Posted September 18, 2019
Hi, I am new to gaming, apart from GTA5 and SkyRim The Elder Scrolls on PS3, neither of which I have got very far with, although I enjoy the ambience of GTA5, and I like going 'off-story' and just hitting people!
My starting point was that I wanted to start with a really good game, had heard a lot about Witcher III Wild Hunt - so wanted to find the best way to buy this.
I researched both Steam and GOG and decided to join GOG, because I like the way it is curated. I took advantage of the introductory time limited offer and bought the games recommended.
I have 3 laptops to play games on, as follows:
Asus G750JH-T4106H
Windows 10
ASUS ROG Gaming laptop with Assassins Creed installed
Intel® Core™ i7 4700HQ
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5 VRAM
16 GB RAM
This is a 17 inch gaming laptop but very heavy to have on my lap - 4.8 kg - and I don't really like playing on a table.
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Lenovo ideapad 700-15 80RU00EFUK
Intel Core i5-6300HQ 2.3 GHz, 12 GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM, 1 TB HDD, Windows 10
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
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Lenovo YOGA 900-131SK Model Name: 80MK
Windows 10
Intel i7 6500U
RAM 8G
SSD 512GB
Intel HD Graphics 520
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I also have a Huawei Android tablet - BTV-DL09 - Android Version 7, with external micro sim 125 GB
(Have been wondering whether it's worth buyng DosBox Turbo for this, so I can play some DosBox games on it.)
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I bought these games from GOG, which were the time-limited offer:
The Witcher III Wild Hunt
The Witcher 2 Assassins Kings
The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
Grim Fandango
The Witness
Shadowrun Dragonfall Director's Cut
Firewatch
Deux Ex Game of the Year Edition
Homeworld Remastered Collection
FTL
Braid
Darksiders
Little Big Adventure
Psychonauts
Unreal
Spelunky
In addition GOG are now offering me these titles at discount:
Pillars of Eternity
Vampire the Masquerade
Deponia
(4 hours to decide!)
I am completely overwhelmed! I have only tried these so far:
Witcher III on the Asus gaming laptop - can't even get off the battlements into the lower courtyard
Little Big Adventure on the Lenovo Yoga - couldn't type in my name even!
Deus Ex & Braid on the Lenovo 700 Ideapad - very little progress
My questions are these:
1) I realise all the games will more or less run on the Asus ROG. Several may run on the Lenovo IdeaPad 700. - Which ones?
2) One or two will run on the Lenovo Yoga with the Intel HD Graphics 520 - which ones?
3) As I don't understand even the basics of the controls and how to advance in games, what can I do when I get stuck (as is happening all the time)?
4) I am trying out PC gaming on the hardware I have first, to see if I like it. If I want to proceed further, what would you folks recommend I buy in the way of a 15 inch gaming laptop - as light as possible is essential, as the Asus ROG is just too heavy for anything but desktop use? I don't want to fork out £2K - haven't got that sort of money.
5) In terms of my general interests, what other games would you recommend? I like something with a bit of story, not shoot-it-up stuff - fantasy, sci-fi, horror and film noir crime movies and TV series, such as Killing Eve, Walter Presents on Channel 4, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Scandi-Crime, European crime, and for reading - Lee Child, John Connolly 'Parker' series, Michael Connelly; southern gothic noir crime novels - eg. James Lee Burke, Robert B Parker. I DON'T like adolescent Hollywood crap with no depth of character or back-stories.
Tall order to help me, I know - jump in with replies to any of this - sorry it is so long!
My starting point was that I wanted to start with a really good game, had heard a lot about Witcher III Wild Hunt - so wanted to find the best way to buy this.
I researched both Steam and GOG and decided to join GOG, because I like the way it is curated. I took advantage of the introductory time limited offer and bought the games recommended.
I have 3 laptops to play games on, as follows:
Asus G750JH-T4106H
Windows 10
ASUS ROG Gaming laptop with Assassins Creed installed
Intel® Core™ i7 4700HQ
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5 VRAM
16 GB RAM
This is a 17 inch gaming laptop but very heavy to have on my lap - 4.8 kg - and I don't really like playing on a table.
----------------------
Lenovo ideapad 700-15 80RU00EFUK
Intel Core i5-6300HQ 2.3 GHz, 12 GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM, 1 TB HDD, Windows 10
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
----------------------
Lenovo YOGA 900-131SK Model Name: 80MK
Windows 10
Intel i7 6500U
RAM 8G
SSD 512GB
Intel HD Graphics 520
---------------------
I also have a Huawei Android tablet - BTV-DL09 - Android Version 7, with external micro sim 125 GB
(Have been wondering whether it's worth buyng DosBox Turbo for this, so I can play some DosBox games on it.)
---------------------
I bought these games from GOG, which were the time-limited offer:
The Witcher III Wild Hunt
The Witcher 2 Assassins Kings
The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut
Grim Fandango
The Witness
Shadowrun Dragonfall Director's Cut
Firewatch
Deux Ex Game of the Year Edition
Homeworld Remastered Collection
FTL
Braid
Darksiders
Little Big Adventure
Psychonauts
Unreal
Spelunky
In addition GOG are now offering me these titles at discount:
Pillars of Eternity
Vampire the Masquerade
Deponia
(4 hours to decide!)
I am completely overwhelmed! I have only tried these so far:
Witcher III on the Asus gaming laptop - can't even get off the battlements into the lower courtyard
Little Big Adventure on the Lenovo Yoga - couldn't type in my name even!
Deus Ex & Braid on the Lenovo 700 Ideapad - very little progress
My questions are these:
1) I realise all the games will more or less run on the Asus ROG. Several may run on the Lenovo IdeaPad 700. - Which ones?
2) One or two will run on the Lenovo Yoga with the Intel HD Graphics 520 - which ones?
3) As I don't understand even the basics of the controls and how to advance in games, what can I do when I get stuck (as is happening all the time)?
4) I am trying out PC gaming on the hardware I have first, to see if I like it. If I want to proceed further, what would you folks recommend I buy in the way of a 15 inch gaming laptop - as light as possible is essential, as the Asus ROG is just too heavy for anything but desktop use? I don't want to fork out £2K - haven't got that sort of money.
5) In terms of my general interests, what other games would you recommend? I like something with a bit of story, not shoot-it-up stuff - fantasy, sci-fi, horror and film noir crime movies and TV series, such as Killing Eve, Walter Presents on Channel 4, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Scandi-Crime, European crime, and for reading - Lee Child, John Connolly 'Parker' series, Michael Connelly; southern gothic noir crime novels - eg. James Lee Burke, Robert B Parker. I DON'T like adolescent Hollywood crap with no depth of character or back-stories.
Tall order to help me, I know - jump in with replies to any of this - sorry it is so long!
Post edited September 18, 2019 by ambergoth
This question / problem has been solved by Ryan333