then I remember that the majority of my hours played is on titles that don’t need a better PC
This isn’t the 90s / 2000s when games were scarce and you needed to upgrade to have something to play because new stuff was so much better. There are tons of very good games out there that will most likely run on everything.
Good games I played recently-ish:
Balatro (casual 600 hours total)
Noita (maybe 500 hours though you wouldn’t be able to tell because I suck)
Guacamelee! (actually from my backlog)
Animal Well
Clover Pit
Cuphead (another backlog title)
Opus Magnum
Baba is you
None of this means that no good game requires good hardware, but there are lots of good titles to enjoy on absolute potatoes
I’d like to add Hollow Knight and Slilsong to your list.
Also Noita is my favorite game that I’m terrible at, lol. I come back to it every once in a while if I’m feeling to good about myself. Nothing will humble you faster than accidentally exploding yourself in new an interesting ways.
Sometimes I think that I’d like to buy a new PC
then I remember that the majority of my hours played is on titles that don’t need a better PC
This isn’t the 90s / 2000s when games were scarce and you needed to upgrade to have something to play because new stuff was so much better. There are tons of very good games out there that will most likely run on everything.
Good games I played recently-ish:
None of this means that no good game requires good hardware, but there are lots of good titles to enjoy on absolute potatoes
I’d like to add Hollow Knight and Slilsong to your list.
Also Noita is my favorite game that I’m terrible at, lol. I come back to it every once in a while if I’m feeling to good about myself. Nothing will humble you faster than accidentally exploding yourself in new an interesting ways.