As the parent of a 1yo my gaming time has taken a drastic dive and I am finding that the only time I have to play is on the hour long bus ride to and from my work. I have a decent work laptop that I can install things on without issue but it is not a graphics powerhouse.
Any suggestions?
Here is the list I have played thus far:
Rimworld
Darkest Dungeon
Pillars of Eternity
Undertale
EU 4
Stardew Valley! Really looking forward to that showing up on Switch.
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If that system has some CPU muscle, and you don't mind burning some battery, Factorio can be a lot of fun.
It's basically a game about building systems. You start out as a survivor of a spaceship crash, with a handheld fabricator, able to make sophisticated goods, and nothing else. At first, you're digging up individual chunks of ore and coal, but you start making machines to automate that. You build up layer after layer of complexity, creating this immense and intricate machine... you're more or less booting up a toy economy from scratch.
The eventual goal is to build and launch a satellite on a rocket, presumably to yell for help. I've always enjoyed games about automating things, about building a machine to work for you; Factorio scratches that particular itch probably better than any other game I've seen.
It's also amazingly efficient; my current factory is gigantic, generating tens of thousands of goods per minute, and yet it never bobbles, even a little, as all the goods move smoothly around on belts at very high speeds. (Well, okay, every two minutes it hitches briefly during an autosave, but other than that, it never bobbles.)
It starts very simple, but gets very complex.... however, the complexity is manageable, because you're making it. You're creating an monster machine, but because you place every piece, you know right where everything is. Sometimes my brain gets a little boggled, looking at all the things I've done; it's insanely intricate in spots, with conveyors converging and splitting in dizzying complexity. But, because I built it.... it's easy to figure out again.
I just really have a lot of fun with that game. There's a campaign, but it's not very good yet, they're still working on that. The game is best in just pure sandbox mode. Fire it up, and explore. Good, good stuff.
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I have this situation! I have a 1.5 hour bus commute each way!
It's really going to come down to how comfortable you are with the track pad. My experience is that it kinda sucks to do extended gaming using it. My work laptop is able to handle a lot of stuff, I just found that using the trackpad for games with tons of clicking was unpleasant enough that I didn't want to do it. This was made worse because some games were fine with tapping the pad to click, and others forced you to physically click it, which is worse.
The most gaming I managed to do was point and click adventures. I tried Pillars, and yeah, too much clicking.
Weirdly, the best bus gaming wound up being games that you could play entirely on the keyboard. Her Story and Hacknet were great for this. Paradox games were pretty good too, since they require less clicking.
Unfortunately, my ultimate answer is that the best bus gaming option for me wound up being first the 3DS, and now the Switch. The form factor and controls just worked better for me.
If you wind up trying the laptop thing, don't forget that unless you have a wifi connection on the bus, you need to launch the game (assuming Steam) at least once while connected before offline mode becomes an option.
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I wish it was on Switch.
I have been looking at the switch, but it needs to be more than a zelda system before I jump. Games that I have found are simply NOT PLAYABLE on a bas are anything 1st person, anything that doesn't allow for saves at any-time, and anything with long-ass cut-scenes.
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I'm also hoping the Switch library expands a lot, but I think if indie games keep landing there, it'll be a solid system. I'll wind up being more likely to play them on the switch than my laptop.
If the touch pad works for you, then great. Pillars should keep you going for a while.
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I wish it was on Switch.
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