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Bigfishbest, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

-Free Stars on steam, used to be called Star Control 2. Old school space adventure. And it is literally free as well.

-Imperialism 2 on GOG, 4x game set in the age of exploration and industrialization.

-Civilization 4, the best of the series in my opinion, I’ve played them since the 90s.

-Beyond Good and Evil, comes to mind, don’t remember much about it, except that it’s good.

-To the Moon, indie adventure / puzzle game. Has great reviews by the developers aunt, among other things.

-Banner Saga 1-3, holy Nordic inspired epic tactical strategy, batman.

-Jagged Alliance 2, another tactical combat game, modern time, funny, realistic and really difficult.

Eh, realized that only the first one is free to play. But the other ones are old (or very old), so you can snatch them on sale on steam, GOG or Epic for less than a chocolate bar and get dozens of hours of enjoyment from them.

yopyop, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I got you fam, it’s called NewZealand Story. myabandonware.com/…/the-new-zealand-story-679

frongt, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?
Megaman_EXE, do gaming w Playing Final Fantasy XI in 2025 (or 2026)?

I’ve been wanting to play this game for a while. But I think in order to have the best experience, you probably need to get a group together that is willing to play at the same time as you

. I convinced a friend to play a bit(like 4 hours) with me years ago and I thought it was fun! But I don’t think he enjoyed the slower grind of the experience and he dropped off.

_Lory98_,

I found that there’s a free login campaign now, so I’m trying it out. If we were in the same time zone and I was sure I’d continue playing, I’d offer to join you.

Megaman_EXE,

I appreciate the offer, but I likely won’t be able to play it for a while. I don’t have the time that I would need to dedicate to it at the moment!

altasshet, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I recently re-discovered Deathtrack.

BehindTheBarrier, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I have had a lot over time : Motherload Idk the name anymore, but something like fighter Z, a space invaders like game were enemies scroll in as you blast things away with a super jet. A space discovery game, was in Norwegian. A mystical signal arrives and you need to research it and eventually send out a space ship.

I was reminded of another i missed, Sinjid: Shadow of the Warrior. A ninja fighter flash game.

Last one I guess I might be missing was a 2d like game where the word was blocks like Minecraft but square board levels, angled like a diamond, I think it’s called isometric. sorta like the q*bert games I think. Don’t remember much of the goal, but walk around and collect gems I think. I believe most levels were mostly green grass and water/rivers separating areas. Main character might have been a girl.

Spider89, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?
okmko, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

For me it was two Mac games.

Dinopark Tycoon (I went back to play it and I somehow did worse than my elementary school self, loool)

The other game I never found but it was on the same computer. It was a point and click puzzler where you played a character that looks very similar to the character in the modern game Braid. You start, stranded on a beach and worked your way inland. It had a creepy vibe due to the aesthetics.

d00ery,

I’ve found LLMs quite good for identifying things like this sometimes … I also know how frustrating it is to remember and not be able to find the games!

arudesalad, do games w What free to play games can run smoothly on my old laptop?

It’s definetly not for everyone but space station 14 can be a lot of fun.

flamiera, do games w Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game

I know there's very few, be it rare, games where developers seemingly hate those who play it.

But you're not understanding that maybe that there are some games that aren't for you. It sometimes is a sucky feeling, when games seemingly look like you'd have a blast playing them, until you try them and feel the opposite. I wouldn't really say any of the struggles I've had in games I played in this example, that I felt like the developers were intentionally punishing me. More like my expectations, standards and idea of fun collides with what that game already established in its own values.

Like I hate games where anything kills you in one hit, that is bullshit, give me a health bar or multiple chances of being hit. I prefer more games that have at least healthbars.

Lembot_0006,

I am not talking about the game design. I am talking about situations when developers purposefully check if the player cheats or makes something strange and then developers intentionally make things worse.

flamiera,

Yes you are talking about game design.

You just said developers check if the player cheats or makes something "strange" then react to it. By game design, they don't want you cheating in their game.

So you either deal with it or don't.

Lembot_0006,

Facepalm

flamiera,

Yeah I know, I did the same thing when you first replied to me too.

PlantJam, do games w Sometimes devs intentionally punish players for struggling with the game

If you want a dark game with puzzle style combat and bosses, I can’t recommend a plague tale enough. Innocence is the first one, Requiem is the second one.

Lembot_0006,

plague tale

I believe I have tried it. Until the first boss, where I was forced to run around him and try to dismantle his armour piece by piece with a sling and stones. Of course he caught me while having the last piece of armour on. Uninstalled and never even considered giving it a second chance.

PlantJam,

I hated black myth wukong and elden ring boss fights, so punishing games really aren’t for me. I finished both plague tale games, though. I usually lower the difficulty quite a bit just to enjoy the story, so maybe the defaults are harder than what I experienced.

Kazumara,

Yeah they are fun!

Also pretty easy I’d say.

mech, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

I remember a top down game from the late '80s or very early '90s where you drive a car along a highway and try to defend yourself against other cars using different weapons and tire-slashing spikes mounted to your wheels.
You’d start inside a semi-truck, drive out of it backwards, and at the end of the level, the truck would re-appear and you have to drive into it again.

SlurpingPus,

‘Spy Hunter’? It was on a whole bunch of platforms.

mech,

YES, that’s it!

SlurpingPus, (edited )

Yeah this one was easy. I even forgot about the trucks (probably because they weren’t there in ‘Super Spy Hunter’, which started as a clone before having been released as a sequel).

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7ab4716a-5728-4283-be3d-8f9ce1ea35a3.gif

SlurpingPus,

Btw, there were sequels ‘SpyHunter’ in 2001 and then ‘SpyHunter 2’, for PS2/Gamecube/Xbox and desktops — though not with the top-down view.

And there’s the 2012 ‘Spy Hunter’ for PS Vita and 3DS. Apparently also with the view from behind, and this time with poor reviews.

coaxil,

Major motion?

youtu.be/bASGBe6jhes

One of my favs growing up

Appoxo, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
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For me it is a ski racing game that looks like about 2005 or 2009 type of game and has a sort of athletic/olympic winter games type of vibe.

Jela,
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Was it SSX?

Appoxo,
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Doesnt look like it.
Additionally it was also a PC game on Windows XP.

umbrella, (edited ) do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants
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top down spacecraft kind of thing. two of them, but there are so many of these its pretty much impossible.

PissingIntoTheWind, do gaming w For me, it was Microsoft Ants

Ok maybe Lemmy can help me. Does anyone remember a cartoon that used a key. A magic key. To draw a door and open to a new dimension? I have been looking for this show for decades and I can’t remember it. It had like care bare characters and children.

AngryPancake,

I only know Pans Labyrinth but it’s certainly not a comic

radiantshackles,
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PissingIntoTheWind,

Nah. Think lte 80’s and early 90’s. I wonder if I dreamed this shit up.

ZoopZeZoop,

I remember that in Beetlejuice, and there was a cartoon version of that.

Ashiette,

Final Fantasy Unlimited ?

burntbacon,

A magic key to draw a door? It’s not the kid with the purple crayon cartoon?

PissingIntoTheWind,

No. Much older. Like lat 80’s early 90’s. I remember a friendly funny dragon with the characters.

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