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Help me find a good computer game for a friend.

Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Games and Technology
(10:13:27 PM) : im a sucker for a good mystery
(10:51:33 PM) Swift Regicide: What do you like in a game?
(10:51:58 PM) : ummm i like strategy
(10:52:06 PM) : some RPGs
(10:52:17 PM) : i dont really know other than that

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OK, I have introduced her to Steam and gifted her Half Life 2 when she pointed out she liked it in a random conversation. She has also mentioned to me liking Neverwinter Nights, and the Baldur Gates series . . . Final Fantasy too.

She doesn't have the best computer, she has an eMachines W5233 which has:

Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
1016MB RAM
Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family

I am thinking, maybe . . . Civilization IV.

Thoughts? I know that her video card is a piece, so another question: can you recommend a decent video card that's under $100 and will open up her possibilities ten-fold?

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    ...Falllout?

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Planescape Torment. No argument. Dissenters will be shot.

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    If she's got a PCI-E slot go for a 8600 for under a 100 bucks...but I mean the 8800gt is only like 150 and it's more then double the power

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  • Regicid3Regicid3 Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dixon wrote: »
    If she's got a PCI-E slot go for a 8600 for under a 100 bucks...but I mean the 8800gt is only like 150 and it's more then double the power

    She does, thank you for those reccomendations.

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  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    She'd probably like Silent Storm. Strategy + RPG = Win!

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Blade Runner is absolutely perfect for her unless that mystery comment wasn't about games in which case Planescape: Torment, Fallout + Fallout 2, and Arcanum are right up her alley.

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