It feels like I've played all the ones worth playing. What else is out there?
I'm looking for stuff like Baldur's Gate, Arcanum, etcetera, that is old enough to run on this slow old netbook.
You could dust off the classic GoldBox SSI games. (there were a lot)
I will assume you have already hit the Neverwinter 1 series, as well as Planescape:Torment? Neverwinter 1 had a huge fan community of extra adventures and campaigns.
Temple of Elemental Evil?
Pool of Radience/ruins of myth drannor?
The Icewind Dale series?
Marrowwind(elder scrolls)?
I don't know what your netbook's specs are, but the Shadowrun and Wasteland 2 games were pretty cool.
I'll think a bit and check back later. Maybe something other posters say will job my old memories.
All of those, already done. As said, the problem is I'm a huge fan of the genre, so I have played pretty much everything mainstream and even most of the obscure ones. D:
I haven't tried any fan-made content for Neverwinter, though. There might be some stuff worth looking at.
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From my Steam and GOG lists (I left out the too well known games as you have probably played them)
- Anachronox
- Arx Fatalis
- Avernum Saga
- Geneforge Saga
- Divinity
- Beyond Divinity
- Realms of Arkania 1-3 (original games)
- Septerra Core
- Summoner
- Soulbringer
- Sacred
- Ys 1-2, Origins, Oath in Felghana
- Avadon 1-2
- Betrayal at Krondor, Betrayal at Antara, Return to Krondor
- NOX
- Silver
- Worlds of Ultima: Savage Empire (free at GOG)
- Worlds of Ultima: Martian Dreams (Free at GOG)
- Lionheart
- Vampire: Redemption
Many of the Neverwinter 1 mods were higher quality than the official campaigns.
A few I played and liked:
Penultima series (humor)
Runes of Blood (large detailed world)
A Dance with Rogues (roleplaying)
Shadowlords series (hack'n'slash)
Lone Wolf series (storytelling)
Elegia Eternum/Excrucio Eternum (storytelling/good custom music)
Island Adventures series (puzzles, detailed world)
Lords of Darkness series (hack'n'slash)
An Ancient Heart series (hack'n'slash)
Bone Kenning (evil)
Arandie (storytelling)
Divinity Original Sin
Have you considered Shadowrun Returns?
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To be helpful, it would be good to know what you have played and what your laptop's specs are.
If your computer can handle it, Pillars of Eternity comes out this week.
The Avernum series might work on your computer. I don't know if they still are but they were recently on sale at GOG.
I was going to say that the best thing to do is wait until Thursday and get PILLARS OF ETERNITY. It sounds like the exact thing you've been looking for.
SWORD COAST LEGENDS is out at the end of the year. But in the meantime there's also DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN, SHADOWRUN RETURNS and its two sequel-ish successors (DRAGONFALL, out now, and HONG KONG, out later this year), not to mention WASTELAND 2.
Hmmm,
Maybe not exactly like BG and series but...
King's Quest 1-7
Quest for Glory 1-5
you probably have tried them already but Star Wars: Knights of the old Republic I and II and Temple of Elemental Evil.
The original Fallout series (I and II).
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magicks Obscura
Nox
(both available through Gog.com)
It's been years since I played Neverwinter nights but I recall user made content for the classic D&D module Against the Giants that might have rivaled the original game.
Divinity: Original Sin has a very old school RPG feeling.
Ultima 7 remains one of my all time favorite games and should run on just about anything.
Of the classic SSI Gold Box games Buck Rogers ad the Doomsday Machine and Dark Sun stood out above the rest.
Dungeons and Dragons Online never runs out!
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If you want something old school-ish, Antharion should be going to Alpha at the end of the month and I believe they expect it to be on Steam in the near future. It might be a fun play.
-Skeld
....final fantasy, anyone?
VII requires a numpad on PC, which most netbooks do not have.
RPG Superstar 2008 Top 32, 2011 Top 16
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Knights of the Chalice by Heroic Fantasy Games should work on any old computer. It's essentially a 3.5 edition SSI gold box game, and a lot of fun. Great implementation of the 3.5 rules. A sequel is supposedly being worked on, but sounds like it's a one person operation and limping along slowly.
Many of the Neverwinter 1 mods were higher quality than the official campaigns.
A few I played and liked:
Penultima series (humor)
Runes of Blood (large detailed world)
A Dance with Rogues (roleplaying)
Shadowlords series (hack'n'slash)
Lone Wolf series (storytelling)
Elegia Eternum/Excrucio Eternum (storytelling/good custom music)
Island Adventures series (puzzles, detailed world)
Lords of Darkness series (hack'n'slash)
An Ancient Heart series (hack'n'slash)
Bone Kenning (evil)
Arandie (storytelling)
I just want to throw in that A Dance with Rogues, while an excellent module for so many reasons, is in many parts spiced up with graphic sexual situations, the second part even more so than the first. It also deals with themes of bestiality, rape and the like. But it really is a great module, if you've no problem with that.
