Gaming on a potato

[WestTexan]

My pc will be built finish by early to mid next year.Im getting a laptop from a family member and it was bought 2011.Its not a cheapo 2011 laptop for sure but I dont know the specs.

 

Can you recommend some games that I can run on a very low end pc?

 

What I already have on my list:

GTA san andreas

Skyrim

Borderlands 1

 

Dont recommend :

Any other GTA game

ANY DOS game

Any game with pixel graphics

 

What I want : (doesnt have to have all these features) Requirements: 

Open world

Good story

Fun

Worth the money

Time consuming 

 

 

Thanks!!!

[PlayStation 2]

Depending on how half-decent the laptop is, you could potentially try Just Cause 2 on it.

You got GTA:SA, maybe GTA3 and Vice City?

[AntiTrust]

6 minutes ago, WestTexan said:

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check out mount and blade warband and 7 days to die. 2 of my fav open world sandbox games

[benji_]

chips challenge is a fun puzzle game, i know you said no pixel games but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

also parkitect  

[Fasauceome]

what about modern pixel style games like Shovel Knight and Celeste? Is it just the style you don't like or that you don't want to bother emulating old titles?

[Quadriplegic]

That quite depends on what laptop you are getting.

I have spent few years using HP Pavilion G7, was able to run Metal Gear Rising Revengeance quite well

[aezakmi]

17 minutes ago, WestTexan said:

Dont recommend : Any game with pixel graphics

so you have a low end computer but want games to run at ultra quality?

 

Fallout 3

[Void Master]

Battlefield bad company 2

The story is amazing !

You could try multiplayer too !

It's a very good game that I had a lot of good memories with !! 

[Ashleyyyy]

Crysis 1 is good. you need a decent gpu for it though. 

 

i played it a lot on a laptop from 2010 that has a geforce 310m in it and it gets about 20 fps... so yeah you need decent specs. \

 

EDIT: with that i mean decent for the time. if it was a potato back in 2011 i doubt it'll run crysis 1 smoothly. 

[WestTexan]

Borderlands 1

Skyrim

Fallout 3

GTA SA

Battlefield Bad Company 2

CSGO

Just cause 2

7 days to die

 

Which game should I get first? Skyrim?

 

 

Thanks for the list!!!

 

 

52 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

Crysis 1 is good. you need a decent gpu for it though. 

 

i played it a lot on a laptop from 2010 that has a geforce 310m in it and it gets about 20 fps... so yeah you need decent specs. \

 

EDIT: with that i mean decent for the time. if it was a potato back in 2011 i doubt it'll run crysis 1 smoothly. 

Wont take a chance

59 minutes ago, Void Master said:

Battlefield bad company 2

The story is amazing !

You could try multiplayer too !

It's a very good game that I had a lot of good memories with !! 

Will try it

1 hour ago, aezakmi said:

so you have a low end computer but want games to run at ultra quality?

 

Fallout 3

Sounds good

1 hour ago, Quadriplegic said:

That quite depends on what laptop you are getting.

I have spent few years using HP Pavilion G7, was able to run Metal Gear Rising Revengeance quite well

 

1 hour ago, fasauceome said:

what about modern pixel style games like Shovel Knight and Celeste? Is it just the style you don't like or that you don't want to bother emulating old titles?

Just not my style

1 hour ago, benji_ said:

chips challenge is a fun puzzle game, i know you said no pixel games but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

also parkitect  

Nah,but thanks for replying.

1 hour ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Depending on how half-decent the laptop is, you could potentially try Just Cause 2 on it.

You got GTA:SA, maybe GTA3 and Vice City?

Will try Just cause 2

1 hour ago, AntiTrust said:

check out mount and blade warband and 7 days to die. 2 of my fav open world sandbox games

7 days to die looks great

[xAcid9]

If you can run Skyrim then you probably can run Mafia 2. Good game, highly recommended.

[SSJGodemis]

Anything from 2007-2009 will run decent. I would rather game on a used PS4 tbh. You can pick them up for like $150.