Single Player RPG for Windows 7

Hello All, I am looking for a new Single Player RPG to play. Now running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit, AMD Athlon X2 7750 Dual-Core, 4 Gigs RAM, but kind of a lower end graphics card: GeForce 6150 SE, which is supposedly difficult/impossible to upgrade on my off-the-shelf system (HP Pavilion Slimline s5120f.)

Any suggestions? I like fantasy/medieval settings, hack-and-slash OK. Thanks very much, Paul.

Get prepared for about a hundred people to stream "Torchlight!" at you.

There's this game coming out on Tuesday about Dragons or something, I hear it's the new sh*t.

By the way: Torchlight.

Or a slightly older RPG like KOTOR.

Switchbreak wrote:

There's this game coming out on Tuesday about Dragons or something, I hear it's the new sh*t.

Dragon Age is not happening on a GeForce 6150 SE.

*Legion* wrote:

Get prepared for about a hundred people to stream "Torchlight!" at you.

And with good reason!

From what I understand, your graphics card may not be enough to play Dragon Age.

Depends on what you prefer. If you're all about the action, you really can't go wrong with Torchlight. If you want something with a bit more story check The Witcher. It's on sale on Impulse.

Both are good choices for 20 bucks americanos.

Diab.... nah, Torchlight.

Just so we know what games will it run well, so we've got a level to aim for.

pjmauer wrote:

GeForce 6150 SE, which is supposedly difficult/impossible to upgrade on my off-the-shelf system (HP Pavilion Slimline s5120f.)

In case you were thinking of upgrading at some point in the future - it is quite possible to get a decent graphics card (though maybe not the latest generation of them) in a low profile configuration.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...

Any suggestions? I like fantasy/medieval settings, hack-and-slash OK. Thanks very much, Paul.

You didn't really say which games you've played before so i'll suggest some older ones that your graphics card will have no problem with: Neverwinter Nights (1) and expansions.... Dungeon Siege (1 and 2).

Torchlight.

Fallout 3, and Borderlands run very well on not so high settings, and still look amazing.

Check this, for example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRPI5...

I fail to see any groundbreaking difference.

I'll jump on the Torchlight bandwagon too. It's very hack-and-slash though.

If you prefer open-world games, check out Morrowind (or Oblivion, but no idea whether the graphics card would be up to it).

If you don't mind non-medieval settings, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines is brilliant, and it's on sale for $5 this weekend.

Torchlight isn't REALLY an RPG in my mind, it's a lootfest (loving every aggressive click of it though, especially on superhard). I would think that Oblivion would run fine on that though. Hard to beat.

Mount & Blade is a newer game, though indie and should be playable on your rig. I highly recommend it even though the graphics aren't great, the gameplay is absolutely addicting and there are a ton of mods out there for it with new scenarios (like the Lord of the Rings). There's a thread on this site about the game.

If you haven't played it already, GOG has Divine Divinity on the cheap.

rabbit wrote:

Torchlight isn't REALLY an RPG in my mind, it's a lootfest (loving every aggressive click of it though, especially on superhard). I would think that Oblivion would run fine on that though. Hard to beat.

I agree on your point about Torchlight. The way i read the OP was that he was only OK with hack'n'slash but was more interested in RPGs..... Can't believe i forgot about Morrowind though :/

I'm gonna 4th or 5th (whatever) Torchlight. I can't stop playing for more than a few minutes.

Helpful hint: Normal is really easy. I'd start at another difficultly level but at dungeon level 32 so gonna finish up then move to something more challenging.

rabbit wrote:

Torchlight isn't REALLY an RPG in my mind, it's a lootfest (loving every aggressive click of it though, especially on superhard). I would think that Oblivion would run fine on that though. Hard to beat.

Sure it is! You play the role of a greedy, powerhungry warrior/rogue/spellcaster that just can't get enough of anything the world can provide him/her.

It's a great study on modern human motivations.

Didn't any of you relate to the subtle message? That as you continue to grow in power, you descend deeper and deeper to the dark bowels of the earth, growing ever more detached from the world, both real and virtual? You begin human and end a lonely god in the land of Torchlight. A sleepless, unshaven husk of your former self constantly thinking about stats and "the next phat lewt"!

The pursuit of power consumes us all and I might be seeing too much into it Just go try the demo!

rabbit wrote:

I would think that Oblivion would run fine on that though.

I think you're way overestimating the GeForce 6150 (integrated graphics), which is the bottleneck here. Morrowind will run on it. Oblivion? If you turn everything off and use the Oldblivion mod, you might coax it into playing OK. I wouldn't call that "running fine" though. This guy doesn't seem pleased with it.

Duoae's got the right idea, though. You can get at least a half-decent low profile PCI-E graphics card.

Risen, perhaps? Doesn't seem to hit my system as hard as some of the other stuff does. There's a demo, at least, so worth a shot.

Sinatar wrote:

If you haven't played it already, GOG has Divine Divinity on the cheap.

Exactly - and considering your profile says you're currently playing Diablo II, I suspect DD will be right up your alley...assuming you'd like a more cohesive world and story, as well as more sidequests than Diablo II offers.

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/divine_divinity

It's not fantasy or new, but System Shock 2 runs on Windows 7.

(If nothing else, I just need to remind Legion of this again, because I finished Far Cry 2! :D)

I am trying to pimp Risen here. It's pretty much Gothic 4, but not sucky like Gothic 3 was. Very RPG-y, very good.

Honestly, I wouldn't know what to recommend other than something old school that would run on that video card. The bioware games are really what i'd aim for - baldur's gate 2 or knights of the old republic. Also, try the torchlight demo. After that, it's off to GOG.com

Vrikk wrote:

I am trying to pimp Risen here. It's pretty much Gothic 4, but not sucky like Gothic 3 was. Very RPG-y, very good.

That's all well and good, but it doesn't matter because there's no way in hell it will run reasonably on the guy's system

And I'll echo all the people saying Torchlight. I'm running it on my own Laptop. The game has a checkbox in the settings for "Netbook Mode" which disables a lot of the visual features. Run it at a reasonable resolution an it should work great.

Divine Divinity was also a good suggestion, despite the stupid name

Morrowind. 'nuf said.

Torchlight or Vampire: The Masquerade.

I change my answer to Ultima 4.

Now that they have finished the completion mod (or whatever they call the project to un-suck KOTOR II) Now might be a good time to check that one out.

Dysplastic wrote:

Vampire: The Masquerade.

This. Loved the atmosphere of this game.

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Grubber788 wrote:
Dysplastic wrote:

Vampire: The Masquerade.

This. Loved the atmosphere of this game.

Just to clarify, I assume you mean VtM : Bloodlines.
There was an earlier VtM game which wasn't that great.