Good offline CRPG for XP/Vista

[Ranger REG]

Any recommendation. Been looking at Fate lately ... for my first new laptop.

 

[Thanee]

The Witcher (a new enhanced edition coming out later this year, but with the old game it will most likely be a free upgrade then)

Mass Effect (new for PC this month)

Bye
Thanee

 

[Mercule]

Fate is pretty good, especially for the cost. It's a lot like Diablo 2, with cuter graphics. I definitely got my $20 out of it. Nothing earth-shaking, but entertaining.

Currently, I'm playing Neverwinter Nights 2, but I'm late to that game, so you've probably already played it. If not, it's a lot of fun. My wife and I had been alternating evenings to play it before I got three new PDFs that require my attention.

 

[andargor]

The Witcher (a new enhanced edition coming out later this year, but with the old game it will most likely be a free upgrade then)

Seconded.

I assume you've played KotOR? If not, you should.

 

[Ranger REG]

Fate is pretty good, especially for the cost. It's a lot like Diablo 2, with cuter graphics. I definitely got my $20 out of it. Nothing earth-shaking, but entertaining.

"Cute" is an understatement. Fate happens to be one of the My HP Games feature in my new laptop. Been mulling over whether to purchase it for $20. One thing, though. Don't like playing the game with the touchpad, so I plug in my USB mouse.

Currently, I'm playing Neverwinter Nights 2, but I'm late to that game, so you've probably already played it. If not, it's a lot of fun. My wife and I had been alternating evenings to play it before I got three new PDFs that require my attention.

Actually, no. As of May 29, my laptop is probably more powerful than my 7-year-old desktop PC. I've yet to buy NWN2 but I doubt it can run on my laptop, which is not really configured for hardcore gaming.

Is it me or are those software's system requirement labels very confusing? I know I have touched upon the topic before but still... most never to bother listing whether they work on multi-core PC.

 

[Ranger REG]

I assume you've played KotOR? If not, you should.

I have, on my old PC. I wonder if I could install it on my new Vista laptop.

I tried to install my old favorite, Arcanum, but the cursor won't move. Touchpad or mouse, it doesn't work. Had to bring up Vista's Task Manager just to shut it down.

 

[Ranger REG]

Mass Effect (new for PC this month)

I thought Mass Effect is a pay-2-play MMORPG. Don't think would work on my laptop. Hopefully I will upgrade my desktop soon (probably going with AMD multi-core CPU).

 

[Dire Lemming]

I hated NWN2. It was the same old crappy pseudo-real-time with pause combat as NWN1, just as much, same old, skirmish, rest to get all your spells/hit points back, skirmish, repeat. The story was uninteresting. The characters were either uncompelling, annoying, or minor, and the much vaunted choices are few and far between and most of them don't make any difference in the long run.

I've heard that the expansion pack for it was very good though, and I've heard The Witcher is very good too, but NWN2 is highly mediocre.

Mass Effect is another Bioware RPG which means more of the same. If you really like Bioware's formula you'll probably love it, if you don't you probably won't. It's not a MMORPG, it's single player and free once you buy it. Where did you get that idea?

 

[HyannisRPGER]

I've played mass effect on the 360 and NWN2. Both play totally differently. Also with the real time combat in NWN2, you can set options for it to pause at the end of combat rounds, ect and issue orders.

If you are looking for a hackenslash/ diablo type RPG, titan quest is goood.

 

[Dire Lemming]

I should also point out in case anyone didn't know that NWN2 was not made by Bioware, but by Obsidian Entertainment. Same thing with KotOR 2.