Suggestions for Indie/Retro games - My GPU is out of commission for a few weeks

[DeerDK]

Hi everybody

Since my 4070 is in RMA and I am looking at a 2 week wait (+ the week that has already passed) im limited to game on my vivobook that has integrated graphics.

The last couple of days i've made do with rediscovering Heroes of might and magic 3, but I could probably go with a few more games for variations sake.

I have Crusader Kings 2 and Baldur's Gate 2 in my steam library, but im open for suggestions.

Especially Grand Strategy games or some indie pearls. They need to be able to run on a potato (Asus VivoBook 14 X413 i3/8/256 14" - i3-1005G1 cpu with integrated graphics and 8 gb DDR4 ram).

Thanks in advance.

[Hinjima]

15 minutes ago, DeerDK said:

Hi everybody

Since my 4070 is in RMA and I am looking at a 2 week wait (+ the week that has already passed) im limited to game on my thin-book that has integrated graphics.

The last couple of days i've made do with rediscovering Heroes of might and magic 3, but I could probably go with a few more games for variations sake.

I have Crusader Kings 2 and Baldur's Gate 2 in my steam library, but im open for suggestions.

Especially Grand Strategy games or some indie pearls. They need to be able to run on a potato (Asus VivoBook 14 X413 i3/8/256 14" - i3-1005G1 cpu with integrated graphics and 8 gb DDR4 ram).

Thanks in advance.

Defintely ''Valiant Hearts: The Great War''  It might not look too fancy but oh my.. what a journey.

 

[DeerDK]

3 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Defintely ''Valiant Hearts: The Great War''  It might not look too fancy but oh my.. what a journey.

 

Oh, it's that ww1 game? I think ZP did a rather positive review. 

Its on the list now

[Hinjima]

4 minutes ago, DeerDK said:

Oh, it's that ww1 game? I think ZP did a rather positive review. 

Its on the list now

Sure is.  Its one of just a few games that actually made me emotional while playing.

In my top 10 games since I started gaming in 1998

Half-Life 1 and 2 should run quite smoothly on integrated graphics to.

[Tan3l6]

Some that come to mind are Mindustry, Travellers Rest, World's End Diner.

[DeerDK]

2 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Sure is.  Its one of just a few games that actually made me emotional while playing.

In my top 10 games since I started gaming in 1998

Half-Life 1 and 2 should run quite smoothly on integrated graphics to.

Uhh, good point. Maybe its time for revisiting HL. Im not sure i can go to Ravenholm anymore, though.

3 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Some that come to mind are Mindustry, Travellers Rest, World's End Diner.

Nice, thanks, i'll check them out

[DeerDK]

23 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Some that come to mind are Mindustry, Travellers Rest, World's End Diner.

Is Stardew Vally good?

[Tan3l6]

Just now, DeerDK said:

Is Stardew Vally good?

I suppose, somewhat. More popular than any one that I mentioned.

 

[DeerDK]

1 minute ago, Tan3l6 said:

I suppose, somewhat. More popular than any one that I mentioned.

 

okay  I looked up World's end Diner and somhow SV sprung to my mind. WeD and especially Traveller's rest looks good too

[Needfuldoer]

FTL: Faster Than Light is a good turn-based strategy game if you like BSG/Trek-ish sci-fi scenarios.

[DeerDK]

1 minute ago, Needfuldoer said:

FTL: Faster Than Light is a good turn-based strategy game if you like BSG/Trek-ish sci-fi scenarios.

Love that game. I forgot to mention that its already my labtop in the couch game xD

My bad.

[The Hope]

The game I am currently playing on OpenBSD seems suitable for such weak hardware.

 

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on OpenBSD

 

 

[DeerDK]

5 minutes ago, The Hope said:

The game I am currently playing on OpenBSD seems suitable for such weak hardware.

 

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on OpenBSD

 

 

I friggin love Morrowind. Still have the cd-rom and the whole box, including map and booklet. 

And my wife has a external drive... 

Hmm. 

On the other hand: Cliff razers

[thrasher_565]

On 1/23/2024 at 4:26 AM, DeerDK said:

Is Stardew Vally good?

its good but gets grindy and to complete it you most likely need a guide. but its good to a point.

it has flaws thow like so bad you want to get mods to fix em or use cheats...like buying lots from a store...lots of clicking... for no reason.

Edited January 27 by thrasher_565

[thewelshbrummie]

My desktop is coming up to 3 years old. I went without a GPU for the 1st year as they were basically impossible to find at the time.

 

I found that dialling back to medium settings on 1080p or sometimes 720p would make most games from 2012 or earlier work on the iGPU in my 10700K - which has higher boost clocks but it looks comparable to what you have at the moment.

 

Old F1 games were fine and if Real Time Strategy is of interest then I can't recommend Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance enough. I now run it on a 3060 - and because it remains CPU heavy there's little difference in the GPU side of things so you may get reasonable performance if you want to try something a bit different.

