Question Need games to play with a low spec friend

[mrpersonguy]

My friend has a windows 10 laptop and I have a pretty good pc. That obviously doesn't give us many options for games to play. What are some games with low system requirements that we can play together?

 

[Johnway]

Stardew valley quickly springs to mind. To help, can you provide a list of genres you both like? We can narrow it down further.

 

[Pifanjr]

You can always check out GOG for some, well, good old games.

Besides that, Don't Starve Together will probably work. Conquest of Elysium 4, Hammerwatch, Legend of Dungeon, perhaps Terraria or Minecraft (bedrock edition, as it performs way better), Battle for Wesnoth (an open source, free TBS game), Civilization V (it ran on the integrated graphics chip of my 8 year or so old PC, so should be doable), Monaco and maybe Tabletop Simulator, which would give access to a ton of different games.

 

[Zloth]

Just go old school, there's lots of fun stuff. If you're wanting to play head to head, though, make sure the system used in the old game will still work. Games that still want to use GameSpy aren't going to happen.

You can even find old school MMO's. The Homecoming server for City of Heroes seems to work quite well. It's been in the news a few times and NCSoft hasn't said "boo" so I expect they're OK with it.

If it's more a matter of simply wanting to play the same game at more-or-less the same time so you can chat about it (like a book club, but for games), then there's a VAST number of games to play.

 

[mainer]

I don't know how low your friend's laptop specs are, but Divinity Original Sin has a very nice co-op mode. The minimum specs are:

• CPU: Intel Core i5 or equivalent.
• OS: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or Windows 8.1 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit.
• VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 550 or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 6XXX or higher.
• FREE DISK SPACE: 25 GB.

The Definitive Edition is best, and being released in 2017, you can usually find it on sale somewhere. Divinity Original Sin 2 also has a co-op mode, and is a far better game (in my opinion), but the specs are going to be higher.

 

[DXCHASE]

You guys should be able to play the hottest games right now too, Among Us, Rust, Fortnite, if those kinds of games fit what you like. Others include the new Tetris, and also old school games as mentioned like Runescape.

 

[Sarafan]

If you want something with a really classic vibes, then Heroes of Might & Magic 3 is a good option. It has a working online lobby, if you use HD Mod and Horn of the Abyss unofficial expansion pack. It's one of the best computer games in history, well-worth of time that you put in it.

 

[Original]

Guild Wars 2 is free to play (the core game is, anyway - expansions sold separate but no monthly fee) and has low system requirements. I've pasted them below (for some reason Path of Fire went out of line so I had to paste it in where the line was meant to be).

The base game requires at minimum Win XP and an Intel i3...need I say more?

	Guild Wars 2 (core game and Heart of Thorns)
Operating System	Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or better
Processor	Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz Core i3 AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better
Video	NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT ATI X1900 Intel HD 3000 or better (256MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
Memory	4 GB RAM
Storage	50 GB available HDD space
Internet	Broadband Internet connection
Input	Keyboard and mouse
DirectX	Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire DirectX 9
Operating System	Windows® 7 or better (64 bit only)
Processor	Intel® Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz Core i3 AMD Athlon 64 X2 or better
Video	NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Intel Iris 5100 or better (512MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
Memory	4 GB RAM
Storage	50 GB available HDD space
Internet	Broadband Internet connection
Input	Keyboard and mouse
DirectX	DirectX 9

 

[JunaeBenne]

My friend has a windows 10 laptop and I have a pretty good pc. That obviously doesn't give us many options for games to play. What are some games with low system requirements that we can play together?

Interestingly enough, I just learned how to use Parsec to play couch co op games with my friends everywhere. This works perfectly for people who have a PC/laptop, an internet connection, and a PS & Xbox controller. This weekend I was able to play Overcooked 2 with little to no lag with a friend.