Asus X55 1M Suggestions for games for an entry level laptop please (Strat if poss)

Sweet_Baboo

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Please help.

I'm pretty new to PC gaming and this is my first laptop.
I'm writing this on an old but good Dell XPS 210 desktop with a 2.4gh processor.

I was hoping to be able to play X-com Enemy Unknown on either this or my new laptop but after an entire evening frustratingly installing the game on the more powerful desktop (with all the extras you've got to install 'Steam' etc) I ended up with a game that every time I start it, goes through the credits then crashes!
lol! bit crushed really!

So my attention turns to my new laptop and the possibility of playing some Strat games on that.
I'd prefer Sci-Fi based if possible.

So, the laptop is a lower spec than my old desktop so I guess X-Com is out of the question :(

It's an Asus X55 1M, which is a 1.8ghz Intel 2815
Can anyone suggest some good games that I can buy on disk and load straight on with the minimum of faffing about?

Oh, I've upgraded to Windows 8.1.

Many thanks :)