Comments on: Good PC games from the past few years you may have missed out on

By: Cyde Weys

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:29:52 +0000

Where are you that getting a monitor is expensive? Where I am, you can get good-sized CRT monitors for free or practically free. That’s all you’d need, really.

By: Viperion

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:10:26 +0000

I could, but getting an external monitor here is kind of a hassle and expensive, and I’m not sure I want to deal with that… Probably will just play some at home over Christmas, and wait for next summer.

By: Cyde Weys

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:04:13 +0000

Ouch, I wouldn’t want to try playing PC games on a netbook. Looking at it on a review site, though, it looks to have a D-sub out connector, so try hooking it up to an external monitor that gives you the necessary resolution?

By: Viperion

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:47:30 +0000

My Windows machine here is an Asus EEE 900, screen res 1024×600. Sins requires 1024×768. I can play it, but I have to scroll up and down on the screen. Having played Alpha Centauri that way for a while, I’ll pass on an RTS that makes me do that.

By: Cyde Weys

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:17:07 +0000

Viperion: Sins of a Solar Empire has pretty low system requirements. Are you sure you can’t play it? I remember reading an interview with the developers where they said one of their design goals was to allow it to be played on most computers, and frankly, it showed when I was playing through the game on my high-end system. Luckily it was a space RTS where the graphics aren’t make-or-break like they typically are with, say, an FPS.

By: Viperion

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:18:55 +0000

I really want to play Sins of a Solar Empire. I just don’t have ready access to a PC that can handle it, so it’ll have to wait a while before I can. Gal Civ II is preternaturally awesome, and I’m a big SupCom fan. I’d also throw Company of Heroes into that mix. It’s a very very good game…