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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

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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 29 minutes ago

wouldn't it be ddr4? I think since 6th Gen Intel.

[–] mmhmm@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Stardew valley :)

I wish there were a site I could report my specs to and get a list of playable games.

I have an 8th gen Intel i7, 32 gigs of memory and beyond SNES style games I have no idea what options there are for me

[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Inscription! FTL faster than light! Dicey dungeons!

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours 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.zone 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

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;

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Seconding to emulation, for open world RPG you may find a lot of them on older consoles like pre-Gen 7 consoles (PS3/X360). To OP, assuming emlation is compliant with law on your country, older games are great too if you don't mind delving pre-2010s games.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I just stumbled upon something called "Doki Doki Literature Club".
Yes or No?

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 16 points 9 hours ago

Yes! Don't read anything about it. Go in blind.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[–] mmhmm@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

Pillars was awesome. I need to grab deadfire

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

based Skullgirls enjoyer

[–] missingno@fedia.io 6 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Almost everything I play is just 2D indie games, practically any 2D game should run just fine on that.

There are so many great 2D games I could rattle off that I almost don't know where to start. But since you mentioned RPGs, I am legally obligated to shill CrossCode at any opportunity.

Aw YESS! CrossCode rooooooccckksss!! flails excitedly to emphasize this fact! \ö/!!

Double Cross is neat too :3 https://graffiti-games.itch.io/double-cross Not as <3 as CrossCode, though. Not much is :3

[–] simple@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I really should go back and finish it... I played CrossCode up until after the ice dungeon but never got around to going further. It's an S tier game for sure.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Thanks for the recommendation! Feel free to rattle off your top 3 2D games, too.

[–] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

5 years is a reasonable age but you'll need to post your full specs.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 11 hours ago

Thanks, edited it into the post.

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours 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 😅

[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago
[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Well, play Skyrim then!

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Mine is not dissimilar and it runs BG3 on low settings.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What specs do you have? A laptop with an i5 10th gen CPU would definitely not be able to run BG3. My older laptop with a GTX 1060 would barely run it over 40fps lowest settings.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

It's a surface book 3. I'm out of office at the moment so the comparison is from memory alone, sorry if I was significantly off.

Further wrinkle: I run it from an external SSD.

[–] Krakaval@jlai.lu 2 points 11 hours ago

Kingdom Come Délivrance on a Lenovo Legion with 4700 graphic card. Also Horizon Zero Down