Gaming shooters

[tinymonkeyt]

ive been looking around for a good multiplayer shooter
but im not sure which ones are good
and i dont think my computer can handle most of them since its just a regular laptop
but i saw team fortress 2 and i thought it looked a bit, nicer (not so bloody and scary)
would that be a good game?
and what minimum requirements do i need to run it?

any other good games?
and also, where can i buy them other @ gamestop?

 

[juggernaut911]

TF2 rocks (on PC).

when I am bored, I just play the mario_Kart map. very fun. most fun when a bunch of people w/o lag tho

GET TF2 ON STEAM!

 

[Rehehelly]

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

To test if you can run some games ^^

Since it's just a regular laptop, I doubt you could run TF2 very well.

Minimum:
1.7 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, DirectX 8 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Internet connection

Games such as TF2, CS all require steam to download and play.

I can't really vouch for any other FPS', i've only ever played TF and CS online. Both really good games

 

[tinymonkeyt]

am i supposed to buy a gaming computer if i plan to play games like these in the future?

 

[Sephi]

That would be a good idea, since your laptop would overheat pretty quickly if you played a real game, even RuneScape can make a good laptop overheat.

 

[fischju]

My $500 laptop can play games well, if you turn it to the lowest settings it should work fine.

 

[juggernaut911]

my $500 custom PC runs TF2 and CS and POrtal and half life 2 and crysis maxed


if u get cs, get css

 

[Rehehelly]

am i supposed to buy a gaming computer if i plan to play games like these in the future?

No. Since I have a £200 Dell (2.8ghz Celeron D, 512MB RAM and integrated gfx). All i'd need to run CS:S/TF2 is a better graphics card, which sadly I cannot upgrade because dell is a piece of crap and didn't include PCI-E/AGP expansion.

A normal PC can run the games tbh. Laptops can play games, they just don't tend to have the power to play them on med/high, in my experience.

 

[Rayder]

Man am I old school. I saw "shooters" and immediately thought shoot'em-up.

THAT is the kind of games I'm interested in on the PC.

I'm not into FPS games, but I'm ALWAYS up for a good shoot'em-up.

 

[juggernaut911]

like contra?


I'd get tf2 just for all the upcoming updates!!

 

[tinymonkeyt]

but i cant :'[
id have to wait until college or something to buy a new computer since mine is too sucky
and by that time, no one's gonna be playing TF2 and ill be a sad lil girl

 

[fischju]

They might be, CS has been around for a very long time.

 

[Rehehelly]

but i cant :'[
id have to wait until college or something to buy a new computer since mine is too sucky
and by that time, no one's gonna be playing TF2 and ill be a sad lil girl

LOADS of people still play CS 1.6 even though Source is out.

TF2 will be played for many, many years to come. People still play the original TF.

 

[zidane_genome]

I play CS Condition Zero almost every night... there are a butt load of people who still play it, and you can pick it up at WalMart or GameStop for like $5-$10 bucks... hell, you can even download it from Steam for the same price!

 

[da_head]

my $500 custom PC runs... crysis maxed

bullshit

 

[p1ngpong]

my $500 custom PC runs... crysis maxed

bullshit

I agree! No way a $500 rig runs Crysis maxed!!

 

[fischju]

People are still confused on what 'max' means. If you were to truly max out Crysis, no PC today could play it at a reasonable framerate.

 

[Sephi]

Not even Nasa could do it for more than a few moments! (according to the Gameinformer parody ~)

 

[juggernaut911]

my $500 custom PC runs... crysis maxed

bullshit

I agree! No way a $500 rig runs Crysis maxed!!

I used the DX10 config thing and run it on [very]high. I get about 22fps. thats reasonable for me.

 

[p1ngpong]

22fps is fail