Fuchsrohre

Mate has bought his first ever PC. Its no ninja-performance rig by any means:

512MB, latest Celeron, 80GB, Intel Extreme 3D graphics

So I doubt it would run, say Far Cry very well, so....

As he hasn't ever had a Playstation or similar either do you think its worth starting him off game-wise from first principles and introduce him slowly with something like Doom ?

What games would you recommend to a complete new games player, bearing in mind he'd be lost with complexity of some of today's titles.

_Meridian_

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Running the graphics from the Digital Exteme Crap chipset means that nothing that came out in the last two years will play at anything over 800x600, and even then it will probably be a slideshow.

Doom is probably too primative: see if you can score a copy of Quake2. Unreal Tournament might run too - but not 2003 or 2004.

But life isn't all FPS, and some other game might be better for a mix. Diablo2 will be fine, and see if you can track down Dungeon Keeper2.


M

MJW

Go to http://www.abandongames.com/ for some old-skool stuff that won't tax the system too much.

fitzscoob

definately point him towards red alert, for me and many others that game initiated online gaming

Daz34

Yes definately show him how much fun online gaming can be. Graphics aren't so important then. It should run Medal of Honor which is cheap and big laughs online.
I used to love that V2 map

Beefy

Buy him a cheap graphics card as a present, he'll thank you for ever more and that should allow him to play some more up to date stuff (at low resolution anyway).



Youve got to tell him to play Half-Life, its still a brilliant game if starting to look a little dated these days. Of course if he likes that get him to play all the add-ons, Opposing Force, Blue-Shift and Gunman Chronicles. He may also like a dabble online with Counterstrike, Day of Defeat, etc.

Theres loads of stuff around, if hes into sports sims then get him to play Championship Manager, that will play on most spec PC's. Checking out the back of a magazine like PC Gamer will give a good indication of the best games for each genre over the last year or two. Some of these games should play on the spec you mentioned, although with a decent AGP graphics card (look for prices on the ATI Radeon 9700 or 9800 pro for bargain upgrades) he should be able to play most things at a reasonable resolution and frame rate.

Fuchsrohre

great suggestions!

messiah

Command & Conquer Generals would be my suggestion.

maybe even Tomb Raider : The Last Revelation and it should run Quake 3 Arena no probs.

shanewrx/sti

RED ALERT 2 NOT COMMAND AND CONQUER GENERALS THAT GAME IS WACK

Dieseldog

Joint Ops is a good online shooter (150 players on a server lol) and won't tax his system anything like Far Cry or BF2 - plus it'll probably be cheap nowadays

messiah

They're both good games - haven't plat RE2 for ages might have to ratch it out again, been ages since I heard a "Nuclear Missile Launch Detected" alert

jfrf

http://www.liveforspeed.net/?page=screenshots

live for speed is an excellent driving game. best ive played for pc. cover a wide range of cars and is even more fun online.other games im into are:
battlefield 2
far cry
doom 3
grand theft auto san andreas
command and conquer generals

get a mid range graphics card for 100 quid

GaryK

Get a copy of MAME and download one of 4000 ROMS for old school arcade fun, when a game had to survive *purely* on its gameplay and not its visual and sonic appeal.

From that get hold of wolfenstein 3d, duke nukem and commander keen and work forwards towards the bland mass market 1001 people to produce a game $hite that we have today.

Gary

forseti

hmmm... what about strategy games. Something like civilisation or black and white? Shouldn't have to worry about the specs then and months of enjotment!

Fuchsrohre

GaryK, I know exactly where you're coming from.

BlkKnight

Buy him an old Radion 8500 (not LE) for about £20 off ebay

Half-Life1
Deusex
C&C seriese - Generals is good, but his PC won't handle it.
Quake 3 (on-line)
Medal of Honour
Call of Duty

If upgrading to a 9800 Pro (or better):

Farcry
Doom3
UT2004
Half-life2
C&C Generals - Zero-Hour

King RA

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ScoobyDriverWannabe

King RA couldnt have put it better.

That comp sounds like it will easilly run CS Condition zero aswell so there will be the single player option aswell if he cant play online.

Fuchsrohre

I wouldn't let him near counter strike for at least a month! Picture the scene - the guy has never had a computer or console, has no experience surfing the net.

You install Counter Strike, and he's confronted with this fast paced mayhem, not to mention the complexity of finding games on the net, etc...

I want something to help bed him in SLOWLY!

Might even give him tetris to teach him keyboard co-ordination, etc... A lot of people take for granted the skills needed to pick up something like Half Life and get playing immediately. For a total newbie, I imagine its quite intimidating.

Whats the best golf game on the PC ?

Milamber

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Lol!!

Imagine it. Buys Halflife 2, spends 2 hours installing it and registering with Steam.

Loads game and spends another hour loading all the latest updates.

Games starts, gets shot in the head, dies. Waits 25 minutes for the newbs to stop hiding. Games starts, shoot opposition in foot, gets shot in head by a pistol from 350,000yards..........

Counter Strike is enough to put anyone off online gaming for life. Marmite game in my opinion, but still the best game out there.

Milamber

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CORNER

Daz34