Computer games.

[Gwladys St. Glory]

10/10 would buy.

That goat is smug as fck, too...fitting.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Anyone played Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 or Sim City 4? Wouldn't mind a point and click type game such as one of these to pick up and play every now and again. I've played Sim City 4 before but didn't have a clue what I was doing, is it ridiculously hard? I don't seem to play games as much as I did and my Xbox is out of order at the moment so been looking at what I can get on my MacBook (not very much by the looks of it), and they're both on the app store/Steam. There's a game called The Stanley Parable which is supposed to be good. Really don't want an FPS though.

 

[Baines' left foot]

I also saw The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition for about £6. I used to love the game but not sure if it's a good idea incase it's not as good as I remembered.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Anyone know if you can plug a wireless Xbox 360 controller using a play and charge kit in to your laptop to use on games? I know you can use a wired pad but I haven't got one of those and don't fancy spending another £25 on one.

 

[Jxg]

Anyone know if you can plug a wireless Xbox 360 controller using a play and charge kit in to your laptop to use on games? I know you can use a wired pad but I haven't got one of those and don't fancy spending another £25 on one.

Don't think you can. It doesn't connect your controller to the PC, only the battery kit.

And Monkey Island was a great game. Might not last you more than an hour though.

 

[RFUS]

Anyone know if you can plug a wireless Xbox 360 controller using a play and charge kit in to your laptop to use on games? I know you can use a wired pad but I haven't got one of those and don't fancy spending another £25 on one.

No, the play/charge thing only carries power, not data.

Only the wired PC ones work. Which I have, and use both for the Xbox and PC, as wireless controllers are great until they need charging

 

[Jxg]

Anyone played Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 or Sim City 4? Wouldn't mind a point and click type game such as one of these to pick up and play every now and again. I've played Sim City 4 before but didn't have a clue what I was doing, is it ridiculously hard? I don't seem to play games as much as I did and my Xbox is out of order at the moment so been looking at what I can get on my MacBook (not very much by the looks of it), and they're both on the app store/Steam. There's a game called The Stanley Parable which is supposed to be good. Really don't want an FPS though.

Would recommend RTC 3. Got it, with both expansions. Great fun. You can piss about if you're bored or go as serious as you like with the detail. Sim City is a little bit too repetitive but still a good game.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Don't think you can. It doesn't connect your controller to the PC, only the battery kit.

And Monkey Island was a great game. Might not last you more than an hour though.

No, the play/charge thing only carries power, not data.

Only the wired PC ones work. Which I have, and use both for the Xbox and PC, as wireless controllers are great until they need charging

Ah right, cheers lads. I thought that might be the case.

I thought Monkey Island was longer than that!

@RadioFriendlyUnitShifter will any of the wired pads work or is there a specific PC one? I'm on a Mac too so don't know if that'd make a difference?

Would recommend RTC 3. Got it, with both expansions. Great fun. You can piss about if you're bored or go as serious as you like with the detail. Sim City is a little bit too repetitive but still a good game.

Cheers mate. I might just get that. I've never played RCT but I used to love Theme Park, Theme Hospital. I think it's up for £14 and it's the 'Platinum' edition, so I'm guessing it'll have one or two or all of those packs? I had Sim City 4 ages ago but didn't have a clue what I was doing. Also I've read reviews and apparently the micro management is ridiculous, like you never get to sit still for a minute. I'd get Football Manager usually but I'm fed up of getting hooked on it.

 

[Maxwell]

Anyone played Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 or Sim City 4? Wouldn't mind a point and click type game such as one of these to pick up and play every now and again. I've played Sim City 4 before but didn't have a clue what I was doing, is it ridiculously hard? I don't seem to play games as much as I did and my Xbox is out of order at the moment so been looking at what I can get on my MacBook (not very much by the looks of it), and they're both on the app store/Steam. There's a game called The Stanley Parable which is supposed to be good. Really don't want an FPS though.

Dont Starve.

 

[ijjysmith]

Dont Starve.

So good.

But one of the hardest games i've ever played.

Never made it to Day 4 yet!

 

[Jxg]

Ah right, cheers lads. I thought that might be the case.

I thought Monkey Island was longer than that!



Cheers mate. I might just get that. I've never played RCT but I used to love Theme Park, Theme Hospital. I think it's up for £14 and it's the 'Platinum' edition, so I'm guessing it'll have one or two or all of those packs? I had Sim City 4 ages ago but didn't have a clue what I was doing. Also I've read reviews and apparently the micro management is ridiculous, like you never get to sit still for a minute. I'd get Football Manager usually but I'm fed up of getting hooked on it.

I still play Theme Hospital for a few minutes every once in a while. Doesn't work too well on Windows 8 for me but it's still a brilliant game. SimCity 3000 is a simpler, funner version compared to SimCity 4. Still repetitive though.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Dont Starve.

I've read a little bit about that. I like the look of that game "Rust" as it's the closest thing I can find to Day-Z and I love building stuff and that. I'd need a controller for that though.

 

[Maxwell]

So good.

But one of the hardest games i've ever played.

Never made it to Day 4 yet!

Same. I really enjoyed it but the farthest i've been was Day 8. Felt like a massive effort to get that far and i cba to start again.

 

[Maxwell]

I've read a little bit about that. I like the look of that game "Rust" as it's the closest thing I can find to Day-Z and I love building stuff and that. I'd need a controller for that though.

I honestly just wish Red Alert 2, Age of Empires 2 and Rollercoaster Tychoon became available for Mac.

 

[RFUS]

Ah right, cheers lads. I thought that might be the case.

I thought Monkey Island was longer than that!

@RadioFriendlyUnitShifter will any of the wired pads work or is there a specific PC one? I'm on a Mac too so don't know if that'd make a difference?

Monkey Island is longer than that. You can probably speed run it in 1-1/2 hours, but first time through you'll take a lot longer, unless you use walkthroughs. Classic adventure games always have esoteric elements, and unless you're very familiar with them it might take a while to get your head around solving the puzzles. But Monkey Island I and II are two of the funniest games of all time and you should definitely check them out.


Fairly sure any wired controller will work with the PC, but not sure about MAC. You'll have to do your research, but at the very least you'll probably be able to find unofficial drivers to get it to work. It's not the most complex input device.