Bethesda is a great game developer, regardless of what one might think of the number of bugs found in their games. Honestly, though, the games are so damn great on themselves that we don't really care that much about those petty little things. Not to mention all the titles have amazing modding communities that had fixed almost all of those problems, if not all of them, by the time I'm writing down yours truly.


The franchise "The Elder Scrolls" is a well-known one in the gamer community, even more so after it's 5th main series entry, Skyrim. What many of the new fans don't know is that the older entries have nothing bad about them, too, and thankfully to the hearts of everyone who owns an integrated GPU, such as Intel GMA 3100, they'll work flawlessly!


Now, other entries such as Arena, Daggerfall, Adventures: Redguard, and even the 4th entry in the main series, Oblivion, will work in an integrated GPU, ones better than others, but when picking a single title to represent the franchise here, I had to pick Morrowind. It's not that it's the best of them all or the worse, or anything like that, really. It's just that Morrowind was a BIG DEAL, when you stop to look at it.


Do note that The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, CAN work on an integrated GPU with the aid of third-party softwares, such as Swiftshader 3.0, but you'll need a good CPU (no need for an I3 or something like that, an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 will work, as mine does, but not as great), and last and MOST IMPORTANTLY, to understand your game won't run on the highest resolution, with the highest settings nor with the highest FPS. I play the game with 6-12 FPS in a resolution of 800x600 and I enjoy it to the bottom of my heart. But that's not what this post is about, so let's talk about Morrowind itself.





The game features a big (at the time) open world for you to explore. It's filled with plenty of dungeons, creatures, quests, items and settlements for you to cause mischief with. You won't find dragons flying around as you would in Skyrim, but you'll find Daedras willing to cut off your throat, vampires willing to bit off your throat and corprus monsters willing to eat out your throat...sounds like a fair deal to me.


In the game you're a prisoner who was freed from it's charges by the Emperor himself, and must follow his orders as to pay for such a huge debt. But not everything is at it seems, and rest assured the Emperor is not a kind person enough to go around freeing random prisoners for no reason. No. You have a purpose in Morrowind, the ancient Dunmer homeland, and only you can make sure to live enough to fulfil it.


It's a first-person RPG game, such titles like Deus Ex, Fallout (also from Bethesda) and System Shock, but with it's entirely unique charm.
The combat is a little fishy to catch on at first, as it uses rules akin to Dungeon & Dragons instead of the more action-filled ones you'll find in the titles I just mentioned, for example. In other words, you can't expect your sword to hit every enemy just because you're in the right distance for it to reach the enemy. You'll have to roll an imaginary dice, and if your number isn't big enough, you'll miss.


There is much to be explored and discovered in The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, so rest assured you won't be bored - quite the contrary, really. So, if you're thinking about playing an RPG game in your poor PC with an Integrated GPU that can't run any game you tried so far, or just want to try some incredible old game, then Morrowind is your best pick here.


The game requirements are listed below, so make sure you at least meet them before trying it out. I do assure you, though, that it's quite hard a chore not to meet them nowadays:


OS: Windows ME/98/XP/2000
Processor: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III, Celeron, or AMD Athlon
Memory: 256 MB
Graphics: 32MB Direct3D Compatible video card with 32-bit colour support and DirectX 8.1
DirectX®: 8.1
Hard Drive: 1GB free hard disk space
Sound: DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card


PS: Morrowind has a few expansions that will add A HUGE amount of new experiences to your gameplay, so make sure to check them all out! They are Tribunal and Bloodmoon. And make sure you got all the oficial plugins, too!
PPS: There is a version of the game called The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (GOTY) or Game of The Year Edition, that includes all the expansions and original plugins.

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition by CD Project Red:

Now here is another well-known franchise of games, "The Witcher" (and also of books, if you're into them, and you should be). If you have no idea what it's about, The Witcher has it's own unique universe of mythical creatures, monsters and villains trying to be heroes, yet it never falls into a clichê. In fact, it's anything but.


The game actually happens AFTER the end of the books, and serves as a sequel of sorts to them. I'm not sure if it's cannon or not, but it respects it's roots and expands them instead of "mock adapting" them as plenty of other titles tend to do nowadays. This means that you're not gonna be spoiled if you've read the books, nor will you feel left out if you didn't, either.


You play the role of Geralt de Rivia, a Witcher (they're almost like the X-men from the Witcher universe, only more down to earth and far darker and deep than them. Jokes aside, Witchers are mutants who work as monster hunters) who has lost his memories due to something that happened to him in the past, which he can't remember. Your main quest is to get to the bottom of a tragedy that befalls you in the very prologue, and also to regain your lost memory. It's up to you, the player, to make sure Geralt manages to complete his goal, of course.


The Witcher: Enhanced Edition IS THE ONLY VERSION OF THE FIRST ENTRY IN THE SERIES ON THE PC. Yes, I know it sounds bad to you who, just like myself, have a crappy GPU. But rest assured it will work just fine, really. I was surprised myself since the game has astonishing graphics, to begin with!