 

Naturally YMMV - some games just didn't work on the iGPU at all despite not being that heavy on my 3060 - I assume because they weren't designed for Intel GPUs.

[DeerDK]

On 1/28/2024 at 5:43 AM, thewelshbrummie said:

My desktop is coming up to 3 years old. I went without a GPU for the 1st year as they were basically impossible to find at the time.

 

I found that dialling back to medium settings on 1080p or sometimes 720p would make most games from 2012 or earlier work on the iGPU in my 10700K - which has higher boost clocks but it looks comparable to what you have at the moment.

 

Old F1 games were fine and if Real Time Strategy is of interest then I can't recommend Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance enough. I now run it on a 3060 - and because it remains CPU heavy there's little difference in the GPU side of things so you may get reasonable performance if you want to try something a bit different.

 

Naturally YMMV - some games just didn't work on the iGPU at all despite not being that heavy on my 3060 - I assume because they weren't designed for Intel GPUs.

the issue is, that my PC doesn't have an iGPU, so its dead in the water, and my vivobook is not powerfull at all. Its a 10th gen i3 dual core. 

I guess it could run some of the games you mention, but im not sure.

Surpreme Commander has been on my radar for ages - I loved Total Annihilation back in the days so that may be worth checking out.

Apart from that I have taken up the challenge to play some of the indie pixel titles in my back catalogue ^^

[thewelshbrummie]

21 hours ago, DeerDK said:

the issue is, that my PC doesn't have an iGPU, so its dead in the water, and my vivobook is not powerfull at all. Its a 10th gen i3 dual core. 

I guess it could run some of the games you mention, but im not sure.

Surpreme Commander has been on my radar for ages - I loved Total Annihilation back in the days so that may be worth checking out.

Apart from that I have taken up the challenge to play some of the indie pixel titles in my back catalogue ^^

I was talking about the Vivobook - the Intel Ark listing for the CPU.

 

It clearly lists GPU specs. It is dual core and I was using a 10700K so the CPU performance isn't comparable. My point is that the iGPUs appear to be of similar performance and definitely age so you may get good results from games of 2010 and earlier as the CPU in my rig wasn't being pushed at all in those games. I suppose YMMV in terms of the Core i3 in the Vivobook but unless you're on a data cap of some kind it's worth trying some games out as I suspect you'll be surprised by what is actually playable.

 

As for Supreme Commander:FA it's definitely worth a look - but wait until it's on sale. It's usually $12.99 but there were 5 sales last year where it dropped to $2.59 (and another 5 in 2022) so I'd obviously wait for one of those.

 

Also can't recommend the game without suggesting Forged Alliance Forever. It's the biggest community project to keep online multiplayer available and is free to use.

[DeerDK]

3 hours ago, thewelshbrummie said:

My point is that the iGPUs appear to be of similar performance and definitely age so you may get good results from games of 2010 and earlier as the CPU in my rig wasn't being pushed at all in those games. I suppose YMMV in terms of the Core i3 in the Vivobook but unless you're on a data cap of some kind it's worth trying some games out as I suspect you'll be surprised by what is actually playable.

Oh, i definetly think you are right here. There are some really good games from that period and hardware has come a long way.

I guess im just in denial because i won't admit how long time ago 2010 is 

 

3 hours ago, thewelshbrummie said:

As for Supreme Commander:FA it's definitely worth a look - but wait until it's on sale. It's usually $12.99 but there were 5 sales last year where it dropped to $2.59 (and another 5 in 2022) so I'd obviously wait for one of those.

 

Also can't recommend the game without suggesting Forged Alliance Forever. It's the biggest community project to keep online multiplayer available and is free to use.

Hmm, im a bit torn. On one hand, ive wanted to try Surpreme Commander since it came out, but on the other hand I fear getting mulched in online multiplayer RTS. I tend to panic when too much is going on on the same time. I really enjoy grand strategy games and 4x, but all of them gives me time to look over data and make well informed decisions, while when i play CoH i get stressed out and forget 4 platoons and a tankdestroyer somewhere on the map

[emothxughts]

Indie: Hyper Light Drifter. Fun but challenging pixel art slasher, plays best with a controller.

 

Retro: C&C Tiberian Sun, a classic RTS. Now freeware.

[DeerDK]

17 minutes ago, emothxughts said:

Retro: C&C Tiberian Sun, a classic RTS. Now freeware.

WHAT!?! WHERE!?!!? Gimme gimme gimme.

That game was my favorite for years! Tried Tiberian dusk/war. Didn't grip me the same way. Or im just getting too old for RTS

[emothxughts]

2 hours ago, DeerDK said:

WHAT!?! WHERE!?!!? Gimme gimme gimme.

That game was my favorite for years! Tried Tiberian dusk/war. Didn't grip me the same way. Or im just getting too old for RTS

Here ye go: https://cncnet.org/tiberian-sun