Although many games can be visually dazzling, they are not challenging over any time period. Do prepare to be slaughtered, however, as they generally show no mercy. Play on your own, or with some friends on a modem or on an internal network. If you want to try something, you don't have to invest a lot of money for software. However, there are a few things to beware of.
Games can interfere with each other.
If you decide you don't like a game, be sure to uninstall it correctly before installing many other programs. Although the games themselves are relatively inexpensive, they can require expensive hardware. Newer games are now coming on DVD ROM, similar to CD-ROM, but not compatible. You need to make sure you have a DVD ROM player on your system, which more computers are starting to add as standard. This is out of necessity.