Fallout 2 runs flawlessly on the Aspire One
So I received my black Aspire One two days ago, charged it up and got everything configured the way I want it.
One of the first things I did was head over to the Good Old Games website and buy Fallout 2 for a mere $5.99, what a price, they even give you a bunch nifty extras such as pipboy avatars, "the fallout bible", etc. with your purchase. They also have a useful downloader app to track your game downloads [shown below]
My Acer Aspire One desktop
The startup menu.
Arroyo temple trial.
Trial complete, I'm hanging out in …
The download was quick via the Aspire One's wifi G connection, the install was swift and the game play was extremely smooth, as it should be.. after all it is 10 years old. I even snapped a few screen shots of the game running on the Aspire One.
I had almost forgotten how awesome this game was. OK, no I didn't, I play Fallout 3 on my primary desktop, and although it is awesome in it's own right, it doesn't have the same feel at all. And yes, there's definitely an "Oblivion with guns" taste to it, in my opinion.
I played for about 1.5 hours and it appears to have had only a nominal effect on my battery life, I still managed a little over 5 hours during this period, though that's certainly not scientific testing there.
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Raymond
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scotty
small problem with BG II on netbooks, have to change the cpu affinity to use both cpu's every time I play otherwise it stutters somewhat. not a major issue, more an annoyance.
Matt
The other way is that legally gray area... download a "no-cd" patch, which I'll admit I've done several times now, just scan the crap outta them for viruses and/or trojans.
The best way is to do what Blizzard does, if you have your old CD keys, like I did with Diablo, Diablo II and the expansion, you can add the keys to your BattleNet account and then download the game and not need a CD. All game companies should do this.
I have BG2 in my stack, I may install that bad boy, it's been forever, and I'm a total RPG nerd. I wouldn't mind a good shooter too, I tried installing Soldier of Fortune once, but it kept crashing on install, and I don't own any other shooters.
scotty
not sure about fps games on a netbook..saying that though, I have installed system shock 2 and deus ex 1 and both play fine.
If you install BG II, let me know if you have to do the cpu thing...most likely you will have to (unless you don't mind playing in 16bit), lets face it all these netbooks are pretty much the same spec!