'Retro' game for olde farte

[Meoricin]

Amazed by those recommending to stop FF at 10, when 12 is arguably the best in the series.

[robm3]

"elf shot the food"

[Crush]

Blue Dragon is quite similar to Final Fantasy.

[irocfan]

could I throw the following into the mix?

Icewind Dale 1 & 2

and (even better)

Baldur's Gate (1 & 2)

[chris watton]

I find the original Tomb Raider is still fun to play - I have kept our original PS just to play this and the original Resident Evil and FFVII

Before this, to me, video games were all about jumping on enemies to destroy them while collecting coins in side scrolling adventures..

[GarryDK]

Meoricin said:

Amazed by those recommending to stop FF at 10, when 12 is arguably the best in the series.

Its because after 10, they stopped random battles and changed it to in game battles. When I got ff11 it just put me off massively. It took all the tactical fun out of the fighting.

Just for the record OP FFVII is still my favourite game of all time and is well worth a look. FFVIII was good I didnt like FFIX, FFX was a great game also.

[Fane]

As someone mentioned earlier, the Total War series is great fun. There are quite a few of us old farts from PH playing World of Tanks too. The games last a maximum of 15 minutes, meaning that I have time to get my milky tea, or refill my briar.

[rob0r]

Fez http://uk.ign.com/games/fez/pc-14236691

Retro, loads of depth, amazing game. One of my favourites EVER!

[Mr E]

Might be right up your alley.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/19/game_theor...


Also, pick up FTL. It's a very likeable thing.
http://www.ftlgame.com/
(frequently part of steam sales)

[parabolica]

If you've downloaded Steam you can get Ultimate Doom which is both games + just about every official map creates for the game for next to nothing.

[Zad]

FTL is very much in the roguelike (Nethack, Angband) tradition. When you are dead, you are dead.

If you are more into strategic RPGs like Ultima or Baldur's Gate, Wasteland 2 has just come out, and from the streams I have seen, it seems faithful to the old system. It's not cheap (£30) or small, and it will take a lot of work to finish:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/240760/

[Jayfish]

XCOM enemy unknown is excellent turn based strategy, plays very like a board game with guns and aliens what's not to like

[Mannginger]

Am loving Divinity: Original Sin.

Old School turn-based combat, engaging and amusing NPCs, as much crafting as you can shake a stick at and very healthy reviews: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/divinity-origina...

Min PC requirements aren't horrific either:

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP SP3 or higher
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E6600 or equivalent
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Graphics: HD Intel Graphics 4000 or NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GT (512 MB) or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 4850 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Hard Drive: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX9c compliant

Recommended:
OS: Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1
Processor: Intel i5 2400 or higher
Memory: 4096 MB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 ti 1GB ram or or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6XXX or higher
DirectX: Version 9.0c

OSX

Minimum:
OS: OS X 10.8.5
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000/4000
Hard Drive: 10 GB available space
Additional Notes: HD3000 & HD4000 benefit from 8Gb of memory
Hard Drive: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX9c compliant

Recommended:
OS: OS X 10.9.3
Processor: Intel i5 or higher
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel Iris (Iris Pro) or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6XXX or higher or NVidia 6xx series or higher
Hard Drive: 10 GB available spa

[Truffles]

If you can remember the old hex-style wargames like Panzer General, try the more modern version, Panzer Corps. http://www.slitherine.com/games/panzer_corps_pc