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01-09-2009, 10:36 AM | #1 | ||
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Looking for a strategy game for my new laptop I picked up the other day.
Specs are: core 2 duo 2.0 4gb ram 1gb graphics card I used to be right into PC games but have dropped off lately. I have C&C Generals which I have exhausted, Civ4. I see Diablo3 is still in the works, love Diablo2, but yeah, whats the best of the current crop? Cheers
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01-09-2009, 10:39 AM | #2 | ||
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C & C 3 plus expansions, World in conflict are a couple i have. World in conflict is worth it just for visuals alone.
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01-09-2009, 11:09 AM | #3 | ||
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once you've gotten pass leveling in World of Warcraft it's actually a pretty casual game these days. But as I said leveling is still time consuming.
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01-09-2009, 11:12 AM | #4 | ||
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80 hunter... 75 Shaman... 71 Death knight...... and i hardly ever play :P i spend more time wasting petrol and working lol!
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01-09-2009, 11:23 AM | #5 | ||
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WoW is good but done a bit of that, plus id rather something offline anyway.
My poor XF, whats C&C3 like?
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01-09-2009, 11:58 AM | #6 | ||
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What kind of game are you looking at? First person shooter, strategy, RPG etc etc?
Star Craft II is coming out soon if your into that. the FEAR series is an awesome FPS with a pretty good story line and some really freaky parts (best played at 2am with the lights turned off, volume up on a stormy night - makes ya jump out of your skin!) COD4 and COD - World at War are both great games
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01-09-2009, 12:20 PM | #7 | ||
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Agreed totally on COD 4 & 5. COD 6: Modern Warefare 2 comes out pretty soon as well. For strategy games, Starcraft 2 is coming out soon as well. If you're into driving games, Race Driver GRID is fantastic. The visuals are incredible! Also any of the Halflife series are good fun.
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01-09-2009, 12:39 PM | #8 | ||
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If you want driving games the best sim is rFactor. Its not sold at a retail store on a disc, its downloaded from their site, and payed for by credit card (around $50) and the game is based around a community mod site, basically fans of the game make all the cars, tracks and mods for it. The good thing is all the downloads are free and theres a couple of a Aussie mod groups who have already made 'V8 Factor' (the v8 supercars) and 'Touring Car Legends' (1984-1990) group A touring cars and "Bathurst Legends" which is going to be an ongoing mod series of classic bathurst years. they have released Bathurst '69 has all the XW GTHO's and Monaros, and released Bathurst '70 with the Phase 2's..theyre now workin on Bathurst '71 & '72 with the phase 3's, toranas, and chargers. You can also get all the Australian racing circuits aswell. The graphics are the best ive ever seen in any racing game.. _2:
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01-09-2009, 12:45 PM | #9 | ||
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prototype good fun and aion out soon thats a mmorpg, cc series cant go wrong with those
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01-09-2009, 01:20 PM | #10 | ||
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And LOL at the Monkey Island suggestion. Never have better adventure games been made. Played each and every one of them a million times each. Bring on part three of Tales!!!
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01-09-2009, 05:53 PM | #12 | ||
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I agree with rFactor, awesome game, but if you want a little more action, go for grid. Fantastic gameplay, and replays look real!
Crysis warhead is a great first person shooter, although seemed a little short for me.
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01-09-2009, 06:12 PM | #13 | ||
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Also agree with rFactor. There's so many mods for it!
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01-09-2009, 06:14 PM | #14 | |||
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We're starting Diablo II soon as well. |
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01-09-2009, 06:30 PM | #15 | ||
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An alternative to WoW is EverQuest II, which I have played since 2004.
WoW is basically Fisher Price - my first MMO. EQII has a more mature player-base, but is really the European and US market...so not many Aussies. Otherwise, I play Fallout III, though not as good as the original two. GTA IV is another good game. Some people find it unstable, but I've generally found it okay (it was a very poor conversion from console to PC, but it does the job). Although a bit old, both Morrowind (a TRUE RPG) and Oblivion (bastardised RPG) are still games worth playing - forget about their age...classics, especially Morrowind.
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01-09-2009, 08:35 PM | #16 | ||
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Give Armed Assault 2 (Arma2) a go...it makes the COD series look like childsplay!
