I have an office laptop older than Covid19, and I've been struggling to find any good games outside the well known ones
Pretty please, recommend me some good stuff, which can run on a
dumb toaster too
Total Annihilation
Older
Total War titles should run fine, especially
Rome 1,
Medieval 2 and
Shogun 2.
FEAR 1 should run smoothly, 2 & 3 probably too, but I don't know how potato toaster we are talking.
Singularity is also a great older FPS.
If you sail the seas and fly the flag, any pokemon game should run smoothly with
desmume
Remember Me a fun title from that studio that now just makes Life is strange games.
Hydrophobia is also a relatively unknown game that should run on your toaster and still looks good
Battle for Middle-Earth 1 and
2
or just grab Age of the Ring mod for free.
Most older
Paradox titles should run in too, but these will become your new life.
I'd recommend
Victoria 2 with
Pop demands mod personally.
Good time to see what the actual world of warcraft is like and install
Warcraft 2 and
3 and play them through.
Starcraft 1 will also run perfectly on any machine made this side of the millennium.
Dawn of War series was recently on sale and you can still grab the whole series cheap on GOG.
Black and White 1 and
2, if you decide to be a god.
Mass Effect trilogy should run too, but I am not sure about the Legendary Edition version, it might be more taxing.
Dragon Age 1 runs on most toasters too.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 isn't that taxing and is a great rpg. Essentially, if you are looking jealously at people playing Baldur's Gate 3, just play that. It's probably better.
Noita doesn't take that much either, but at other times it can be quite taxing. I think most lag issues is just the game engine cooking itself alive, though.
L
egacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 and
2 run on any toaster and maybe even the remastered versions too.
LoK: Blood Omen 1 and
2 most definitely will run on any machine, but getting them to work without crashing will be the true challenge.
LoK: Defiance will also run on any machine.
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 and
Jedi Academy are also great games with lots of mod support and run on any toaster.
Someone recommended
Max Payne 3, but 1 and 2 are a lot better. Speaking of Remedy,
Alan Wake 1 should work fine too.
Mount & Blade Warband will also work just fine
Prince of Persia Sands of Time trilogy is decently ported to PC, though you will have some struggle getting the controllers work with it.
PoP 2008 works fine too and so does
PoP Forgotten Sands.
Touhou Luna Nights should work fine too. Likewise, most mainline
Touhou games should work fine too.
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines should run smoothly too, though like any old games, there might be some issues.
Speaking of being a monster
Alien vs Predator 2 is a masterpiece, the game not the movie, would recommend.
I suppose that is enough from me.
One last one
Cthulhu Saves the World