Well, if he wants something different. Personally, I like games with more story, so I don’t play Diablo-likes very often (though Torchlight was very fun).

Haha, if you replaced your vid card you might actually try to run Dragon Age. I had nooo idea its minimum specs were so low. It’s probably because it was designed for consoles. The graphics are admittedly not that great.

http://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy-VII-EA-Clbumics-pc/dp/B000I5HNZM/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1258663271&sr=8-7

CrinkzPipe Posted:

Log in to see images!

You could probably get a card for such an old PC for $50. I don’t know what kind of slot you got – it sounds old enough to still be using AGP?

I’d actually recommend Puzzle Quest. I know it’s technically a match three game, but the combat system works really well, with a suprising amount of strategy. Then again, due to it’s casual nature it may not be your cup of tea.

I see Baldur’s Gate was already mentioned, and as a semi-companion piece the Icewind Dale series is pretty good. It’s much more combat orientated than it’s brother though, and it can be somewhat frustrating.

Also, I remember having fun with the shareware Exile/Avernum series, but looking at the website, the full versions seem a tad expensive, and I’m not sure how well they hold up now.

Good luck finding something!

In that case, you may want to look at gyromancer, by popcap and Square-Enix(!). It has a similar style of gameplay, but with somewhat higher production values.

Then again, I’ve only really played the demo, so yeah.

IWD is more of a numbers game if anything. BG was also pretty combat focused, but the mathematical side was stressed a lot more in IWD.

I’m surprised to hear people liked KOTR’s story, but hated the combat. Sure, it’s not an exact replica of the Infinity Engine, but the pause system is the most effective compromise between real time and turn based and it can always be ignored, if desired.

Amasius Posted:

Listen to leetlol. Also good news: Planescape Torment is finally re-released! No excuse left not to play it.

Sadly in Europe only.

Well not sad for me, I own multiple copies already.

Do you guys think that is one that won’t make me sick?

scully Posted:

Do you guys think that is one that won’t make me sick?

Scully I refer you to this: http://www.forumwarz.com/discussions/view/23007-other-games post 23 in particular.

I would chide you forcefully for not having played those games yet if it weren’t for the fact that I haven’t played any of Dorian’s recommendations yet either.

Still, it’s not a lot of money considering that it’s, y’know, Planescape Torment. I’d buy it at that price if I hadn’t completed it already. It’s worth more.

In other news, I need to mention The Spirit Engine 2 in this thread, because I can never recommend it enough. It’s a great game that has basically not been marketed at all, which is why you’ve never heard of it before. Did I mention that it’s a great game? Go download the demo here.