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Thrillho:
Hello all!

So I got a laptop this year. It is not a gaming machine.

Specs are:
Intel Core i5-7200U CPU @2.50 GHz 2.70 GHz
8.00 Ram
x64-based processor
Intel HD Graphics 620
Windows 10

I'm not typically a PC Gamer so I don't know what other specs you might need to know.

Anyway, I'd like to have some games on my laptop for various reasons. It doesn't run much, as you can see above, so I'm mostly looking at retro games.

I'm think 90sish, early 00s also. So far I have got Worms Reloaded to run on it, along with Ultima 3 and Theme Hospital. Fallout 1 and 2 run on it, although I've established I find them pretty much unplayable as shit due to how difficult they are.

I want something to occupy a lot of my time, but not necessarily that challenging. RPG games would be good. I don't expect anything 3D, necessarily.

edit: Just realised something I forgot. I hate multiplayer. Please only recommend me things with a decent solo campaign.

Would anybody be able to recommend anything to me? I've been trying to search on Gog and Steam and it doesn't really allow me to search in a way I'd like.

LeeC:
I do have a recent recommendations that should run on your machine.

Its called "Tooth and Tail."  Its a small RTS with SNES like graphics. You control a commander with a flag.  You build farms and buildings and command troops to kill your opponents farms and army.
Its also on sale on steam right now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/286000/Tooth_and_Tail/

Thrillho:
I think I've seen clips of that around. Is it single player?

LTK:
Longform RPGs that run on integrated graphics might be a little hard to find, but you could always go with the acclaimed classics like Planescape: Torment, or Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines; I played those because of all the glowing praise they get, they're really very good. I also hear many people speaking fondly of the Baldur's Gate series and early Elder Scrolls games, but I've not played those myself.

My personal RPG of obsession as a kid was Dungeon Siege, which I still highly recommend. It's good and simple party-based monster-bashing, you level up, you loot cool gear, you visit beautiful places, the works. There's also Deus Ex, which is a more complex FPS-RPG hybrid, but it's rightfully considered one of the best games of all time even if it hasn't aged well aesthetically. If you want a game that explores the intersection between transhumanism, government conspiracies, world politics, and the AI singularity, you owe it to yourself to give Deus Ex a chance.

You mentioned Theme Hospital, so I assume you're aware of Dungeon Keeper? Both the first and second games are still a blast after all these years. Age of Empires 2 as well, I loved that as a kid. I'm rubbish at real-time strategy but fortunately I could cheat my way through it. Back when games still had cheat codes, those were the days.

More on the action side, there is Cave Story+, a classic run-and-gun platformer with few equals; Shovel Knight, the greatest 8-bit platformer of the 21st century; Luftrausers, an exhilirating 2D dogfighting game set in an alternate universe WWII; One Finger Death Punch, a game that lets you feel like a badass kung fu action hero just by hammering two buttons; VVVVVV, the quintessential gravity-flipping platformer... those should all work wonderfully on integrated graphics.

What are your feelings on roguelikes like The Binding of Isaac? Or puzzle games like Mini Metro? I might have a dozen more recommendations if you're into those.

Tova:
Have you played Portal/Portal 2?

It's not 90s but you might get away with it...

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