Edit: By the way, how about those:
The Might and Magic series
The Wizardry Series
Okay, they're old, but still...
Dotting for future reference once I get my old XP machine back up and running.
Divinity: Original sin and Wasteland 2 will not run on an old netbook, though...
WASTELAND 2 really should, its graphics are at least 10 years old. However, it's engine is not very well optimised. It's a bit ridiculous that the game causes my graphics card cooler fan to kick in to overdrive when far better-looking like games like FAR CRY 4 and SHADOWS OF MORDOR don't even cause it to break out in a sweat.
GOG has sale on Eschalon.
The specs of this rubbish old machine are not very useful, since they say it should be able to run Crysis.
For reference, I'm currently playing Neverwinter Nights (going to try out some of the modules mentioned) and it still has framerate issues when I turn some of the graphics options off.
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The specs of this rubbish old machine are not very useful, since they say it should be able to run Crysis.
For reference, I'm currently playing Neverwinter Nights (going to try out some of the modules mentioned) and it still has framerate issues when I turn some of the graphics options off.
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The issue is probably that if it's a netbook, you have an integrated video card, and some of those don't play well with video games (like Crysis). Still, it's hard to make suggestions to you when we don't know what your machine can run.
I agree generally with the suggestion to just search GOG.com and go to town.
Or, maybe not buy video games for awhile, throw all the money you'd spend on games in a (not necessarily literal) jar, and eventually buy a new computer instead. You could probably buy a new, still cheap laptop that could outdo your current one by a longshot for a few hundred bucks.
I do have a PC that will run current games pretty well. I'm often not home, and have a lot of spare time where my only computer is my portable one.
Damn! I'd forgotten that in NWN1 XP is divided amongst the party... including creatures that don't even track XP such as familiars and summons.
And I chose to play a summoning-focused wizard. :I
Damn! I'd forgotten that in NWN1 XP is divided amongst the party... including creatures that don't even track XP such as familiars and summons.
And I chose to play a summoning-focused wizard. :I
Regarding the PC: understood.
Regarding NWN... that sucks! But IIRC you'll still get enough XP to level up pretty high.
Does NWN2 run on your machine? That is another set of adventures and fan-made modules to download--yes, the engine is clunky and it takes awhile to get the camera to move the way you want it to, but it's still another set of adventures to play through. Of the official games, the OC is pretty good once you get the keep (it's just the slog you have to get through to get to that part), and Mask of the Betrayer is great. Storm of Zehir is fun in a more dungeoncrawl, emulation-of-a-gold-box game kind of way (it reminds me a lot of the Sword Coast Gold Boxers with much better graphics), and it also lets you work out of a keep (actually the same one from the OC--you're playing one of the guilds that moves into the keep) and do some trading/building, etc.
If NWN 1 has issues, NWN 2 might not run at all. IIRC it's engine was considered clunky and inefficient when it first appeared.
I've played through the NWN2 OC and Mask of the Betrayer on my main PC. I haven't tried Storm of Zehir, since I heard it has basically no story or characters.
I'll comment on that when I finish the basic campaign, mask, and reach the Storm... Which might take a while. Like, a few years at my current rate.
I've played through the NWN2 OC and Mask of the Betrayer on my main PC. I haven't tried Storm of Zehir, since I heard it has basically no story or characters.
That's not true at all on either count. It's no Planescape: Torment... it's a much more pulpy feeling story than an in-depth philosophical literary narrative, but it very definitely has a followable storyline, and all the characters have distinct personalities; the people you interact with frequently or who you can bring with you in your party are both distinguishable and memorable. I found myself struggling to figure out what NPC companions I wanted to bring with me in terms of what personality I liked best versus mechanical skill, and that's always a good sign the characters are written at least well enough---if the NPCs were only valuable for the mechanics, there would be no such dilemma. There's a decent amount of banter from the NPCs, whether companions, base officers, or people you run into during your travels.
People who wanted "more of the same" in terms of something like Mask of the Betrayer were probably disappointed, but when they made Storm of Zehir they made it clear they were taking a different approach and developing stuff like overland maps and sandboxier elements for folks who wanted more straight up high adventure rather than a grittier personal story.
If graphics are not a primary concern, the Exile/Avernum series by Spiderweb Soft are some of the best RPGs out there, in my opinion. They are not downright ugly, just very early 90's in terms of visuals (which at the same time means they can run on a microwave), but depth and setting are amazing.
A great (increasingling comprehensive guide) to video game RPGS.
Reviews of virtually every CRPG from the dawn of video gaming to 1991, so far.
People did mention those, and Umbral Reaver already said he/she had played them.
Since the op is several months old, I presume UR found something. Although what he/she found would be awesome to know. :)