I’m looking for titles that will run well on my only computer. Which is a 5-year-old 13" convertible laptop attached to a docking station with a 24" 1920x1080 screen. It’s got Intel internal graphics.

For reference, Skyrim runs well on it at 1920x1080 and high settings.

What would you recommend? Mostly interested in open world RPGs.

Specs:
Intel Core i5-10210 (4 cores, 8 threads, 4.2GHz)
8GB LPDDR3 (2133 MHz) RAM
Intel UHD Graphics w/ HDCP support. DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5
shared memory

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Such laptops are at the low end. But, if you have a really good Internet connection, you could expand your options a lot with GeForce Now. Basically a paid service to use cloud servers to render your game; surrendering an often-unnoticeable delay in response time. They have a free tier worth trying.

  • TheOakTree@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Not an RPG but is open world: Hyper Light Drifter

    I’ve run it on a potato laptop before, so it should run fine.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I built a $3,000 performance desktop a few years back, and the main games games I ended up playing on it were things like FTL, Shovel Knight, SNES emulators, and other games that could be run on an overclock ham sandwich.

  • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    CDDA: it’s basically an immersive sim with zombies and mutants in an ascii new england. Sprites optional;

    Stardew valley: haha ancient fruit wine go brrr;

    Morrowind: whiff. whiff. cliff racer screech. the sounds of a wood elf screaming from the heavens and splattering on the pavement;

    An SNES emulator: there’s like an entire library to play here;

  • NONE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    My laptop is WAY WORSE than yours and I could play Fallout: New Vegas with ease.

    Edit: I didn’t read the RPG part 😅

        • trashgirlfriend@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 days ago

          If you liked it and wanna try another Visual Novel, you might wanna try YOU and ME and HER.

          Much less horror but similar in other ways, and one of my favorites because of the denpa vibes.

  • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Skullgirls is the best game you can play on any machine, and it will run on that laptop. But if you’re mostly interested in RPGs, check out the Pillars of Eternity games, especially the second one. Wasteland 2 will likely run on that thing just fine.

    • superkret@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I just started Pillars.
      Great suggestion, thanks! Also bought Wasteland 2 (with the current sale, I think I bought 10 great old games for $20) and will try that next.

      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Awesome! That first one can be a lot of combat, but it is good combat, and Pillars 2 is, in my opinion, just a better game in every way that the first game feels lacking.

        • superkret@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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          3 days ago

          I’ve bought both. The first one feels a lot like what I remember from the old DnD games (Baldurs Gate 1+2, Temple of Elemental Evil, Icewind Dale) and it seems to be very well-designed.
          But if it turns into a slog, I’ll definitely try the second part before giving up. I already like the lore a lot.