Recomend me a casual game for my PC
Discussion
Any suggestions?
I don't play much, maybe 2 hours a week - I don't really like driving games, I like blowing things up mindlessly and killing things.
I've played GTV V to death on the PS3, got it for PC re-did the whole story mode and transferred over my online profile, but I'm done with it now.
I bought Left 4 Dead 2 via steam as it was cheap, I've enjoyed it, but 2 months down the road I'm ready for something else.
I'd like something reasonably cheap (I'm both poor and tight) via steam ideally - I don't have great Broadband at home (4 meg, terrible ping) so I like a lot of story mode/single player as online play can be unreliable. Downloading isn't an issue, I can download the data in work and transfer to my home machine.
Spec is 3.1GHZ i5 CPU, 8GB RAM, 2GB GTX 750 Ti GPU, I don't care about the last word in super sharp graphics so most things will run fine for me.
I don't play much, maybe 2 hours a week - I don't really like driving games, I like blowing things up mindlessly and killing things.
I've played GTV V to death on the PS3, got it for PC re-did the whole story mode and transferred over my online profile, but I'm done with it now.
I bought Left 4 Dead 2 via steam as it was cheap, I've enjoyed it, but 2 months down the road I'm ready for something else.
I'd like something reasonably cheap (I'm both poor and tight) via steam ideally - I don't have great Broadband at home (4 meg, terrible ping) so I like a lot of story mode/single player as online play can be unreliable. Downloading isn't an issue, I can download the data in work and transfer to my home machine.
Spec is 3.1GHZ i5 CPU, 8GB RAM, 2GB GTX 750 Ti GPU, I don't care about the last word in super sharp graphics so most things will run fine for me.
Just Cause 3 should fit the bill - is out soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRBA6Vo_srk but will be full price.
Imagine Just Cause 2 will be cheaper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIrzC9sE7mI
Far Cry 4 was ok, apparently didn't do a great deal that Far Cry 3 didn't do though, which again, will be cheaper.
Imagine Just Cause 2 will be cheaper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIrzC9sE7mI
Far Cry 4 was ok, apparently didn't do a great deal that Far Cry 3 didn't do though, which again, will be cheaper.
Should be fairly easy this.
I'd suggest:
I'd suggest:
- Fallout 3 / New Vegas (I bought the GOTY edition the other day on Steam for £8)
- Just Cause 2 (Think Mercenaries from the PS2 but with better graphics)
- Saints Row 4 (It's GTA's retard brother. Mental, but fun)
- Skyrim (No guns, but massive single player campaign and you can jump in and out of it over months)
randomman said:
Borderlands 2 fits the bill pretty well here I think.
Great game but only thing that frustrates with it in terms of casual gaming is that there is no way of saving progress if you are part way through a specific mission- yes it has regular re-spawn checkpoints should you die, but if you have to close the game part way through a mission to go off and do something, when you come back you start that mission from the beginning again...Obviously this can be pretty cool for hoovering items/experience etc, but can be pretty frustrating too. Many of the missions are short enough that it often won't be an issue, but with some of the much longer ones it quickly becomes a pain- and there is no indication of how much time you will need to do a particular mission before you start.
It's great fun though, it can just be frustrating as a 'casual' game. I much prefer the save-anywhere option so I can pick it up & put down at will.
Couple of off the wall suggestions -
Kerbal Space Program - space explosion err I mean exploration game, real world physics but cute 'minion' style spacemen who want to explore the solar system, you build rockets, learn about real science, has an association with nasa.
Heroes of the Storm/Dota2/league of legends/Smite - Multiplay online battle arena, the 'in thing' with the kids, its like an RTS but you only control 1 unit and other players control the other units and you have to work as a team to win.
Star Wars The Old Republic - MMORPG but very solo, great solo storylines for each class. Also elder scrolls online/lord of the rings online/star trek online(feels dated now)/Rift/Skyforge/Wildstar & Guild wars 2 are worth a mention, but mmos can be a time sink, SWTOR has the best solo content but with other people to chat to and player driven market (ish).
Lego Games - Some of the lego games are awesome fun (particularly the open world games), can be got cheap on steam, lego have a minecraft style game in alpha/beta testing as well, lego worlds.
