I have had playstation for a while, but aside from Petz, Rollercoaster tycoon, and the sims <4 I never had a pc that could handle games.

I was gifted a used custom gaming PC cuz the owner was getting a new one! I have an $80 steam gift card I’d love to spend on multiple pop culture classic games I’ve missed out on and can only enjoy on PC/Xbox… my favorite are 3rd person rpg with exploration as an important element in learning about the lore/story. Some sort of reward for exploring thar isn’t loot.

Games I loved Control Horizon zero dawn Persona 5/royal Those three are S tier life changing, think about forever types

Bishop trilogy (2 is best @me bro) P5 strikers Persona 4 golden Final fantasy, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15 Catherine Full Body Alan Wake Ni no Kuni2 The forgotten city Until dawn A plague tale 1 innocence TLOU1 Uncharted 1-3 Portal 1 & 2

Meh life is strange 1 TLOU2 Nier automata (ikr, wtf? )

Did not finish/Gave up Mass effect 1 (and thus none of the sequels) Little nightmares Fallout 4 Cyberpunk 2077 and not for glitch reasons Ghostwire

So far the only game I’m sure of is the fable series but I dont even know what version to get? It often gets confusing for older games for a newbie

  • lka1988
    7·
    7 hours ago

    Everyone is recommending games, but you haven’t told us a thing about this gifted PC. It’s important to know that prior to recommending anything, as a “custom gaming PC” could be an i7-4790k system from a decade ago.

    What are the specs?

    • asteriskeverything@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      5 hours ago

      I would love to tell you but my last pc was win7 and the newest windows is not intuitive for me. I can’t explain it except that things that should and have been simple for me aren’t anymore. I couldn’t even guess where to go in settings to get that info. I really really hate this os I’d love to figure out how to dual boot Linux and just not deal with windows except for gaming. Sorry old person drunk rant about tech…

      • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        No problem. It’s easy enough:

        1. Press Win+Pause/Break, or open the Start menu and type “About” to bring up About PC. This will tell you the processor and RAM, the latter of which should be an absolute minimum of 16 GB.
        2. Open the Start menu and run Device Manager to check the graphics processing unit (GPU). Whatcha got?

        Anyway, for exploration-driven story, Subnautica is the king of the mountain, by a ridiculously wide margin.

        • Mister_Feeny@fedia.io
          3·
          4 hours ago

          For slight further clarification on part 2, when checking for the GPU in device manager, it will be listed under “Display adapters”.

      • lka1988
        4·
        7 hours ago

        I’m aware, I built such a system in 2015. Unfortunately my ex got it in the divorce.

        That still doesn’t tell us anything about OP’s system.