What games would you guys recommend for a guy near 50, who doesn’t have a gaming pc (my laptop is an i7, 16gb RAM and using onboard graphics) which tend to have an older community? I used to play RPG’s and my least favorite games are those first person war games.
Something that doesn’t require synchronous gaming and doesn’t have a lot of stress would be even nicer.
Thanks for any input!
- Baldur’s Gate: A classic and relatively chill game, with a more or less functional multiplayer. Be an old timey DnD adventuring party going on a quest, kill gnolls by the dozen, and careful you don’t blow up your own party with a poorly aimed spell!
- Morrowind: I’ll pitch this to everyone because I’m one of those fangirls who can’t get through the day without mentioning it at least once. It is first person but it doesn’t play like a shooter at all. One of the best RPGs ever made imo with incredible lore and one of the best magic systems ever made, just have to get past some of the dated mechanics.
- Planet Crafter: It is still a bit clunky (really small dev team I think just 2 people) but getting to watch the world change as you terraform it is really rewarding. Pacing is fairly slow it is a good calm game.
- Loop Hero: Fascinating story. Solid roguelike with a quick gameplay loop.
- Contraption Maker: Rube Goldberg machines the game! You’re given partially completed machines and a box of parts to try and complete them. There is a custom level creator and you can share levels with people.
- Vampire Survivor: Bullet hell style game but you’re the murder machine fighting hordes of monsters. Very minimalist controls makes for good brain-off gameplay (pretty much all you do is use joystick to place yourself and the weapons auto-attack). Lots and lots of references to other games especially yesteryear classics in the Castlevania genre.
- Don’t Starve / Don’t Starve Together: Single / multiplayer. Servers can be run with asynchronous gameplay. I don’t have a lot of experience with the public servers but playing with friends is great fun. It is a survival horror crafter type game with a cutesy art style. It can be both relaxing and incredibly manic at times.