Might be dependant on your latency, but worth mentioning,
Warthunder/world of tanks/world of warships - Second world war arena combat sims.
Tribes ascended/Team fortress 2/Planetside 2 - multiplayer shooters
Lots and lots of free games on steam.
Kerbal Space Program - space explosion err I mean exploration game, real world physics but cute 'minion' style spacemen who want to explore the solar system, you build rockets, learn about real science, has an association with nasa.
Heroes of the Storm/Dota2/league of legends/Smite - Multiplay online battle arena, the 'in thing' with the kids, its like an RTS but you only control 1 unit and other players control the other units and you have to work as a team to win.
Star Wars The Old Republic - MMORPG but very solo, great solo storylines for each class. Also elder scrolls online/lord of the rings online/star trek online(feels dated now)/Rift/Skyforge/Wildstar & Guild wars 2 are worth a mention, but mmos can be a time sink, SWTOR has the best solo content but with other people to chat to and player driven market (ish).
Lego Games - Some of the lego games are awesome fun (particularly the open world games), can be got cheap on steam, lego have a minecraft style game in alpha/beta testing as well, lego worlds.
Might be dependant on your latency, but worth mentioning,
Warthunder/world of tanks/world of warships - Second world war arena combat sims.
Tribes ascended/Team fortress 2/Planetside 2 - multiplayer shooters
Lots and lots of free games on steam.
Edited by Foliage on Tuesday 15th September 10:39
Edited by Foliage on Tuesday 15th September 10:45
Edited by Foliage on Tuesday 15th September 10:45
Diablo 3 is pretty good. I'm currently playing it on normal campaign as I've never played it before and it seems like a good one for stopping and starting, nothing takes more than 20 minutes. Granted that might change later but so far it's fine. It has a free starter edition to lure you in.
Path of Exile is similar to Diablo and is free on Steam. Torchlight 2 is also similar and cheapish.
Other games I've tried in my own hunt for casual gaming are Elite Dangerous which is quite time consuming but to an extant you can pick it up and put it down as you please.
All the Civ games, but these are much harder to put down again because you just want one more turn. Civ IV and V are good though. The new space one seems to be just a reskin of V so I wasn't that impressed with it.
Cities Skylines is alright if you like building games.
Skyrim is a good shout. Lots and lots to do in that. Just doing the main story is good. If you like shooting games just go for a shooting spec like archer or mage (can't remember the class names) rather than a hack and slash one.
Basically anything that isn't an online multiplayer is casual as far as I'm concerned. Once you get online playing with other people you tend to need to commit time to it. Even if it just 2 hours a week that is 2 hours where you can't do anything else and you rue having to quit out of whatever it is you are doing in game when something else comes up.
Saying that, I massively enjoyed the single player campaign on COD MW2. Hadn't played a FPS for years so this was a nice change from my usual strategy/sim games. The campaign only lasted about 7 or 8 hours and it was fun, but you could ramp up the difficulty if you wanted a challenge.
Path of Exile is similar to Diablo and is free on Steam. Torchlight 2 is also similar and cheapish.
Other games I've tried in my own hunt for casual gaming are Elite Dangerous which is quite time consuming but to an extant you can pick it up and put it down as you please.
All the Civ games, but these are much harder to put down again because you just want one more turn. Civ IV and V are good though. The new space one seems to be just a reskin of V so I wasn't that impressed with it.
Cities Skylines is alright if you like building games.
Skyrim is a good shout. Lots and lots to do in that. Just doing the main story is good. If you like shooting games just go for a shooting spec like archer or mage (can't remember the class names) rather than a hack and slash one.
Basically anything that isn't an online multiplayer is casual as far as I'm concerned. Once you get online playing with other people you tend to need to commit time to it. Even if it just 2 hours a week that is 2 hours where you can't do anything else and you rue having to quit out of whatever it is you are doing in game when something else comes up.
Saying that, I massively enjoyed the single player campaign on COD MW2. Hadn't played a FPS for years so this was a nice change from my usual strategy/sim games. The campaign only lasted about 7 or 8 hours and it was fun, but you could ramp up the difficulty if you wanted a challenge.
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