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01-09-2009, 09:17 PM | #17 | |||
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Dont play it much anymore though as im hooked on COD 4, best game ever imo |
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01-09-2009, 09:27 PM | #18 | ||
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CS 1.6 FTW!
I have a big system (2 x 4870 x2, i7, 6gb ram etc.... etc... ) but I still love a good game of counterstrike. TF2, COD, sniper elite (old), L4Dead, NFS, GTA etc......all good.....
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02-09-2009, 02:51 PM | #19 | ||
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^ can i have your computer? lol.. i really gotta upgrade my system.. i need a raise!
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02-09-2009, 03:31 PM | #20 | |||
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The OP left it pretty open. I'm partial to certain genres of gaming. For me, I favour COD4/COD5 for my FPS, Black Shark for my heli simming, Falcon4/LockOn for my fixed wing simming, rFactor/RACE07/GTR Evo for my racing, Empire Total War for my strategy, X3 series for space and could recommend another 100 games if you told me what you actually like to play. |
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02-09-2009, 04:09 PM | #21 | ||
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What frustrates me is that GTAIV has an expansion or two, but they are only for XBox 360. That sucks...stupid greedy companies.
I want my GTA IV on PC!
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02-09-2009, 04:26 PM | #22 | |||
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I played AOC (collectors edition with the amazing exclusive war mammoth mount) from release until I hit maximum level. It was marketted exclusivley for adults but the player base were every bit as immature as WOWs |
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02-09-2009, 06:43 PM | #23 | |||
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03-09-2009, 04:41 PM | #24 | ||
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Sweet thanks guys, all noted.
I was more after strategy, like C&C, starcraft etc. Ive heard the COD are awesome, ill get one of those. I have read about rfactor before, ill have to look it up, but for driving games I have never really gotten into the PC side of things; always been on the playstation. GT5 hurry up!!!!!!!!!!
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03-09-2009, 05:10 PM | #25 | ||
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Best RTS out atm is Supreme Commander.
I'm playing FPS more atm and can't get off TF2.
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03-09-2009, 05:16 PM | #26 | ||
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I have C&C3 but stopped playing after the first 1hour. Never touched it again. Generals was better IMHO.
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03-09-2009, 06:51 PM | #27 | ||
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^^Ive got a mate who said the same thing actually.
Ill have a google for star craft2
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05-09-2009, 12:01 AM | #28 | ||
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Yeah if your looking for a strategy game definitely have a look into the starcraft games. Starcraft 1 is still a good thing to play if you haven't before, even though it's old now days (it's pretty cheap as well)... I think they delayed starcraft 2 till next year.
Supreme Commander is another one you could have a look at, it got good reviews and it's reasonably modern.. I think there is a demo of that 1 as well. If your steering away from strategy definitely look into games like Crysis (it's a first person shooter), it's really good but make sure your laptop will run it before you buy it as it's pretty hard to run (there is a demo of it).. Call of duty 4 is another good fps, Team Fortress 2 is one that's less serious but great fun. If your looking for value for money, you can pick up something called the orange box which has a bunch of games which mostly got above 9.5 in reviews, it's the best value I've seen! (Half life 2, half life 2 episode 1, half life 2 episode 2, team fortress 2, portal) (each of the half life's are full games, with at least 12-15 hours of gameplay, team fortress 2 is an online shooter, portal is a fun puzzle type shooter) Battlefield Hero's is a free online shooting game. It's actually a good, fun game for one that's free. Saw some people say world of warcraft earlier.. I can't deny that it's fun.. but be careful as it's very addictive, and if you play it over a long period of time, the price starts to add up.
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05-09-2009, 12:18 AM | #29 | ||
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Postal - any game where you can chop someones head off with a shovel and kick it for the dog to go and get so he likes you is "ok" by me. Not really that new though.
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The original postal was top-down, and I actually preferred it. But Postal II was just manic. You can urinate on people too...I did wee on the cop, and he wasn't impressed. Also tazer people... An okay game but one that I personally get bored of quickly... All this talk of Starcraft and such....go and play Dune II. My 2nd favourite game of all time.
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