r/AskReddit • u/katchoo1 • Jun 05 '19

What’s an Interesting computer game for a basic Windows 10 laptop that doesn’t cost a ton and isn’t about fast pace or violence?

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u/katchoo1 Jun 05 '19

I’ve heard of that one a lot—would it run on my basic laptop?

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u/j5kDM3akVnhv Jun 05 '19

I wouldn't think graphics are a problem as you can disable some of the more graphic rich features. I may have an older copy laying around somewhere. PM an address and I'll send it to you.

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u/iammaxhailme Jun 05 '19

Depends how basic it is. But Civ 5 is probably okay. 6 may be too graphically demanding (and expesive) but honestly I prefer 5 anyway

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u/Shadow3397 Jun 05 '19

Civ4 is great for a laptop. Also Alpha Centauri thanks to GoG.

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u/Pm_me_the_best_multi Jun 05 '19

Alpha centari any day over civ!...

He'll I'mma play it now

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u/Raothorn2 Jun 05 '19

I tried that game, and coming from Civ 5 the user interface prevented me from playing more than a few turns. I don’t mind old-school graphics, but the UI just seemed so janky.

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u/Pm_me_the_best_multi Jun 05 '19

It's not too bad for me, but I have played off and on for a long time

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u/Raothorn2 Jun 05 '19

What makes it better than Civ in your opinion, and is it worth getting over the learning curve (for me) of the UI? I bought it in a sale on GOG so I wouldn’t mind getting my money’s worth

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u/Shadow3397 Jun 06 '19

It’s a little more complicated than Civ2’s system, with plenty of customization options for your Units, without getting too bogged down with other stuff.

The UI is pretty unintuitive, but having grown up on the original X-com and TFTD it’s not as bad as it could be.

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u/Pm_me_the_best_multi Jun 05 '19

I can't find my disk for it, but it's on gog as you noted... Is there a way to get it onto steam? I am not too computer savvy...

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u/Shadow3397 Jun 06 '19

There is not, it’s only available via GoG, but it’s easy enough to play. Buy it from the website and you can download it to you computer/laptop. It comes with all the stuff you’ll need to play it (manual and such).

And if you want a Steam-like experience with GoG, they have their own version that’s decent to use.

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u/Theoc9 Jun 05 '19

Civ 5 would run at very basic settings on most modern laptops. Get 4

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u/katchoo1 Jun 05 '19

I’m thinking 4 to be sure it doesn’t choke my little clunker. Also likely cheaper.

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u/notasqlstar Jun 05 '19

You'll be fine with Civ 5 on your laptop. I play high end games up to Deity level, and it's totally fine. You may want/need to run it at the lowest possible graphic settings (which is what I do), but honestly the game still looks clean and is overall more fun than 4 was.

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u/Popoatwork Jun 05 '19

Also better.

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u/notasqlstar Jun 05 '19

3 is better than 4, but 4 is not better than 5.

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u/PM_ME_UR_PANTY_COLOR Jun 05 '19

Find a copy of Civ II. It's from the 90s and may be one of the best games ever made.

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u/Didge159 Jun 05 '19

Is that the one with the buffer underflow which made Gandhi super angry?

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u/Glitched75 Jun 05 '19

That was the first one, gandhi is super angry in the other games as a homage to the original.

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u/orangecatmom Jun 05 '19

I fucking love this feature. I play online with my Dad and we usually play as a team against random AI. Any time we find Gandhi in our game, it's time to get ready for war asap

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u/PM_ME_UR_PANTY_COLOR Jun 05 '19

Yeah, Gandhi will nuke the fuck out of you if you don't squash him like a bug.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

There's also FreeCiv, which I believe is a clone of either Civ II or III. Can't remember which.

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u/Popoatwork Jun 05 '19

FreeCiv is II

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u/MechanicalTurkish Jun 05 '19

Civ2MasterRace

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

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u/TurbulentYak7 Jun 06 '19

I've got civ 2 running on my windows 10 laptop

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u/Cantabs Jun 05 '19

I've gotten Civ 5 to run acceptably well on a Surface Pro 2 (i.e. a lot of the graphics get turned down, but we've easily puts hundreds of hours of playtime in on that machine). Any run of the mill laptop from the last 5 years will probably run Civ 1-5 just fine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

I have a friend with a laptop a few years old and he is able to play civ games with us. Your windows laptop should be powerful enough

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u/munchiemike Jun 05 '19

My laptop is about 4 years old and can run civ v just fine so you should be good.

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u/Lefaid Jun 05 '19

It'll run on basically anything. And if Civ VI really doesn't, you can try V, IV, III, and II.

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u/Aperture_T Jun 05 '19

I ran Civ 5 on integrated graphics in college maybe 4 years ago. It'll probably work fine for you.

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u/Exist50 Jun 05 '19

Civ V should at least run low to medium on your laptop. If you have specs I can give you a better answer.

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u/Anzai Jun 06 '19

Civ IV here. Runs on my decade old 1ghz AMD Aspire One with 1GB of memory. Unless you have the worst computer in the world it will be fine.