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!
MMORPGs like WoW will always have a strong sense of community, but they do require dedicating a lot of time, as they’re multiplayer only. Other than that it’s the long running single player games, which have remained fan favorites (Mass Effect, Fallout, Elder Scrolls, The Witcher, Dragon Age, etc.)
If community is your main focus, I’d recommend checking out the board game community (maybe at your local game shop, if you’ve got one close by). Some of the board games rival video games in complexity. Then you can join or grow your local community and meet people in real life.
There exists the genre of narrative focused, open world, turn-based combat RPGs, often called isometric RPGs, which is basically D&D as a video game. Notable entries are Divinity: Original Sin (I & II), Baldur’s Gate, Pathfinder: Kingmaker / Wrath of the righteous.
I’d also suggest you quickly google your Graphics Card (Intel UHD 620) and the name of the video game, before buying something. Often there are some videos of people playing them on either the previous Generation (Intel UHD 520) or your graphics card. Then you can get an impression on how it’ll run on your system.
Thank you very much. I think isometric RPGs will be the sort of thing I’ll definitely try.
Sorry for not being to focused but yeah, after this brainstorm with your help I think I’m searching for something that mimics board games (which I love and play) more than anything else. Maybe it’s this year that I finally get into D&D playing, since I have the books for 5ed and enjoyed reading them very much but never played.
That genre of “isometric” RPGs are sometimes also called “CRPGs” (where the C stands for either “Classic” or “Computer” depending on who you ask)
I recommend Dragon Age Origins, Divinity Original Sin, Pathfinder Kingmaker, and Pillars of Eternity
No worries, video games are a huge market, so it’ll always take some time to find the niche which fits you best.
There exist a few online and PC versions of well-known board games, such as Dominion, Codenames or Scythe. And there is the general purpose Tabletop Simulator. I haven’t looked at those, but you might want to look into them.