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Have win7 laptop. What to play on it? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 months ago by allo@sh.itjust.works to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Have a win 7 mouseless laptop I'd like to put a game on and play for funs. Typically my go to game for olden computers is Heroes of Might and Magic 3 or maybe Civ 4. Any recommendations?

Diablo2, WC3, and RTSs would be tricky because lack of mouse and I'd prefer no rush to my actions so I can simultaneously be coding and just do minibreaks taking a turn or part of a turn here and there

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[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In case you're not aware, there's a project called VCMI which rewrites the Heroes 3 engine to add lots of modern improvements, fixes and easier access to mods. Thought it might be of interest since you like the game.

As for other games, how about XCOM? These games are turn based so you should be fine with touchpad + there's plenty of time to think. Don't know what specs we're talking about but in case of modern revival, XCOM: Enemy Unknown should work without issues. XCOM 2 is slightly heavier but might also work.

You could also go for 4X titles like Star Ruler or Total War series.

Finally, there are turn-based RPGs like Knights of Pen and Paper - it's light and pretty fun (as far as I remember anyway). A bit simple but might be enough to spend some time on.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The more modern Total War games are pretty hard to run, so keep that in mind OP. If you still have Windows 7 stuff like Total War Three Kingdoms or the Total War Warhammer games are going to laugh at you. That said, anything before Shogun 2 is likely to run on anything made post-2010.

[–] Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh, totally. I never went beyond Shogun 2 so I forgot to mention it. Good catch.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

I have pretty much the direct opposite experience so it was the first thing that came to mind- I started with Rome 2 and couldn't run it at the time lol.