guilds and have all heroes you want to take to the next level learn those spells.

Damn I should stop talking about this, I'm worryingly close to downloading one/both games!

By the way, just in terms of difficulty, the first Age of Wonders is frustratingly close to being perfect for me. If only those blasted heroes didn't become demi-gods mid/late game. At least it's not a problem in the first few levels.
Posted January 11, 2019
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Posted January 11, 2019
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Matewis: Well, I'm not sure. Some of the levels, especially HoMM3's levels were real battles for me to finish. I remember Gem's scenario took me an entire weekend to beat, or more even. However, finally getting through such a level was always an incredible feeling, and I have to say I miss that a bit in D2. In part I think because there are a couple of pretty OP things you can do D2. That's not to say D2 can't be pleasantly difficult though. It's just that those real monsters of levels in HoMM3 do not have D2 equivalents, at least not in D2's sagas.

Whether HoMM3 difficulty can be a bit unfair / excessive? I have to say I can't really remember this being the case. True that certain heroes with certain spells can make the first level of a scenario much, much easier. But usually it shouldn't be a problem from the 2nd level onwards? I mean it should be possible in the later stages of each 1st level of a scenario to fully upgrade all the towns' mage guilds and have all heroes you want to take to the next level learn those spells.
Well, maybe you're just better at Heroes 3 than me :D That's not hard to imagine.

Still, I was mostly talking about single scenarios, not campaigns. To be honest, I never really liked the campaigns in 3 all that much or cared much for the story. Also the campaigns would force me to deal with scenarios I absolutely hate, like ones with a time limit.

I mostly played single scenarios, those are the ones I best remember, and in those, at least on the big maps (and I like those the best, for all the exploration), it would sometimes be impossible or close to impossible to hold on to what I conquered without something like Town Portal or at least Dimension Door. At least for me :P
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