System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon 64 +2800
CPU SPEED: 2.4 GHz
RAM: 1 GB
OS: Windows XP/Vista
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 or better
TOTAL VIDEO RAM: 128 MB
3D: Yes
HARDWARE T&L: Yes
PIXEL SHADER: 2.0
VERTEX SHADER: 2.0
SOUND CARD: Yes
FREE DISK SPACE: 8.5 GB
DVD-ROM: 4X speed or faster

WAIT A MINUTE! It needs a GeForce!? What about the integrated GPU!?
Calm down, my dear friend, for I assure you it'll work under your GPU. You'll just need to make sure your game uses Software Texturing & Lighting instead of Hardware Texturing & Lighting - that's all. You can check the information on how to do so below, but that's not all you'll have to do to play the game. You'll also have to add a prefix to the game shortcut, so make sure to read that part, too!

How to make the game work if your GPU doesn't support Hardware Texturing & Lighting?
It'll depend on which version of windows you have, really:
Windows XP ---> You're gonna have to use a third party software called "3D Analyze" to force the game to run in "Software Texturing & Lighting" mode.
Windows 7 or higher ---> You can create a registry entry that specifies the game to run in "Software Texturing & Lighting" mode. The advantage of this is that you won't need any third party software, and some of the graphical glitches 3D Analyze could cause won't be present, such as naked breasts the size of Everest...only forward like the light coming from a lamplight at night.

How to add the prefix to the game shortcut?
It's really easy. All you need to do is to go to the game's folder (the place were Witcher.exe is located) and make a shortcut to your desktop. After that's done, right-click the shortcut and go to proprieties. There you'll find a textbox labelled TARGET. Now what you'll need to do is to edit it's contents the following way:
"C:\GOG Games\The Witcher/System/witcher.exe" -dontForceMinReqs
Then go ahead and save your shortcut. Your game should open up and work rather fine now!


PS: Do realize your game directory might be different, so, if you've installed it in any other folder instead of "Gog Games", don't worry, and simply add -dontForceMinReqs after the quotes, and make sure to create a space between the quotes and the command.


PPS: If you're using Steam's version, then simply enter the game's proprieties on the library, and choose "Set launch options" under the general tab. There you'll just have to type -dontForceMinReqs and it'll be done just fine!

Dungeon Siege 1 and Dungeon Siege 2 by Gas Powered Games:



Now here we have 2 games in a single entry! (Let's pretend we didn't had an almost full franchise in the first one, shall we?)


Dungeon Siege is by far one of the best of it's genre. It plays a lot like all slots casino or Diablo, but in it's own unique way that is, in my humble opinion, a tad more charming than Diablo itself.


Both games have differences but they are essentially played the same, so if you enjoy the first you'll enjoy the second and vice-versa. Do take note that both of them have expansions, so make sure you buy them, too, if you like the game!

The world of Dungeon Siege 1 isn't a world you can access freely from the start, but is one you can move through as you go and then freely do so once more. It's not like Morrowind, where you can go wherever you desire, or like The Witcher where you're confined to a place and can't move forward or backwards. The game puts obstacles in your bath (monsters, fallen trees, you name it) and, as soon as you overcome then, you're free to advance, and also to return back.


The game has an interesting skill system that awards you for sticking with the same set of weapons instead of becoming a Jack of All Trades, since you'll end up being a Master of None, also. But it's most intriguing feature (for me) are the Pack-mules. They are pets you can buy that are used to store your items through your adventure, so that you can sell them on the next town and make your well-deserved profit. Plus, they're just too cute!!!


The battle system is fast paced and you'll find yourself pausing the game more often than not. If you're familiar with Dungeon & Dragons rules-based games, though, then you'll be fine. If not, it might feel like cheating to pause the game in the middle of a battle, but rest assured the game wants you to do that.

The world of Dungeon Siege 2 is almost like the first one, but you'll feel a much bigger sense of freedom than in the first one, even though it's almost the same limited one, really. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing in your eyes, but I particularly love it.


The skill system is back with some improvements, and so are the pets. Now you can have more than just a simple Pack-mule - you can have the most interesting and amusing wild beasts at your side, such as a Scorpion Queen!

Each of your pets has it's own attributes, and it can grow from a baby to a full matured adult, therefore evolving together with your hero/heroine/heroever.
The battle system is fast still and you can pause the game just the same, but you'll find yourself needing it less in this one than in the first. Do make sure to equip the right weapons at the right times, though, or you'll have major problems. I speak with sorrowful experience.

Each entry's system requirements are listed bellow.

Dungeon Siege 1:
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 or newer
Processor: 333 MHz or faster processor
Memory: 128 MB of system RAM
Graphics: 8MB video card
Hard Drive: 1.5 GB available hard disk space
Note on Windows 7: Driver version 270.51 or greater is required for Nvidia-based graphics cards. AMD graphics card owners may need to run in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode.

Dungeon Siege 2:
OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP SP1 or newer
Processor: 1.0 GHz equivalent or higher processor
Memory: 256 MB of system RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon™ series 7000 or better/Nvidia® Geforce series/Intel Extreme Graphics 82845, 82865, 82915
Hard Drive: 4 GB available hard disk space

And with this we conclude our list of 3 Great RPG Games for integrated GPUs!


I sincerely hope you liked the list, and feel free to ask questions about each and every entry if you feel the need to, or if you want support.


There are plenty of other Great RPGs for your integrated GPU out there, too, from emulated ones to native ones, so rest assured that, if those aren't for your liking, you'll surely find some that are!


Now it's my time to go and play something myself, and I hope you've had a great day, my friend. And see you in the next post!

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