Hi, I usually play games on my switch and I love horror so after finishing games like amnesia I really wanted to step it up and play outlast.
I saw it was on sale on steam but I only have a laptop which I usually use for uni work - I got it anyways and it seems to run (albeit kinda slowly) but when I play it my laptop gets super hot and smells a bit toasty. I checked the specifications and it seems I have everything except the CPU (it says 2.2GHz dual core needed and I have intel i5 1.8GHz) - if I keep trying to play it will it damage my laptop or am I ok to continue? If I put something under my laptop to allow ventilation (I have a laptop stand with gaps for ventilation) will it help?
Sorry if it’s a stupid question, I’m not used to pc gaming at all and I need this laptop for uni so I’m a bit paranoid
often times minimum and recommended specs are PC parts that the developers had available at that time to test their games on. also what’s considered “minimum” is like a grey area. for example look at this madlad playing Witcher 3 at what it seems like 2 fps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVGCebGUpOc
my advice would be to buy the game and tinker with the video options to see if it’s still an enjoyable experience. if not you can always ask for a refund